Sunlight and Shadows


Category: Time

  • Supersonic Speed

    How do I chase a thing that I can’t see?

    Where can I map a road that has no end?

    If there is always just another bend

    How do I reach a speed where I am free?

    The answers drift and spin ahead of me

    Just out of reach of where I can extend

    My grasp within the forces that suspend

    Me in this vortex of velocity

    Perhaps there is an intersection here

    Where moving objects meet in the stampede

    If I can lift my head and learn to steer

    To guide direction where the answers lead

    And ride the wind in power, not in fear

    And find the joy in supersonic speed

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  • Wanted: Lost Thought

    There was something

    On my mind

    Dig through files

    Cannot find

    What it was I

    Had to say

    It will come back

    Somewhere, some way

    But for now it’s

    Lost in transit

    Important words in

    Jumbled typeset

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  • Nightfall

    Darkness drops on dimming dusk

    Sky is sprinkled with salt of stars

    Gilded glints of gold aglow

    Wake the world from wandering hours

    Who can speed the break of dawn?

    Who can heal the night’s long scars?

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  • Star Dust

    Shooting stars

    Twilight dusk

    Memories appear

    Twinkling lights

    Points in time

    Gather far and near

    Distant orbs

    Galaxies

    Now seen crystal clear

    Midnight tiptoes here

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  • Turning Back the Clock

    Tick tock goes the clock

    Every hour losing power

    Tock tick with a click

    One chime backward time

    Hands toward backward

    Moving wrong every dong

    Rewind til you find

    One chime backward time

    Strike four, in the door

    Of the house came the mouse

    Strike three, here ran he

    One chime backward time

    Strike two, up he flew

    Scamper, stop, at the top

    Strike one, down he did run

    One chime backward time

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  • Year in Flowers

    Crocus popping up through the snow

    Heralds spring with purple glow

    Rich-hued iris follows soon

    Bluebells play a pastel tune

    Wild roses, lilies frilled

    Poppies, pansies fill the field

    Bleeding heart and columbine

    Hang like jewels on the vine

    Sweet lavender, bright snapdragons

    Rainbow roses fill the gardens

    Ornate carnations to celebrate

    With baby’s breath so delicate

    Summer goes with forget-me-nots

    Exotic orchids fill winter’s pots

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