Monday, April 23, 2018
i set my sight
i set my sight upon a sparkling solitary star
shimmering silvery in a somber sky of night
fathoming it was far away much too far
still of all the stars shining most sublimely bright
brilliant beauty beyond my able reach to touch
sorrow and sadness are mine much way too much
© 2017
Thursday, April 12, 2018
a poet i am not
a poet i am not
nor could i ever be
i have not a poet's observant eye
with which to look and also see
i have not a poet's attentive ear
with which to listen and also hear
i have not a poet's predilection
nor talent to find the words to express
the overwhelming sadness of beauty
nor the beauty of tender sadness
nor the persistent longing inside
that leaves one so lonely and unsatisfied
where can one so base find words
to describe the unceasing sorrow
of love not requited and wasted youth
passing so swiftly into tomorrow
i have not the gift nor ability
to transform mere words into poetry
© 2017
the mad materialist
the mad materialist
can never rise above
that with which he is made of
he is defined and confined
by the mere matter
that makes up his mind
he can never be sure
that his treasured thoughts
are nothing or nothing more
than the chemical results
of a by chance accident
that can never be self evident
© 2017
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