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Poem – Never Goodbye

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I wish that I could see you again
to dance inside your silent praise, and
melt in the warmth of your grin
I’m looming only within your gaze

I miss your presence;
the way it made me feel, for
you considered my existence
as if beholden with such zeal

my contemplations always received
as no less than reward;
a gift of my own praise as
unto you; my heart’s new steward

Your countenance is never forgotten
a measure for which all is compared
I am captured; happily imprisoned
my freedom had not be spared

I consider you daily
your voice, your heart and your scent
however hopeless, since I was not freed
I will forever wish to be where you went

cgregory (c) 3/6/2016. all rights reserved.

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Poem – From The Rubble

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From the rubble
Rises
Successor of crumbled earth
Unbecoming indeed
Un-glorified
Praise of a child’s birth

A stand
Not taken
Passed to a newborn’s hands
An unused plow
Broken
For use on barren lands

The beginning
A burial
The destruction of others his tomb
The rising
Exhumed
Escape from earthen womb

A birth
Unnatural
Of tiger not of lamb
An anomaly
Embodied
A child that was born a man

cgregory © 6/17/11. all rights reserved

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Deeper (Revised)

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Oh what splendor
you render;
your alluring refinement is
such soft comment

your bloom resonates
a soul innate;
a perfected impervious artistry
of true beauty

nothing that glitters
is more than wispy twitters;
you’ve been appended deeper,
a real keeper

glitter tends to only cover
things over;
I firmly adore your
so much more

cgregory (c) 2/29/2016. all rights reserved.

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Poem – Abysmal Assonance

There is no need to check your shoulder
There is no doubt in the light
However, in that blinding darkness
What is beyond your sight?

Retreat not unto your comforts
Return not to what’s known
Stretch the lengths of your tether
You know from where you’ve grown

Oh how the depths summon
How they know you so well
The familiar melody they play
Emotions within you swell

The Light is so honest
The depths; mystical and mysterious
You there in the midst
Circular assonance oh so continuous

Halfway between the light,
The darkened depths; nearing the end
You find a ghostly balance
The middle betwixt enemy and friend

You are not at rest my friend
Possessing power to create or dismantle
Existing as neither death nor life
As neither devil nor angel

The creation of something greater
Gladly accept your fate
Prepared to be unleashed
Ready to storm either gate

c.gregory (c) 1/23/16. all rights reserved

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Poem – Bound To A Fault

Stretched beyond boundaries proclaimed by the heartless;
however heartless for their own purpose
torn from true love and bound;
they set their limits and
satisfy their lies by
binding you to the same

I limit myself to have no limits
to love without regret
I bind myself to only one boundary
to not be bound but by my love for thee
to entertain no other plea, but
be the life and death you’ll ever need

When I am freed into death
for which is the service I’m called
may I have fulfilled love’s duty
having brought to you always,
moonlit nights and cloudless days,
life-filled water and flowers in bloom

may my restoration and desecration
forever lay upon your palm

c.gregory (c) 2/22/2016. all rights reserved.

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Rage Within (On The Road)

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I was cut off today; not unlike most other days but still differently. I was cut off by someone that had just finished cutting off two others and yet she still blamed her inconvenience on me. I didn’t see her coming because she came from two lanes over, but when I did see that she wanted my lane I applied the brakes to let her in. I don’t think she cared or noticed or even knew what was going on, because even though she was ahead of me she braked harder than I did. The truck behind her had to force his brakes as well to prevent from ramming her. She eventually was able to swing round behind me. But was so enraged that she felt the need to honk her horn at me, speed up AND proceeded to give me the bird. What did I do? I wondered. But then after calming down (way after getting to work and occupying myself) I realized it wasn’t me; had nothing to do with me.

After I was able to mellow I began to recall that after cutting me off she realized she didn’t want my lane after all and got back over. She proceeded down the freeway and inadvertently cut off two other drivers. Talk about your Road Rage. But honestly, when I think about it, it’s a lot less about road rage and just rage in general. That driver may never really accept that they were at fault. They may never see it that even, unfortunately even after their actions may lead to someone being seriously injured as a result of their reckless driving. Naw, I think this has more to do just rage in general; her rage and her inability to cope with impatience. Rage can be contagious. And I so hope that her rage does not enrage even more those she finds deserving to throw it at. This is not as pretty a world as it used to be.