Moonlit
All the lights burned out.
I stepped out under the sky
beneath the moonlight.
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The ordinary, extraordinary
What is the value
to be found in a single
ordinary day?
Blinding
A call out of the blue
saying, “I miss you,”
gave me quite the start,
and shook up my heart –
What should I do?
Apothic Dark
A glass of red wine
flavored with fruit and coffee
and dark chocolate.
Flush
Lovers,
hands embracing
what God gave each of them.
Teeth and tongues hungrily demand,
“More. More!”
The living word
A good book finished
with its message delivered
restless pages still.
Ships that don’t come in
How long must I wait
for a sign of better days?
How long must I wait?
Epitaph
The lost
and forgotten,
there’s no one remaining
who can remember just how well
You lived;
don’t let forgotten memories
make you forget in turn.
You lived. You loved.
You lost.
Intemperate
I’m weather weary,
and long for halcyon days
that will never come.
Drawn
The hunter’s bow
Crimson arrow
Pierce the beast’s hide
Pierce the organs inside
Lay my prey low.
A (wise) man of two faces 