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Hallemahs Eyes
Hallemahs Eyes
Hallemahs Eyes
Understanding hits
like a cold tub of water,
thrown by ill-intentioned hands,
Splashing onto a shivering body,
left outside, in a Nordic winter,
When my enthusiasm awakened
to cold outside world,
Where youthful idealism
encounter harsh reality
of cruel world-
Panting anticipation,
Tugged from beneath in spitting glee,
Fervor unleashed ,
A thrust of rusted spears, cast to pierce ,
Wounding mortally,
As drops of sorrow pock mark spots,
Of demise into pits dug to ensnare-
Part II
In this desert,
Seemingly bereft of life,
Let renewal in hope reborn spring forth,
In gushing springs
Let spring forth,
Rebirth-
Part III
Have you seen whole forests sing grand overture to the dying year adorned in
autumn's colors most golden?
Per chance you saw the birds of the Amazon;
paraquets, displaying splendor beyond compare
flit from bough to branch,
You of lustrous eyes becalming,
Per chance you have looked over the side of a cruise ship and seen glassy depths of
caribbean seas, crystal clear as polished glass,
Feasting your eyes on pristine shores of far removed islands.
Have you seen tender love sprouting,
In fecund fabled soils of the Upper Nile,
Looking into ancient halls of knowledge sprouting forth new meaning?-
Part IV