"Don't Depend on Sand Castles"

Vast waters from the ocean
Engulf my castle walls
Valiantly they falter quickly
Many a true knight falls
Nobody falls upon their own sword
Surrender is not an option
Overwhelming in the fate
Enduring the unwilling adoption
The sands are returned to the place
From where they came to belong
Swallowed up as if into dragon's teeth
No time left for the strong
There is success in failing
Integrity is not just a myth
The waves like a juggernaut
Overcome the frail monolith
In surrender there is no shame
Valor in those who believed
The beckoning retrieves its claim
As fallen knights upon their steeds grieved

~Moses~
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"Query"

I forgot to ask you,
Are You A Dream?
And since I've not learned
how not to want you
I've had to learn, by waiting,
how to wait.

I cling to expectancy.

Listen to my story when I hold you.
It will be whispered - a world
so full of detail, all of it so frail,
all of it for you.

And never lose the words
we make up. Write them
on your belly and let me read them
with my tongue and teeth.

And before we sleep
listen, in moonlight and breeze,
to the apples falling from the tree
outside our room,

when we have a room.

"Cruel Behavior"

Will you chase me away if I come to you
I will travel the slow train in anticipation
Will you refuse to open the door
Slamming shut the window in my mind
Will you kick my dreams away
Destroying what I hope to find
Will you kill me with your silence
Through your cold stare
Pretending to love me for my sake
When you really do not care
Will you pray for my death
Although by my side
Not realizing that our love has died
Will you caress yourself
Concealing from me
Your very thoughts that set me free
Allowing me to live the lie
Will you abandon me as I slowly die
Will you stand far away when they lower me
Into my silent grave by the sea
Will you begin to tell so as to dispell
These thoughts that twist in me
My only wish is to make you happy
If this cannot be done well
Let me go so you may find it
It's better than living in hell
If I can know you are truly happy
Although it means there must be distance
I will relegate my heart to lonliness
So that you may complete your existence

~Moses~
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"Imaginations"

This maniacal cat
In my recurring dream
Follows me down the long river bank
Its shark like teeth,is it smiling
Or ready to make me its prey
It has a tail that wags at me
Is it just a tactic it uses
A ploy to get me to come closer
Or am I required to take a leap of faith
Into its awaiting jaws of death
Animals of different species are
Allowed to love eachother
But wherein can they make a home
It is the essense of all creation
Thankful for the chromosome
A monkey with the brain of a human
What would be thought of next
Eyes of eagles to see with better
Or the legs of horses for stamina without rest
Cave drawings upon walls reveal
The notions of men of old
This cat continues to haunt my dreams
Its calculating eyes which appear so cold
Next time I dream of it maybe I will offer a fish
Will it ask for a serpent instead
If it were not immersed in water
In vinegar as its liquid in which to thrive
Would it request a drink of water
To soothe its ailing head
Does it ponder the images
That appear in dirty clouds
I ponder its very existence
The effects it would have on the crowds
Who would peer at it through dark glasses
And revile it until extinction was achieved

~Moses~
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"Father"

Dust within like a clap of thunder
My life is far from done
I am the father of many children
Although I have fathered none
I am some kind of magnet it seems
Stuck in the middle of the crowd
There is no hiding or so it seems
My energy speaks out too loud
Various ways I have tried to muffle it
Isolation is the only way
Hiding in dark remote places
Until I can no longer stay
From dark forests into hell
Where I must run from
The viper and the demon with hooves
In single solitude another form of hiding
Until comes the time when he moves
I must breach the veil when the curtain lifts
Otherwise I must remain
Until when the next time frame shifts
The clap of thunder makes the signal
It is the clicking within the sounding bell
It fill my ears with silent tears
From dark forests as I move in towards hell

~Moses~
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"Cloud Frolics"

