Beyond the Light [Haiku]

deep in the cavern
just beyond the light's reach
lives what might be

Morlock State of Mind [Lyric Poem]

Living like a Morlock,
outside the shaft of light.
Lured beyond walls of rock.
Mesmerized by blue sky.

Loving the thought of blue,
but burnt by the mere sight.
Praying for an Eloi view,
but feeling it's not my right.

Quiet Moments of Glorious Perfection [Free Verse]

People pray for 
blinding, deafening
magic.

Instead, they should
make themselves keen
observers of the
mundane miracles.

Those little magic
moments like
seeing a baby's smile
or 
crossing over
a green ridge 
to face a
snow-capped mountain.

Feel these rare moments
to their fullest,
rather than wishing
to be dazzled by 
grand displays of
the supernatural.

Those loud miracles 
will probably never happen,
and - if they do -
one who hasn't become
attuned to hearing the quiet 
moments of glorious perfection
might still miss them. 

Out-of-Body [Free Verse]

I'm floating,
or - perhaps - flowing.

I can't tell
sans gravitational 
pull.

I want to reach
for something 
solid,
but I have nothing
with which to reach.

I want to scream,
but I have nothing
with which to make sound.

So, I'm left to yearn.

All I can do is yearn -
yearn my ass off -
and variations, thereof:

-pine,
-aspire,
-crave,
-wish,
-etc.


The Epicureans
believed in 
soul particles 
[lighter & finer
than body particles]
and I wonder whether 
my soul particles
could knock loose
a feather precariously
balanced on the
edge of a dresser?

The Keeper’s Conundrum [Common Meter]

Living like a lighthouse keeper -
alone beyond nowhere.
Out of sight and out of one's mind,
beyond the range of prayer.

One's loss unnoticed until there's
a wreck upon the rocks.
Counted on to prevent chaos
from out in the boondocks.

A world that doesn't want, or know, you
begs your best attention,
but will forget to give all but
its stern reprehension 

should you fail or should you falter
and catastrophe strikes,
they will find your long dead body
with their pitchforks and their pikes.