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This is simply a little spot to keep all of my poems in one neat little spot so that people may find and read all that I have to offer when I post new stuff =)

 

Enjoy!

 

-JonJon

 

Latest Poem: Footsteps Posted December 25th, 2004

Edited by jonathan_wolfe
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Quartz Bell

 

Cave

Dark, always dark

Chanting, soprano, panting, rythmic... melodious

white, twisting... what is it?

Otherworldly

 

Revealed

Pale, gazing... vengful? judgemental?

rather, truth seeking...

after me...

plunging...

Darkness, again.

 

Swimming, swirling... treading...

deep, can't breath

ledge

salvation.

 

Struggling back, towards

the light, her face

I see now...

 

I see her....

 

Sadness.

Humiliation.

Despair.

Edited by jonathan_wolfe
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Limit

 

Start smooth, moving along

simple, easy... cruise

accelerate, kickback... gravity

gravity the wrong way

 

turning, faster... heavy, sliding

back again, the cruise

so much easier

 

back again, nothing comfortable

at seven gee

 

loops, barrel rolls, cut-fades

the dogfight

white tracers, smoking trails

 

impact...?

 

too far... can't.. yes..

 

 

Silence.

Edited by jonathan_wolfe
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Naiascent

 

Close my eyes

World before me

People laughing, sky is blue.

 

Close my eyes

I'm in another world

sky is blue, the grass is green

 

I never want to leave

my mind...

again.

 

grass too green

sky too blue

towers so white

pearly white

 

is this real? can it be made?

where am i...

 

 

fly!

 

 

 

awake.

Edited by jonathan_wolfe
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Rain

 

The windows, blinded

cars goes by, whistle-whoosh of the wet road

no sky, no blue blue sky

gray... murky blue,

 

wet...

 

inside, warm.. too warm..

turn the heat down

lighting yellow,

still alone.

 

dry, swallow...

 

 

rain

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Juxtaposition

 

Sitting, waiting

ambience, patience... time

bored

is that it? no...

waiting again.

blankness

 

running, hurry

no time, too late... heartbeat

can't breathe

remember to breathe

over there... no..where?

 

hit.

 

 

 

 

me?

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Dreaming Real

 

Darkness

Wandering, sleeping, predawn, city

the spires, towers, beams, heights

the hell above, the skykiller, domination...

supremacy

 

Lightness

Consciousness sitting, metropolis morning

the deeps, cells, badlands, depths

the hope imbued in all

limitlessness

 

Blood

Blade, slashing out, intent... realization

the sight, the crimson, flesh and saber

the final rest, incogruence,

is this what's it like to die?

 

War

Noise, a flash, running and hiding, falling

faceless men, gunfire, missiles streaking... hit

the wait

i don't want to die...

 

Dreaming real...

Dreaming metal...

 

dreaming blue...

dreaming hope...

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Fire on Blue

 

The sun burns azure in the sky.

 

Moves down, then slows.... and stops.

azure sun? or azure sky?

It moves again, world around getting darker.

sunset caused, clouds are pink, that's expected.

 

 

But what isn't, is all the names.

pink, red, crimson, cerise, maroon

orange, rose, peach, gold, ginger

twilight....

blue...

 

Where did the Cerulean go?

replaced by midnight.

 

 

We're all done here.

Lets move on to the next story.

If there is one. First the idea has to come

Hit someone with that spark.

It's too late today, come back tomorrow

When the sun is azure again.

 

Aphelion.

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Summit & Fall

 

The journey long and slow, mournful we

walk down the country road

It feels like the end, maybe it is

End always means beginning.

 

Maybe this is just passing in time

We've lost some, but we find the new

and embrace it, grasping it before we've lost all hope

 

Now we are whole.

 

Our determination steels, our hopes rise

Now we know where we are going.

But we are daunted by hardship again and again

So we must be stronger.

 

The tension, muscles and sweat, movement

marching... running

The charge, a sea of people... blades and armor

 

The eye of the storm.

 

The pursuit of victory.

 

The grand achivement, returning home, victory at a cost

The cost is worth it, the populace is safe.

But there are black linings to this silver cloud.

 

Incongruence, something isn't right.

Very wrong...

Betrayal, not now... it's... too late.

 

The abidication of the king. His bloodied crown rolling on the floor.

Now we have a new order.

Things are changed, but we are strong... we must.

The long wait is over, we have come back for our freedom

 

We declare them evil, they to us...

Whoever wins, will have their freedom nonetheless.

I hope we win.

 

Now this is the end.

The crimson, the orange, yellow, rogue....

This is the end...

I hope you had a good life.

 

Sinking into the twilight.

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Twilight Sunrise

 

Now the end, string tied up

music plays, credits roll

camera pulls away

the wide angle.

