"lifesong" poems
the aftermath is a song
breathed through broken lips
*hallelujah, hallelujah
let my lifesong sing to you...*
a hoarse voice lifted
in defiance
she listens to his voice
finds humor in this resistance
she twines his hair around her finger
smiling like war
he is crumpled, broken
supported by a wall of rubble
and her arms are around him
possessive, waiting
his lungs rattle
willpower is all that sustains him
her fingers linger at the corner of his mouth
tracing the words on his lips
*i want to sign your name
to the end of this day*
*Lord led my heart was true
let my lifesong sing to you*
*hallelujah, hallelujah
let my lifesong sing to you...*
his voice trails off
his eyes drift closed
she lifts his frail form
victorious
the ground where he had lain
is stained crimson
her hands are dark
with his blood
his spirit, though
is finally at peace
h.f.m.
Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018 at 6:04 PM UTC
LIFESONG
What would it take to write a simple song?
Not an overlong, complicated, complex, philosophy on right from wrong.
Nor a chastened, hastened, ditty, on tormented lovers, all angst and pity.
What would it take to write a simple song?
To see life, through the eyes of a child and run down the street, carefree and shout and scamper and sing...........and just for five minutes, live life......
live life.....
Live life as we ought, not angry and fraught, we 'grown-ups' know all about how 'life is short'.
How would it be to write a simple song?
To be bold in our hearts and to hold in our hands a flower say, or a small plastic toy?
And without grasping within, giggle with joy!
What does it take to write a simple song?
A lifetime of loves and of souls lost and found?
Our hearts search for meaning before we lie in the ground.
And how will you be when your songs nearly done?
(as is the way with everyone)
Will you think of the fun that you had as a child, and just for five minutes, will you live a while?
and just for five minutes............remember how to smile.
Mark........December 1999......
Jan 30, 2014
Jan 30, 2014 at 12:46 PM UTC
Shadow walker
Follow me into the light
The world will know
Your name - strong
Your suffering - silent
And the boulder
Blocking away your soul
Will crumble under the weight of the moon
Shadow walker
I understand life
In the depths of everyone's glory
Drowning in your unclaimed gold
And the tears of a silent voice
Life's talent perched on your tongue
Shadow walker
Come closer, I'll listen
Your lifesong is beauty
Cracking from unpracticed lips
Mouth dry from unuse
Shadow walker
I've lived in the dark
Take my hand
I'll be your guide.
Mar 22, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 at 9:38 PM UTC
God is my lifesong, my lovesong,
every song I have sung.
He is the oppressive orchestra
strumming life through my lungs.
He broadened my voice
to praise Him across the biosphere
up to the uppermost obstacles,
but a whisper beckons Him near.
He'll elevate my voice
caroling to His sweet symphony.
I'll proceed,overcome, and overflow
in the puissant Psalms He put in me
Jun 18, 2019
Jun 18, 2019 at 2:34 PM UTC