Tag: poetry
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You, Like the Rising Moon
You like the rising moon give light to this land Shrouded in night unending Windows are opening to let in the cool breeze Playing with the shadows you cast…
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Townsend Lane
At the end of the topmost branch our precipice awaits Swaying with the music of the wind These clouds passing by would surely catch us Already we have lain among them and watched the world.
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Nothing as Quiet
Nothing as quiet as the moment after the fireworks stop No darkness as absolute as that which fills the space where light was.
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Along the Narrow Way
A rising call across the mountaintops Shivering in the breeze of a chill morning Far off the sea shines in the coming day. The mist here hides wandering spirits…
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The Breath of Waiting for This Moment
The voice that calls out across the field Calls out in beckoning, come ever closer With fists clenched hidden at its sides And the breath of waiting for this moment thick in its mouth…
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Along This River
Along this river I lost track of my reflection Amidst a thousand fragmented lives rolling out to sea The smiles that swept past before I could return them Tears that joined the current and were lost.
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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…
Mitchel David Ring 