Category: Poems
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Over the Chasm
Things fall apart at the edges, and on approach Distortion in our vision spreads like cracks on pavement Under that splintering bridge lives a prophet…
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Woodland Valley Road
Seldom lies the traveller in this place of shade Away from the road, concrete ocean he sails Today there are no ships—they wait in harbor So here he lies beneath a canopy…
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Now Pay Close Attention
Now, pay close attention, I’ll only say this once Then the wind will sweep it away And the universe will get one degree warmer.
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Master of Ruins
It was only for a breath that I saw you Your shadow passed behind some silhouetted appliance and was gone And the words I meant to say to you sprang out across the chasm With never an inkling chance that you would ever hear them…
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Streets We Knew Together
I thought I could forget the day you slipped The day I lost you and so much more Truth is, there’s so many things now I want to forget It’s impossible to make it through them all.
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World of New Shadow
I drew back the curtain and there was a face in the window Staring in at my life with unblinking apathy Night’s halo around that wide-eyed smile The mouth of a fiend; he looked like he might be lonely So I invited him inside for some company…
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Nobody Read the Script
The breaking point was passed long ago Yet here we are pushing, surprised at the resistance Mad as hell, yet still taking it and more.
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Descent through Soundproof Shadow
She paid the ferryman with a gold coin and a lingering glance No other passengers waited to board So he pushed back from the dock into the current Sweeping down to tunnels through the red cliffs And lights deep within of something almost like a city.
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Standing on a Rooftop in the Pouring Rain
It’s standing on a rooftop in the pouring rain Staring into a thousand glass eyes that light up the night Wondering why they’re still open While the voice of a god beats upon the earth below…
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A Dream of Light
This is the crossroads of a million worlds A place to rest at the end of all paths In a living ocean of thoughts and dreams
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A Place Where None Worship
Fragments of a life built from nothing Gathered in a pile at the doorstep Brick by brick the walls are put up around them Happy to sit at the center and stare at the pieces…
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Madman on the City Wall
Union of wind and sky over this seascape Shores in the distance moving away— Let them go, there are more ahead of us Unfurl the sails and catch that raging wind…
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Please Go Away
I think he’s laughing at me I wasn’t even sure he could see me but now I know he’s coming toward me I wish I could run but it’s too late he’s seen me if I ran he would chase me he would catch me…
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Lamentation of the Flame
Here stand the worthy at a gatheringBeneath the falling sun, lost in itInoculated against decaying timeThe poison in their veins a balm of fireDrawn from a well at the world’s center.The streets of Elysium are empty tonightRivers overrun by cleansing fireScorching the sky at the backs of the gatheredWho wait out the contagion, calling uponThe…
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Shadows in the Throne Room
The land is sick where they touched it The evil ones, scorned and forsaken Destruction the price they paid for treachery. A trail of ash leads north to the dead lands…
Mitchel David Ring 