Granite tinged smoke
bullies a banana sky
taking a stand,terrorists
above harbouring malice
engaging war.
Heavenly shouts,warnings
To our saviour we flock.
Sobbing mother above
toxic tears raining.
Protected….
Umbrella Man knows us all.
Bullets whiz,bombs blast
crumpled homes,
families last stand.
fragments,destruction
cloud the air,
choking life.
road of ruins,
littered souls
clog the streets.
Silent prayers,
fall on deaf ears
burst at first strike.
Fallen brothers
at my feet
worshipping a false prophet
No better than them
I fall to my knees
wishing…hoping…wanting you.
Death masquerades,
lowly hum,
time ticks.
Seconds to spare.
The pen
my last weapon.
Writing these words
a beacon for my soul.
“I’ll Always Love You”
On bended knee,
she wept,falling
tale of regret
weeping river.
I felt the weight
of the story
warm tears,aware
tragic affair
Duet destiny
severed by lies.
Aggravated,
added acid.
eating away,
flies festering
deep in the soul
lost,heart unrolled.
Holistic harmonies
embrace melancholy melodies,
Progressively entwined chords
echoing passion.
Words crashing
barriers of silence.
Story of my life
escaping other’s majestic lips.
Heart through airwaves,
sung by others,just for you.
Can my idealistic voice
match theirs and truly express
my undying love?
Reclusive as Bigfoot
not as mean
not really hairy
hiding out.
A treasure wanted
now more than ever
an image in a cage
scared to leave.
Breaking free,falling
boulders escaping,
jagged edges of the past
From the highest to the lowest
you’ve stayed through it all.
open the box darling,
my heart is yours.
Celestial cries
litter dark days.
Heavenly heat,
falls to grace.
Motion.
Transformation,
sand to glass.
As a shoe
or a finger,
perfectly tailored,
Princess.
sculpted,tender touches
mother nature yields,
alterations generate
Acoustics,
fingering
your passion,
globally audible.
The shows over
no admission.
Pink flesh,
beckons recognition
the shows over.
Except for him
hiding,anonymous
in the dark,danger
biding time,alone
except for him.
Drive.
No worries or thoughts
awaiting home,
a whisper in the dark,hurry
Drive!
Speed kills,not him
future,blurry vision
once pink flesh,purple
vessels rupture,horror
speed kills,not him.
Summer heat
melting inhibitions
carnal exhibitions
inherit the meek.
sweat scent,sweet
euphoria drops
man on top
heartbeats.
Rhythmic embrace
sexual healing
romantic feelings
too fast,disgraced.
depleted,feeding,
joy smoke billows
head on pillows,
needing.
The night
breathing,holding
hands,moonlight twins embraced
our breath,smoke,passionate ghosts.
Heaven.
The stars,
loyal audience
cellestial,shining down.
no tears tonight,looking,guiding
hands move.
Our night
cold breath fades
fingers leased together
embrace love forever
heart beats
Our night
Holy witness,
passion flows,a fluid stream
slippery words upon our lips,
good night.
Mary cries
unwanted tears,battered
flesh weaker,than
her enduring soul,
She hides
misery,lovely mask
strong
he’ll never know.
Fist and words
accompanied with anger
bruises,badges of courage.
Leaving, a weakness
she’ll never give.
Tom submits
to whiskey spirits,
persuaded,mental
serpent,strikes,
venom laced voice.
Mary is gone,
replaced with the devil
he feels its false,
the serpent speaks the truth.
Started with a slap,
a one-two jab,the
final slam.her head smacks the table
the devil is dead.
Mary’s entombment,
on this dreary day
family,friends flood
the world with their tears.
Tom wears his tears,
sorrow filled eyes.
behind his mask
the whiskey spirits
laugh
© Daniel Dale Herring 2008
Do my feet betray me?
With each step,I walk
where danger lurks.
heartache at every corner
waiting,poised
to take me
on a trip of guilt and guile
hoping,future destinations are worthwhile.
My feet will not falter.
© Copyright 2008 Daniel Dale Herring
Lush tangled forest,sour stench of death.
Sons,daughters,mothers fathers,
extinguished by my shaking hands
I rest now in another time,
the last of that generation.
the smooth curves of this reality,harsh for these old world eyes.
a sterile existence,cold and sleek
mortality non-existent.
I lay in despair,dreaming a putrid death
that will never come,
a curdled soul,living millennium.
Presidents of yesteryear,reborn
no shining sun to warm the soul
a tragedy.
I lost it all,only to win it again,
to watch it slip hopelessly through my fingers.
Fiery bellowing explosions,splinter existence.I survive.
fiery explosions
splinter earth,
brink of destruction
mankind in shambles
emerging
survivors arise.
Wounded,and walking
searching for
hearts,bleeding,one last
fight,a group effort
stand,attack
I’ll fight the future,
redemption of the past
wash away
my crimson stained hands
© Copyright 2008 Daniel Dale Herring
These four walls resonate
stained from years of pain
coat of wet paint hides the tears
rubble resides,untimely fate
rain cries,
the rusted tin roof echoes,emotions.
Their solution,travesty
family forced,chosen sides
wars within,detonate
a crisis of faith
Father agressor
mother the victim,
son the witness,
daughter the confessor.
Broken
A crisis of faith,detonates
their solution,war
house of dreams
lost
rusted tin roof remains
emotionless,scarred
awaiting God.
Family’s tears
etched the walls,legacy carved in distress.
These four walls resonate.
The bus arrived,a cosmic singularity
yellow in color,short in stature
to little Jane,a big adventure
She sat in the front
behind the driver
who looked like an owl,one eye,wiser.
Surrounded,oddities sat
some perched like pigeons
others,just quacked.
The red one was Bob
a mighty spatter
with each word he spoke,
covered in spittle.
she liked Bob,just a little.
Behind Bob sat,Claire
covered in green hair
stuck to the window in fear.
All around her,quirky characters
watched and waited to talk
She wondered silently
if she was an oddity
like them.
Deep inside she liked the idea
her special friends,inside
when she needed,
she could close her eyes,
step upon the bus.
© Copyright 2008 Daniel Dale Herring
Why does she smile now ?
Pearl white skin,
covered in black,shrouded
a day of mourning,
clouded,
her visage ageless,shining
she grins now
because she knows
her husband has finally made it home.
Unspoken truths become,
candy coated lies.
words,razors.
severed
emotions
bleeding insults
leading
hidden desires,
uncovered sheets,
bare
exposed
shifting anger,
unnerved,
terrified of solitude,
twin sized island,
home for one
survivor,missing
his love.
Copyright Daniel Dale Herring
On some far away beach
somber reptiles scurry
among fields of crystal,rocks
steal away.
Everything merges with the night
come with us,
where we live
a mountain of needles
in a clearing under the stars.
We’ll dance like Organza,to first light
a juju space jazz.
A silver morning beckons,
a deep blue day
white mustangs drift
through another green world
hazards,strange lights,
a different kind of blue,
mustangs fall by this river.
What actually happened?
left where they fell,
lays united colors
driving me backwards,
back into Judy’s jungle of
consciousness.
Events in dense fog,
not yet remembered
everything merges with the night.
April,smoldering
condensation
wheezing,shrieks,joy
mother,father
contractions throttle
wheels greet gravel
eager to live.
schreeching tires,whine
accidental disaster,
fear.
tragedy bears miracles
heaven descends,tears
deliver Melancholy.
I'm a writer at heart with artistic tendencies.In my writing,my nerves are calm and calculating, but when speaking the words fail to exit my mouth in an orderly fashion,often ending in embarrassing moments.