34

Thirty-Four

Jest

Questions asked in haste

The truth revealed from under

Answer not in jest

33

Thirty-Three

Mute

Put the world on mute

Lose your way and find yourself

Music keeps my soul

32

Thirty-Two

Hearts

Fingers intertwine

A dream fulfilled in their hearts

Enemies of time

31

Thirty-One

Bramble

Insatiable fake

Leash your lust and reign it in

A bramble in chains

30

Thirty

Reason

Foolishly abridged

Reason never meant so much

Roaming free of chains

29

Twenty-Nine

Use

Hands, ears, heart and words

In one ear and out again

Stolen points from use

28

Twenty-Eight

Knives

The mind to the lips

Arduous and fraught with knives

Traverse without thought

27

Twenty-Seven

Fog

A thorn with no rose

Fog encroaches past his soul

Known to none but him

26

Twenty-Six

Moments

Time will bow to none

Ticking clocks cannot be tamed

Moments pass too soon

25

Twenty-Five

White

Thrones widowed from kings

Threadbare gowns and tarnished crowns

White will never fly

24

Twenty-Four

Flags

Exposed from within

Fallen flags depose themselves

Toast the two-faced clown

23

Twenty-Three

Words

Drafted in the dark

Enemies crafted with words

Theirs and those unsaid

22

Twenty-Two

Thorns

Weakness of the mind

Tangled in brambles and thorns

Traversed on dead feet

21

Twenty-One

Poets

Heaven's out of sight

Poets beg not for their rhymes

Nor the day for night

20

Twenty

Home

Follow where he leads

A hard-packed road paved with blood

Follow him from home

19

Nineteen

Trees

Mouths wage war with thirst

Hard-pressed hands grasp without truth

Quenched by men on trees

18

Eighteen

Spring

Spring feels no remorse

A suicide prone to haste

False hopes born to die

17

Seventeen

Canvas

Abstract green and red

Canvas stretched across my soul

Void of black and white

16

Sixteen

Delicate

Delicate thunder

Earthquakes fumble for a hold

Stumble like a drunk

15

Fifteen

Ignorance

Plead guilty just once

Tomorrow feigns ignorance

Ancient stone made new

14

Fourteen

Bushels

An apple a day

keeps the doctor away, but

Death is not so kind.

13

Thirteen

Neon

The stars disappear

Newfound limelight dims their glow

Neon burns brightest

12

Twelve

Stripped

Blanketed by dawn

Sailors make love to the shore

Stripped of every past

11

Eleven

Empty Pages

A whirlwind of thoughts

The empty page speaks volumes

No one stops to read

10

Ten

Resurgence

A clear shallow pool

Dim reflections from the past

Patiently waiting

9

Nine

Leftovers

Leftover Chinese

Flooded by the TV's glow

Her cheeks flood with tears

8

Eight

Past

Obscured by thin dust

One glare's enough to disturb

Do I dare to look?

7

Seven

Steps

Time and ticking clocks

Ascend the waiting staircase

Don't you dare look back

6

Six

Time

Crushed beneath a word

Dim and softly unraveled

He's misplaced his smile

5

Five

Dancing

A leaf on a tree

The poets make rhymes as it

Dances in the chill

4

Four

a Tune

An old worn-out tune

Plucked from the world on a whim

And thrust to the side