Wednesday MorningThe cold air piercing my lungsThe copper-coloured leaves,As kamikaze pilots,Plummer into the green sea.The moon,Why are you out?You come without warningTo watch over usHere one minute, gone in another.The iced autumn windsPrickling,Tingling at my bare limbsAsserting its presence.The sunlight tickling,Teasing,
There was a time when I was happy.Although it happened only once,T'was enough.Never shall I forgetI was innocent till thenGone are the happy daysHe's not to blame, obviously.Thanks brain.
Years of wandering aimlessly,Or purposely through the mossThrough the trees.Years of historySlowly dyingSlowly dying because of us.Because of us.Because of you.Because of me.Because of them.Birds used to reign the skies;Now, these metallic vultures reign the airs.Orang-Outans used to roam freely amongst the trees,Manatees among the seas.No more excusesOr ignorance:
My God (oh, let me call Thee mine,Weak, wretched sinner though I be),My trembling soul would fain be Thine;My feeble faith still clings to Thee.Not only for the Past I grieve,The Future fills me with dismay;Unless Thou hasten to relieve,Thy suppliant is a castaway.I cannot say my faith is strong,I dare not hope my love is great;But strength and love to Thee belong;Oh, do not leave me desolate!I know I owe my all to Thee;Oh, TAKE the heart I cannot give!Do Thou my strength--my Saviour be,
A Pit -- but Heaven over it --And Heaven beside, and Heaven abroad,And yet a Pit --With Heaven over it.To stir would be to slip --To look would be to drop --To dream -- to sap the PropThat holds my chances up.Ah! Pit! With Heaven over it!The depth is all my thought --I dare not ask my feet --'Twould start us where we sitSo straight you'd scarce suspectIt was a Pit -- with fathoms under it --Its Circuit just the same.Seed -- summer -- tomb --
What does the hangman think aboutWhen he goes home at night from work?When he sits down with his wife andChildren for a cup of coffee and aPlate of ham and eggs, do they askHim if it was a good day's workAnd everything went well or do theyStay off some topics and talk aboutThe weather, base ball, politicsAnd the comic strips in the papersAnd the movies? Do they look at hisHands when he reaches for the coffeeOr the ham and eggs? If the littleOnes say, Daddy, play horse, here'sA rope — does he answer like a joke:I seen enough rope for today?