And
Just
Like
That
It came
To pass that
Hope revived
Faith restored
Fear quenched
Amid unlikely status
Seven thousand strong
Plus one–decisively secured
In eternal cause onward marching
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THE 10 GRASSHOPPERS
Chords
Helter skelter
Ravaged camp
Reminiscent wild fire blaze
Reconnaissance shenanigans
In vicious faith quenching unleash
Shut lights out in eternal ominous raze
Majority’s vote in landmark hop off grace
Generational spectacle in sight’s red-flag hitherto
Promise luster blurred in dent irreversible
© The Blazing Trail 2020
IN BETWEEN ANAK’S CHOPSTICKS
Sight
Crippling
Thought and emotion in fashion unprecedented
Grasshoppers break into involuntary shake-like-a-leaf dance
Inspiring imagination in earth moving helter skelter myriads
Chopsticks rumble in rare drumroll lining terrain in odious background track
Deafening crescendo flowing profusely through the tenth circuit
Transmitting eventfully from Anak’s growling chopsticks
© The Blazing Trail 2019
THE GRAND TAKEOVER
News hit the headlines with a bang
Breaking news
Featuring mother of all arrests
Bastion of fear vanquished
Came tumbling down thunderously
Shackles snapping in disarm surrender
Acknowledgement
At the sight of meeting their match
Indomitable
Like the roar of a lion
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MAGICAL ELEVEN
They light up the field in amazing display
Ecstatic crowd beside self in elation
Ultimate mark of discipline arrayed in package
Wonder
And nostalgia grips all watching
Spectator
That subtle sense of self
Potential
Across terrace
Reflected on the kinetic score
Minus one
In the field
Action zone
STILL
Wallowing in the murk of pain and perplexity, she struggles to stay afloat
In traumatic sea of despair
Humongous waves overwhelming in mighty toss and pounce
Tails swirl as the ominous hungry sharks menacingly angle on target
She anxiously stares against hope – all strength drained off
Seized with fear indescribable Continue reading “STILL”
THE BESIEGED QUARTET!
Continued from last week’s ‘Elephants Drinking Water…’
“To one long-merry-raidy life! Can you believe it? There’s no breaking camp until month end!” The jubilation soared up the skies with romp and pomp.
“Wow! You’re looking just fine raider boy!” Someone shouted back from a few meters away.
“The government pays you lots of money to feed us with useful intelligence Gwartz, not relics on dinosaurs and star wars.” Larry maintained his sustained onslaught. Continue reading “THE BESIEGED QUARTET!”
I LOVE YOU!
Through the iron gates of great impossibility
Mirrored in the face of adversity
Underlined with intense streams of tears innumerable
With all hope descended at rock bottom
Fear courting as closest companion…
There shone a light
Through the eyes of a dove
Engulfing with intensity
Revitalizing with effect
I was suddenly alive
Just like that!
THE TEMPLATE ENIGMA
What a moment…when reality and fiction meet at the inevitable momentous arena of decision…more amazingly when office and function clash on impact before the priority trail of the spectacle of the Nations. You neither want to be caught in the cross fire, nor appear on the wrong side of the equation. It is the ultimate litmus test, when fine-tuned distinctions must be made within the scale, such as exists between Fear and Faith… Continue reading “THE TEMPLATE ENIGMA”
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