 

fade to black

roll the credits

show the outtakes

so happy

 

imbued with optimism

leaving, or returning

the end or a new beginning

cry of death and life

 

transcendence into the bardo

ascendence into heaven

decension into hell

where am I?

 

home.

 

I'm finally home.

Posted

Metal Scream

 

Preparation

Getting ready, packing up

moving out, marching outward

checking, cleaning, testing, hoping

Anticipation

 

Searching

Taking point, scanning, heartbeat

Pressure, must see... see them first

Darkness, the metal and the dark,

something dripping...

 

Panic

Chaos, noise... lights in the dark,

reformation, running... fighting...

ringing in my ears, where are they?

taking aim, raining hell....

 

Brimstone

They fall... dead?

sharp pain... flash in my eyes...

I become one of the many...

 

 

 

Peace.

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Interval

 

Sitting, posture wrong, slumped

eyes drooped, mind a fog

a grey wall

 

the room is hot, fans are blowing

endless spinning, play of shadows

soft breeze

 

I feel

I feel like the grey wall

and the grey wall is around me

glass ceiling

artificial limit

lack of self discipline

 

waiting for what?

probably for this life to be over

whether it be a day or a century away

Posted

Dearly departed sorrow

 

String of vitae, ever winding cord

cut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regrowth, never was cut

only hid from the blade...

Where did it go?

Silence, or boredom, which I don't know

 

I see the sunlight, the sky... oh

how everyone can see the sky

why can't only I see it?

 

The way things are.

 

 

 

Never hopeless, and hopeless.

Fire and Ice, what ever happened to water and oil?

even water and oil don't mix.

 

Mercury, stars are rising, sunrise.

I think too much, hearing the songs of magic in my ears

Forget all that.

 

There is a reason but I cannot remember anymore

It's faded.

I dream.

 

 

I see those wings again...

 

It's lost.

No, only changed. Gregorian chants

Ever mulling and rising, paragon of hope and virtue.

and I rise to meet it.

Now I feel at peace, my heart has mended...

let me slip into the darkness, the...

 

This can't be happening... where.. I...

Impossible, this was the end? No, it's beginning again

Down and down

down down down

pain sorrow hate evil darkness

 

white.

Posted

After in the light

 

Is this one of those times, we think back

or think forward. Times are good and joyful

Though we may be dark, we prefer the light

 

That's how she said it and we prefer it to our own

So we embrace it and cherish it.

Not a lie.

 

Just preception of truth.

The darkness will come back and again, shall I succumb to it

But her light, shall remind me of what I prefer

 

Never again.

We are the end, blue blue skies.

Posted

The Complete

 

There is a touch of something

In all this darkness, that ever respendent hope

Must it always pierce through the clouds of

dark and despair

 

To lift those who have fallen to their feet

Yes it must

It must for that is why it exists at all...

And into the light they rise

 

To bear their gift, and strike back the darkness

And then the sky lifts, the lightness fades and...

 

We are left with nothing but normal, once again...

and again.

 

 

Woe be those, the strikers of light and dark.

For I am the bringer of the Grey.

I am not judgeful, nor bent on vengance.

My ever watching eyes grades both of you.

 

You are not worthy.

 

So I shall strike you both back again, to your respective realms,

until you see fit to do battle again.

 

One day I will laugh,

and this pettiness will end.

The Grey is coming

and You can't stop it...

It Transcends all of humanity

all of transcendanty

all of the galaxy.

 

We're all right.

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Nowhere but There

 

drums rolling rolling

rising peaceful bliss, alive

plateau

 

charged, empowered, enlightened

climbing the wall, walking the road

fighting the fight

 

grinding the grind

dancing in the pale sunlight

swirling devil of accomplishment

 

mysterious results

the war goes on.

Posted

Sailing in the Late Afternoon

 

The white canvas ripples in the fine crisp air. a warm breeze

making the mood dozy, the clouds gracing the sun

in a warm welcome

 

let the dance begin.

get up and dive into the air, whirl around

up towards the sun and around the ceruclean sky

 

diving down down near the great sea,

racing, winding through the trees towards the

afternoon sun.

 

sweat on the brow, the glint off the the prow,

brilliance of the glorious machines, sinewing the sky

 

dip down low into the countryside, behind

mountain's shadow, cool breeze, winding path

 

strange land.

 

tension leads to curiousity leads to interest.

 

Climbing back up into the air

to grace the sunny skys agains

 

Once more it is time to sleep and let the white wings of the

wind take us where they might go

 

we see the albatross sail into the deep requious sky.

and we smile.

 

and we have peace.

Posted

Viva la Revolut

 

People chanting, marching, drums beating

cantor and furor of the protest, the power of humanity

 

conflict and agression, met with solidarity, the news is all over

people in the streets, beading from the sun,

 

yellow

 

talking, shouting, chanting, united

swept up in the moment, moving land and society in a new direction

the velvet revolution.

