Hour Thirteen
Angel, demon
Sinner, saint
Light, dark
Wicked, pure
Day, night
Black, white
Love, hate
War, peace
Heaven, hell
Evil, innocent
Absolutes?
24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Angel, demon
Sinner, saint
Light, dark
Wicked, pure
Day, night
Black, white
Love, hate
War, peace
Heaven, hell
Evil, innocent
Absolutes?
To do right
for wrong..
being nice
to rude..
Staying happy
not sad..
of walking
or sleeping..
you have to decide
on your own..
to do
is to get..
doing nothing
leaves you the same…
As long there’s a moon
There’s always you and I.
—by Meriyen Marquez
Inspired by Socorro Villalba
Spanish
Familiar, Understood
Comforting, Soothing, Flowing
Parents, Students, Teachers, Administrators
Learning, Misinterpreting, Growing
Difficult, Irregular
English
The cadavers jolted, conducting prose.
Typewriters twisted, screeching, clashing, bound
To crush, to twist, to scream, squall, squeal, and grate
Under moonlight, grinning, sadistic beast.
Crashing: “Ick” and “eck” and “eek”; ’twas sane, thus.
Terrors tremble and cackle and grind grins.
The wretched beasties should be put down to rest.
But death frightens grins happily jittered.
Troves potentially store soiled matter.
You slipped from memory to remembrance
too slowly to be easy.
I knew it would be that way when we met.
Youth carries it’s risks like a coat
over the arm.
I cannot trace time backwards to
your door anymore.
The trail is cold as a deep river stone.
Sometimes I swim in that river and wonder.
I fill my body with food
The weight helps me forget that in life, I was weightless
And in death, I am heavy.
And I am soaked with death
Facing the choice between a road that was easy and;
A road that was authentic;
And;
Not being able to walk both;
I
Chose the path of authenticity;
Because while difficult at times;
It at least would be;
Interesting,
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