Withering Away

I'm withering away
Bit by bit
Petal by petal
Death is taking charge
And life is gnawing away
What's left of the carcass
A strange peace shrouds the noise
And I strain to hear a voice
Which touches a note that
Makes the silence musical
My breath is but a whiff
The thin air that blows out
Striking the light blind

The Mask

The mask has been shed,

The face revealed now.

It was not deadly nor sinister,

As was thought.

A cherubic face,

An angelic disposition.

Anyone would be fooled

If it were not for those icy eyes

Yeah, they were cold;

Piercing, menacing all the while.

None could decipher,

The feline felony in those eyes.

The gaze was sharp,

And the viciousness evident.

Yet, I couldn't muster

The courage to finish the

Evil that lurked.

Maybe it's me that I saw

A piece of my soul.

WITNESS

Moderates played their game again
They struck from behind
Keeping the smile intact

Quite like them
Have been like that every time
Wolves in lambs' gear

Fine they did so
The truce was disturbing
Too artificial to bear

Now we can fight
Neck to neck
Man to man

The flowing blood
Will bear witness
To what tomes couldn't

MENTOR

And they flew out
To the shrub, the tree
And high in to the sky

Never shall I see them
Never hear them talked about
Never will I care, whatever

The mentor as I am
I rear, I tend
Nurture and let go

It’s the vocation
The mission I have
For a mentor, I am

REMORSE

Remorse is redundant
It should be banned
From dictionaries
And word banks
Those who think
They have remorse
Should be wiped out
Without remorse

WAR

Wilted blooms
Their dreams crushed
Without a second thought
Tears evade the eyes
Smiles are aliens
Only bombings and firing
Nothing else is heard
Or spoken
Screams, cries and groans
Go deaf in bang… boom…rap… rap
Why should I care?
They’re not my kin
Not of my blood or faith
My silence is honed
I’ve practiced day and night
And trained to feel nothing
To keep my conscience numb
This is war
I kill to live
And will be killed
For someone’s need to live