T.A. Rosenbaum Poems

Tears ere we dream
Fears ne’er departed seem
To me, to us, an unvoiced scream
Never free, for sad sins sit upon us unredeemed
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What do you posses, a burden or a gift?
What do you posses, that holds you up on high?
And from the fires of this world uplift?
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Turn your face towards the sun
Our day begun, spurn the night and shun
Sorrows’ way, and stun my world with mirth
Radiant flower unfurl and floridly fleece the earth
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Your soul came calling from above
Gentle rain falling from the sky
It lit upon my heart, a holy dove
It had the harmony of a perfect love
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I played my banjo for you
So you said you'd never forget
As time went on, off you flew
A memory gone. We'd never met?
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When witnessing the soaring sunrise
Or pondering the penultimance of lucent love
There is a moment when you feel a fiery ache
A freezing burn
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Flames like the forges of Hephaestus lept
And then, the children of Pheidippides wept
As Deimos and Phobos upon them swept
-how sneakily and evilly they crept
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Ephemeral aeonian moments
stars stream, stuck standing
Not now, but, always being
We're here, we're there, we're going,
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Where the soul meets the sky
All is aether, never why
And in its favor is a place
Where is no sorrow, only grace
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