Tag: poetry
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A Falling Star Came
A rising sound screaming through confusion Or a lost spirit singing in shadow Longing for a fire in the night to light the way This sound like a falling star came…
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Watching the Flame
You came in the night and left before morning And all the world was on fire The sky streaming down in a haze of color To lie in the streets beneath all the smoke…
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Toward the Witching Hour
As the clock face moves on toward the witching hour I’ve kept the moon company this night Watching candle wax collect and overflow Onto a table wrought from hallucination…
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Further Down the Rabbit Hole
Somewhere along this way was a reason for going A vision we chased down the path into darkness Or a dream of what we would find On a blind foray into seething wilderness…
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Road out of Sanity
Out in the streets the parade marches on A thousand masked faces revel in the night Walking the long road out of sanity…
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Memories of the Lakeside
The stars shimmer and lie still Far from the hours of intoxication Our eyes paint works of art in the sky…
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A Thousand Songs
This house is warm with the scent of fire Voices talk of yesterday in matchstick glow And breathe out a thousand songs of tomorrow…
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Empty Canvas
I saw the world come pouring through the window And fall exhausted on empty canvas Guided by the hand of a wayward spirit…
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Waves of a Silent Sea
From out of the west come visions of gold Playing in the eyes of a man atop his deathbed The long moments become waves of a silent sea Rolling inexorable to the city wall…
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Across the Sky
Broken edges, loose threads Tear away until blood is flowing Beneath ashes carried on the wind Already magic is flowing through our veins…
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The Breath in Your Lungs
Timeless is the message on the airwaves We listen unceasing to the simple words That leave the air shimmering And lights in our eyes, a faint glow of red Or maybe they’re just bloodshot…
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Road Over Still Water
Go on through conquered lands Walk until you come to a road over still water And wait for reflections to become reality Come alive and draw you in…
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A Handful of Fire
Sunrise on the wings of a solstice A handful of fire cupped for warmth Against the east wind out of the valley The land of wildling calls…
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Altar to the Iron Sky
The birdsong above tells me I’ve walked this road before Shadows lay across it in bands of night and day Passing over me, each step a new twilight But nothing is familiar in the trees ahead…
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Infinite River
Veins filled with holy fire A light with no creation come alive with the sacrifice To walk the world it dreamed in childhood
Mitchel David Ring 