Stillness and Serenity<\/p>\n
Still, there’s a sadness in the stillness of the night.
\nTrapped there in the blackness under wraps,
\ninspect the perimeter and watch out for the traps.
\nLonely is the night, in the solitude you delight,<\/p>\n
love to be left alone. There’s a desperate fight
\nnightly raging before they ever drew up the maps,
\neven before the west as we know it collapsed.
\nStill, we tried as we could, but it was all in spite.<\/p>\n
Still we still tried, tried with all of our power.
\nAll of our struggle and all of our strife
\nnever amounted to anything more than band aid.
\nDejected, defected against the ivory tower.<\/p>\n
So, as the Beatles’ sung, \u201cRun for your life.\u201d
\n\u201cEverybody has something to hide it’s a charade.\u201d
\nreads the headline outside the arcade.
\nEvery little creature dims down the bulb,
\nneatly planted in rows and creased at the fold.
\nIndividually packaged and then underlined in bold,<\/p>\n
The time for action is now, let me show you how.
\nYou only have to listen and give me your vow.<\/p>\n
Hour eighteen, 2 am
\nStillness and Serenity
\n(form Acrostic\/ Caudated Sonnet)
\nCharlie the Mayfly.<\/p>\n
v.j.calone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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