lost voyager

 

there is a hope that keeps us on this shore
not one who knows but shows a happy face
what has been given is what we adore

desire unbidden always seeks for more
than has been shown by nature's noble grace
there is a hope that keeps us on this shore

those who live long are not accounted poor
since they are winners in the longest chase
what has been given is what we adore

germane or not the message that we bore
was what permitted each a little space
there is a hope that keeps us on this shore

enough that all the terrors we abhor
have left in memory no single trace
what has been given is what we adore

another seeker will search out the spoor
that's left behind in this most happy place
there is a hope that keeps us on this shore
what has been given is what we adore

before first leaf

 

fractal images hope of future spring
buds braving winter's end and the last snow
not in these tones will come the harsher blow

those who desire know best what words to sing
against the empty sky to bring fresh glow
fractal images hope of future spring

we wait for echoes to pause in their ring
some processes are just a little slow
and what occurs requires a proper flow
fractal images hope of future spring

maggiore vita

 the world will not long mourn the humble dead
those who have built the cities we don't see
we barely thought that they deserved their bread

so easy to class gold right in with lead
we praise in turn each sacred appointee
the world will not long mourn the humble dead

those long defeats they met without much dread
and bowed before both kings and bourgeoisie
we barely thought that they deserved their bread

instead we lie back in our soft warm bed
and laugh at those who have to bend the knee
the world will not long mourn the humble dead

not long enough to know just who had bled
and fallen just so far as to agree
we barely thought that they deserved their bread

the answers are kept hidden in each head
by minds that have been lost in the dark sea
the world will not long mourn the humble dead
we barely thought that they deserved their bread