MORE THAN …
More than just this;
A hand, a halo, a tryst,
Swallowed up in imagery
Synergy … the electricity
Of a single.. simple …. ‘Word’.
Phrases given by divine intervention,
Ecstasy or the need for flight,
From God or Buddha, Mohammad
Or the night.
More than just this;
Your love, your voice exists.
Re-invents astrology resists where history, temptation has been,
Genesis, or the temporal servants of the momentary rhyme,
Or a monumental pause … of the mind.
More than just this;
Poetry must be
Can be
Much more than just a drunk
Or a mere critic, a contagious madman
A martyr, a saint, your youth, your death, or your age.
This crime of sincerity
More than just an eternity
‘Forgotten’
R.M. Engelhardt
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EVENING
Evening…
You kill me.
Slow pulse, slow your image still burning
Still.
Ouiet,
As all these voices come out
Into the dark, at night.
My love, my sadness… ‘Night’
You, more than just another dance
With the moon.
R.M. Engelhardt