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 Apr 2017 Nancy E Tracy
nivek
there are switchbacks
round in circles
retracing steps
long and short detours
seemingly lost
up and down hills
great distances
short hops
and finally
a place for your bones.
Lone crane fly crying,
chasing mates went awry,
from despair swinging.
Red roses train in the shadow of a summer rain
Through red clay trails
Along white fence rails
Into Magnolia arbors
Across manicured fields of glistening marble* ..
Copyright April 16 , 2017 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved
May time makes
grass armies of green
While adoring flowers
wave petals as they March by
 Apr 2017 Nancy E Tracy
Sjr1000
"Peace!"
Cried,
The diversity of humanity
to
Their true
gods.
Let the water run till overflow, it seeps to the floor,
so you can master tiny oceans that trickle past the door.
In the next hour you will find it has turned to ice,
freezing a perfect moment you wish you could live twice.

Feel the silence drop into comfort, along with all stale stares,
thrown up in catastrophic unison along with worries and with cares.
Hack away the impending distance, so subtle how it does slice,
thrashing out at unclaimed ghosts, only hoping to entice.

The brushstrokes don't do justice, when painting a blue sky,
and my words of ink could never penetrate the walls of a sigh,
shaking and trembling, I fall to my knees,
scared of all the "wants" and terrified of all the "needs,"
weighing selflessness while still considering greed.

As I choose you over air, I choose you over trees.
I choose you over mountains, I choose you over seas.
I choose you over darkness, I choose you over dreams.
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