Old Friend

Old Friend

Ah, failure, my old friend. How sweet to greet you yet again, To feel once more your cold embrace And gaze into your familiar face.   With smug contempt for all our past, Each time we part I believe the last And strive so hard to leave you behind, But doggedly...
W(h)ither

W(h)ither

Blossom of spring, Summer’s full bloom, Richness of autumn, Winter’s plenitude.   Blissful routine, Calamity unforeseen.   Hellious hatchet Severing life from limb Trunk and root; Like heaven’s hammer Falls the hoar frost.   Crystalline tentacles...
Are You?

Are You?

Staring slack-jawed Into death’s gaping maw, Thought I heard the reaper’s call. Are You?   Toes at the precipice, Yawning bottomless abyss, Thought I heard the serpent’s hiss. Are You?   Body count still climbing, Hear those funeral bells chiming, Little...
The Song

The Song

There’s a Song that sings of wondrous things. Eyes and heart well at the Joy it brings. Faint but clear, like a bell it rings… Away, away, away.   Familiar refrain, both blessing and bane, Make us to know Forever again, By faith longing so to exclaim…...
Five Years On

Five Years On

Accolades and silver tarnish. Epitaphs and flowers fade. One’s hero, another’s villain, Truth lies cold in the grave.   Bonds of long fellowship broken. Bands of true brotherhood shorn. Arrows swift loosed hastily. Ties that bind now torn.   Sure...
Alone with God

Alone with God

I AM. Alone. I am alone. In the vacuous emptiness of infinite space. I AM. Alone. I am alone. Miniscule. Before the One who measures eternity. I AM. Alone. I am alone. Silenced. Before the One who declares into nothingness, “Be.” I AM. Alone. I am alone....