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    Default Thread for my new free verse poems ...

    Within A Realm Few Are Ever Unfortunate Enough To Wake Up In
    - Part One

    Within granite walls of loss and shame
    cast aside into nightmarish agony
    an innocent victim-
    born into a world of despair and dark caverns
    far, far from home
    waking to eerie gloom and strange surroundings

    She stumbles a step
    her tender heart falling into deeper aching beats
    lightning bolts and stormy rumbling echoes vibrate
    earth and sky-
    doom rises in the fiery East
    wicked winds churn ever more
    none but a truly valiant heroine
    could withstand such ferocity and growing fears

    how she wonders, can such dark come
    into this world wrecking such havoc, such pain
    its gaping jaws open so wide
    has not light and faith its powers slain

    as sorrows grew and all seemed so lost
    for a fleeting moment
    all sounds and reality ceased
    she heard a voice softly say
    child of mine, face fear with courage
    face life with fervor and hope
    lonely you are but alone you are not
    your dreams have born sweet fruits
    breathe again and return
    all is not lost....

    Robert J. Lindley, 6-25-2020
    Free Verse, ( And Light And Truth Shall Prevail )


    Note - I want to thank my dear friend Susan Ashley for the inspiration given me to compose this free verse piece.
    And for granting permission for me to reference her very fine free verse poem - Quietus- as the inspiration given me.
    Of which, I am truly grateful my dear friend...



    Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2020
    Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; 07-03-2020 at 03:17 PM.
    18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

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    Within A Realm Few Are Ever Unfortunate Enough To Wake Up In,
    Part Two


    As the crying shrieks resumed and darkness squalled
    ghostly apparitions flew into the bloody corridor
    suddenly aware that sound and fury was again
    she in her new confidence stood firm,
    against fear and deathly cries against demons and ghouls,
    against great clawed beasts and medusa's spitting vipers
    against winged beasts seeking blood
    and slithering baby dragons belching red flames
    heroine renewed and sturdy shield in place,
    she marched towards the one glimmer of light-
    knowing hope rests on the other side
    yet the great behemoth had yet to show

    the three headed giant that always blocked her path,
    with the ghastly odor of decaying flesh and weeping pleas
    hanging from bloody claws and shreds of fresh torn souls
    another hundred yards was the light and a door
    she could see promise on its handle,
    salvation beckoning -this way pass-
    then a crash, a haughty laugh
    and a huge foot stomped the path,
    it had finally came,
    shouting, this way thee shall never pass
    not while my claws are sharp, my teeth hungry
    for flesh and beating heart, oozing red
    child step closer that I may smell my dessert
    so that my lusts for tender meat I may sate
    as she blinked it clawed at her head
    a miss and then up went her dream shield and
    out came her sword
    she shouted, this time, this time
    great epic pain and loss shall find thee....

    Robert J. Lindley, 6-26-2020,
    Free verse, Part Two of
    ( Within A Realm Few Are Ever Unfortunate Enough To Wake Up In )



    Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2020
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    A free verse collaboration poem .
    I composed the first half and my great friend , Lawrence Sharp composed the second half.
    We both post the poem just minutes ago.--Tyr



    Within Mysteries, The Dark and Decay Also Hides
    (free verse)



    On a stony pebble, feet cried out in pain,
    why does, in our way, sharp pebbles forever lay

    and the beat goes on

    daily turmoil and sadden goodbyes
    nightly terrors, old broken toys
    vacancies of illuminations
    dark echoes that reveal
    dismissal of kindness

    and the beat goes on

    In a dying feast,
    why does each bite so bitter taste
    broken spoon grinds upon aging teeth
    table shakes its rotten legs
    hope waves its retreat
    tomorrow yearns to die

    tomorrow, at own yearning, dies
    hope, so foolish, is scorned
    legs decay under table fallen
    broken teeth curse aged spoon
    even bitter can no longer be bitten
    feast on death, never aught else

    yet the heat is gone

    kindness, as it were, no longer
    concealed in devious light
    where illuminations are filled
    with days terrors, child returns
    to greet anew the nightmare revived

    yet the heat is gone

    here, in our way, stones, jagged, perpetual
    feet, mortifyingly quiet on jagged stone

    A Collaboration, by Robert J. Lindley
    and Lawrence Sharp
    7-02-2020, free verse

    Note: It has again been a blessing and great
    pleasure for me to compose with my great friend,
    Lawrence Sharp. I am grateful for such a
    wonderful gift and the immense poetic talents
    of my very kind writing partner. His verses
    brought such wonderful depths and a very fine
    added dimension to this new collaborative creation.



    Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2020
    Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; 07-02-2020 at 06:31 PM.
    18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

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