John Leroy Maxwell Poems

Life is a journey, all people partake, one
step at a time, with decisions to make

We will have choices for right or for wrong,
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The Moon Beams smile, the Stars do wink,
within their presence I do think
I meditate, for dreams come true, and
do not wait for things accrue
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The people cried out, 'O Apollo! Save us from this plague of
suffering and death.. Then Apollo, the enemy of all things
evil came down from Olympus, with bow and arrow in hand..
'Twang! ' The bowstring sang, and the arrow sped into the serpent
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A solitary Boy, alone, secluded in his room,
not wanting to come out
Solitude calls his name, as he cries, covered
within his own cloak of sadness
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In my vicarious illusion I perceive my demeanor as a veneer,
disguising an artful, loquacious Savant
But the true reality casts prisms of light, shadowed by the
insecurities of a life subjected to suffering, temptation,
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I have never loved as this before, and I
shall never love, nor ever more
The very moment I looked at you, my
heart did skip a beat or two
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The dawn rolled into the arena of wordly delight
For it was I being witness to your passing along the pathway
Casting your beauty, carelessly, pleasingly
The rising sun glorified your vanquishing smile
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Revelation comes from my Muse of eloquence
With her mind, unanimously for men and women equally
Expressing moral approval or disapproval
She sings of the origin of the Poetic world
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Thudding a drum log by the campfire, thoughts of his days
quest for sustenance, the fearfulness of the night, and his
own bravery were transformed into rhythmic words chanted
aloud, to mark the pulse of the drumbeats song
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Eternal shall this land be free, from strife, and war to ever be..
A land where each one's hand shall grasp, the Moslem,
Christian, Jew hold fast.. United Nations hold real tight,
to see and do, for all thats right.. Eternal City, shall we say,
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