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Tex Dermott May 2015
One night as I was going to bed, I looked out the window and saw 55 yellow balloons flying by. I grabbed by coat and went outside. “I wonder where they come from and where they are going,” I said to myself.”

The mystery of the yellows balloon caused me to become wide awake. My keys were in my coat, and I decided to follow these 55 yellow balloons. I drove until daylight, and then the 55 yellow balloons ascended above the clouds.

Today this mystery remains unsolved. It appears they were seen by no one else, and the news never reported it. Some things cannot ever be explained by human reasoning. This is the case of the 55 yellow balloons
Based on the song 99 Red Balloons.
Tex Dermott Jul 2015
7000*
Israelites would not bow to Baal.
They served God.
This is based on what God told Elijah when he was fleeing from Jezebel.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
My only wish is to be a good father always.
Tex Dermott May 2015
Five days old
His father passed on
This great king
Left one son
A childhood taken

In his youth
The castle he fled
A circus
Took him in
Becoming an acrobat
The subjects were sad

Chaos Broke
The king’s uncle ruled
A tyrant
Who shed blood
People longed for the young king
But he was not found

News spread far
Guilt filled the young king
He returned
Took his crown
Putting his uncle in chains
Still his heart was sad

A decree
For an election
Was set forth
A new king
Chosen by the common man
A free nation born

He was free
Back to the circus
Once again
No more crown
To steal his true happiness
Peace is important
Tex Dermott Oct 2015
Almost Done
Spinning my wheels
Wasting my time
So long
Good-by
Tex Dermott Jan 2020
Once Evil
Until he sunk deep
Henry Cush
Repented
He now helps the multitudes
A love rarely found
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
The moon was absent and the fog blended with the blackness. Then I saw a white horse standing boldly in the meadow.  The fears that had trapped me vanished.
#snippet #darkness #light #fear
Tex Dermott Jul 2015
Blue
Star
Appeared
One cold night
An elf played his horn
Sweet music filled the wild forest
Tex Dermott May 2015
Bouncing
Blue eyes
On the highway

Frozen
By this
Strange majestic site

Moving
Closer in
A form shapes

A
Black cat
With blue eyes

Travels
The roads
During the moonlight

Funny
How mysteries
Can be solved
Tex Dermott May 2015
Cartoon Duck
Always the victim
Of the world
He lives in
Yet loved by those who view him
In the living world
This shadorma is dedicated to all those ducks who see in the funny pages and the silver screen.
Tex Dermott May 2015
Cartoon Man
Held captive by the ink
The artist
Designs him
Each thought and move is public
And no soul within
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Duck Season
Opens on Toon Lake
Cartoon Man
Is ready
His mouth waters for roast duck
Horns grow on his head

Cartoon Duck
Is on full alert
Playing ticks
Scheming plans
Confusing his pursuer
Until the moon shines

Duck Dinners
Never come about
Cartoon man
Thinks and thinks
And finally surrenders
Waiting for next year
Tex Dermott May 2015
Cats
Of green
In my thoughts

Where
Their from
Is not known

What
Will happen
Is still undecided

Purple
Elephants trample
Through my thoughts

Colors
And animals
War within me

What
Future horrors
They will bring

Is
A complete
Mystery to me

My
Eyes open
I see reality

Only
A dream
An uncontrolled thought
Tex Dermott May 2015
Emptiness
No stories to tell
Splitting pain
Sleepless nights
The serpent always striking
Courage still survives
Tex Dermott Mar 2021
Fame

Fortune

Swiftly came

For the dashing

Derf Merrymaker

Yet things were in reverse

For his childhood blood brother

Whose odd name was Teaberry Von

His fame rose slowly in his ancient days

Derf’s fame quickly fell died a common man
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Swiss cheese has only one destiny,*
To be eaten up
Tex Dermott Aug 2015
Watching water drip
Is boring
Still it can keep you awake
*All night long
Tex Dermott May 2015
Enemies
Often seem happy
Anger swells
Within me
Then I see the cross and thorns
A life of blessings
This is a shadorma
Tex Dermott Sep 2015
Even If
The sun never shines
I will stand
For the truth
Even if the whole world hates me
I will be myself
#shadorma #hate #stand #truth #myself
Tex Dermott May 2015
Leaves
Cease
Falling
Bluebirds sing
Winter slips away
Drinking soda filled with ice cubes
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Fish never get tired of swimming
Tex Dermott May 2015
Born a slave
He dreamed of freedom
Years went by
Battles fought
Then one day he was redeemed
Someone paid the price
This is what Memorial Day is all about.
Tex Dermott Jan 2020
Simple Life
Is often not sought
Through the blows
Tears with blood
Gold no longer seems worth it
Just give me pastures
Tex Dermott Jan 2020
Go
To
Edgemont
If you can
Stand at the crossroads
Don't look back at the path again
Tex Dermott May 2015
My father was a white dove
And my mother was a wolf
I can fly among the clouds
While howling at the full moon
A peaceful wild beast
Tex Dermott Oct 2015
His
Love
Covers
All mankind
Evil flees in fear
Strength given during the bleak hours
A fibonacci  I wrote about  the strength of unconditional love.
Tex Dermott May 2015
All
Hype
Excites
The masses
Just like senseless sheep
They will walk blindly of the cliff
Tex Dermott Aug 2015
If Ever
Love’s arrow strikes me
I will freeze
Then will shake
To see if I am sleeping
Dreaming seems so real
Tex Dermott Oct 2015
The names I would give if I had 26 sons.

