david-cordell
Husband, father, when-time-permits and if-the-muse-hits poet ... / / I love reading other people's works as every poem is special in some way... / / I appreciate all comments and am open to critiques as I am far from a professional. / / Much love and happy to be a part of the community.
Death lain to my horse,
Desert stranded slay,
Sweat rolling from me cursed
She who led my thirst astray
Mirages paint the land,
I believe them drops of dew,
Self lies trace the sand,
Is dryness that be true,
My legs waver beneath me,
Windless waves tilt a fall,
To my knees so I buckle,
Fleeting strength now a crawl,
Weakened neck droops in awe,
Dreams escape darkened sight,
Tears steal last drops in wake,
Wetting ground where lost my fight,
Breath slows in air around me,
Cool touch shoulders upon my back,
A soft howl swirls by fallen night,
With a deafening thunderous crack,
I gaze to cumulus whites above,
Doubts my eyes have now saw,
'Till laughter spills over coarse face,
Miracles can and do befall.
Feb 15, 2017
Feb 15, 2017 at 8:34 AM UTC
use the end,
so they can begin,
discovering the middle,
while hoping for the end,
preparing them to begin,
in traversing the middle,
before wishing for the end,
to begin...
Feb 3, 2017
Feb 3, 2017 at 5:47 PM UTC
the ghost of success' trail drove me,
whence caught her image, I spooked,
running from my life's deepest sought.
Jan 13, 2017
Jan 13, 2017 at 3:37 PM UTC
In the land of millennial shattered happiness,
He finds himself sunken by a pull,
Quicksand confines buries tired satisfaction,
Slicing his airway desperate for freedom's breath,
And in the end,
Promising sight bleeds into covered blackness,
And his life resumes.
Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017 at 8:05 PM UTC
wakeful captivity
chains dubious desires
beneath buried
beliefs
where dreams'
lives cease their
specious existence
Dec 5, 2016
Dec 5, 2016 at 10:49 AM UTC
the best of friends of two,
we always thought would remain,
smiles shared between us,
since day one when both were made,
mornings I could count on you,
for my mood afore the day,
cracking grins at passive slyness,
never afraid to laugh and play,
loved each other forever,
or we both once so thought,
alas sweet smiles soured,
and you saw my every fault,
how could you be so hateful,
so pensive now we're grey,
forgetting joy we'd shared,
promises so easily thrown away,
for a time I felt lost,
by pain you gleaned my eyes,
shaved away our pleasant past,
with the guise of your disguise,
until seeing you upon the ground,
our connection no longer mattered,
shards of your memory,
lying wasted, broken, shattered.
Nov 14, 2016
Nov 14, 2016 at 7:52 PM UTC
i knew a sailor,
ebbing with unknowns,
waves crashing fear,
his eyes closed,
i knew a sailor,
balancing into threat,
ocean spitting hate,
his hair dripping wet,
i knew a sailor,
fighting invisible power,
mastery feeding life,
his Will always prouder,
i knew a sailor,
feeling hope prolong,
separation’s pending knock,
his heart beating strong,
i knew a sailor,
hanging head reliant,
determination passing soon,
his mind becoming silent,
i knew a sailor,
breathing into end,
soft quietening looms,
his spirit with the wind,
i learned from a sailor,
who sailed better and worse,
who lived and swayed in rhythm,
who died with no remorse.
Nov 13, 2016
Nov 13, 2016 at 5:37 PM UTC
I saw the moon once smile,
before the sun took his glory,
single stead cleaved,
behind jagged, broken story,
spilled ink blotched old words,
layering secrets 'neath cold night,
until cover with each rise,
hiding further 'neath new light,
was not a single moment,
two knew not of their fight,
existing in mirrored chaos
of parallels in their own plight,
I saw the moon once smile
a day before despair,
he and sun's only semblance,
be the tears they now both share.
Oct 30, 2016
Oct 30, 2016 at 10:06 PM UTC
Hug of faith tightens only when disbelief's kiss is rejected.
Oct 5, 2016
Oct 5, 2016 at 7:18 PM UTC
spinning,
out of control,
angry tornado lost amongst
still and silent winds; settled mockery,
harmony hidden by stoical acceptance,
lost cumulus trash inner peace,
fly by imbalance,
lashing,
hating,
out is infliction,
pressure above and beneath,
douse moist anguish sideways,
structural masses full and foolish,
crash lines into empty space,
hellbent to solace,
dying
Oct 5, 2016
Oct 5, 2016 at 6:43 PM UTC