Wherefore do horns and strings play so
In my mind’s silent ear?
Play bright, cellos, and trumpets blow
That I your songs might hear
Category: Free Verse
11/14/2022 – to you
To you:
The one who walks strong
The one who speaks gently
The one who thinks carefully
Who listens first
And speaks second
Who loves first
And hates seldom
Who brings me warmth
And meaning
And peace
And wonder
O, that I might give those things to you
To you
11/12/2022 – truest, most, best
Hide me away
In the crevices of your heart
Where I am safest
Hold me there
In the warmth of your embrace
Where I am strongest
Keep me here
Beside the kindness of your soul
Where I am truest
Where I am most
Where I am best
11/11/2022 – give me a story
I want for legends like of old
Heroes defying all
And hidden tales as yet untold
Beyond the future’s wall
11/9/2022 – they were lies
I woke in sweat with visions of
Shadows before my eyes
And only you could hold me then
And tell me they were lies
11/8/2022 – nurture it
A breath
Is the fire
That burns against the cold
A salve
Is the rain
That comes amidst the drought
Salvation
Is the green
That sprouts from winter’s melt
If only I can nurture it
11/5/2022 – a bright-colored lie
A bright-colored lie
Is the sun on winter’s day
11/3/2022 – left me
With the sun so high
I could hardly see
The shadow walking
Under me
And in the light
The dark did hide
Though it was always
There beside
I wondered what
Became of it
When nighttime came
The bright sun set
But when came the morn
The shadow sprung
From night’s embrace
There by me hung
It was a comfort,
To tell truly
To know it never
Left me
11/2/2022 – solace
I peered into the Reaper’s eyes
And saw amidst the grey
The truth against a world of lies:
That with him solace lay
10/31/2022 – worth the wandering
I have often wandered
And often wondered
Whether I have wandered enough
Seen enough
Heard enough
Been enough
Yet in my heart of hearts
I sense
I know
I wander
Not for an answer
But because the question
Is worth the wandering
A Poem A Day 