Peter Pan Swore
Peter Pan swore we’d never
age if we, just believed, but
everyday the fairytales fade
away like little fallen fireflies,
instead wrinkles and stress
introduce new heartaches...
no time for childishness
whenever time smolders
james kenneth blaylock
6-24-21
Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021 at 12:22 PM UTC
inside this dusty old home
it’s so hard to see the sun,
sure, the windows supply
some light, but we roam,
outside our tried minds,
we long for much more...
than glimpses beyond
the darkest desperation
hollow out the tallest tree,
seek to see higher design
james kenneth blaylock
5-2-20
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020 at 2:54 PM UTC
Irises Witnessing
I don't necessarily believe in moira,
as the Greeks laid it out, doubting...
although, I do have faith in everyone
having a mighty purpose, promising
everything is balancing on a tightrope
of betterment, yet some choose doom
allowing their wings to crumble under
the weight of the weary world's gloom
instead the air is an aerial playground,
but they're perpetually shot down, aim
irises witnessing those colorful heavens,
stillness, takes deep the time, aforesaid
James Kenneth Blaylock
1-4-18
Jan 4, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 at 7:46 PM UTC
Tempest Bequests
provide us something pleasant
as the darkness only consumes,
leaving our bare bones hollow
and aching - no longer moving
we're forever seeking to become
stronger than yesterday's wimps
please shine your brightest light
on our otherwise shamefulness
awaken us from the thoroughly
saddening tempest bequests...
and even if this be our last ever
request - we yearn for freedom
james kenneth blaylock
9-15-15
Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 at 5:28 PM UTC
Behind Dull Shutters
hiding right here behind these dull shutters
from the lulling songs of that outside world,
maybe if we stay planted where we are at
they may just forget about our lil' absence
because, after all, there are always bigger
goose to be marinaded, and fully cooked
but is it really socially relevant for us to keep
ourselves locked away, beyond the zombies?
james kenneth blaylock
9-20-15
Sep 20, 2015
Sep 20, 2015 at 3:26 AM UTC