Carrying Your Ghost #19

I still sing

Along with that

Song

The one that

Reminds me of

You

The one that

We listened to

Over and over

Again

The one that

We both

Used to

Sing along to

And I still

Hear it

Sometimes on

The radio

And my mind

Begins to wander

And I think

About all

Those songs

That were the

Soundtrack

Of our lives

And wish

We could sing

Them all

Over and over

Again

But now

I sing alone

And it’s not

Quite the same

But, as long as

I have breath

My voice

My memories

I will sing

Even if

It has to be

For the both

Of us

-08/03/2007

Haiku

Prairie thunderstorm

Rumbles like wild buffalo

Phantoms of the plains

-09/24/2007

Coffee Flavored Tanka

Coffee bitterness

Like too much introspection

The flavor of thought

Pondering life’s mysteries

A single cup at a time

-06/29/2007

Haiku - Steampunk

Fire and iron

Mixing in locomotion

Lifting through the air

-07/31/2007

Carrying Your Ghost #18

It’s only a

Matter of time

Until I am

By your side

Again

You are only

A couple

Of days away

And I am

Wondering

What will I

Have to say

When the words

Aren’t just on

Paper anymore?

Are there more

Words

Than I can fit

In this

Little notebook?

I wonder

Is there anything

Left to say?

-08/02/2007

Carrying Your Ghost #17

We were braves

Riding steel ponies

Across the

Unspoiled prairies

Of our

Youth

And there were

Never any

Worries

About the threats

Of tomorrow

And we held

Pow wows

Every night

Under the stars

To the drums

Of an old

Car stereo

And we danced

On circles

Of blacktop

Pavement

Speaking the words

Of our ancestors

We are free!

We are free!

And these were

The never ending

Days

Of Sun and Moon

The days when

Our tribe

Was you

And me

-08/01/2007

Carrying Your Ghost #16

You could have

Been me

Much too

Easily

And, as often

As I

Have wished

For that to be

I have to stop

And think about

What that

Really means

That we

Could have

Traded

Places

I had my

Own reasons

To do

What was done

But, I

Never could

And you were

The one

Who actually

Did

And you are

Where you

Are

And, I am

Right here

And we both

Share the

Same sin

You and I

The should not

Have

And the

Might have

Been

-07/31/2007

Tanka

Two wheels and hellfire

You and I were Rock n Roll

Born for endless stars

We flew through the midnight sky

Bound for immortality

-02/23/2008

Tanka

Blackened Heart, like coal

Just waiting for combustion

Add fuel to the fire

Bring boiler to pressure

Let the Steam make it all clean

-07/09/2007

Tanka - For Jules V.

Glowing brass

Heart of iron

Monstrosity

Prowling the depths

With dark intentions

-07/23/2007 Zero Anon

 

 

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