As the rooster clucked
1 June 2024
Princes hauled
into golden crown
Lions mauled
at sundown
Statehood a renewed duress
the night shares witness
Kingdoms bear
the weakened bloodstream
thinning hair
revealing
honey struck head repealing
a feverish dream
Rooster hen
glowers in the den
Lions sway
in dismay
Camelia early plucked
as the rooster clucked
Reading of the poem:
Where Spirits Sleep - Eric Heitmann and Amy Wallace
Down the rabbit hole I fell
20 July 2015
Daylight shone on all
As clocks of time unwound nights
Game of cards fell foul
Truth’s certainty was at play
Faith lives not within hearsay
The rooster crowed on
Oblivious to changing times
Its feathers ran thin
Old values all will forsake
For peacocks now call daybreak
Evening sun set calm
Upon all living creatures
Ensnared into dark
Soul’s footsteps may oft falter
As gold lays on the altar
The winding staircase
Led to dark bottomless pits
Where secrets lay bare
Down the rabbit hole I fell
Raking thoughts for show and tell
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