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To Truly Belong
Second poem mostly absorbed from watching the new Mowgali Jungle Book movie on Netflix: To Truly Belong by Michael Romani The fruit there hangs low And don’t you know Life can make a monkey out of you In all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Bees, Belong, Broken, Change, Dash, Distortion, Dream, Ebb and Flow, Eyes, Fear, Float, Fruit, Green, Harmony, Hope, Jungle, Jungle Book, Know, Life, Meaning, Melody, Monkey, Mowgali, Neftlix, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proportion, Prove, Revelation, Scenery, Season, Song, Sorrow, Swarm, Thunder, Tomorrow, Trap, True, Wisdom
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Ashes of Daybreak
Maybe it would be better to start this look at Julius Caesar sometime around the Ides of March? Still… Ashes of Daybreak by Michael Romani Brushes with death lived as life Young Julius pushed on through the strife For every … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Battle, Battle of Silarius, Crumble, Daybreak, Empire, Fight, Glory, Ides of March, Julius Caesar, Nobility, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rome, Servile Wars, Slaves, Society, Soldier, Spartacus, Victory, Virtue, Warrior
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Ways of Freedom
From time to time, it seems necessary to think on choices made and principles kept. Ways of Freedom by Michael Romani “Times march on”, says the old soldier Remembering back on times bolder But some things are best and better … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Blood, Chains, Freedom, Heritage, Kingdom, Legacy, Liberty, Masses, Old Soldier, Patriot, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price Paid, Progress, Regression, Security, Tears, Tradition, Tyranny, Violence
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Things Done
I have read somewhere that 22 veterans a day take their own lives. That’s staggering to think on. Isn’t it? https://flic.kr/p/rVUfxg Things Done by Michael Romani The things we do to survive Are things done to stay alive I’m left … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Ashes, Battle, Core, Dance, Day, Enough, Fight, Human Being, Lashes, Legend, Lost, More, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Survive, True North, Worth, Wrong
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Ceremony
The Way of the Gods is one of great ritual Processes of discipline that become habitual The nature of kami is that of complex divinity One that blends the spirit of balanced ceremony With the worship of ancestors with dexterity … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestor Worship, Ashes, Ceremony, Daily Prompt, Divinity, Generations, Habitual, Heritage, Humility, Kami, Purity, Security, Shinto, Ultimate Ancestors, Veneration, Way of the Gods, Wordpress
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Crashed
Crashed by Michael Romani If the world crashed to its end I’d still be beside you my friend If life was worse than death And I was certain there was nothing left Like Prometheus stealing God’s fire I would fight … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Chains, Connection, Crashed, Death, Fire, Friend, Heart, Life, Love, Prometheus, Rise
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Allergic
Maybe it’s an allergic reaction to all of my tears Too many times beaten down in all of my years Always getting back up again to find myself alone Always finding that maybe I’m better off turned to stone Actions, … Continue reading
For My Country
For My Country by Michael Romani They burned my love Upon a pyre I saw her ashes Scatter on the fire The licks of flame… Still call out her name… Some gave blood And some gave all Buried there … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashes, Battle, Country, Kingdom, Patriotism, Poetry, Pyre
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