On The Ground
A pause, interminable
In transcripts unfolding
In messaging groups
Good will unresolving
Action not present, but future
Breath holds against
An absence of data
From the ground
Direct sources, concerned
Without… within
Simple and benign… Dark and unrelenting
Never quite dissenting… Taking its own time
At peace, unperturbed… Looming in the shadows
Serene, at the window… Not to be disturbed
No cause to
Unpaintable
Unpaintable
The lines of red and gold
Conjuring fair cities from afar
Glowing streets, illuminating clouds
But falling just beneath horizon's gaze
Or towers of light that somehow stretch
Beyond
National Disgrace 12/7/2021
It's a national disgrace
Not the boys that kicked a ball,
That did their best,
That stood proud and tall before they crumbled
Not the decisions
Casting Its Light
Casting its light
Casting a shadow
A black dog beneath
A stumbling drunk
A hurrying figure, not wanting to wait
To be somebody's victim
A cliché, but mostly
