Danny Speicher Poems

Oh, Muse, long ago, you graced this doorway
Or, was it so long ago you were here?
Can’t remember your voice so well, oh Muse
But, at night, while dreaming, your voice rings clear
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In and out of my sight your figure fades
At your whim, at your will you come and go
No thought to pain I intimately know
And your entrance cuts like a sharpened blade
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It isn't in the way you say my name
Though it's sweetest sound I've ever heard
Nor is it in the way you stake your claim
Though proud, I am, to be yours, rest assured
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A cool crisp breeze wafts the nighttime Spring air
I am taken to a place where you cared
Of our life and love and staying with me
Never once a thought of being set free
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It's been a long time coming... night has come
It's come and been for what seems forever
The landscape long since, to darkness, succumbed
Within light attempted to endeavor
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Simple to do, easy to fabricate
Love for a weekend, gone tomorrow night
Not what was meant to be or what is right
But, too frightening to just sit and wait
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Tonight somewhere there brightly shines a star
Spectators mesmerized by brilliant rays
Will speak of its aura day after day
While sit, I, and dream its beauty afar
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Sailing through these present currents and tides
This ship moves gracefully about the sea
Passengers and crew they never quite see
What's churning and spinning beneath these strides
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One year ago last, I last saw your face
Lovely to view, eyes spark'ling just for me
Love blossoming for all the world to see
Oh, how I long to go back to that place
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Merciful Savior, I beg, release me
From this sackloth mask which, mine eyes, doth shield
Let me see, once again, the harvest field
Merciful Savior, won't you set me free
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