poetry of Capt Jack

Capt Jack · 04-18-2006, 07:09 PM

the dust in my mouth
has a bittersweet taste
face down in it
since the last moment I saw sunlight

we'd become old friends
the dust and I
but the time has come
for us to part company

a sucker punch I saw coming a mile away
lay me here seems nearly a hundred days past
bruised and bloodied, unconscious and unbelieving
it was a damn good fight

tooth and nail, toe to toe
eye to eye and heart to heart
we fought with all we had
to no avail

lost was the battle and thusly the war
waged by our own doing but not by our wish
there are no winners
only survivors

left now to pick themselves up
brush the sacred dust from their hands
look hard into the sun rising on a new day
and see what new fights lay in our path

bring it

Gemini Cricket · 04-18-2006, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

lost was the battle and thusly the war
waged by our own doing but not by our wish
there are no winners
only survivors

I like this bit. Very cool, Capt Jack!

Snowflake · 04-18-2006, 07:53 PM

THANK YOU Capt. dear Capt!

Is this an ask and ye shall receive?

I love your poetry, I do! The latest missive is no exception. I can't MOJO you for it, but in spirit!

Snowflake

04-18-2006, 07:09 PM	#1
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	the dust in my mouth has a bittersweet taste face down in it since the last moment I saw sunlight we'd become old friends the dust and I but the time has come for us to part company a sucker punch I saw coming a mile away lay me here seems nearly a hundred days past bruised and bloodied, unconscious and unbelieving it was a damn good fight tooth and nail, toe to toe eye to eye and heart to heart we fought with all we had to no avail lost was the battle and thusly the war waged by our own doing but not by our wish there are no winners only survivors left now to pick themselves up brush the sacred dust from their hands look hard into the sun rising on a new day and see what new fights lay in our path bring it __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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04-18-2006, 07:53 PM	#3
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	THANK YOU Capt. dear Capt! Is this an ask and ye shall receive? I love your poetry, I do! The latest missive is no exception. I can't MOJO you for it, but in spirit! Snowflake
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