David R

Nov 2021

Peter Noah Thomas

sparks

when life seems hopeless and despair
has grabbed hold and kept you there
inside the blackest places known
you feel scared and alone

search within, look deep inside
a tiny speck of hope implied
will grow so slowly then collide
with helpless thoughts that try to hide

it shimmers, swirls, burns like fire
picks you up and takes you higher
lifts you from the pits of hell
and suddenly, you can tell

your spirits brighter than the dark
you are a flash; you are a spark
that bathes the world with golden light
a lighthouse shining in the night

with your spirit that has grown
you sense a presence yet unknown
you squint to see, and you're shown
you have never been alone

a field of radiant, brilliant sparks
they glow and pulse, leave their marks
upon your tattered weary soul
they help to make you feel whole

so when the darkness has a grip
around you, helpless feelings slip
the light that's in your soul defends
the sparks are all of us, your friends

#friendship #despair #alone #scared #darkness #life #lonely #weary #helpless #lost

David R Nov 2021

Just One Word

touch a person with a word
move their soul with a smile
watch their spirit soar like a bird
as a bride walking down aisle

David R Nov 2021

Home at last

"Ahm gannin yem"
she whispered soft
with mouth of phlegm
from cancerous cough

no more pain
or morphine jabs
driven insane
by talk of labs

"I wanna go home
before i die"
said pain-racked homme
suppressing a sigh

no more swelling
feet like balloons
sheets smelling
of hospital rooms

they're all home now
safe and sound
on lofty brow
with diadem crown'd

the swelling's gone
the pain's disappeared
in upper echelon
of Supernal Beard

but down below
there's aching hole
the yearning throe
of deepest Seoul.

and o'er their remains
mounds of earth
pithy reminder
of this world's worth

BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#echelon

David R Nov 2021

Honesty

butterfly with eyes on wings
feigns appearance of predator
fools the bird that flying sings
of crunching grubs as creditor

clown with plastered face and grin
jovial and facetious,
masks the dismal depths within
pretext of roister specious

the solidness of form material
cloaks the inner truth
the vacuous space of air ethereal
that fills the world in sooth.

authenticity is hard to come by,
that's this world's DNA,
but that don't mean we shouldn't try
to be as honest as we may.

BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#facetious, #jovial , #feign, #roister

David R Nov 2021

Orchestral

the trees, the grass,
the flowers, the hills,
the stars that pass
in midnight chills,
the sun, the moon
the birds of feather,
sing in tune,
sing together,
all are part
of symphony
in hallowed art
of harmony
as they join as one
one creation
proclaim there's none
but Your elation

the trees, the grass,
the flowers, the hills,
the stars that pass
in midnight chills,
the sun, the moon
the birds of feather,
G-d grant me tune
to sing together
to be a part
of symphony
in hallowed art
of harmony
to join as one
with your creation
to proclaim there's none
but Your elation

David R Nov 2021

Sweet Pigeon

mottled grey is its name
a duller shade there never was
never sought the world's acclaim
never heard the world's applause

yet it defies the worldly naysayers
those who laugh at heartfelt prayers
those who live in academic enclave
bound and blinded as science-slave

grace is its name
as it traverses the heavens
its leisured pace
tracing impressions

with elegance and ease
of ballet dancer
like softest breeze
gives tacit answer

to those who worship Darwinian myth
kneel before its monolith
give adulation before their god
with scarce a thought to their slipshod

methods of rebuff 'n dismissal
with carefree handwave and a whistle
of all who see G-d's Divinity
His music in world's symphony

BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#enclave

David R Nov 2021

Cogs of Progress

hair white as sheep's pure wool
clothes as white as snow
Timeless Immemorial
unwinds a cord so slow

through wormhole of space continuum
negotiates diamond drop
the ***** of Divine residuum
'gainst vacuous backstop

soft with tremour and trepidation
throbs elation of creation
unto realm of craz'd inanity
draconian place of inhumanity

enters Univocal Amity
with wraps of planets seven
to give voice to human sanity
to make earth a place of heaven

time passed by as no-one watched
none took note of passing years
till one day awoke man touched
by sweet music of the spheres

gradually the cogs move faster
breaking concrete bricks of darkness
sifting out the pure white plaster
from deep within the spiritual starkness

BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#wormhole, #negotiate, #amity, #draconian, #trepidation, #univocal