A Stolen Moment

Splashing from a tub of water
Playful gestures invite passion
Entering ones arms to play
Sweat and water mix
The sweet taste of a passionate kiss
Waves of water like a rolling sea
Splashing the floors around you and me
Dare we stop, of course we don’t
Passion lies with each fleeting moment
To have and hold one’s breath and love
Grasping each others bodies one explodes
Wrapped in tender, wrapped in water
Wrapped in the bodies of each other
A moment stolen, This is our time
Times are never forgotten
A moment is never wasted
Love is never dull

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

This poem turned out to be another story about a lawyer who loses faith in himself and the system and finds a new path for his life while leaving the courtroom one day. The word today “Friar” was the one that triggered me to think of this theme. 13 random words were used and highlighted in blue, thanks to the following people (followed by their words) for contributing to today’s poem:

@coach_gold (tome), @coyotesqrl (chapter), @WhiskeyChick (unscrupulous), @azredneck (hyper), @IntegralChaotic (friar), @BlazingMinds (bliss), @crimsong19 (death), @SurfCityJay (expense), @netta50 (delicious), @lejonprime (gastropod), @craftyGAgal (jubilee), @cheth (mystify), @benjphoto (dilettante)

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A Life That’s Changed

A miracle was witnessed an ordinary life changed
This man once a laywer in bitter turmoil
A personal life falling to pieces and shame
Putting away unscrupulous criminals was always his purpose

This trial jarred the man for some reason
A monster so vile he was sentenced to death
The verdict was just yet the lawyer felt hollow
Had he not served the people and the law?

Was He Tired of justice being served
At the expense of a piece of his soul
He felt at the end of his rope and his game
But what happened that day would mystify him

Wandering a different path when leaving the courtroom
Something special would happen this very day
The man passed an ancient church door ajar
Maybe he was seeking hope or forgiveness

Whatever drove him to veer his course
He would tell you it was his fate
A wave of excitement started to creep over him
He felt alive and vibrant and hyper inside

He opened the door and there sat an altar
Carved in marble and dressed in gold
Light trickled in from stained glass windows
A single beam highlighting a silver goblet

So he ran to the goblet a fire burning inside
Lifting it to his lips he drank the water
The taste of his soul cleansing was delicious
His mind wiped of doubt, fear and guilt

No more does he feel this way, his mind is free
Like a gastropod emerging from its shell
He steps out of his old way of life
Like disrobing from soiled clothing

So begins a new chapter in this man’s life
It beings by studying an ancient tome
Dedicating ones life to become a friar
And achieve bliss through understanding god

He had become a dilettante in the pursuits of faith
And when One year was passed spent in silent pursuit
He spoke for the first time at his jubilee
Harmony is found my soul is clean he declared

Those around him bore friendly smiles
Brother, Sisters and Friends to all
He lived his life free the rest of his days
Never looking back on the courtroom’s call

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

The Weeping Willow

See how the willows weeps
Streams of leaves falling like tears
From a face that never sleeps
Reaching for a sky that can never be obtained
The clouds above provide the only shade
For a willow that stands alone

You stand before this mighty tree
Simple plant of leaf and branch
Yet somehow you cannot see but feel
That the tree is whispering at you
Not just whispering but weeping openly
What is it you wonder, why so gloom?

I have seen a world and cannot stop
A world where villages burn down
People scorn each other and far worse still
Innocence is lost in children and more
The horrors that I cannot unsee
I am stuck here with this misery

So I weep for my children who are here
The animals and the plants, all that you see
I weep to stop living and seeing this hate
For all people are nothing but equals to me
What good does it do who is wrong or who is right
You are human as is she and those who came before

I am only a lone plant and can’t take anymore
Chop down my trunk and make this go away
So many people that lack purpose and harmony
If you were all plants you would be called weeds
For weeds overgrow and care not what else
Trample abroad to spread only oneself

One day will come when people wake up
All stand together, drink from the same cup
But I cannot wait and see any longer
I wish I could but I am not getting stronger
The feelings of hate leave me famished and weak
Harmony is almost gone and chaos at its peak

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today the words coalesced for me into a sad poem that puts the reader into the mind of someone trapped in a coma.  This poem was created based on 10 random words provided on twitter by some of my followers.   If you enjoy my poetry please vote for my poem on BlogNetAwards, register and click the # of stars you rate my poetry blog.

