The Book

Paul would write his thoughts down, each evening, in a battered blue hard cover note book. It was not the first, and extra sheets of writing were stuffed between the covers, taken from other books in other times and places. As books go it was not much to speak of, scruffy and untidy, pages stained [...]

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Dreamer

Struggling with the dreamer’s curse,
Striving for a clear thought,
The road is open, your choice no worse,
Defend or lose what you have wrought.
Though fears torment by day and night,
And duties weigh upon your soul,
Can you enjoy the mountain sight,
Yet forced to pay life’s heavy toll?
In bright future or darkest past,
Anchors neither cruel nor kind,
The mind’s thick [...]

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Losing
 
I lost free flowing words -
My mind settled patterns of thought
Were carved in stone winds
Raged across barren plains
No trees grew, no life nor spring.
 
I found you -
Seeking touch I felt
Breath;
 
I lost you -
Dry tears fell.
 
Finding
 
Patient illumination seeps
Quiet drops distilling
My glow alights, waiting, growing
Warmth emerges caressing
Words can hold, lift, float
Mind once engulfed
Cries swooping;
 
Tangled vines hold strength
Beyond [...]

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