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Ryan

I have forgotten
from long ago
on how I scribbled on my pad paper,
with my fat pencil. A namesake
I inherit
 
a birth right I shared
 
with Ryan,
a brother, no one has seen.
My twin.
 
Like Cain and Abel, we are
tender sprouted beings
casted like seeds in the field.
 
Which ones will survive?
Which ones will die?
Which ones will accept the fate?
 
And rooted, struggling,
ambling each [...]

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Half of the world rising up
on the east welcoming sun,
watching the day unfolds.
Hoping for grace, a fresh start.
 
While, there is a nacreous pearl,
a shell of the western sky peering.
Through the ridges and ridges
of sand-covered castles in the city.
 
Orange gloom in the showers
of the sandstorm. Like an hourglass,
little diamonds in the seave.
Time slips down in a [...]

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Your face tells much
and the crooked lines circling
your eyes, expressionless
but I have found a meaning.
 
You began to speak
but I can’t hear until
that voice, suddenly, came
from nowhere.  Sshhh. Quiet.
 
Keep calm. You wait-
for the one who sings the lullaby
to a child. Yes, you are a child
whose life will begin at forty.
 
And sleep will once again visit
to take [...]

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Prairie Walk

As I would keep my path
clear
of grass growths.
I will find a way
leaving a trail.
 
And watch
the sky touching earth.
The feathered wings
of my angel
on the horizon.
 
I hope.
I would keep my footsteps
slow.
To observe
some familiar things.
 
I used to see
in my many quiet mornings
in the clearing.
 
I would follow
the sun beams.
Over the veil
of the fog.
 
As it lingers
above the field
of windflowers.
 
I will gather [...]

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Chiaroscuro

A little rain. And it started
to chill empty souls as shadows
prowling  some pallid walls. Alone
and not a sound.  Some midnight walk
without the stars, only lamplight. Blue.
Is the color that falls on these cold
cobblestone, silver shimmering
streams of tears by its wayside.
While the heart has melted
the shape of love, lengthening
into dark shadows embracing
empty spaces. Stretching out
to reach you.

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Bye Bye, Yellow Butterfly

Came down the confetti
among the concrete gardens
of skyscrapers in the city
we embrace-
the promise of freedom
remembering the days
when you conquer
the hearts of men.
Frail and afraid
among the chains,
blind slaves to tyranny.
 
Bye, bye
yellow butterfly.
 
Flutter your wings
amidst the tempest
set free, unafraid
of your glory-defining
turbulent life.
 
Like the many yellow
ribbons tossed in the wind,
a salutation to dawn.
An ode to the beauty
of your [...]

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Vignette On Yesterday

There was a time when I thought happiness
was infinite and the night full of stars.
And I have my way of keeping track
each day written on a page. There was a time,
when the breeze came to my sails
as it float away myriad of dreams-
like kites braving the sky.
And the harvest is here,
filled my basket overflowing
of summer [...]

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