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Clem C Aug 2013
I knew we were in a bad way
on that fateful day,
no one else seem to notice,
I was a guy, not a poetess,
I was not the Captain or a deck hand
I was an average guy not high in demand,
          Found myself on the high seas

'Rough day on the seas,'
I said
water up to our knees
slapping not clapping,
drowned out the vultures
and gulls overhead,
I was going to be laying
on the sea bottom for my bed.

She is a poetess the sea,
She has squeezed the last
Drop of words out of me
By drowning my sorrows
While adding water
There are no more, tomorrows.
475 · Jul 2013
Down time
Clem C Jul 2013
she dragged a clear bag,,
a patchwork of her clothes,
she held her hands behind,
her back, checking traffic,
to make sure all crossed safely,

ours eyes met, and I assumed
some things about her life choices,
we smiled at one another,
she recognized my thoughts,
and I looked away, all cars paused.

her blue coveralls, were extra
large and extra tall, she had the
cuffs tied and they
scuffed along the
asphalt like her
clothing in the
clear plastic bag,
the blue over-sized
jumpsuit was tied at
the waist, cropped hair,
gave her a girlish flair,
but she did not care,
twenty pairs of eyes
all stared, waiting for
to get out of the way

it was laundry day,
and she was going to
pay to wash the stuff
out of each piece she
owned, oh that smile,
said that I was right,
and she was okay
with it, as she was
off
for the night.

©ClemC072013
474 · Jul 2013
There is a friend
Clem C Jul 2013
I have a friend who lost something,
he cannot put it in words, it comes out tears,
he cannot breathe easily, every parent fears,
                                    this one thing.

There is a friend we have in Jesus.

I have a friend who may not see it this way,
his eyes are pools and I am no comfort,
the shock is enough to stop
life in its tracks.

There is a friend we have.

Anger and resignation,
frustration and
sadness that fills and fills,
that pours that pours
out of the human
chemistry
like some reaction,
that adds pain to emptiness,
and fuels fire,
that needs to be thrown,
at anything thing that
is not as sad as you,
but you don't
know that no one
person will ever be
as sad as you,
even if they
mourn,
they
grieve,
for the very
same one unreasonable
pain.

They all wish that it had been
them instead,
is not answered.

There is a friend. I am he.
I am here. For all of you.

©ClemC072013
470 · Dec 2014
It has been..awhile
Clem C Dec 2014
It has been awhile
but not a millennia
where it is sterile...as
time has a style.

and a way with the heart
wears it out for any of 'ya
cannot refresh or restart
melded flesh and metal parts.

the grains of sand, one by one
leave the shattered hour-glassy-
eyed reflection of a fallen son
if a grain gets stuck he is done.

go to the well of tear ducts,
falling on knees so weary,
curled in a ball, knees tucked,
the peace built now . . . . e d.

fill all you own with the saline water,
having no answers not one theory,
as why all that was done like it otta,
eyes will dry, despise me, for all

time,
as leaving,
is grieving,
with out saying goodbye,
it will be said instead,
after all it was his own fault,
that swallowed him whole.
467 · Sep 2013
Travelling North of 60
Clem C Sep 2013
wheels turning
miles burning
sun is moving
music is grooving
clouds dancing
music balancing
the drive.

Oh it is good to be alive!

Mountains rolling
bridges tolling
water is lapping
earth is mapping
man's changes
to rearrange
geography.

Living in these times, these places needs drive!


©ClemC092013
463 · Dec 2013
Feel
Clem C Dec 2013
Feel the cold crystals in your fingertips,
feel the change,
feel the water,
feel the warmth,
as your body gives, and once what was snow, takes.

Feel the cold ball as you compress it in the palm of your hand,
feel the change,
feel it harden,
feel the cold grow as
the snowball compacts and becomes icy hard.

Feel your heart beating
put your coldest hand
on your skin and chest,
feel the change in heart rate,
your skin fights the temperature,
and your body and heart give, and what was once cold to you, warmth.


