Can a cup of tea And quiet respite bring health And life to the bones? It soothes and softens Like gentle rains in Spring: Fire against the cold. postscript DFC day 14. The Sedoka: based on questions and answers, syllabic count of 5,7,5-5,7,5. kiwi-damnation.deviantart.com/…
A thousand years have passed And parchment, scrolls, are dust. Back into the earth goes truth Lost for those to come. The teacher spoke a truth- it burned Bright at first, now faded. A thousand years have passed. The monk in silent thought Wrote words in blood and ink And…
Light of glory, light of love Glowing in the fallen snow, Warming hearts like hands in gloves. Take the light and with it, go Run like mad to light cold hearts. Little warrior, make it so. Do your eyes enough impart The urgency of joy this is? Burn like you&…
I know thee, the known The knower and the thought. You are all my own And the narrative, sought. The knower and the thought Become one, overthrown Like a fortress, wrought Of sacred flesh and bone. You are all my own My self, my mind, a knot. This dark undertone,…
Oh glowing new day Awake us we pray With cheer. The last ran away-- Return and allay Our fear. For night's dark dismay We cannot convey; Not here. Oh sun, you survey New life, and decay Severe. In hope led astray Come quick while you may Adhere. New…
Great! Now see What you've done: My nails weren't dry And you've ruined my manicure, genius. postscript DFC day 9. At first I was going to write more stanzas using this form, the tetractys. But then I realized this worked so much better in…
Lost like vict'ry, death unto life: hold back the wars of years run through. How we felt loss of warriors bold--suffered for us, ag'ny undue. Forgive us our sins and wash us clean. We'll take the worst only from you. Yours is the war,…
Cast aside your darkness, Chosen for its beauty, Tempting as dragons' gold Deadly in its grip. Chosen for its beauty, The object of your love, Deadly in the grip Of dragons--of death. The object of your love, Is tempting as dragons' gold; Of dragons, and of death Cast…