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Sometimes


 
Sometimes the soul
Rises up. 
Dances in the sky. 
 
Sometimes
It lies
Defeated on the ground. 
Somtimes the
Wind gently blows
Through the fields
Of corn. 
 
Sometimes it turns
To cold and wet 
Leaving all the earth
Completely shorn. 
Sometimes the night
Is still and dark. 
Sleep comes gently
To my bed.  
 
Sometimes
It’s loud and bright
Bombs bursting
In my head. 
 
Bombs bursting in my head
Sometimes 
Children laugh and play
Living life
In the day. 
 
Sometimes at night
They cry in fright. 
Monsters knocking. 
At their door. 
Sometimes
Overcoming fear
To venture out
To find
Borderless ground,
And Infinite skies. 
 
Sometimes
Without a Light
Retreat, retract. 
The bird like soul
Hides away 
Our life in closets  
Closers Of despair. 
 
Closets of despair
Sometimes
The world is great.
Wonder everywhere.
 
Sometimes
It’s a chain link fence.
Padlocks on the Gates.
Barbed wire 
Overhead. 
Sometimes 
It’s a place
Forlorn,
Bereft, and
Full of
Dread. 
With 
All the walking dead. 
 
All the walking dead. 
 
Sometimes  
My hope
Is all I have. 
 
All I have. 
 
 
 
 
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