Poems: Abdicating The Throne and A Sliver of Salvation
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| "Crown of Water" by Shameeg van Schalkwyk |
Abdicating
the Throne
They
say the crown is heavy
They
say the truth is harsh
They
say the tide is coming
They
say the sky is falling
They
say the sea is full of fish
They
say the wound is burnt with salt
They
say these thorns won’t hurt too much
They
say the heart will heal with time
They
say that life is just a drop in the bucket
They
say the waves rise and fall
They
say this water can baptize
They
say these sins will come clean
They
say these stains will wash away
They
say the kingdom is found within
They
say that suffering is an illusion
They
say that we are born to evolve and adapt
They
say that we emerged from out the depths
They
say that radiation is poisoning the ocean
They
say that oil is smothering the dolphins
They
say that carbon is igniting the atmosphere
They
say that we’ve done this all to ourselves
They
say that we’d best pray to God
They
say that we’d better learn to swim
They
say the crown is heavy
They
say the hammer soon will drop
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| "Talking to the Moon" by Shameeg van Schalkwyk |
A
Sliver of Salvation
I
hang around up here all night for you
(and
through the daytime, too).
I
gave away my dwelling down on earth
because
angels such as you
would
never dare to spend their hours
wasting
away with us mere mortals.
I
cast my net
to
catch a falling star,
that
I may seize its cosmic dust
and
squeeze it dry of every wish…
always
longing for the moment
when
you will grant just one
and
bless me with the holy visage
of
your perfect radiant aura…
if
only for the briefest glimpse
before
the loneliness of this silent space
collapses
back into the entropic void
and
all the shining lights
go
dim with a final kiss goodbye.
~Scott Thomas Outlar
Scott Thomas Outlar hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com where links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews can be found. His chapbook "Songs of a Dissident" was released in 2015 through Transcendent Zero Press and is available on Amazon. His full-length collection "Happy Hour Hallelujah" is forthcoming in 2016 through CTU Publishing.
