LEGACY

Sometimes it may seem unlikely that you matter

and that you too matter

yet you both do

when the dust settles and

the drumbeats of war drowned and

the ghosts of companionship stand appeased

by the steely silence of an empty seat at the top of the dinner table

when the roaring ambition dies

to be replaced by complacent acceptance 

of fate as it shouldn't be

you still will matter

rest then

in solid solidarity of oneness

knowing too that you too matter not only now

as you were but then as you'll be

always.

for in the fullness of time, when the thunder dies and

the skies clear and

the props drop and

everybody recedes in the bitter-sweet aftertaste of farewell....

only you two must carry the legacy

shall carry the legacy

carry the legacy

the legacy

my enduring footprints in the sands (mud?) of time.

© August 2016

FLANNAN

So sure i now am
we could
should do beer one of these suns
or smoke expired weed together
in some dingy corner of this
great
and emotionally suppressed city

come back on into life
won't you now
dump care in the pits of abandon

come seize
these crystals of freedom
crush and let them
slip and slip through
our tired but shared fingers

© May 2016

ROSA

You are
of the mysterious flock
i call you the agile one

but now i know
like they know that you know
suave beyond salvation
yet not without damnation
you are just but a practising psychologist

in this game of minds
minds of hearts touching, soothing
directing
without breaking
this swathe of rampant human emotions

you are but an accomplished scientist
proficient in this lab of human emotions

you are Rosa
of the mysterious flock
i call you sistah from the lighter stock

why then
are you such a fleeting shadow
so long a ghost of positive torment
must i retire or choose life without fear

i too am a survivor
and though the war is far from over
i triumph in these battles
irredeemable sense of pride uncrushable
a strong will exerts itself over the weak

are you brave?

© April 2016

SOLDIERS NEVER DIE: El Adde

Mortality as immortality

though the State might dither
sometimes
though the enemy might celebrate
sometimes
though the world might move on
sometimes

we know you are among us
in a place safer than that night
of chaotic transition

we remember you
and honour your galant sacrifice
that we may live
we remember you
and honour your blood

that we may breath.

soldiers never die

you too are among us.

© April 2016