No more
No less
The perfect amount
None the less
To be held with esteem
When one knows when to bow
And when to scheme
The lagom of the day
Is knowing when to rise up
And when to fade away
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Acerbic
Words
Sharpened
With stones
And iron
Creating the oar
Of an acerbic assertion
Pierced through the armor
Of ego and confidence
With one small wince
The house of cards
Will fall down
Propitious
Am I to be propitious
The dedication
To craft
Detail and moment
Will that entail success
Or failure
When a dream is more
Dead than alive
For the majority of the world
Then what is left
Only the chosen few
Get the whole pie
While the rest of us
Settle for just a few
Susurrus
From the lake
Across the street
At 7 AM
The susurrus of water
Lapping the shores
Across from Chicago
Where the Indiana lines stretch
Way into the fresh water oceans
Over the dunes
And through the gentle thicket
I hear the water
Reassuring me
Another day is at hand
Limerence
The light of the day
Or the day of the morning
When the lazy lines
Hit me
In a subtle but unique way
To say
My limerence
Had commenced
On one wry smile
And I could feel the clouds
Fade away from the
Sky
Pernicious
Seeping in the bloodline
Of society
There is the truth
And some other form of
Life
Untrue to the being
Of light
On the ground
How do we assess
The pernicious effects
That have taken one day
Over
And two more
Remain focused on the light
Of the day at hand
And hope for nothing more
Vicissitudes
Variations
On an unpleasant
Theme
Over the words
Sung low and repeating
I hear the vicissitudes
Lurching from the pews
Of renewed loss of hope
In the caverns of light
Darkness
In the halls of good
Evil
Why these changes
Are forced on us like a
Placard on the ground
I await a new day
The breaking dawn
And bird sound
Propinquity
Propinquity
The moment
I let go
As the finger rolls
Off the ledge
I know that I am close
As the wind holds me up
From the danger below
A new year ahead
And one left behind
What will come in the moment
Of life
To be close
But forgotten
Christmas Day
Today is the day
That the light
Takes up a new meaning
To be the full
Version
Of light
That can help
Bring
Us to the hope
Of another year
So I hold on to the thought
Of what is to come
On this day
And those that follow
Christmas Eve
The day
Sets easy with
Heavy fog
On the lake
Freshwater damp
Air rings out
In the pale light
As the moments roll by
So to hear the carols
Ringing in the distance
As we bless the world
Around
Us
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