Why am I awake?
Rising from my restless mind.
Autumn’s touch comes soon.
Author: Carl Setzer
Haiku
Sanctity
Friendship withered under
This wretched gaze, icy
Wind burning the skin,
Blowing from the depths
Of judgmental hearts, driving
Pain throughout all the world.
Unsatisfied with any satisfaction
Outside their purview.
A cold and bony gaze
Pierces my confidence,
My peace. Shattering this
Belief that I “have time”, that
I might ignore the dictates
Of time. Slowly I gain the
Strength to return that stare.
Eventually the fear shall fade
And I’ll gaze into this despair
Inspired terror feeling
Tranquility, knowing we all
Share that journey.
Silence roars desperately
Demanding unearned loving.
Insecurity.
Grinding
Crushed deep within me
Aggressively derail dreams
Madness of my soul
Futures
Eventually
Our dreams drift past the sunset
Colors in the sky.
Possibilities
Possibilities
The dangerous edge of life
Changes will come forth.
Late Night Inspiration
I do love to write
In the middle of the night
Words of poetry and rhyme.
When those words run dry
So nervous I almost cry
Fearing this is for all time.
Darkness
Upon the mind’s edge
The abyss makes some afraid.
Possibilities
Solitude
Solitude for some
Pit of miserable pain.
Not so much with me.
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 