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 Jul 2019 David Hilburn
Io
Io
 Jul 2019 David Hilburn
Io
Io
The rocks
My blood, red flow
Behind my veil ash
stars lie obscure
An eye
Rusted white
Swirling in it’s spite
It gave me life
Is it that which I abhor?
At my behest
In vacuo
Upon an inky sea
Put my burnt soul to rest
 Jul 2019 David Hilburn
Fire
(rib-)caged little bird,
with an iron will
and sorrow in your feathers,
you beat
and you bleed.
Because that's what hearts do.
Next time I will listen.
A poem is a sound.
Its meaning becomes a lyric.
And if you want to feel it,
feel it like a raindrop
that ripples through your soul.
And if it's raining within now,
it's because you listened.
I’m in a relationship
I will treat my woman
With a respect
I will love her
I will never lie to her
I will never cheat on her.

If I was a man
My woman is having
My baby.
I will be walking 9 clouds.
I will be the happiest man
Walking around.

If I was a man
Whatever ppl say about
My woman
I’ll stand tall and fight for her.
I won’t listen to anybody

See problem with that
I’m not a man
But I could think
If I was a man
 Jun 2019 David Hilburn
duck
the siren calls out from her sea-wrought rock;
the ocean lapping at her speckled wings;
i will always throw myself off the dock;
to drown below as her grinning mouth sings.

i do not remember serving a feast;
nor descending to obey the fruit tree;
tantalus tries but God thinks of us least;
for the both of us will never be free.

when i bind my long hair upon my head;
triumphant samson lifts his callused hands;
for when delilah leads us to her bed;
still we will sing her song across the lands.

temptation my religion, doomed am i;
to slither the earth in order to fly.
i guess im writing sonnets now
 Jun 2019 David Hilburn
Ruben
I came across a butterfly
An innocent soul that would never lie
It had beautiful orange wings
That communicates the song it sings

Elegant and graceful it flutters
I wish I knew the message it utters
It came close, as if to say goodbye
Then it flew away into the blue sky
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