Diary of a Poet

Volume II

A Month with Marie© (1988)

There is an end to all things

though it may not be the original goal

But the things we learn along the way

are all, no matter, fractions of the whole

SAMPLES

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I wish your presence near

but understand you fear

and i want you to know nothing will change



Should you decide it best

to let time deploy its test

i would find no need our friendship rearrange



If anything, i would respect you more

know that your position here is sure

my interest is not lost in mime



The best that i could do

is print a rose for you

its garland formed in rhyme



The pressures are only in light

and bribery is not right

i want you, but only by your will



Believe that i have control

the desires only make it whole

i only have a void to fill



The empty space is named Marie

and however she wishes to be

i am open to receive



Be it glimpses in a crowd

or feelings echoed loud

i wait for you to believe







95



Flurries upon the wind

decorate the sky

creating blankets of white

upon the ground to lie



And footsteps once forgotten

leave their trace

winter’s barren floor

now has its lace



And randomly it drifts

like waves upon the sea

glittering as the stars

even more beautifully



Stood in molds of children

lived in by Eskimo

pleasure of many fashions

this miracle of snow



The anger of the heavens

released within a storm

and all of this glory

just water in one form





27Feb86



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Inside there was a wind

and it whistled, "No! No!

This cannot be happening again!"



Then it was covered instantly

by the conscience of my mind

saying, "You are such a selfish man."



I had tremors in my soul

and my heart humbly said

"maybe she is grief stricken again"



And echoed in rebuttal

the conscience of my mind

saying, "You are such a selfish man."



My day was spent sleeping

then talking on the phone

and not ‘til now did i think of you again



And i am completely engrossed

by the conscience of my mind

shouting, "You are such a selfish man!"









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