Jason E. Hodges's Blog, page 8

The Written Word

Writing for me
At times
Is like
My heart falling out
Of
My chest
And
Onto the page before me
Then my pen
Rearranging it into words
Into sentences
Into understanding
Why it fell out to begin with!
All
So I can move forward
Scoop it up
Place it back in my soul
And
Love once again
Yes
My written words
Become the sutures
That hold me
Together!
Wrapping around
My very existence
So even I
Will take a chance
And
Love once again



From my book, When The Cedars Shade Your Grave

Dreams The Cat

Falling Inside

It seems people
Are
Falling inside themselves
These days
Totally collapsing within
Protecting their souls from
The roaming Jackals
Who are only taking
Never giving
Yes, yes, yes!
I’m sure
As soon as you read this
You thought, I give!
But this poem
Is about the world
As a whole
Not the few folks that are
Doing their best
To help humanity
And
They, you, I
Do make
The world better
Than what it would be
If we didn’t care!
Yes
The Venus Fly Traps
Are
Waiting for you
To land in a conversation
With them
Then they’ll clo...

Grace O’Malley

Grace O’Malley  
Oh
How I love
Your story
Your fight!
With a sword in each hand
You gazed
Across the blue water sea
The trade winds
And
High tides
Were your almanac 
Your Eyes
Watched for years
The cresting waves
Surrounding your homeland
Of
Ireland
Of
Clew Bay
Of
Clare Island
Grace O’Malley
Queen of the Irish Sea
The Gaelic Warrior 
Musket blast blazing
Fire dancing in your eyes
The love for your people
Was
Never ending
Your Lads
Your Lassies
You fought till the end
Never bowing
Before her...

The Moon Over You

High above
In the midnight sky
I gazed upon
An orange colored moon
It was surrounded
By
An army of elephants
Made of
Smoke and fog
They were locked
Together
Trunk to tail
Tail to trunk
As they marched in their
Foggy formation 
What a beautiful
Sight to see
Tonight
These shapes
Taking form
In the heavens above!
Our imagination
Is
The untamed Angel
Living within us all
Wanting
Nothing more than
To create
To express
So
Take the time
To look up in the sky
Gaze upon the heavens
The planets
The Constellations
Orion
Boot...

Sirens

Sirens scream in the
Distance
Out there
In the cold darkness
Speeding through the night
With
The almost dead!
Nowadays
Some folks
Scream just as loud
From their favorite 
Internet soap box
Repeating all
They hear
They see
As actual absolute fact!
In time
Their words will become
Just as dead
And
Lifeless
As the ones
Lying on a gurney
Riding in the death wagon
With year round
Christmas Lights
Flashing on top
Click and share
Click and share
Meaningless Memes may
Just be
Boring the world to death!
Misinformatio...

Cancer

My mother has cancer
She told me yesterday
Now it’s a waiting game
But somehow
The word, “game”
Does not fit
With the words
In this poem
Or
The thoughts racing
Through my mind!
For
The nurse is getting ready
To push needles
Into my mother’s veins 
The surgeon
Is gathering his tools
To cut on the body
That once gave me life
That held me for 9 months
Felt me kick inside it!
Then comes
The weeks of
Radiation waves
Burns and blisters
My mother’s skin tissue
Will look like it was dipped
In nuclear run off
F...

Fentanyl

I saw a women
Yesterday
Running naked
Across a hotel balcony
High as a kite
She was
Or
Seemed to be
I don’t think Fentanyl
Was to blame
But
She was on something!
Drugs are everywhere
These days
And
Fentanyl
Or
As it’s known on the street
China White
Is
Fast becoming
An epidemic!  
Like Tetanus
Hidden within
The
Poison dart
Rust covered nail
That scratches you
Fentanyl is hidden
Within street smack!
Brown Dope
Now has
This unseen punch
Of
Pure poisoned pleasure!
It’s killing the ones
That choose
To sp...

Blue

With A View Of Van Gogh