Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Strife

A KICK
A SCRATCH
A SCREAM
INTO THIS LASTING BEAM
A PLACE TO SPEND ALL A LIFE
WITHOUT DIVISIONS BY THE KNIFE

THE TICK
THE TAP
THE GRASPING HAND
WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF MORTAL MAN
WHO'S LIGHT UNVEILS OUR EVERY MOTIVE
BY EACH SOLDIER SO DEVOTED

2 comments:

Annie Elizabeth Segrest said...

This is beautiful Oliver, im glad you posted it.
Love
Annie

Anonymous said...

sounds like you wrote it