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Night is a grand repository
Where the sheltered temporarily-
leave their hideouts , where the oppressed
find solace , where the voiceless shout
out loud  
A place where the beleaguered
hold their ground , where revolutionaries
demand justice , where the homeless quietly
forage
Where the insane are neglected , where
the elderly are unprotected
Where Americas repetitive urban warfare
proceeds , where blood pools on darkened
streets* ...
Copyright October 25 , 2017 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved
Embers dance among the stars
Eyes grow heavy
Love is ready -
to meld with hot cocoa -
and marshmallows ,
with moonshine and shadow* ...
Copyright October 26 , 2017 by Randolph L Wilson *All Rights Reserved
The days inaugural sunshine signals the young ocean
to enchant the dreamer , to touch the
romantic with tales of Atlantis , with tales of wailing mermaid's and sea monsters , with stories of weathered sailors on clippers riding diamond waters* ....
Copyright November 1 , 2017 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved
###### 2nd day of vacation in Florida #####
I forfeit my troubled mind -
before brown pelicans skimming the -
sea
In the name of sand pipers that toil along a white sugar
beach
To ships on the horizon
To miraculous tranquil blue ocean surrounding -
thoughts bitter island* .....
Copyright November 2 , 2017 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved
 Nov 2017 Autumn Rose
East Wind
The greatest thing in life I've ever heard
Is when you said to me it doesn't hurt
to take the chances life throws your way
Now however, I have found my self
surrounded by stones in the city
Life refused to give me the chances I want to keep
so I keep running away to hide from everything

I don't like where I am right here right now
I took the wrong turn on my way up
Please stop telling me this is for me
I didn't even know who I would be

One minute I was there
The next minute I'm here
between here and there
I think I've lost everything.

Correct me if I'm wrong but was this a dream?
I saw a shadow pass up the stream
Her torch was burning bright like the Eternal flame
She said "come this way a better life awaits"
But like all the shadows her words were weightless
And the flames became stone-like and lightless.
Still there'll be more chances....
 Nov 2017 Autumn Rose
East Wind
Things will change when...
             the sun rises on the West.
Part of a poem I haven't started yet.
 Nov 2017 Autumn Rose
East Wind
There are days when I strongly dislike everything
And I mean, EVERYTHING
From the way I wake up to the sunlight outside  
From the way I brush my hair to the way I walk
From the coffee I drink to the reasons I can't sleep at night  
  I think you get the picture of my dislike season
   And it seems to me my dislike is for no reason
  Once in a while I feel like I don't belong here but-
    It stands to reason
  If I don't know where I belong
    Doesn't it  mean I just belong here?
 Nov 2017 Autumn Rose
East Wind
Wish
 Nov 2017 Autumn Rose
East Wind
Wish a little wish
Turn it into a castle
Tread a little lightly
Blowing out the candle

I blew out the candles
The curtains caught fire
What I hoped was one day,
I will live to inspire

But I haven’t seen the sun
Since I closed my self inside
I thought it would be for a day
But it slipped into a drought
   doubts crept into my mind
I thought I heard my name but
The walls were proofed of sound

Will it be different
When tomorrow comes around?




~If you have a little flame, you can light up the world. Just make sure to close your eyes when you make a wish~ - someone I don’t remember.
 Nov 2017 Autumn Rose
East Wind
I start with, “I don’t know if this will work”
I gradually move to, “This might not work”
A little later I will say, “This won’t work”
And I end it with, “I knew it would’t Work!!”
~Do you start doing something with as little hope as possible? And if so, is it because you don’t want to end up disappointed?~
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