Matthew Moser Poems

The Shadows Lengthen,
And In the night grow stronger,
They Embody fear
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Upon sad sands of midnights dreary light,

Fell shadows that like memories blight,
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Around me,
Endless sea,
The cold biting wind,
Beckons only to rend,
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I used to think heaven was as a sea,
Endless effortless and alone,
But now I see what heaven could be,
A small place I call home.
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My heart is lonely,
Lost in my memories empty grasp,
Holding together my still breathing lungs,
As if they were locked tight together in a clasp,
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Sad and heavy, upon me a great wait,

Blank and blurry, my eyes begin to haze,
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The rose is beauty but no one notices the leafs,
Surrounded by thorns, unable to breathe,
Their colors a dark emerald green,
Are beautiful once seen.
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The dirty earth will give way,
To the will of my heart today.
I know of the sin you have done,
But I know that you did not do this to hurt anyone.
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Falling gentle, Floating just out of reach,
The cold air outside,
Goes inside me,
The smell of the salt,
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The Anchor and shield were their tasismans,
Sons of the brine stained sword,
The only creed of a sailing man,
Thier Service and their Lord.
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