Abel
Benjamin
Conway
Darth
Evan (After my nephew)
Fabian
Garth
Hollis (My dad)
Joey (My brother)
Isaac (My grandfather)
Kent
Lemuel
Matthew
Nathaniel
Othniel
Paul
Quinton
R­ichard (My middle name)
Sandage (My grandmother’s maiden name)
Terry (My name)
Uzziah
Val
William (My great grandfather)
X (One of my favorite wrestlers was Doctor X)
Yale
Zacchaeus
Tex Dermott Sep 2015
In boredom
Finding a good story
Is like a spring
In the desert
This is form I started which I called Unlucky 13.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
I
Need
Some sleep
Wide awake
When the moon beams forth
Then sleepy as the sun rises
Tex Dermott May 2015
Bland
Yet talented
John Z. Adams

Once
World Champion
By battle royal

Always
Looked over
Due to personality

As
Time past
His greatness noticed

Often
Looking backwards
We discover things
John Z. Adams was a minor character in my story titled The Immortal One has Fallen.  I decided to do his story is the Janaku form.
Tex Dermott Sep 2015
Stories pop up everywhere,
No songs can be found.
I search here and there,
It seems I am story bound.

Will I ever find a song?
*The journey seems very long.
More on my quest of writing a song.
Tex Dermott Jul 2015
July 4th.**   *In Remembrance of a nation that once lived.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Junk
Sells
Treasures
For someone
Often gold is found
In piles and piles of old clutter
Tex Dermott May 2015
Living in a freedom does not always mean life will be easy. In times of hardship if one keeps their liberty they still have hope of reaching the stars.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
Our life passes quickly
Like
A story with ten words
Tex Dermott Aug 2015
Be unique
Like a leopard
In a city of zebras
Tex Dermott Sep 2015
History
We live it daily
A young kid
On the street
May one day change the world
We may never know
#shadorma #history #world
Tex Dermott May 2015
Marshmallows
Float down the river
All flavors
And sizes
This gives the fish a sweet taste
Their ready to roast
Tex Dermott May 2015
As the sun faded
Behind the wooded mountain
A yellow rooster
Walked out of an old red barn
Resting on a post
Most roosters crow at daybreak
But this one did not
He slept all during the day
And crowed all night long
Then the farmer had enough
The rooster became dinner
A form called Naga Ua.
Tex Dermott May 2015
It is lost
I cannot find it
Blankness thrives
Giving up
After seeking the whole world
Muse is in the heart
Shadorma
Tex Dermott May 2015
My mind travels to places unknown
Meeting people from many places
Yet I never leave my desk
Papers stuffed in corners
Some scattered about
Stories undone
A writer's
Quest for
life
Tex Dermott May 2015
From the ship he shot the great albatross,
His purpose for this we will never know.
But his mistake his shipmate’s life lost,
Yet he was cursed to journey to and fro.

Telling of the strange tragedy at sea,
Miles from his home in land of crystal ice.
A sin committed his life never free,
He transformed to become wise and nice.

This epic they say if full of symbol,
Like when Adam ate from the sinner’s tree.
When we think of our sins we should tremble,
Yet we can be spared by the savior’s creed.

The old mariner journeyed on a great quest,
And touched the heart of a wedding guest.
Tex Dermott Jan 2020
Newton Funk
Once a valiant knight
A man's man
With a heart
Then found peace with a bottle
Died in a sewer
Tex Dermott Mar 2017
Next
Is always ahead of us.
Where will the path end?
Tex Dermott Feb 2020
I
have
nothing
All is cool
At the very end
It will not matter in the least
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
What is nothing?
Will mankind ever find the true answer?
*Maybe!
I thought I would do 11 words for a change.
Tex Dermott Jun 2015
As I start to write this
Now
It is finished
Tex Dermott Feb 2016
Starched Dress Shirts
Shiny Polished Shoes
Manicured
Well mannered
Only one hidden desire
He ate big fat rats
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