Words to the Ether
Words to the Ether
I
I wanted to give you the world you want.
I gave you words & worlds
To believe.
You returned those gifts
w/ gilded ignorance.
There is no faith
For the faithless.
II
I grew up in an ideal world,
I played in the grass,
The tree’s
& the streets.
I looked to the stars
& dreamed
Of the world to come.
I was brought magic.
This Eden was childhood
I want to return to that Eden,
But I can’t.
III
I was brought magic
By the words
Of my ancestors
& it changed me forever.
You know their names
Carved in your mind
Waiting for me to join them.
I
I wanted to give you the world you want.
I gave you words & worlds
To believe.
You returned those gifts
w/ gilded ignorance.
There is no faith
For the faithless.
II
I grew up in an ideal world,
I played in the grass,
The tree’s
& the streets.
I looked to the stars
& dreamed
Of the world to come.
I was brought magic.
This Eden was childhood
I want to return to that Eden,
But I can’t.
III
I was brought magic
By the words
Of my ancestors
& it changed me forever.
You know their names
Carved in your mind
Waiting for me to join them.
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Jim
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Mar 27, 2016 12:17PM
Thank you Harry, thought you might like them. Happy Easter.
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Very nice Jim. When can we expect 'Selected Poems of Cherry: The Closet Poet'?
Probably not, some of the second one I'm going to throw into the novel, The Third Day, I'm working on.
P.S. not a closet poet, always wanted to be a poet but reasoned not many people make a living at poetry, but novelists do and their works can contain poetry, and I do think I have some pretty poetic passages in my novels. Anyway, a good plan!
Sure, and I look forward to reading your novel and more of the poetic type prose. :)
