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Your Fur Is Black As The Raven's Wing,
And Soft As The Eagle's Sacred Feather,
Your Eyes Golden As The Dying Corn In October,
Your Teeth Are Never Barred,
And You Always Have The Same Posture,
Stark And Lean--Tail And Head Down,
As You Stare Into My Leafy Green Orbs,
It's As If You're Trying To Speak To Me,
Because Almost Every Night,
You Lurk In The Hollows Of My Dreams,
Sometimes In Dark Corners,
And Others In The Woods--Motioning For Me To,
Follow,
Sometimes I Am Human When With You,
Other's I Am Dwelling In A Different Form,
You Are From A Lifetime Ago,
We Must Have Been Close,
Though Now You Shyly Follow,
A Knowledgeable Ghost,
You Protect Me In Every Nightmare,
And Are With Me At Every Great Sight,
I Am Happy To Sleep,
Because You're There Every Night,
Your Masculine Presents Does Not Frighten Me,
And I Am Sad Every Time I Wake,
Though I Know You're There,
Running Through My Veins,
In A Part Of My Mind Which I Cannot Unlock
This Poem Isn't That Good But Every Night There Is A Black Wolf In My Dreams--And Sometimes A Whole Pack With All The Same Members, And The Black Wolf Always Seems To Try To Tell Me Something... The Natives Say It's Because I Have The Soul Of A Wolf--Interesting Huh?:)
 Dec 2012 Nik Bland
BarelyABard
Rhyming can be important when you want to write a line.
Keeping form and texture with specific poetic time.
Make sure to count the syllables and make sure they all fit...
Then you can astound the world with a sharp and rapier wit!
If you think you cannot make a rhyme, fear not! Look and see!
Potato potato potato potato potato potato ***.

:D
 Dec 2012 Nik Bland
BarelyABard
Wounded fragments of shattered dreams stain the pavement and sidewalks while we all move in a pattern unknown and unseen.
Poised perfectly in the sky are the ends of strings that pull us along, and we follow, apathetic to the vile disgrace of not being in control.
The sun neither rises nor falls, we circle around to have him stare at us with curious and diminished eyes.
The stars wink and shine like diamonds in a fog, long after their reign has ended and their souls have departed.

Half forgotten synapses and faded photographs are the pinpoint of realization in the half written tragedy and comedy of man.

Can we feel the shattered slice into our feet? Do we drink of the cup of color or our we drowning ourselves in a cesspool of grey?
Frayed and patched we are.
The wolf is ignorant while the sparrow is enlightened. They chase each other. Dream by dream, thought by thought, reaction by action, into the depths of our souls. Neither can triumph over the other and perhaps that is the design. Blueprints hidden carefully by an architect far beyond comprehension of morality and sustenance are the makings of an encore, a time for roses after the curtain falls.
For none can know the beauty and mystery behind the short circuit of synapse and the ceasing of beats.
Perception of dimensions beyond us our limited and jaded, causing lies disguised as truth. Fear of the mystery causes fear of us all. We are all that is here. We are the tourniquet and we are the axe.

Oh child of wonder… Oh traveler of distance. See us all.

We are two sides of a spinning coin. We are everything and we are nothing. Perhaps the strings will be cut. We will overcome the misfortune of breathing in that which is farthest from the truth. Be the crack in the pattern. Be the narrow path.

Be better than us.
I'm awake.
Idiot box illuminates.
A dying tree dressed in holiday garb.
Shines bright with a crooked star on top.
I go to bed.
Not before I follow a safe visible path.
I wake up at night to use the restroom.
I need guidance.
I'm rudely awakened in the morning.
Beams of solar energy piercing through cheap shades.
I drive home from work at night.
Switches on my truck panel help me reach my destination.
I need this flame, so hot,
To enjoy my overpriced cigar.
To cook my food.
I often wonder where would we be without it.
Do you remember light before you were born?
Will there be light when you die?
 Dec 2012 Nik Bland
Jessica N
warmth
then a rythym, a beat
steady now, softly
hold together
while you're still whole
avoid the arrow
hold captive the bow
trade it for wings
learn to fly without pearching
the stars are waiting
be free
 Dec 2012 Nik Bland
Byongho Lee
In a maze of endless death
Every turn is love and war
Any wall can constrict any man’s sinful neck
Life leaving his heart’s cold core

A twisted, greedy man appears,
Seeing a tangled man with a lustful expression
His eyes see the treasure, gold and bright
And is caught within a poisonous suppression  

A fierce woman soon approaches
Bitter and angry, her maw and claws sharp
Burning through the coils and gas
Falls to endless sleep with the help of a harp

A wistful child comes forth
Living in envy and through a disguise
Treads, like a thief, past the harp
To fall into the ground through his shadow’s demise

Five have failed and five faced death
So an animal consumes his way through the vines
Through the gas, harp, and trap
Only to die by it’s purposeless cries

Now a small ant rises
And slowly makes his way through the maze
He reaches a gate and opens the door
And sees a figure that brings endless raze

Who is left in this cold cruel world?
Who can become the seventh to the prize?
A god, a hot-headed braggart, reaches the gift
And loses faith through his guilt and his lies
 Dec 2012 Nik Bland
Tom Orr
"A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously."
When the aqua blue fades into a bubble gum pink,
They make a satin violet that dazzles the evening sky.
And as the sun goes down, it kisses the clouds,
Leaving a trace of amber lipstick around its edges.
The sun melts into the horizon, spilling it's liquid gold everywhere.
It scrambles to pick up the beautiful mess it's created.
But it knows time is running out,
Before it is invaded with the purest black.
And like a curtain that has been drawn one to many,
Light shows through the tattered cloth,
Shining.
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