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Life

Norman Wilson

Life
Balls bounce
Eggs break
Hearts crack
Omelettes make.

Spiders bite
Bee's sting
Spirits crash
Monkeys swing.

Milk sours
Toast burns
Bodies smash
Butter churns.

Hearts crack
Spirits crash
Bodies smash
In a flash.
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Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4
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Norman Wilson

IntroductionForgotten are the times the tick of a clock once chimed sobering sounds that caressed my hearts nightly dreams. As I awaken to the touch of light that burns upon a candles wick flickering my words for all to see. This drives my thoughts through the darkest of nights of loneliness that renders my quill upon parchment with ink that dances to minds and souls.Now I hear the screeching of my heart when the blue horizon covers the orb of emptiness.Within the shelter of my mind with little, purpose other than my words that keep me sane. These are my new poems I have written in the quiet of my night, forever wished away in a writer’s pain. As I strive to write that perfect poem that, my soul desperately seeks. Then and only then can my words rest upon a sleep. more…

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