Verisimilitude

See, this one cat was being all loud and crude. 

Slinging insults like David.

Getting all kinds of rude.

Then Goliath got lawyers, 

And that brash brigand got sued.

Now imagine that loudmouth in court

With his ass getting chewed.

For a decade that shit got viewed.

For dirty laundry? 

Hell, people even queued.

You wanna know the weight of that ten-year feud?

It's nothing dude. 

Pure verisimilitude. 

Thud

In a forest long forgotten,

Where the light does not shine down, 

From below the world is illumined, 

Between black pillars of trees with no crown.

Stagnant is the mist, thick and green, 

Dormant air, Wind never sought to clean.

Tiny feet patter somewhere in the mud.

Amber eyes dance in darkness before the thud,

As heavy limbs awaken after slumber;

Far too near a voice rumbles like thunder.

'Who walks this path of the dead?

Your presence like old skin I shall shed.'

Voyage

Proud and pale, the billowing sail

Thrusts us forth in icy gale,

To take us north to distant land.

I forget the touch of home's warm sand.

Upon the black, tempestuous sea,

Doubt may creep and take from me

Something which returns with haste

When I mark the stars, bright and free.

Crystal river blues

You're a crystal river - cutting through my land, 

Carrying mysteries - you do not understand.

On a silver current - shining under moon.

Why did we meet so soon?

For forty days - and forty nights

We moved in the darkness - we lit our holy lights.

Unearthing new thoughts - on the edges of your bed.

Who knows what was said?

We cannot sneak - by the ocean shore.

Your water pulls - me under and more.

As I try to swim - I remember a song.

I will drown - in your sea before long.

With love

I want to fill your lonely heart

With my warm embrace when we're apart.

I wish to send my gentle words

To ease your pain when longing burns.

When my loving spirit finds your home,

May you know that you are not alone.

Immerse

In the quiet my mind transforms

As I travel deep within

To a land both imagined and real,

Where there's no distance between me and you.

Come look through these eyes I move.

Come slip on this curious man's shoes.

Feel another's heart in your chest.

Feel emotions of unknown provenance.

Let the edges of your being fade away

As you dissolve into the rhythm of his stride.

Once his conscience mingles with your thinking,

Immersion's bought your ticket for a ride.

Not to worry

One day the breeze will feed the flame, 

On another it will extinguish.

One day a word will win control, 

On another it will relinquish.

To find the ever fading line, 

The keenest mind can only guess.

Not to worry though, we're not meant to know.

Life's supposed to be a wonderful mess.