As I have largely shifted The Stone Age toward being dedicated to news-related posts, it has been a long time since I dropped any lyrical verse. So, I figured why not now, after dark?
I’m not sure when - or even if - I will do this here again, (Substack takes its whole ‘find a niche’ thing very seriously), so consider this my swan song when it comes to poetry on this platform.
Written in 2011, for your consideration…
Where I Live
Ravens cast shadows -
air is crisp and thin,
autumn chips away at
where I have to live.
Grass barely growing -
drying into rough,
another lonely weekend -
another lonely month.
No one visits here -
and they never have,
dirt fills the corners -
the spirit's gone flat.
Past is polluted -
I know it be fact,
you'd think there'd be one left
who still gave a damned.
Forgotten, forsaken -
the moon starts to rust,
discover my value -
how pointless I was.
Thought I had impact -
if not many friends,
these last years are lessons
and here are the ends.
Vines on wrought irons -
I cannot break free,
bounced between markers -
the wind's silent scream.
I'd love to escape this but
I am locked here for time,
the light fades to empty...
the edges of life.
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This is awesome Stone :)
Look at you and your lyrical chops! Must have been one of "those times". :)