Keith Parsons

In this life like all the rest
I’ll learn my lessons well
By suffering or dominate
Personality
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I remember she noticed
How I looked at my date,
“They are in love, ”
She said,
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The caterpillar’s suctioned feet keep him on a twig
If one should slip, the other feet, hanging there with him
But mossy river rocks I walk are slicker than the dew
If one foot, should come undone, the twig is under too
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Cloudy skies close around you
On just a winter day
And the weight seems too heavy
To carry all the way
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Scissor cut-out camels
Strung wide in caravan
Set against the mountains
Of neatly-piled sand
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I remember you, curly haired, baby hair
Tee shirt and pull-ups and your sippy cup,
Standing in front of the TV pronouncing 'Bid-bir'
The best you could while I wrestled with Toby
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Alas, this body is so weak,
From pushing out the life
Transitioning from form to thread,
Tied to the other side
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Oh jealousy- a feather lighter than air
Buoyed high by the breeze
Soar and sway as you slice the sky
And write comments on the clouds
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I’ve always liked a Weeping Willow
Her hanging skirt enshrouded me
I’d pull the leaves along the bark
And throw them to the sharks I see
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Earth gets smaller when we leave her
And soon we need to leave her to find another home
We have outgrown this lovely planet
A place where we were tempted, a temporary home
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A semi-opaque translucence
Permits the shadows through
Save for my identity
Inside this cozy room
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Long shadowy figures glide slowly over ground
The place called L'mour de mort
Welcomes all around
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I lie surpassed by shining endless ocean
Whose fickle emotion unfetters at the shore.
I lie in lull, imperiled by the beauty,
Ravaged by the silence- and yearning essence more.
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Where do the geese go?
Flying over, they disappear
Looking over, I still can hear
Their fading calls are strong
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Of all the world and thinking be
My mind is one of thinking free
Where flying frogs leap to the sun
And coconuts unzip for fun
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Rock solid but only of wood
Firm legs firm, as firm legs should
Burden a beam above the ground
To push and hold the pushing down
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I have heard four simple words
'Patience is a virtue'
The wait for you is nothing new
It took so long to find you
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I do go about at night
Walking on the wind
Gliding past the earthly rest
Chained to rock and limb
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Sneaky Viper, stealthy indeed,
Lonely lurker,
Lower your chin,
Your bite hurts, but does not bleed.
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