©ClemC122013
Forgiveness
455 · Dec 2014
141 + 2
Clem C Dec 2014
in no sense, don't make dollars to donuts, for what

you be, causation of grief, and grieving, of parents dis-
believing, of siblings, now lonelier or only children, the list goes

on

and on,

to my horror, that you make war, taking away child-
like play times, balling up the air from lungs and replacing it with fire,

                                                          ­                                  so much ire

                                                            ­                    so much more ire, in
self-appointed masters of a three ring circus,

poison seeds always find fertile ground, as that

is what dirt does,

seeds and dirt, with your toxic oil-less spill, you pack up your

tents and take it to where the people are, living their lives, too

intent on making ends

meet, that they don't see the clouds of dark-
ness, like some mythical monster which is only

talked about when there is a death toll,
                                               tower bells toll,
that they could be ringing forever in your ears,

(until they and you both melt in hell)

and your ears hear the sound of children's voices,

laughing loudly at play forever clearly.
(read screaming for their parents,
                    through pain,
                          their tears and heartbreak)

surely you lit your own fires flames, using Newspapers

with stories covering your infamy,

too bad there can't be a media ban on the (         )
there is no honour in this fully your shame.
2014-12-16....title reflects the numbers I heard on this day... as they day go forward, there maybe more, I am not changing the title, as it was what I knew when I first heard.

141 children and 2 from a cafe on another continent
453 · Jul 2013
Like spirits
Clem C Jul 2013
When you walk among the trees,
                    do you feel a breeze,
              even on a windless day?

When you walk among the forest,
like Adam, like Eve, do you meet the Florist,
            even when you are alone?

When you hike among the trees,
dropping your burdens as you please,
                are you not then new?

When walk among the woods,
as a created being freely should,
are you the hunter or the prey?

When you run among giant conifers and deciduous growth,
                                          tell us where you were under oath,
                      as there are not as many as there were before,
  how did you know where to go...can you take us there?


©ClemC072013
431 · Oct 2013
Empty
Clem C Oct 2013
quiet men until they drink,
hard lives need hard liquor,
forget the ice,
it is cold enough,
liquid burning taste
is fire in the mouth
warms the belly,
pinpoint of heat
expands to fill the void
not the empty stomach,
but the empty heart
the empty bed,
the empty nights
filled with only
male voices on
a remote island
of metal, talk of
families, wives and
lovers and we
are only the few
the forgotten
the repair crew.
Mornings come
day goes filled
with work
but we start
by picking up
all that was empty
from the night
before, strangers
no more, and none
can find the one
satellite phone.


©ClemC102013
426 · Aug 2013
Happy Birthday Ma!
Clem C Aug 2013
Gardens come and gardens go
seeding, planting,
watering, weeding
as do the seasons,
as the crop is waiting for your care and
to greet you daily, for without a gardener
such as you, I may have turned to seed,
too true? Or become a bad ****.
Your garden is a beauty every year,
as for me, I am getting there, thanks to you!
reproduced with permission
411 · Oct 2013
Rivulets
Clem C Oct 2013
any open surface
become
tiny crevices
eroded by
round rolled
objets
add water
down a *****
add gravity,
speeds the process
aging the
outer me



©ClemC102013
Clem C Jul 2013
They sounded so close, waves
flashback in my memory, of
a filled back seat circled by, cars
as the movie played on, speeding
us along until that moment goes, by.


©CLEMC072013
358 · Mar 2014
Scale
Clem C Mar 2014
An act of an adrenaline *****,
Who climbs like a monkey,
Unencumbered by fear,
                                      he is a seer of distances,
                                       and close to the sky.

A bit of a fish or something that
covers fish flesh or over my eyes,
to see the truth not conspiracy ruse,
oh Lord, drop the scales from my eyes,
fill me not with hate, distrust or to despise,
                            others who breed trust, in them with lies.

Found standing on a rock formation, high above a body
liquid green and cool blue, dark mysterious plays with light,
seeing feeling the movement sounds of syncopation, the wind
carries a rhythm, which grounds my life and
                                                             in the large and the small,
                                           lets me know I am not alone after all.

Not connected to some guy in Conneticut who has a theory,
Not applauding an NYC teen for going where no one is allowed to go,
Knowing that I am able to rest at His behest, as He was able
to invest, His son.

