Rhyme and Reason, vol 2

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Title: Rhyme and Reason Volume Two
Author: Dom
Release Date: May, 2004 [EBook #6034]?[Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule]?[This file was first posted on October 23, 2002]
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RHYME AND REASON?VOLUME TWO?BY Dom?A complement and continuation to the compilation, 'RHYME AND REASON'.
Dedicated to the cherished and cheeky peeps.
Bravo ! :
You speak to one and speak to all?Our minds ye have gracefully touched?In joy we leap and misery we crawl?But in Belief and Faith we have much?8>)
The '99 Blues (composed in 1999) :
Then garrisons marched out to conquer?half the world ruled from the center?with mastery of steel and agility?discipline ensured victory?in the reign of conquerors?just a few millenniums ago
The sea a vast briny divide?civilization still ruled by the tide?then brave explorers discovered?new lands and the people conquered?their stake upon immortality?for the homeland's glory?just a few centuries ago
Red flag and sickle brought down a throne?when planes first battled and droned?world wars twice a century?during the first half?the Cold War ended?just over a decade ago
We're not getting closer?even as we get older?resorted to arms?negotiations crumbled?talk in shambles?just a few years ago
News still blaring strife and scandal?weight of troubles for the willing and able?to cleanse this world of ailments?do we seek the new fangled or ancient ??we're still searching?just a few days ago
Neighbourhood bustles with communal fussing?jobs, relations, children, gossip and bragging?folks I know and don't chattering?I have the alcohol's fire in my veins?from the drinks I had?just a few hours ago
My thoughts flip back to friends I had?times of delight and mirth made me glad?then commitments led us away?catch up with you soon?I was in the past?just a minute ago?8>)
Passage Of His Reign :
Supple youth gambols with fresh breeze.?Fledgling seeds sprout first roots.?First light flickers from the horizon.?Winds blow with a shrill.?His reign is ascending.
Seasoned vigour reads the seasons.?Roots rush to claim its share of the earth.?Torch of day hangs midway at meridian's hour.?Winds howl deeply.?His reign at its apex.
What was once a peak is now a plain.?The next crest yields a basin of troughs.?Howling winds bewray cracks.
Ripe form moves with care.?Old roots are gnarled.?Light of day is a humble blend of glow and grey.?Winds howl at slurred pace.?His reign at its ebb.?8>)
No. 14 :
He's been up and over the hill?He's lost the horizon?He can't see the end?to his plateau limbo
The parade of younger generations?excite him they do not?he knows the game?the tools have long changed?he a hapless victim?of the course of regulations?which write off able bodied people?on set biological years?not on account of physical decline
He wastes away?He's been up and over the hill?Bereft of direction?He's lost the horizon?which guided previous phases of his life
A man in retirement?without lifelong passion?outside the sphere of his career?hastens his own decline?He can't see the end?to his plateau limbo?8>)
Worth Of Say :
Everybody's worth of say?heard in haunts you roam?Someone else's worth of say?overheard as you flit by?It's not your worth of say?while you stand, watch and wait?You want your worth of say?before pale flag's hoisted?the towel thrown
Everybody's worth of say?in each twist of rhetoric?Someone else's worth of say?you cannot see your name?It's not your worth of say?you haven't spoken yet?You want your worth of say?before the heart's lost?the daredevils retire
Everybody's worth of say?as you glean the scene?Someone else's worth of say?while you keep your peace?It's not your worth of say?when others speak their mind?You want your worth of say?before the flames flake?the embers melt?8>)
Illustration Of Melancholy:
'I saw your face , It was clouded by smoke?I grasped the smoke, and inhaled despair?Was I too late ? Am I just in time?for one last remorse?and to scream myself hoarse?robbed of the thrill of a dare?The wheels turn with a broken spoke '?8>)
For A Friend's Recovery :
My heart leaps at your recovery?Peaks and troughs you did scale?Ease towards hearty and hale?Soon you'll return to normalcy?8>)
Progeny :
Flesh of one's flesh?Blood of one's blood?nature and learning mesh?where two