A Thanksgiving Day

If selfish was foresight

To hone a blade, we'd all be gleaming in someone's shadow

We'd all be wishing for tomorrows

That are far away

Because hooded figures guard our dreams with eyes closed

While Arch Angels hover very near

To grab the years by and have the hatred that led to this disappear

While a man named Mo wishes he had a beer

That didn't have the many tears of souls dipped in it

Zoneians curtsy to the left thinking they're the best but floating in a curse

The problem with the entitled is they don't know the feeling of hopelessness to guide their virtue

Plain bread and black tea, the comfort of the day

Somewhere a belt sits on a shelf never to be used again and for that be thankful

The history of the world and traditions lost have a bigger meaning in Thanksgiving then

A personal best was a friend

A step in time

Then who let whores and lowers sorts be the matadors?

Would our forefathers glance at reasoning

Or be the heroes of tomorrow

Rise above the slippery slope

Rejoice in hope

My love, my love, brighter than the seashores

How could they do this to me

If selfish was foresight

To hone a blade, we'd all be gleaming in someone's shadow

Strike the night

Purpose, not plight

Beckoning me and my little lights

My love, my love, brighter than the seashores

That wait for me

~/\~

NOTE: To date I have 42 poems on Vocal out of 102 pieces published here, only a few of these are excerpts from my books. I also have 200 poems published in 4 books. With a 5th book of about 100 poems being released soon my future poems will be in my books. You will find more short story fiction, articles, here. As well as my Artists & Spiritualists Move the World Series and two new series here, one short one on the Perceptionists, and one on-going on Up & Coming. Thanks for reading, your attention to my work means more than anything.

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