Day: October 25, 2018

Lost in Azure

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Lost in Azure

~
across the way
last night’s rain
puddles
‘midst the chaos of construction

trapped on-site
as if abandoned by the waters of earth

it shoulders its way to the culvert
in search of mother sea

this day begins
dewy and crisp

bird songs echo empty sunrise streets

lover and beloved
we sit by the morning window
with tea
and curiosity.

we talk

in this moment
our souls spill
one into the other
until I am distracted

your lips continue sculpting words

but I’ve fallen
deep into your eyes

lost in azure

~ ~ ~

rob kistner © 2018

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    • Nightfall

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    Nightfall

    ~

    it’s nightfall
    the darkness now descends
    the hand of grief extends
    terror is knocking at the door

    it’s nightfall
    words of sorrow stain my lips
    slip through my fingertips
    and scatter ‘cross the floor

    it’s nightfall
    the shadows hide my tears
    but I am haunted by my fears
    I am broken evermore

    it’s nightfall
    dark waves of misery
    are rising like the sea
    I am stranded on the shore

    it’s nightfall
    I am lost I am alone
    confusion grips me to the bone
    horror chills me to my core

    out of the nightfall
    I hear you call my name
    I have finally gone insane
    it is the end for me I’m sure

    again I hear you call
    then I know what this must mean
    this has all been just a dream
    I have simply been asleep
    albeit very very deep
    soon my eyes will open
    once this nightmare’s spell is broken
    soon the sun will rise once more
    at least I pray that’s what’s in store

    ~ ~ ~

    rob kistner © 2013

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    Nightfall – 2018 revision

    ~

    nightfall
    the darkness now descends
    the hand of grief extends
    terror is knocking at the door

    nightfall
    words of sorrow stain my lips
    slip through my fingertips
    and scatter ‘cross the floor

    nightfall
    the shadows hide my tears
    but I am haunted by my fears
    I am broken evermore

    nightfall
    dark waves of misery
    are rising like the sea
    I am stranded on the shore

    nightfall
    I am lost I am alone
    confusion grips me to the bone
    horror chills me to my core

    nightfall
    you call my name
    I have finally gone insane
    it is the end for me I’m sure

    again I hear you call
    I know what this must mean
    this has all been just a dream
    I have simply been asleep

    albeit very very deep

    soon my eyes will open
    once this nightmare’s spell is broken
    soon the sun will rise once more
    at least I pray
    that’s what’s in store

    ~ ~ ~

    revised © 2018

    Strange As Mine

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    Strange As Mine

    ~

    I think I could’a been
    a novelist
    maybe that’s what
    I should’a been

    yes
    sure
    maybe

    but then

    with a mind
    strange as mine
    that wanders far
    and so wildly fast

    thoughts explode
    pyrotechnically
    sustained focus
    don’t always last

    so many concepts
    project at once
    like a prism
    of fractured glass

    so many visions
    command attention
    ever unfolding
    crazy fast

    I’m a serial writer
    a single story
    doesnt hold me
    very long

    I can be just fine
    as an author
    for ’bout as long
    as your av’rage song

    I’m in my glory
    with a good short story
    write the hell
    out of a page or 3

    but to grind on
    with a single topic
    so sorry folks
    that just ain’t me

    I find it fun
    to write an essay
    then choose new topics
    without delay

    but writing a book
    think I’ll forego it
    I think in bursts
    so I’m a poet

    ~ ~ ~

    rob kistner © 2018