Burnout

The ships have sailed on solar wind, Earth is the dusty relic and we are left. And for past generations There was an eternity of tomorrows And we, arrogant descendants, Assumed life was forever. We’re waving goodbye as the last ships Burn an old ochre…

15. The Messenger XV

You walk in front of me In the street baba I don’t see you All is lost When I go to get you Far far Beyond the mountains Beyond the big fields Beyond what we don’t even know As it is So it is Far…

Weapon of Mass Destruction

There will come a time ahead when time on earth will end. Things will grow to be so bad, we can’t even comprehend. The only hope we have is God, who settles right from wrong, When He returns, well-armed, with His mighty angel-throng. The weapon…

Hour 15 – Four Horsemen

Four Horsemen Four horsemen from below did ride On steeds as thin as smoke Four horsemen seated side by side And braggingly they spoke: “I am Pestilence,” said the first, “I kill with racking pain. My sores and fevers are the worst No one can…

Perspicacious (Prompt 16)

she died from suffocation choking on stuffed pain it was only after she learned to infuse living into each day   it gave her insight She saw truth in small kindnesses seeing inside flesh she returned with softened eyes coldness seemed unreasonable   she opened…

The Beginning and the End

The beginning and the end The beginning Raw darkness pervaded elsewhere Light hidden in its womb Matter deposited as spirit Dispersed throughout And the universe woke up to life   The end Contradictions annihilated life And matter dissipated as primordial spirits Returning to the folds…

Cave Paintings, 2150

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Anticipation

a thick hush rolls like fog across the mountain a wavering moonbeam cuts like a knife through the tall fir a shadowy figure stands like a statue on the dock a slow hand lifting coffee filled canteen breaks the spell.

Call it what you want

I am done. I think this marathon has one. I accomplished what I set out to do 12 hours of poetry In that I have succeeded Soon, I will be fast asleep Maybe i will wake early and play catch up during that little bit…