Oasis

13 Apr 2012

·Deckard

To be alone so rare these days for electric faces fill the haze these empty hours bring love's lost scars I need a night beneath the stars so the nightowl hoots to the whispering breeze which kisses the river and pierces the trees before I succumb to the calling of sleep an eerie laughter did seem to leap from the gusting wind and the chilling night it entered my soul and took its' bite was mankind's howl that filled the air that turned a dream to stark despair a silent scream as skyward eyes fill with the land man has raped the mystery he has killed it brings such pain to view it our tracks have cut its' face this sacred Sunlit oasis now lost in time and space 1976

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Deckard

Deckard

I began writing poetry when I was a teenager and it truly saved me from a destructive path. 'Time Heals' will be on my grave stone'. I have 3 incredible kids who are the greatest gifts that God has given me. If I have advice to give to aspiring...

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