My Hero

My hero is the only one who fightsAgainst the ones now threatening our lives.Despite the lonely days and gloomy nights,Against all foes of righteousness he strives.And yet, my hero still is but a man,A human spirit born of flesh and bone.I’ll aid my hero, doing what I canTo help him realize he is not alone. […]

A Crime Has Been Committed

A crime has been committed.  NowThe mystery begins.How did it happen anyhow?When someone dies, who wins?Where has the murder weapon gone?And did they act alone?It seems these questions will drag on…Until the twist we’re shown.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Oltak’s Market – Fantasy Music for Inspiration (2022), uploaded to YouTube […]

Endlessly Unknown

The universe is endlessly unknown,Its riddles lost, its answers yet unshown.            The mysteries of long ago            In places far away            Are secrets we may never know.            Yet on my thoughts they weigh;One day, perhaps, I’ll make these truths my own.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Celestial – A Downtempo Chillwave Mix […]

Age of Resistance

Forlorn and dreadful is the nightThat sweeps across the land.But hope has not yet lost its light;Salvation is at hand.For in this age of dark and sin,Resistance is the key.We must fight back, and not give in,If dawn we are to see.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Fantasy Music for Inspiration […]

Invincible

For I am inconvincibleThat I can be invincible.I understand I cannot doThe many things I fancy to.I cannot run, I cannot fly,I cannot beat the other guy.But knowing what my limit areEnsures that I will make it far.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Free Fall (2023), uploaded to YouTube by BLUME.

On Growth and Good Intentions

We do our best, and then we hopeThe world can with our actions cope.But oft we fail to see the scopeOf all that we have wrought.We may require distance toSee what our actions put us through.But looking back, we know we grewA little as we fought.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to […]

Lassitude and Weariness

Another day, another gauntlet run;Another poem just to say I’m done.            For rhyme and rhythm can convey            A sense of lassitude            And weariness in such a way            As not to sound so rude.In verse, complaints can almost evoke fun.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Into the Unknown (2022), uploaded to YouTube […]

Balancing the Scales

For every resource that we takeFor ourselves or others’ sake,We must return an equal stakeAnd balance both the scales.This is not selfish, but the wayTo make things last another day.Take only what you need.  RepayThe rest.  Justice prevails.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to the Devin Townsend Project’s Ghost (2011).

Quantumania

This crazy quantumaniaHas unsettled my brain.  See theDiversity beneath it all,The epic grandeur far too smallFor mortal vision to discern.It seems we have much more to learn.So hold and cherish each ally,And look out for the little guy.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Best of Dreaming Cooper vs. Argus (2019), uploaded […]

Half a Day

I do suppose that half a dayIs worth the effort, anyway.Without a chance to overstayMy welcome, I am gone.And yet, no chance to say my piece,Nor literary works increase.Too quickly do the hours cease,No more to look upon.                                                                               |           |                                                                              Written while listening to Desolate Planet:  Ethereal Ambient Music for Space Exploration […]