Posted

Roll, thunder, hit

 

Snap your fingers, grind the strings

hit the drums, thump the beat

 

waggle the refrain, shrill the chorus

hit the drums, beat the thumper

 

determination, resolution, steadfastness

confidence.

 

strings and cellos and violins, growling

fading

 

quiet

 

next track.

Posted

Rotating flux capacitor

 

Soft noise of a synth drum

Flight of the bumblebee, drone of radar ping

woman and children first

 

hunkered down in this technological haven

technological hell

close your eyes and recall the story

dance to that electronic drum

digital thrum

 

interconnected bliss

no angst here

just a groove, a hope and a dream

 

electronic beat.

Posted

Magnificent Contrast

 

the fields of green, a soft gentle walk

nostalgia, hope and optimism

high country, the land, the mountains,

speckles of dandelions in the field below

 

walking on the grass, withering, whirling

calming grey clouds slide overhead

the rain,

the short sharp shock of

a raindrop

another drop, then 20

 

cold sharp shocks, life giving shocks

cool warm skin, warmth of the body,

real feelings of rain

 

to the west, a gold and white brilliance

sillouhette of the moutains, spirtzed with evergreens

suprising the clouds, defiant, proud.

the sharp shock of the drizzle,

the warming joy of the helios,

the virdant field

 

home, hearth, my land

peace, and rain

 

imperfect hopeful bliss

Posted

Spun Round

 

And the conversation turned

pale moonlight, big car, cheap hawiian shirt

what's wrong with the shirt?

I like this shirt

 

You spin me right round

round and round on rollerblades and

pink hotpants and gelled mohawks

and army boots.

 

Synthesizer, organ, golden age of rock

golden age of pop

 

Rock is dead

 

Disco is dead

 

And the conversation turned over.

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

Head Down

 

Head in the hole

rusted walls, ancient geometry

the one you serve

the who controls

 

he has your soul

head in this hole

polished floor

blinding light,

seek that darkness

run from the one in control

 

he'll get what he deserves

his head in the hole.

 

beyond the ruined geometry

rock of old

lair of the aberants

deep dank dark doomed hole

 

but he's no longer in control

Edited by jonathan_wolfe
  • 2 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

Fluted Wings

 

Dark as black

Milky darkness

Scintilating points of light

 

Swing around

 

Halo, corona, flare, prominence

Light as White

The black held back by the stark light

 

Glorious ship, ship of the line

lines, silver and greys, fluted wings

gracing the light darkness

 

torching the silence in a roar to never be heard

proud in the humourless void

 

proud against the scintilating points of light

 

iconic in it's passing

 

Swing around

 

Milky darkness betraying

dropless of oily black movement

the sky scintilates no more

 

the icon assaulted by the iconoclast

fluted wings forcing back the dark embrace

 

furnace of unthinkable destruction crying out,

shattering of wings,

hurt

 

the iconoclast topples the icon

 

all in a horrible muted...

 

silence

 

deafening

Edited by jonathan_wolfe
  • 3 months later...
Posted

Footsteps

 

 

Little dancing flute in the darkness, wings in the snowy inky night

 

trudging slowly, inspired to move along, one step

 

more.

 

stop in the snow, look up at the sky... there they are

 

off in the distance, marching slowly, lighting

 

you can see them all in the momentary light.

 

left right, again and again

 

 

 

walk towards them, slumping through the blizzard

 

curiosity of destination

 

sneaking, inquiring

 

pixie light, again dancing through the sky, glorious apparition.

 

 

soldier, gleaming in the soft light, truding in the snow

 

holding lantern high, left right, again and again

 

 

great, and wonderous things marching up the mountain

 

snow piled high

 

 

 

the lantern grows brighter

 

we climb higher

 

the valley below in voided silence,

 

 

the light illuminates.

 

great soldiers and throngs of people, and wonderous beasts

 

all climbing the mountain.

 

 

we've been slow to build, but now strong

 

the storm grows stronger, blustering and billowing... hats and things take flight

 

back into the formless dark

 

 

 

the pixie is here again, warm bathing light

 

inspired to move on again, long marching columns

 

and we come to the top and

 

 

there is a great valley

 

and the column, stretches far and far...

 

into the night... pixie light dancing along in the winter

 

night.

 

 

 

stand proud and come into the valley, the cold and the snow

 

will not make us waver

 

a great trek, a proud march, old and young.

 

 

 

the road is still long, but we've gone so far

 

truding in the snow

 

into the valley

 

 

fighting back the dark,

 

endless columns, creatures big and small

 

BLINDING LIGHT

 

star, rising... the vallley is cast into daylight

 

proud shooting star

 

twinkling in the blue sky

 

awe, dazzle, fear and might

 

broad and strong streak

 

our destination laid clear,

 

we are victorious

 

the trek will soon be complete

 

running down the mountain,

 

into thin air.

 

 

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