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Joel Johnson Sep 2016
In days when wonders
wander toward the precipice
failing to be
even with the fervor
of a distant forgotten dream
what pirates, majestic
stood chanting, wondrously
by the quiet crackling
of a cold winter's fire

When motions toward resolution
seem solemn in their disgrace
who else is it to seek
but in the bitter end
all that was to become
an end again

Where from there then
and to what day
do the waters part

Is it even above the mind's eye
to dream
hastily in passing
as the mountains stand resolute
dancing in reverie
at the sight of a hand
brushing winds heartily
through motionless trees

In the end
it was what began then
and when it sang
those that came
led then believed
and as it was
so now shall they see
for ne'er again
in the end
will it stand there
then fail
to seek toward the bitterness
and all else
destined, charged, and condemned
to falter then end
Joel Johnson Sep 2016
Yielding to the motion of crashing waves,
step ashore at one with elements raging
all said to be apart, yet at once whole

Wherefore or where to seek
for then it's as a moment's haste
assimilated, no, imprisoned
by time mourning
the road ahead
as even then
hollowed by foresight
it slips toward longing
for a time it was
Joel Johnson Sep 2016
What a gift
traded for love
divine
without haste
where crashing waves
steal hearts beating
nearer there, washing ashore
farther it feins
drifting from home

For better ways
a majestic ringing in the air
what else sounds
as it was
meant to carry forward
these days
specially placed
Joel Johnson Sep 2016
Some say with wonder
others with haste
all that's to be said
but even in this case
where is it again
what makes it all
seem sudden
a change
leaving the world a part
tense at the seams
knowing even then
aside from the waves
crashing toward the bitter end
it was dealt
squarely
only pausing to be
as there it is again.
Joel Johnson Sep 2016
Oh how sweet it would be
for it to be me
that's the one to reveal
in days before
the IPO of many of these
(and the main other 3)
that what the world
has been waiting for
is sitting with me--
with open arms--
desperately ready to be--
with you--
always.
Joel Johnson Aug 2016
Near to me
it's certain to be
that time again
and in my right mind
as I approach
steadily this time
again I am where
I was to be

And where from here
but where it was
I had to go
for even in the after
it all still begs
to be what it's sure
will be marked in time
and time again
sweet reverie
for it has been
what was wished to be
and then there again
Joel Johnson Aug 2016
For when you have lost it all
And all that's been found
has been toward the freedom
in mind and in time
without which even when it's divine
it's done just to be in line
with it all in play

What's there to see again
on that stage then
when it was all said to begin
and then heaven ended it
only to have it ne'er again

What more can one take
when simple things displace
what it means
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