Hemingways Poison

Poems I

DISARMED

Walls rise around
Adolescent heart wearing large shoes
Tied by ropes unbound
Trepidation suffuse

Like tickling fingers play ivory Ballade
Nimble and gentle raze
Slowly falling facade
Tender is a heart without faze

Imponderably fated
Choice is ours to charm
Fastidious or elated
Leaves me disarmed

ZOMBIE

Controlled
by raging hunger
Unable to think
Rotting monster mind
Wishing to feed
Tearing out the heart
Innocence be damn

The decay putrid
Slowly dying within
Its curse a ragged breath
Spewing vile words
Waging fear as war

Zombie
rabid plague
Violence breeds
Violence
Hate breeds
Hate

YELL

Of jagged mountainous rocks
to the masses below
Gathered in flocks

Yell until their ears burn
Firey words from depths soul
Fight your battle tall
Never slink to a foxhole

Yell the love, the hope, freedom
Your view is not absurd
Shout it to the world
Let your voice be heard

Xenogouge

Light
Pulling
Right from wrong
How to be a man
A father,
husband,
human

supernatural being,
higher power,
Great Creator,
God,
A force built within
Guiding me
Whatever the answer
I have not

I have
MY
Xenogogue

Xenogogue is a word of Greek origin meaning "a guide"

VALENTINE

I am thirsty
Begging for a drink
Of your lips moisture
A moisture that would flood me
Bringing life's water and
Growing wildflowers in my soul

I am starving
Longing for a touch
of your warming glow
Heating my core and pumping
My blood through my
Heart that is yours

I would rather
Go deaf and never hear another
Bird chirp or a child's laughter
Than to never hear your whispers
Soft and moist upon my ear

I would rather
go blind and never gaze upon
Another sunset or gracefully arching colors
After a spring rain
Than to to never peer into your
Eyes as they peer into mine

I would rather
Be nothing, lost among a crowd
Standing hid in sight of everyone
Invisible to even myself If I didn't have you
I am forever yours, asking
Forever me mine

OPPRESSION

Hands bound
Unable to reach
Eyes blinded
Unable to see
Feet in concrete
Unable to flee
Voice locked
Unable to scream
Forced to believe
Forced to concede
Oppressed by man
Oppressed by life

L WORD

He has lifetimes
Of knowledge to share;
Listen
to the children
For they will tell us
What they need to learn

Live
Unchained
Shackles will keep us
A Stagnant pool;
Live
Tethered
by dreams
Staring at the heavens

Look
To the fated
Feel free
to change;
Look
To the Elapsed
Learn from
Mistakes

Love
With fervor
Give everything
It's veneration;
Love
With acceptance
Receive wholeheartedly
Veracious

KINDRED

We are
What we are
Bound together
By air
By breath
By time
We are
But co-inhabitants
Sharing one home
One sky
One earth
We are
Who we are
We are
Kindred