Writer, Author, Synesthete
A hint of yellow
Fills the fields
Washing all asunder
It stands to tell
The world of beauty
In voice of muted thunder.
It soothes the parchness
Of my soul
And brings a welcomed smile
Instead of walking
On and past,
I think I’ll stay a while
Softened hues
Go on forever
Casting here and there
Their beauty, although
Earthen-bound,
From soil into the air
This is why
I breathe the air
This is why I feel
To sense the glory
Of the stars
Around and in me, still.
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Two tormented souls
Clung to the past
And to each other
Trying to see the end
To their misery.
The darkness that surrounded
And the shelling
That would not let up
Seemed to deafen
All hope that tried to invade.
No intervention would come
And if they were to survive
They’d have to walk
Through the streets
In the midst
Of hell on earth.
They left their bunker of safety
And breached the night.
With sirens wailing
And bombs piercing the sky,
They went from alley to alley
Trying to escape.
Then they realized that
Only by walking down the main road
Would they get out
Of Dead Man’s Lane.
Looking into each other’s eyes,
They squeezed the other’s hand
And broke ranks from fear
That gripped at their hearts.
In an instant they were standing dead center
Of the Plaza Central.
It took a moment,
But the men shooting downward
Recognized the two.
Voices rang out,
“¡Alto!”
And bullets stopped.
The two souls looked at each other
And knew they had made it.
In an instant, they were gone.
Like the night that had stretched out before them,
They disappeared into the wind,
And heaven lifted them home,
Tormented no more.
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Some words I claim I’ll write
Stay often day and night
They wander through my mind
But “EXIT” they don’t find.
I wish they’d come to front
Stand up or pull a stunt
But to the back they go
And toss me to and fro.
Then when they’ve grown to tire
Of things down in the mire
They stand as is if say
“We’ve changed our names, today.”
Ah, phooey!
I think I’ll be a plumber!
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