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Dinner drifts doorward smelling of distant youth and ancient home thought long forgotten I have journeyed far and alone opened unmarked doors and struggled in biting winds that would close the mind's eye ere it fully opens condemning me to seductive sleep I choose this life thrust upon me by birth welcoming the violence to stand forth a man who remembers the infinite amidst the casual surroundings of another humdrum day But now the storm is outside striking itself in grumbling solitude A mome...

Take a bite! said the siblance 'twill do you no harm it will slide you to sapience and make you a god Should I bite it? asked she as she showed it to he will we die? dare we dare? will we sicken or fly? Let us think answered he on the rules of our father our beautiful home where we never know need Very true she replied all our needs are fulfilled we are cared for and nurtured and cozy and warm But I'm trapped she continued I think you are too we are pampered and coddled besides being loved Th...

Nobility lives in the upraised voice in the outstretched hand and the honest choice Gentility rides with a kindly glance with considered words and in true romance The earth awaits to claim us all but if we love before we fall The phoenix burns in passion’s glow to rise reborn to live and grow If we seek the stars and we cherish friends then the tale may turn but it never ends

A builder labored, hard at work to fell a mighty tree. Another wandered by and asked: What has it done to thee? Why doest thou swing so lustily, to fill the woods with song, And end a life that reaches high and never did thee wrong; To bring to earth so great a thing that never did thee wrong? The builder, he set down his axe to seek a moment’s rest, And said: My friend, it dies indeed, but surely for the best. For where it stood, a house will stand, and in it I will live, What falls today wi...

There was an old woman, who lived by the wood Who did harm to no one and meant only good. She sought only healing, and ills she could mend, And lent succor to all who had need of a friend. And many the injured who sought out her aid, For pain of the soul or from cut of a blade. No candle claims license to shine in the night, But others in jealousy covet its light. If you break one Commandment, then why not break ten? And stand unashamed in the sight of all men: Just speak out in anger, and le...

Atlantis was mighty, and wealthy, and proud. They worshipped themselves, their heads high and unbowed. Their towers rose tall as their knowledge ran deep, Their pride fully roused, though their priests half asleep. They prospered and grew in both power and fame, The farther to fall when the end finally came. The sea that surrounded them, gentle and fair, The path of their commerce, if not of their prayer, Rose up in its anger, and struck in its rage, And called out in wrath for the end of an ...

At setting sun of day now done, She wore a russet gown. We danced awhile, then with a smile, She slowly let it down, While I, enraptured, stood and stared, And gazed upon her shoulders, bared. I closed the door, and soon the floor Alone was clothed in red. She took no ill; to ward the chill She followed where I led. My breath upon her stirred her hair, As I my passions did declare. And in that place our fond embrace Set joyous song aflight. Then diamonds fair I flung to air To view her by the...

Let tongues together sing of love's delight While bodies march in time to steady beat, To move the sun (gone down to bring the night) To rise again at dawn in reddened heat. And let it set alight two joyous souls (Who lie abed in dreams of sweet release) To kindle flame anew amidst the coals And bid them struggle bravely for their peace. What lusty folk! and what great labor here To set the course of grander things ahead As each will set to each in buoyant cheer And dance to move the world an...