The people who submitted and their words are listed below.  Thanks to the following people who contributed today:

@coach_gold (savor)
@azredneck (perishable)
@coyotesqrl (daffy)
@amh615 (impertinence)
@SurfCityJay (gratuitous)
@nipplelicious (comatose)
@blm03 (shopping)
@benjphoto (fractious)
@kcarruthers (vicarious)
@cheth  (swing)

The World Passes Me By

Wake me from this comatose state
My mind can waste away, my body is perishable
Time elapses without a thought
What I would give to savor life
Instead trapped within a dream
In a hospital bed of white linen

You have bestowed such gratuitous care
Thinking of nothing but my well being
This condition an utter impertinence
Our lives scarred while time stands still
I feel you close and feel your despair
Yet unable show the slightest response

I miss the daffy way we danced on the grass
The laughter the joy and even the pain
We used to hold hands and swing them high
Showing the world without a care
I miss the nights spent on white satin
I miss pressing my palm to your face

I want you to move on and not share my fate
Because I am trapped here in this state
You should be out shopping for happiness
Find another to heal your soul and mind
You do not suffer in this vicarious inert state
If I could tell you these things to your face

I would only put you in a fractious frame of mind
You would argue you are here until the end
Arguing would be a blessing a welcome gift
Instead I lie here wondering why
Why you and I both suffer
As the world passes me by

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

The Rescuer

Shadows fall in the valley of the past
Music blowing on a howling wind
The peak of a cliff under your feet
Spelunking for days seeking your target

The cavern lies before you
Ten fortnights journey to arrive
Madness to try you were told
Here you stand at the gaping mouth

Muscles torn and weary from climbing
Harness and gear still in tow
You enter the cavern and the unknown
Wondering if you will meet friend or foe

You ignite your lantern and illuminate
Countless stalagmites fill the chamber like teeth
You see what you hoped to find
A small boy wrapped in a sleeping bag

You rush over to assist and care for his wounds
The boy startles awake and surprised
You came for me he cries with glee
I didn’t think you would even try

You whisk the boy up and bring him to safety
Rejoining the rest of his family this time
A successful rescue from a hike gone awry
This is your job and what you do

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today’s random poem came together with a theme about dysfunctional families and six people contributed a total of 8 words which are highlighted in blue (one person submitted 3 words and I decided to use all 3).  Thanks to the following people for providing words today:  @izealove, @wizard1974uk, @jmedvm, @coyotesqrl, @lejonprime, @SurfCityJay

Dysfunctional Family Reunion

A family gathering held but once a year
At a table that serves both chicken and steer

Corpulent people fight over trivial matters
An argument ensue and watermelon splatters

What should be a source of felicity
Instead crumbles to delusional animosity

A shout and a scream as someone pitches a fit
Your mouth filled with water your gurgle and spit

The incumbent member of this household speaks
In an ostentatious display of emotion he shrieks

To some this commotion would draw several tears
But the same gathering occurs year after year

Love them or hate them they are family
And you are a branch that grew onto this tree

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

PS.  If you want to participate, you can Tweet me random words every weekday between 9am and 11am and I will usually be crafting a poem in that general time frame.   Just tweet me @dragonblogger on twitter my friends.

-Dragon Blogger

Today’s random twitter poem consisted of six words that are highlighted in blue and provided by the following people: @reginasuniverse, @lejonprime, @benjphoto, @coyotesqrl, @SurfCityJay, @tami_squeak

Seeking A Pact

Tired of this world and these unending toils
Looking in the mirror day after day
Only to see the same face staring back at you
Desperation drives you to find something else

You have tried therapy to no avail
Hypnosis fails to induce sublimation
Drowning your sorrows and boredom in wine
On some days you teeter on the verge of death

With a flagrant disregard for your own life
You call upon the dark evil governance
And meet on a frigid icy moonlit night
You hold palaver with the demons of the dark

In exchange for a new purpose and new life
They may have your soul in the end
You awake the next day a king among men
Wealth and power are at your fingertips

You walk among your people who cower in fear
Those who derided you now show you respect
All seems to be going as planned
A slip on a walkway then breaks your neck

-Dragon Blogger

Forces of Nature

Bow before the forces of nature
For against them you have no defense
The air shall sweep you from this earth
Water shall crash upon your body
Earth shall open to swallow you whole
Leaving the fire to char your remains

Give respect to the forces of nature
They existed before you arrived
And will last long after your memory fades
You are but a grain of sand in the beach
And the ocean swallows you all in the end
Remember this for the rest of your days

Poem by Dragon Blogger

Shine The Light

Shine the light through nightmarish clouds
Clean us from this acid rain
We look for love among haters
We look for life among the dead

Shine the light in this dark tunnel
Faith is only as strong as you are
We look for beauty in this ugly world
We look for peace when there is only war

Shine the light in the pits of hell
Forge your own morality from empathy
We look for a god that may not exist
We look for a solution from problems we create

Poem by Dragon Blogger