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Turoa Aug 2019
From a barstool
One can watch
Life rushing by
I can't begin
To comprehend sometimes
The racing masses
Not knowing where
What for
Or why

At moments like this
I pause
From a wooden stool
Look for purpose
Patterns
For cause
But some questions
Aren't answered
Some lands
We cannot explore
Some toasts untasted
Better suit the floor

But I'll sit
And I'll watch
Life run its course
And while I search
For meaning
From my stool by the door
Until I find something
...
Bartender,
I think I'll have one more
Turoa Aug 2019
We all die alone,
He said in passing
One and all
We all die alone
A simple fact
Death claims us all

Yes we all die
We also fail,
Stumble and fall
But if one is remembered,
Carried in heart
No matter how small
Who to say
Any of us
Ever
Really die at all
Turoa Aug 2019
You found me in darkness
You held me
Despite cutting edges
You stilled me
A lover of dark
Though a beacon of light
You're a paradox, a saint
An angel
Wings ebony bright

What could I give you?
A lone wolf in the night
I live in shadows and blood
While a raven's
Gentle wings
Eclipse heavens height
Your own would disown you
If only truth they could see
What could I give
If I offered
What would there be
All I offer is pain
My Fire
And sweet misery

It is forbidden
So I will guard you
Silently
From my station below
Love you as dark to the moon
Through from a safe distance might
For our fire would be insatiable
Like the sun
Rivaling stars
Burning the night

I will wait, I will yearn
Continue and fight
For a day
The forbidden
May step into light

Realist I am
Some dreams I may never see
But if the leviathan rises
To end dreamers in all
Waiting in depths below
There I will be
To shield you
Catch you when you fall
The only happy ending
From my vantage can see
Burnt in fur and tattered wing
Two broken souls
I will love you in darkness
The forbidden set free
Turoa May 2019
I once read
That a man looks at a bird, its
Feathers, its wings, under a microscope
Down to the tiniest detail,      giving
Names, claiming that      because
Of our understanding we,                        
Are somehow,      
Superior, but they,     are nations
Unto themselves,        living by
Sights we
Cannot,        
See and,  
Senses,    
We couldn't
Hope to,    
Comprehend.
In all our
Superiority
We still don't
Know, how it feels to fly.
Turoa May 2019
It took a lifetime
To get there
It'll take a lifetime
To get out
Step by step
It'll be worth it
Turoa Apr 2019
It's a question all men ask,
For them what would I do?
Would we rise to the task
Se lever, to raise
Or fall, au dessous..
That person could be our little one
Wife, family, or friend
Should we succeed
Or fail
Let us fight
To the end.
Turoa Apr 2019
It can't be judged
One's state in life
It's a spectrum
Not a destination
Not a hunt for a 'why'
Those born into comfort
Can't condemn simple life
Nor those who struggle, spurn
Scoff at success in their strife
My perspective is my own
And we all push past defenses
In that search for 'home'
And white pickett fences
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