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680 · May 2011
the all-too-often
Noel Irion May 2011
but why, oh angel,
why do i lack the courage
to say buongiorno?
677 · Aug 2011
working title haiku fun
Noel Irion Aug 2011
rhyme and rhythm now
strike up a fancy, somehow,
so natural. *(bow)
671 · Oct 2011
The Ghost Day
Noel Irion Oct 2011
Once each year I endure the day indistinguishable
To my own eyes when the tunnel has been traveled
And the light has won the war
Innocent soul
Like no man has lived to see before

It is on that day in a future present
That I cease to judge myself and others
And no longer feel the pain
Or the crooked irony
Of a heroic heartbreak
Like a lightning bolt to the chest
Or a vacuum ******* away my breath
Here now in peace I rest
echoing "for the anniversary of my death" by w.s. merwin for an assignment
595 · May 2011
Questions
Noel Irion May 2011
how to escape this thoughtful innocence
holding me behind bars of rightful insolence.
they say, "train your mind, lose sense of time,"
while i say, "why train the untame, isn't losing sense the wild's game?"
questions. answers. repeated. just dapper.
never enough you say? yes i feel that way,
often enough as if the work isn't done here,
so why stray far if the achievement is near?
sometimes roads bend and wind for days
only to cover the straight distance a foot away.
this, we call life, and we enjoy the strife,
for overcoming it brings jubilation
while the journey creates hesitation.
hold back and time passes your eyes,
jump in and time let's you fly.
what to do... what to do...
answers. questions. reiterated. human nature.

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