"Bribery"

Don't want to give us a little snack
This is what I think of you
We are the cookie and bannana burglars
Who inhabit this place in the zoo
See my tongue sticking out
That's what you get from me
My sister thinks you look like a goat
Can't say I disagree
Go away and don't come back
Unless you have cookies for us
Until then my friend I stick out my tongue
There is nothing left to discuss
We're only nice when you bring us snacks
We can make you laugh for some food
Now go get us something to eat right now
If you want us to change our mood

~Moses~
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"In the Field"

Consumed in the fields of wheat
In slumber concealed
Miniscule regions revealed
Only high flying birds can detect
In these fields of wheat that sway
Accordingly the winds direction
Determines the course of the flow
These stalks will serve as bread
To feed the living dead
But not before I have endeavored
To dream upon it in my sleep
Until then the wheat will keep
It will remain silent and accept
My presence as if though
A strange growth of chaff
That thrives within the wheat
Walking about to and fro
Seeking whom it may devour

~Moses~
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"Visitation"

We live in the midst of the clouds
In the wisps we quickly appear
Brief visitations for moments
But we are nothing to fear
Relegated to drift in time
We are the ancients from long ago
Floating objects in the sky
Witness to actions of the generations
In upheaval we hear the human cry
We question not the human reaction
It is not for us to judge
Free from bonds unlike people
Incapable of holding a grudge
Our state of being thrives in the energy
Hidden within the great shrouds
Thou art many-we are few
Who hide in the linings of clouds

~Moses~
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"True Power"

When greed for power is forsaken
Commencement of filling the needs
Several photos viewed by all
While the rest of the world still bleeds
Control of the masses will cease and desist
When self centerdess is easy to resist
Issues will take a turn for mankind
The adittude of all things
Under the canopy of the heavens
A different bell rings
When it is realized that real power
Is able but not used in such manner
All races will together raise the voice
Assisting to raise the banner
Of all languages and kinds
It will become a willing duty
The bouquet of varied flowers
Will be a thing of beauty

~Moses~
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"Adorned"

Jeweled feet of henna
You beguile me greatly
In your pose of nonchalance
Your casual display of toes
Painstakingly done in perfection
So that I may enjoy their beauty
It is the revelation of your heart
That you wish to surrender to me
Hidden in them is the voice of the bird
Which sings to the secret parts
Of my ears that hear within
I know your heart and sense its beat
Like a cool breath that reaches me
Then by that time it is percieved as warmth
Which brings relief to my chilled soul
You tread softly
So ever softly do you tread upon our dreams
With great care you tend to the needs
Like water upon the soil for the roots
For the tree that we gather under
The protection by its branches
As we slumber within the bough
Mystical rains fall asunder
It is all of this I see in your feet of henna
That you have prepared for me

~Moses~
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"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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