Ray Lucero Poems

Evil Gorgon, with snakes for hair
Gullible beholders turned to stone
“Take her head” Perseus did swear
“For slaying men she must atone”
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I’d gladly let the world fall away
if you were safely in my arms
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Mankind’s about to take quantum leap
A World in turmoil soon comes to rest
Door is open so don’t go back to sleep
For we’ll all be freed from house arrest
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Words shrouded in colored raiment
Strong, brash, wickedly confident
Lies woven into fabric of the mundane
Tailored outcomes based on deceit
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“Flying Lemming”, my favorite PH poet name
Brings chuckles and huge smile to my face
A moniker surely destined for award & fame
It makes using my real name a pale disgrace
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Some may call it “Valentine’s Day”
When lovers express their passion
I’d rather call it “Open heart day”
I’m not one who clings to fashion
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Disguised to look like you, me
Vampires, hungry for our soul
Create their version of reality
Thieve what makes us whole
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I walked up our driveway,
To post a letter to Aunt May
I saw a slug moving slowly,
A path of slime along its way
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You were not always gentle but you never failed to love as strongly, as you did everything, you loved me.

It was a fire in you and it pained. I think you hated loving, were afraid of it, as though it might expose some tender scar that never truly healed. But I was grateful even for the cruel, insensate passion that lashed against me. Perhaps I needed punishing. My own love was not always gentle.
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Homesick for a place he's never been;
Hungry for a meal, never eaten
Longs for a lover, never forgotten,
Whilst dying in a life he never lived
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