The Starling Master
Amid the mid-air rushing the Starling Master stands Invisible to every eye not of his feathered kin. The starlings wheel around him to his soundless swift commands, Above, beneath, beside him they rush out and they rush in, In orbit all about him...
The Sisters of Vengeance
#21 of poetry one thing that i like to do is take a song i like and write new lyrics for it. sometimes that's just because i like the lyrics, but sometimes they're a direct commentary on the originals.
Maybe Stop Telling This Man What He Wants
"Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long." How often hath that platitude Been strangled into song? By men who do not want, but have Their little and their more. In rhymes perforce, in meter bad, They serve it to the poor. ...
Sunstroke
We heard of him in fairy tales, Unfinished epics, songs in braille. From all ends of the ending earth We tracked him to this place. We each believed the others fools. But all believe: those are the rules. At last his trail, Like...
Evensong for Flock and Pack
Save me a place by the fireside, love, For nightfall's outrun me again. There's miles upon miles I must walk somehow, There's burdens on burdens I'm carrying now, And when I come home--which I will, I vow-- I'll be needing that fireside then. For...
And I Shall Rest
Sun going down. And I am far from home. Sun going down. And I'm out there alone. On the roads, I'm one more weary soul Searching for some place where I'll be whole. With my loaded backbone bending And the pain jolts up my arm. I will reach...
Cold Front
Grey mountains march at the edge of the sky. Dark mountains glower through a narrowed eye. From shadowed mountain vales comes a breeze long blest And the wind rises silent from the dark northwest. It rushes as it rises like a half-remembered...
The Changing
#4 of poems this poem (lyrics really) were written to go along with audiomachine's "heart of courage" on their album invincible. if you want to understand, listen to the song a few times to get a feel for the music, then read.
falling rain
verse 1: the sky is looking dark from the north, the winds are a howlin. looking toward a brighter future, and all i hear is sound. chorus: hey hey look at the sorrow, cuz the rain is a commin tomorrow. hey hey its gonna rain tomorrow, but its...
Lyrics *First song writer* NO MELODY*
#1 of lyrics this was my first song, i have some more but this is my first hi i am trying to write lyrics atm, i dont have a melody or any music just the lyrics. please comment to let me know and dont be too mean.
What you despise.....
Look into my eyes, Do you see the great thing that you despise? Is it all me? Or is it That you never wanted to be, That stupid rediculious Drama Queen. You, Yourself earned that title. And no, I am not trying to be mean. But your a little...
SANITY
"What is sanity?" "For I do not know that name." "Is it the raven over a corps?" "Or is it TV stars fame?" "What is sanity?" "For I do not know that name." "Is it the hat woman int really tiny shorts?" "Or is it the rich man watching a child...