welcome verse

to write in rhyme
a standard verse
and keep in time
staying not terse
is most sublime
or the reverse

so i should chime
or else disburse
no dismal rhyme
a welcome verse

all our words add up to quiet

all our words add up to quiet
not a thought we have of sound
light and shade here do abound
the wise man’s eternal diet

sing aloud and each may listen
hour on hour of meaning froze
into place by knots and bows
while outside the grass will glisten

each reply will come uncertain
nothing’s left to random chance
any fool can learn the dance
well before the final curtain

approaching midnight

as we sit and face the future

there’s no one knows just what we’ll need

anger breeds on edge of suture

fire declares itself with speed

rhyme and reason fade in panic

fire and water meet in peace

not a one who waits is manic

yet not a one could blame caprice

grant the fire will burn the clover

and mighty flood will cleanse the vale

nothing’s left here to recover

none of the wise will hear this tale

shallow paint the world in colour

make the choices come out flat

things will seem to come out duller

the night belongs to angry bat