In every life, for every generation, for every day is a trial,
                    and for every trial there is God.  And the world
measures with scales of injustice, you can't climb out of whole,
you can't protect yourself, from the ways that drag and
sway your soul.  Away.
353 · Mar 2014
Sigh II
Clem C Mar 2014
marks and bruises
job descriptions confused,
understanding
with the commonest of senses,
no boundaries
no fences
no one in sight,
PLANES!
Fly overhead,
jet stream, feather light,
is the vapor trail visible at night?,
none can see our vessel
our oars, our trail, ... of gas on the wake forms a rainbow on the waves,
even when we are on land,
standing water to our knees, thick soft moss hides sharp rock edges
under our feet,
HEY!
we get a three day break,
no where to go,
to spend nothing,
to actually sleep,
to catch our breath,
to take another shower,
the job, has power.
work is the master,
              the *******.
351 · Jul 2013
The Cold
Clem C Jul 2013
Where is the warmth,
not of another human,
not of the parka,
fake fur wired rim,
to take
shape and protect from
the relentless wind,
that cuts and maims,
with minute particles of
ice that travel so far,
to cut and melt on your
face, sting your eyes,
bloodied and cold,
"too bad you shaved?"
you think
out loud
talking to
no one
but the cold,
the cold
that can't
hear you    for    the    wind,
that howls at your
trespassing,
still you walk,
crunching and
leaning into and
on all things the
cold has touched.

All is white and pure,
ready for a sacrifice.

If the cold could
bury you, and
embrace you,
it would if
you let it, go get it,
take it to the cold,
be a bold fool, lean
into the wind and howl
back.

But remember,
they are relentless,
they travel in pairs
cold and wind,
wind and cold,
and you are all alone,
and that is how they
will find you in the Spring
after the cold is gone for
a season, but the wind
will move over and
watch over you, howling.

don't believe me?
Just ask the cold.
Clem C Feb 2015
If you were the ocean,
what body of water that
would be, but only salty
from the tears you have
cried missing me...

If I were sky, it would be the colour
of my eyes, yet cloudy with age,
and the tears would not fail, to fall
like hail from my cold and ***-
tant shaped heart.

There is one place I promise we can meet,
despite the gaps between us seeming, ever
grand and global,
keep your eyes on the horizon, run to meet me
there, as I fall from the heights for you...

yet I understand, if there is no softness in the catch...

again and again...I will fall.
Sorry, we won't be together.
330 · Feb 2014
Sigh
Clem C Feb 2014
Read
read,
seed your mind,
see,
see,
observe and refine,
writing
wording,
sounds and pitch,
work calls me away
the *****
See my main intro page for not much more
330 · Mar 2014
And I haven't met her yet
Clem C Mar 2014
who she is to me,
she is butterfly, rare and free,
landing on flowers and weaving paths,
only she can see.

what she is to me,
she is a Spanish guitar,
tuned and played perfectly.

when she is to me,
available, even for a few seconds
each day I hold them in my heart,
in my mind, looking for the soil,
and willing to toil, to let that time
grow on me.

where she is to me,
she is nearly so far away,
that even in my dreams, she is a blur.

why she is to me,
so important see, it is like this,
she is the image of poetry in
motion as she danced,
across the tips of waves on the ocean.

how she will meet me,
I don't know, it is not with regret,
but a peaceful place in my chaotic
life that I hold the thought of her,
for I have not met her yet,
but one day I will,
             if she wills it so.


©ClemC032014
294 · Jul 2013
When a law kills
Clem C Jul 2013
I thought it was knives or guns with bullets or bombs,
that injure, or maim or ****,
I have no ill will,
but somewhere,
across the ocean,
there is word,
I heard,
that a law,
killed someone
at the hands of a man,
tell me it isn't so,
as that is a place,
I will never go,
won't you join me?


©ClemC072013
280 · Oct 2013
The return (10W)
Clem C Oct 2013
sleeping in my bed,
strange,
to be home, from Gladstad
Too tired :(

and Ballstad
277 · Sep 2013
Small
Clem C Sep 2013
I knew.

You did not,
                     how could you?
So close.
To grabbing hold, but
                                     there was
no hold, that small.


©ClemC092013
For someone I know and I hope she'll understand and believe I am sad for her.

10w X 2

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