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

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

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