Street Roots • April 6-12, 2018
Street Poetry
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Dreams
Honestly Dishonest
by Tina Drake
by Steve Worthington
I can’t remember how
To be completely honest
To be without so many lies
To reap another harvest
I can’t remember how to be
Someone without excuses
Or reasons that explain to you
While up to my abuses
I’ve always had the alibis
To cover up my lies
All in perfect order
In alphabetic files
It’s always just as easy
To avoid the way it’s done
To get around the proper way
A method much more fun
I’m given the ability
While wearing darkened cloak
To work until I’m sweating
‘cept cry outside this coat
I am the one whose innocence
Never goes unnoticed
Though many are suspicious of
How I stay so focused
Enter a midnight’s dream
Forever a never-ending feeling
The heart of a warrior true
Knowing he will continue on.
The beating in his chest
A heart full of chaos
What can one do to end the pain
Savage is the delight he knows
A blade of steel his only friend
The battlefield the only place he feels at home
Louder and louder the heart beats
When does the hurting stop
Only he knows how the dream ends.
Rebuilding
by Avendor
The rocking horse of time
rides across the galaxy
the constellations sigh
for lovers on distant leave
Sebastian blows warm breath
onto his cold frigid hands
the farmer’s daughter emerges
in the place where fondness began
And on the little hill
overlooking the town that fate’s decreed
a place to teach and nurture
those recovering from the siege.
It’s just how you prioritize
Your needs for all your wants
Reveling in wonderment
Disguises all the haunts
And done my way for ages
Humility and Happiness
M y co n fid en ce allows
Ways that keep it easy
While I appear to browse
by Michael Patterson
Darkness drags down
Rhythm is beautiful and beneficial
Truth is separate from opinion
The universe is the center, you are just a piece
I’d never offer up my wares
Or show you how it’s done
Allowing you my secrets
So you could be the one
No I’ll sit here upon my throne
The master of deceit
And once again I’ll cover up
Insuring my defeat.
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