25 Sunday May 2014
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blackboard, chalk dust, mind, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry, questions
Like a piece of blackened slate
Waiting for the caress of chalk
My mind is like a blackboard
Information carefully written
Always looking for answers
To questions skillfully asked
Yet too soon erased
With the sweep of a hand
Leaving only a cloud of dust
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24 Saturday May 2014
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A flag draped coffin
carries the soul of a
warrior, who laid
down his life for
his country
The ultimate sacrifice
of body and mind
he served his nation
with pride and honor
defending her to the end
There are no words
that can be spoken,
as a mother weeps
and a child cries…
those he leaves behind with memories of
A man who loved his country
A husband who loved his wife
A father who loved his children
A son & brother who loved his family
A being who loved us all
This weekend, we honor the men and women of the Armed Forces, who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can continue our lives knowing the freedoms we are truly blessed with. To them I say Thank You….
Memorial Day 2014
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24 Saturday May 2014
Blue skies overshadowed
with grey puffs, a warning
as the sunlight fades
Clouds burst and thunder claps, as
lightning brightens the darkness
and disappears again
Streets become pools
of unswimmable water,
the current carrying the days travels
down a hollow, rushing endlessly
toward the abyss
Water assaults your face
as you fight your umbrella
and the winds that threaten to take you
in a Mary Poppins kind of way
And then it’s gone, leaving
the air heavy with the scent
of rain….
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22 Thursday May 2014
Nights lost to a struggle
unable to shut down
a mind that is filled with
wandering dreams
and obsessive thoughts
constantly invading, reminding
of things to be done
in the waking dawn
that comes too quickly
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22 Thursday May 2014
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Big silver bird up in the sky
Fly me to the moon
We must hurry, no time to waste
I have to be there soon
I want to sit above the world
And watch its changing wonder
Before mankind destroys it all
And puts us all asunder
The life we lead will surely be
Our imminent demise
We cannot brush this all away
Our planet slowly dies
We need to stop the chemicals
We spread across the land
And go back to the simple ways
It all goes hand in hand
As I look down upon the blue
As beautiful as can be, please
Care for her as you would yourself
She belongs to you and me
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