Spliced <br />To straight blade <br /> <br />Kind—but grating <br />The pleasure <br /> <br />October song <br />And noise <br />In me <br /> <br />Walking <br />The now while on <br /> <br />~*~ <br /> <br />On cloud fire <br />Each certainty <br />Of time <br /> <br />Nerves to go <br />And shock the sun <br /> <br />Tingling drought <br />To a long life <br /> <br />~*~ <br /> <br />Some truths <br />Like crowds <br />Looked with know-it-all <br /> <br />Dizzying wisdom <br />In heights—of words <br /> <br />The natural answers <br />Next to your head <br /> <br />~*~ <br /> <br />Abounding sweet rose <br />Strength to silky whole <br /> <br />Unbending passionless ravages <br />Resilience with broken fall <br /> <br />Uncertain darkness <br />Comes to life uninvited <br /> <br />~*~<br /><br />Peter S. Quinn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/4-short-poems/
