Beggar Poets Are Born Not Made

Beggar Poets Are Born Not Made, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

shadows
on the sands of time
when the waves come
will soon fade dangerously
walking barefeet on the edge
of a blade ..my deleted doomed
destiny i could not trade spectral
light elusively seeking shade
naked angst unclothed emotions
on lifes ramp on parade .
death waits for me on the other
side of the shoreline i wade
my debts unpaid ...frightfully
seeking refuge the mind
willing the disembodied
spirit afraid ..oh my god
once just once for a
nano second come
to my aid ..i cross
the line of sanity
opening the doors
you forbade ...a foot
in purgatory the other
in Hades ...a poet
beguiled betrayed

dedicated to bernie shadowboxer