Rick Elpers Poems

Coyotes yelping in the distance
Crickets chorusing in the yard
Silent is the air, stilled by
The warm summer evening
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To spend time
Pondering the vastness
Of the universe.
Then instantly returning,
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Life devoid of touch
Clamors for relief
A hug a gentle kiss
The knowing glances
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So now death succumbs
To my thoughts wrapped
In loneliness
Not that time doesn't own me
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We see each other often
Through the window of language 
Different tongues speaking
Together one story 
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I once believed that love 
however lasting
Brought into the light
was true
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Through breath is entered
Life and death
Soft tissues take it all in
While the necessary gases
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Her turning away has left me
Wordless and empty

Floating in a dense fog
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A meaningless existence
Wether fulfilled or not
Does not give rise to happiness
To be put on this earth
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Saying good bye always leaves
A piece behind from the heart
Wether it's just a day or forever
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