Floating across the blue sky
She plays alone today
Skipping along towards a rainbow
She visits me this way
Always when the sun is high at near noon
Not another cloud in the sky
Where does she come from
Where does she go
Her presence is pleasant to my eye
Many times I have seen her
The girl without a name
Sometimes she brings her ball
Always playing a game
Jumping rope,skipping at times
She replaces my sister long gone
Who dissapeared without a trace
Once upon a dawn
I think it would be nice to name her
JoAnne will be her name
I will talk to her in the sky where she lives
Her life will still be the same
Floating as the wisp in the sky
Leaving without warning
She bids me adieu quickly today
In the warmth of the desert morning
Farewell JoAnne until next time
Be well my sister,be well

~Moses~
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"Concealed Digits"

Digits upon this loathsome wall
The keepers are but numbers
Who place their keys into slots
Temporarily assigned as is their mind
Compact boxes which have no windows
Concealing the other side
Cobwebs run parallel in the room
Which has been forgotten
That resides on the other side
Of the boxes with digits upon them
That now represent utter pious soulful eyes
In existence of that which denies
Small windows within which to peer
Revealing the contents or if it be bare
Yet there is no time to spare
Cobwebs in parallel transfer such feelings
That enter into morbid minds
Of treasures sought that combines
Dreamlike notions of what may be
Laying in wait to silently see
The contorted expressions upon the faces
When invasion occurs of assigned spaces
Segregated emotions for safety reasons
Only remain in changing seasons
Behind the iron box they survive
The only thing left that seems alive
With exception to the spiders who dwell
The keepers of the webs that elude detection
Because there are no digits placed upon them


~Moses~
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"Naked Presence"

In this evening glory
Such trees in the grove
My skulled owl spirit guide
Hovers over the child inside me
In the fear at dusk
Though I am frozen in the cold place
My spirit guide pleases me
With its presence I am no longer prey
What wells up out of springs
That which quenches a thirst
Cannot make false bargains
Over water that flows freely from the rivers
What comes in stealth of night
Must appear before the light of the fire
If it retreats in its own fear
Still the crackling of the embers
Brings warmth to my soul
In the presence of my mentor
I am prostrate
The art of falling down with my hands raised up
Has served me well until maturity
Once that was reached I no longer
Laid in horizontal position upon the ground
I am perpendicular and able to see clearly
The hovering spirit guide is able to tell
My lessons have been learned well
Still my hovering guide protects
The place where the innocent child
Dwells within me in his own place
It shall follow me through all my days
Filling the needs within my own heart

~Moses~
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"I Adore"

Please do me a favor will you?
Next time you speak to your folks
Thank them for me
Meeting you would never have occured;
I hardly ask much out of people
In this human race we have
So please thank them for me
You would not be the person you are
In addition to this my life would be less
The world would be deprived
Even more so I
Of that rendevous in time
Wherein our energies combined
For a moment or two
This is all greatly due...
Well,you know I smile a bit now
From that moment in time
When you became part of
This place in the human race
It was the beginning of your formation
Resulting in the culmination
Of who you are
So please thank your folks for me
And also thank you as well
This is all greatly due...
Well I guess you know the rest
For being the person you are
Without that my unknown loss would be
Counted along with the rest
Of my dreams that were dashed upon the rocks
I never take these things for granted
Cherishing these precious moments in time
You have made my heart leap
Allowing me to know that there is much
To be grateful for and to adore
So I must know will you do that for me?
Once again thank you for being in my world
And for allowing me into yours

~Moses~
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"Nap Time"

I'm ready for my nap now
Will you take one with me
Why are you looking at me so
Do you love me-do you like me
I would just like to let you know
It's really nice here
I like to snuggle
Under the covers is best
Later on when my nap is over
When I have had a rest
We can play a bit if you want to
Or go for a walk outside
We can listen to music in the kitchen
If you want to
I can sit there with you at my side
It doesn't matter what we do
As long as I know you are near
I know I'm safe whenever your close
For there is nothing to fear

~Moses~
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