"Black"

Black

I find I'm aghast as I'm drawn at the last to the colour of none that is black

I've said it before and I'll say it once more that the heart will not harden from lack

It's amazing to me that I find myself free from the stained glass that's under attack

The shattering shards of the bonny and bards that were flung thru air, but I'm back

The poetry train that went clickety-clack

Is no longer riding along on the track

For even in the blackness and despair of deepest night

I am conscious that, of all I did, I know I did it right

I may not match conventions for I've never sussed the rules

My heart my only guide for with its tender strength it fuels

The passion and the loving with an honesty complete

The blazing wrack within the black is just a bit offbeat

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"Where away?"

Where away? √

Where away, my gentle one?  Where is it that you go?

Remember on your journey far one thing that you should know

This life can wear away those things that matter most of all

For if you are not careful, by the wayside they will fall

These precious things that are so rare, but so define a life

Can grind away beneath the stones of time and stress and strife

The Honor, Soul, and Dignity, important things they be

Respect for all, disdain for none; with Heart, Integrity

And, Love, let's not forget the one that makes it all worthwhile

Such fragile, precious gems, they are, that wear away with guile

"Rainbow Knight"

 The Rainbow Knight

The Rainbow Knight, along the river, walked in prism dreams

The sun was shining on the ripples in chromatic streams

And, now, he pondered light and hue

Once more, the spectral sight in view

Of passion's willing ways

His stride was broken by a thought of life in toneless tale

At the thought, a pain was wrought, that heart and will would fail

The wind picked up and tossed the whim

The river washed it past the rim

To shores of pallid days

He felt, within his glowing heart, the end of burden's blight

The mystic gleam cast, from afar, kaleidoscopic light

And, with the rippled light between

A brilliance settled with a sheen

To set the world ablaze

"Perfection"

 The fingertips reach out to touch all that the soul perceives

And, with the touch, the heart's reborn, in waiting it receives

All answers to the questions asked, the many lifetimes spent

To find the answers, beat the drum, repay the gift that's lent

A wonder to the universe that cannot be replaced

Along the windings on the way, each life is surely traced

Some tales are told, some songs are sung of longing and remorse

But, with each step along the way, the story takes its course

Arrival in uncertain terms, the day will come at last

Retracing and replacing all the sorrows from the past

"The will"

 The will*

I ponder all that's happened one more time

The depths of view and meaning in the rhyme

As all my worlds begins to break apart

In final sum of visions of the heart

Love becomes a power on its own

Ferocious, fundamental cornerstone

It breaks upon the world in undertone

Removing all the angst the wind has blown

To wash upon the sands of distant shores

As meaning of all life it underscores

To wash away the contretemps of ill

That compromise intentions of the will

"Small breakthroughs"

 Small breakthroughs

It's funny how the smallest things in life reflect the large

And, how the microcosm shows the infinite in charge

A slight nuance, a subtle thing, is noticed as a change

It tumbles through the heart and soul, all life to rearrange

Inertia, foolish habits, come steamrolling through the day

But, just a nudge, the slightest push, consumes your every way

To move a mountain's easier than move the drone of life

To break apart mundaneness, live each moment well and rife

No foolishness, no coy belongs, no lack of will or sight

To move momentous mountain, you must push away the fright