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on this ledge I sit
feet dangling
for no support exist
I clambered up here
as a kid of 6
holding a cake
and making a wish
soon now at 42
the wish will come down and all
will be true
I believe
I am right
I will be paid
for all the nights
the snow [...]

Etches Penmen
June 25, 2022
Courageousness

Decisions

 

shadows boxing,

slices of my soul,

shadows deep,

light hiding bright,

across the path,

my chosen way,

I must decide,

I must dance,

I must say.

 

 

 

I must decide.

I must Dance.

I must Say.

 

Etches Penmen
June 7, 2022
ApathyEmotions

Spaced-Out

The Enjoyment of absent Apathy

was I a passenger?

all different and unconnected?
or all conniving erratically to one place
a plunging through the clouds
falling down and down
until
you swallow the empty alone
the Marvel © (™) quantum zone
of zany-art blended nonsense
where sneaky senses are blocking and
the [...]

Thomas Poe
April 2, 2022
ApathyEmotionsGrief

1 Lifetime

we start
more yielding than the air
we start
taking breaths of potential
we start

because its desirable
because its needed

how might a soft thing
survive?
how can a caring thing
breathe?
how should a creative flower
bloom?

oh so rare
oh so rare

let’s hide away
let’s protect this musing moment

so short
so tight inside

this hardened ball
this [...]

Etches Penmen
March 4, 2022
Emotions

Inattentive

I battle with the truth,
so it will accept,
my lies,

perfect misdirection.

‘I did it my way’
what a tragedy,
what a lie,

in pretty wrapping, with a bow!

I need something new to,
interest me,

I need a waterfall of ideas,
to love,

falling freely upon me,
my focus lies beyond the [...]

Etches Penmen
March 3, 2022
EmotionsFear

Doomed to Failure

why set out ?
when you already know,

who told you ?
now you are so sure,

what shall become of us?
there is no one to care,

when will it happen?
is tomorrow to soon,

where will I be?
when this fatality,

befalls and then,
the end.

Etches Penmen
January 30, 2022
Tamar Island looking SOuthApathyEmotions

Vague…

rather than make a commitment, let’s make an excuse, don’t answer the phone, I’ll let you know, later. why make a decision when we can be vague?!
Thomas Poe
January 4, 2022
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Some of the Poetry of Etches Penmen and Thomas Poe. Good Mates.