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David R Aug 2021
a s sweet innocence stares
g host of blackened sin
h aunts the universe
a ttacks the soul within
s oft, gentle tiptoe
t urns to shout and blow

a nd no-one bats an eyelid
g oes to save the kid
h elps the untouched soul
a gainst the gaping hole
s ucking in the piety
t o satiate society

a ghast divinity shivers
g asps for inner light
h ungers for Caregiver
a midst the ghouls of night
s inking in black river
t he tears of human blight
BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#aghast
David R Aug 2021
"daddy's dying",
what did he mean?
daddies don't die!
don't be obscene

i looked at my father
so thin and so drawn
but he smiled with laughter
eyes like the dawn

but the dawn never came
for those smiling eyes
as G-d came to claim
his soul for the skies

we seldom appreciate
what we have or we own
until it's too late
and we're left all alone
David R Aug 2021
red, the colour of crimson blood
blue, the carrying veins,
green, as colour of unripe spud
the bile of human remains

above all lies the crystal-clear
elixir o' emotions swirled,
the pearl-like diamond of heartfelt tear
that's bigger than this world
David R Aug 2021
the devil closed his eyes in shock
couldn't bear to look
as child fell as rock
into blood-stained brook

child of nineteen years
begging for his life
begging with dripping tears
before the rifle's knife

the devil blocked his ears
couldn't bear to hear
the cry of youthful teenage years
fade and disappear

as the metal tool of darkness
winnowed away the light
leaving world in naked starkness
leaving world of night.
18 Aug. 21. 2 shooters drove up and attacked Jewish school in Denver. They started by shooting at the front windows, then chased an 19 year old student who had been outside and shot him, twelve times, as he begged for his life.

BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#winnow
David R Aug 2021
they showed him how he'd pulverised
the naked defenceless bud
they showed him how he'd compromised
the soul in flesh and blood

but then they drew back the veil
on the rivers of delight
those thoughts and words he'd set sail
in the darkness of the night
David R Aug 2021
soar sweet soul
as never before
let go of sorrow
of time and morrow

soar sweet spirit
soar higher still
and stay your visit
on heaven's hill

soar divine one
you've hardly begun
you are G-d's son
G-d's only one

that's you and I
we're made of sky
so embrace what's nigh
you'll never die
David R Aug 2021
let me whisper into your ear
for only you can hear
the sweetest love i am for ye
so help me disappear

into your embrace
eyes - pools of grace
and in your self, your self-efface
my iniquity and self erase
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