80. Poem
There're so many voices calling
Some with words happy, others sad
I've nothing specific to write or share
Just fleeting memories of my past
From the dungeons of hurt and pain
I can bore out the water's of golden ray
Leaving behind the mrky still
That fetches nothing but it stinks
Would you care to join my journey
To a nowherewhere land of plenty
Plenty of hopes, desires, wishes and goodness
To bring us back to days of plenty
These mysterious voices of the night
The barking dogs and hissing Winds
The water trickling from a leaking faucet
Creating an altogether an eerie feeling
The streets are bare and empty
As if mourning the death of devils
Such a splendid way to celebrate
A divine knocking skill
Will you care to read these words
What would you observe
Some empty voices
Voicing emptiness whole
Or the cries of the dying humanity
At the altars of Memphis gold
The thoughts do pass by with out an alarm
Unlike a passing train that shouts it's presence nearby
Or when the wolf shouts seeking the crescent above
With a disdainful look of failure
Never to receive what it loved to aspire for
There're plants that sleep in outside cold
Shivering petals dance to the rhythms of snow
Trying to keep the fire of love burning within
To provide them the warmth required to live through
These winter nights are a torture for every flower that blooms
Unless they have a mate to hold them in arms too tightly too
Never letting go no matter how fragile and ailing weak the stems be
This lesson of unconditional love that plants and trees teaches us for free
Let the freezing floor send a chil to our bone
Creating a passion within for warming feelings
Thoughts that were frozen emotions
May start to leak with the glowing grace in the morning
Not seeking protection, nor sharing any warmth
Just a coziness to enjoy, this little hour of a deafening early morning
Nigel Astell
Thu 9th Dec 2021 01:43
These mysterious voices of the night
The barking dogs and hissing Winds
moves this poem so well.