THE WINDS OF CHANGE
Make the right turn into oblivion,
Away from me,
My love.
These winds of change.
Change these tides and waves
Through the paths unknown.
Change these clouds
From shades of gray.
Into an alternate reality foretold.
My love,
My inner-peace.
Somewhere,
Someone is beginning to change me.
Some days,
Sometimes cold air blows passion
Through this fire.
Crashing down
And around.
Changing everything
That I use to be.
Never the same.
Never the same, you see.
Gray for the time.
White for the past.
Hymn to the silence.
Tears for the rain.
And pain,
For all that ever was a part of me.
©1996 Torrence King. All Rights Reserved. From the poetry-art collection “Satellites & Exits”
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I BURIED MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
I have come to this place,
Displaced and broken down.
Only here does my heart beat,
Only here does my mind think.
I will ask for more than I got
And you will give me it all.
Any time that is left,
Anybody that will hear.
I've cried for your forgiveness
For the pain that came too soon.
Only the dust is in my eyes,
Only the truth stands for my silence.
I threw all the stones
That were thrown back to me.
Then I became like before.
Fragments of loss,
Pieces of bitterness.
You want me to say I'm sorry
Just because my knees are bent.
You can pick me up from this floor,
I am a regretted mess.
I will never walk again,
Until
I've been
Both loved
And shattered.
©1996 Torrence King. All Rights Reserved. From the poetry-art collection
“Satellites & Exits” - Available Now
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The Autumn Leaves Violet Stole
Traces of red
Lie deep in the sea.
As I lay here,
Sorrow surrounds me.
My knowledge of truth
Is consumed by fear.
Sound of light,
Shatters my ears.
Reach out,
Touch the stone.
Come out,
Carry on.
Erase the doubt,
Go back home.
Live by living
And sacrifice the pain.
Give by giving
And combat the rain.
As their world ends,
Our world begins.
©1996 Torrence King. All Rights Reserved. From the poetry-art collection “Satellites & Exits” - Available Now
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SENTIMENTAL VALUE
I remember her
Elegance and grace.
“Why did I not believe?”
The look in her eyes
Would ensnare my mind.
The touch of her lips
Could encase my fears.
“Why did I ever leave?”
Overwhelmed, I drift
To the sea of regret.
Memories, I won't bring
To extinction.
I wish to embrace
You, my love, once more.
Denial in every attempt.
Unity constantly shun.
Now, I'm left with
These manic memoirs.
In need of
A detached treasure.
An indescribable joy,
Unattainable.
Your sentiments exactly.
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©1996 Torrence King. All Rights Reserved. From the poetry-art collection “Satellites & Exits” - Available Now
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MOONLESS WORDS
The moon hid from my eyes.
Or was it the mist of shame
Clothed in a blue of night?
I have seen much
In these darkened hours here.
What I fear,
I tread.
What I've shaken,
I've shared.
It is cold in this place
Of shadows
Where there is no where to go but up.
The beams of the night’s light
Clears my path ahead.
But not before
I stop to contemplate.
“Will I be there another moment too late?”
“Who will join me
Before the fall of the stars above?”
I find it best not to think on these things.
They just turn these feeble bones
Into crops of dust.
I have journeyed a million miles,
A million times
To the place
Where many are heard
But have very little to say.
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©1996 Torrence King. All Rights Reserved. From the poetry-art collection “Satellites & Exits” - Available Now
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