Rick Elpers Poems

I awaken and find
Aloneness seemingly not to matter
To see that my desire has waned
Into apathetic meandering
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When life brings strength
The promise of a new future
I leave to God the details
As now work has expanded
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She lay broken having feared
The demon of impermanence
Heart pumping adrenaline
Legs and feet like steel ribbons
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This morning dry emotion
Expresses quietly a path
Through aloneness and work
And as the sun rose
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Then the dog barked
Sending me into a search
Of the grounds
Only to find me chasing fear
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Meu amor so far away
Even laying next to me
A beautiful illusion
My heart laughs at me
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200 out of several more
Have fallen pray to the hungry
Hearts and souls to devour
Like mindedness
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Subtle evolvement eludes
My awareness until full
Expression becomes mundane
Then up against the blackdrop
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If life were about something
Such as God, a suitable occupation
Family, or friends
One could assume contentment
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Like this stone in my living room
Cold impenetrable, void of words
Plague my vistas with nothing
Here I must prove viability
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