Archive for July, 2008
What If
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
What If
•
I’d held you close
enough to feel your heart
beat one with mine
wrapped you in
a healing warmth
kissed away your loss
whispered my soul
into your empty spirit
took your fear
in loving hands
to hurl it far
into yesterday
stirred the dieing embers
of trust
to reignite a flame of faith
embraced your spark of life
nurtured it
in safe shelter
’til vital yet again
so you would not
extinguish [...]
Solace
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Solace
•
in the sorrowing hours
at full depth of night
alone with my thoughts
my terrors
my dreams
sculpting words
into wedges
that pry open my psyche
expose raw emotion
lay bare my soul
that I might glimpse
who really I am
and be certain still
that I feel
here is my solace
• • •
rob kistner © 2008
Bloody Sue (reprise)
Friday, July 18th, 2008
Bloody Sue
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Gather close so you might hear
A tale of terror, a tale of fear
A vigilante ghost from beyond the grave
Only justice did this spirit crave
You may choose to doubt my word
But you’ve been warned once you’ve heard
Of the vengeful maiden dressed in red
7 men lured, 7 men dead
7 men drawn to this comely miss
7 souls [...]
Midnight July
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Midnight July
•
relentless din
of crawling
prowling
night
pours steaming
through my window
midnight intrudes
damp
and searing
insistent
scalded air
too hot and thick
to breathe
a heat to suffocate
coarse whirr
drones overhead
promising relief
in vain
sweltered darkness
lays heavy
upon me
unbearable
I toss
in labored
half-sleep
gasping
for
cool relief
haltingly
I deep inhale
to fill my lunges
only to bake them
in cruel
sustaining breath
this oven to endure
salted droplets
trace my spine
baste my neck
pool
in the hollow
of my fevered chest
bloom and seep
from beneath the [...]
Friendship’s Harbor
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Friendship’s Harbor
(scene from a mystery)
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“What do you mean Jack,” Grace inquired, the strain obvious in her weary voice. “Who exactly is going to take on Sebastian … and why?”
Her voice trailed off to an exasperated whisper. The why was not so much a question, as an exhalation of confused frustration. She seemed to know the [...]
The Light
Monday, July 7th, 2008
The Light
•
even the smallest light
of wisdom
burning in the pitch black
of ignorance
casts its glow far-reaching
• • •
__________________________
•
the pitch black
of ignorance
succumbs
to the simplest
light of wisdom
• • •
__________________________
•
(haiku)
one can penetrate
the pitch black of ignorance
wisdom is the light
• • •
__________________________
•
(haiku)
lightless ignorance
cannot vanquish absolute
seek the light of truth
• • •
__________________________
•
(haiku)
lightless ignorance
does not rise impregnable
wisdom’s light will pierce
• • •
rob [...]