Swallowed Whole
profound desire
to swim
through the oceans
and soar
to the stars
sacred powers
given from god?
a continued
fascination
what a story
we swallowed
it whole
©, J.H.
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Tortured Tomb
a botched job
you dare to uphold
a debate
preserved
for posterity
to create
overpriviledged
design
a tortured tomb
a final resting place
a granite sarcophagus
well protected
dependent upon
that which
they do not
need to
know
© 2014, J.H.
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Silver Darkness
disconnected
in real life
and real feelings
such gems
songs of reason
he wanted everyone
to care
opened up
and witnessed
the emptiness
do we need
the silver
exosed to light
polished ever brighter
in the dark
filled with
signs in
a glowing labyrinth
of total darkness
© 2014, J.H.
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Holier Than Thou
holy rolly
opulence
has chiseled
one fine tip
spooned
onto the walls
a rough patch
aligned against
the mirrors
in the night
mercury
and vapor
can kill
or
determine
the fate
of us all
© 2014, J.H.
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Holding Pattern
official support
still
heading for
a crash
in
secondary waves
a formula for
disaster
preconditioned
rules
circle the planet
the greatest
achievement
design plans
deployed
with new
urgency
its a
mad
season
in decline
and
holding
© 2014, J.H.
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Our House
we couldn’t
even have
crossed
at the beginning
a design flaw
decades
of
deferred maintenance
’twas
a nice house
but
falling apart
© 2014, J.H.
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Bridges in Time
you say
its complicated
even if we
took nights
not going
until they
start to break
without change
just in time
the bridges
crumble and
collapse
into
the
dark ages
© 2014, J.H.
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Longshot
heads up
the whole damned thing
one pretty sure bet
a craft to explore
images from birth
the third planet
interstellar space
micrometeioroids
the stuff of space
takes its toll
still recognizable
but in pieces
this one proved
to be
a
longshot
© 2014, J.H.
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Resistance
you can, you know
still
appreciate
even a blemish
makes
no difference
its all a
bunch of snakes
in your charge
i suspect
in the process of
putting up
has fallen
what you do
will not stand
the least
© 2014 J.H.
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Gone
Gone
I. Am.
Disappeared.
Like a wisp
of wind on your
window sill
or
brushing past your cheek.
Invisible
… almost, but never.
I. Am.
Gone.
© 2014, J.H.
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Uncertainty
Heaven
that’s swell
now do nothing
turn around
turn right over
clear the jam
for reason
oh i was certain
rather than that
an update
its high risk
suffer the consequences
for having
said that
i say
nothing
© 2013 J.H.
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The Eyes of Truth
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
the eyes of truth are upon us
must I ascend
into that white light?
the Knowledge there
of me
Have I passed that test?
Am I welcome ?
Will they see
all that I’ve tried to be
or only
what i have become
© 2013 J.H.
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Infallible
what do you do
the worst thing
pretty extreme
without believing
is it compulsory
to believe
we are
infallible
and above all
of
our
obligations
a child of
the blood
~ © 2013 J.H.
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Game Over
a mask
not a clue
game over
consider that
a loose definition
a release
ingrained
clear analysis
why now?
a trick of luck
or
self-preservation
i made
it
up
myself
~ © 2013 J.H.
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Exemption
solve a mystery
what nonsense
have we caused here
put me in
and
color it
with belief
a code
focus
nowhere near
a question
a pattern
boundaries exerted
who put us
at fault
what?
an experiment
or
a
platform
for the
rest of
the
world
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Corrosion
fine details
other stuff
the manifest
you said
life is what
could be
at risk
a bridge
more than
on the verge
of collapse
clear away
the corrosion
unchecked
it spreads
like cancer
shore it up
only words
define
our
lives
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I’m one of them
you know
ready for
anything
crowned with protections
a thousand years
of bets
a fate not based
on chance
a figure
but not that
which has aligned
with the
primative
like somewhere else
surrounded by
an inland promise
come and gone
eroded away
only vaguely
familiar
a promise
no more
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The Facade
renovation
a guest has
arrived
a lightning bolt
a foundation
for the
interior
an uncertain future
not as tough
as believed
the walls
are still standing
marble and granite
still crumble
under pressure
the surface
a haven
already
returning
to the
ground
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Skeleton’s Dance
no, never thought it real but not so far so follow and hold tight the post a skelton’s dance for each night in ignorant bliss i’ll ask for my payment they are coming but nowhere so near as hell!
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Fragility
for your pride
you get
a new bottle
firmly armed
with looming disaster
keep the lid on
steady as she goes
all hands on deck
arrows point the way
to battle stations
well worn from
overuse
tread carefully
between the
eggshells
crushed
and lying on
the deck
© 2010 J.H.
originally published at pearljam.com
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Going Home
timing and options unacceptable home from the marching a message inside which is that? why not cut it clearly in the morning hush of yesterday i am once again in the wrong direction on to the sky or do we grow i considered that which i have received the harder to balance oh i wish it anything but far far away i will be in my bitterness standing tall head high eyes closed in case the circle a slowly expanding cloud goes to nothing the last order i won’t let it oh i have taken the blow © 2013 J.H.
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Inside the Vault
answers
no time
stay
no, get out
step aside
there’s no room for you here
avoidance
waiting
inside a vault
what game is this
circling
is it safe yet
or will
lightening strike
as i cry out
in the
blackness © 2013 J.H.
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Reluctant Rock Star
shaking hands signing autographs i have taken your seat a mystery no answers from where i was napping an impression i have seen from here all the hands one thousand winds that blow hold on to the rope so strong and i swear i felt all the blues he scrunched his face pinching his nose and holding his own territories and allies we are all grown and now there is no place to know the truth just wait to have an honest answer © 2013 J.H.
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Suicidal Tendencies
held captive harmed innocence i wish for one night willing to try celebrate life rather than death a test all other possibilities exhausted invading forces or worse never shaken the silence appeared a rationalization not my own © 2013 J.H.
Rippled Words 