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Abrigon
Jun 1, 2022, 7:36:26 PM6/1/22
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P-Ithaca (2005):
In Ithaca, where the heros lie, to go there and worship
long and thoughtful, of battles long and gone, but still
fresh in my mind for I am Odysseus (Ulyses) and I have
returned once again, still cursed to wander the world
and beyond with my crew for things we once did, and now
forgotten, for the soul can bear only so much and it is
gone, but someone still knows, for we still wander, from
place to place, time to time, world to world, never for
long, and death and destruction follow us, beasts and
demons attack us, and test us, we die and by morrow
reborn, feeling pain but no peace..
2007
(I sort of prefer the Ullyses form, but ..)
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P-The Four
These riders, riding hard
across this plane of skulls
their horses frothing
looking dead they ride
from near to far these
riders ride until the end
for in the end they ride
and all fall before them
for they are four riders all,
all of deadly form
one is pestulince
and it is so named and looks,
two is famine and it is
guantly named and visage,
three is war and from it
all brave men fall,
and the last is the worst
of the four though to look
at it you could not tell
for it is short, and boney
like no mortal man
more like a child so small
so weak of look, but
it is the greatest fear of
all who walk the earth for all
must truely fall from death,
for what do the others serve
but to bring one closer to
the fourth.
From far to near they do ride,
the four of the fall,
they ride day and night
across the sky far onto the
end they do ride and all shall
fall before them for in the
end what is our fates?
From far to near they do ride
across lands and sea,
day to day, night to night
they do ride on words onto
the horizen they do ride
these four horsemen of the
end of all.
But there is some glimmer
and saving from these dour
feinds four for us who fear
these four, we have
many names for it,
hope is the best for it,
for the rest are just
words to bring the hope
forwards and into our hearts
and to give us reason to rise
each day and face it anew,
for with out hope what can
we do but to let the four
ride over us and grind us
into the dirt from which
we came and may return one day.
Mike Adams
1998
-----------
P-Ravens Call:
A raven flys, crowing over the battle field, looking for it's feast,
a feast not of blood and sinew, flesh and bone, but of souls.
Searching for his masters table, to share in his masters
bounty to Valhalla this raven flys across thee battle field
strewn with his master handy work, for who is Odin, the master
of battles, lord of the carrion, the trickster, and deciever,
but also the lord of the hosts of Valhalla, for one day these
honored dead will arise to serve their master once again in the
time of Ragnarok, some day in the future, but for these men, who
fought each other unto deaths door, they will be there once again,
this time arm in arm, shield to shield, shoulder to shoulder
fighting for their master, who table they do share, of fighting,
wenching and drinking there is much, for they know their fate,
for in the end, they will die once again, against a foe, a tricky
foe and his friend from below. The serpent, the wolf, the giants many
will be there to cross the bridge of light, to Heimdalls call
the men will come to the final field to share in final glory.
A final fate againt all the evils of the world, and their deaths
will not be in vain, even this second time, for in the end,
the world will be anew and reborn.
Mike Adams
14 May 1998
-----
P-Valykries:
The Valkyries screams over the battle field, looking for their feast,
a feast not of blood and sinew, flesh and bone, but of souls. Searching
for their masters table, to share in their masters bounty to Valhalla
this raven of war, flys across the battle field strewn with their masters
handy work, for who is Odin, the master of battles, lord of the carrion,
and lord of the hosts of Valhalla, and father of the Valkyries, chosers
of the slain, picky and keen of site they scour the battle field for the
valient dead, and most worthy of fallen. For one day, these honored will
arise and serve their master once again in the final days, a future day,
not this day. for Ragnarok approaches. And for these men, who fought each
other unto deaths door, they will be there once again, this time arm in
arm, shield to shield, shoulder to shoulder fighting for their master,
whose table they do share, of fighting, wenching and drinking there is
much, for they know their fates, for in the end, they will die once again,
against a tricky foe, and his friend from below. The serpent, the wolf,
the giants many will be there to cross the bridge of light, to Heimdalls
call they will come to the final field, and fight the final battle, share
in final glory. A final fate againt all the evils of the world, and their
deaths will not be in vain, for in this second arising and final time,
the world will be reborn anew.
Mike
Edited 2004
------------------
Copyright 2008 Mike Adams
http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=6 Veteran Standdowns, for homeless veterans,
but help if you can. They normally have the local one in August?
http://www.depressionisreal.org/depression-resources.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous there is related programs for narcotics and other addictions as well as emotional needs.
http://www.militaryonesource.com for US Military personnel and families when dealing with PTSD and other mental relation problems.
1-800-263-8255 Veterans Administration Suicide Hotline, they do not share info with your command/boss unless you ask them to. They are not DOD.
1-907-388-2553 Local Fort Wainwright Mental Health Office
(Not a happy poem, it was a survival poem to keep me going, since it takes permission to commit the act of seppeku, and no one knew, and I am out of the military)
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P-Shame
A poem
A deed
Permission
A knife
A sword
A friends
Swift cut
Head rolls
And shame
Ends, honor
Restored and
Witnessed
Seppeku
Mike Adams
2011
------
P-Changed
Young and full of life
They train hard
And come to see
The aurora
Far from home warm
Parents and friends
Far away in warm lands
And to the cold
And then too hot
But not home
But a land of
Hills and mountains
And they come back changed
For a birthday year
Much can change
Eyes show much
Drinking much
Says much as well
but says more
is lifestyle destructive
or just suicide.
Mike
201?
For Tim USMC and several others, or just wish the kids the best and when they get home,
they find life fun and worth living.
Mike
201?
--------
P-Depression of Loss:
Depression is here,
sinking in fast and hard
for the sun has left the sky
and shall I die now,
or just wander here
in this place of darkness
cold and damp,
like a man on thorozine..
Mike
2003
===========
Mike Adams 1998
--
In Ithaca, where the heros lie, to go there and worship
long and thoughtful, of battles long and gone, but still
fresh in my mind for I am Odysseus (Ulyses) and I have
returned once again, still cursed to wander the world
and beyond with my crew for things we once did, and now
forgotten, for the soul can bear only so much and it is
gone, but someone still knows, for we still wander, from
place to place, time to time, world to world, never for
long, and death and destruction follow us, beasts and
demons attack us, and test us, we die and by morrow
reborn, feeling pain but no peace..
2007
(I sort of prefer the Ullyses form, but ..)
-----
P-The Four
These riders, riding hard
across this plane of skulls
their horses frothing
looking dead they ride
from near to far these
riders ride until the end
for in the end they ride
and all fall before them
for they are four riders all,
all of deadly form
one is pestulince
and it is so named and looks,
two is famine and it is
guantly named and visage,
three is war and from it
all brave men fall,
and the last is the worst
of the four though to look
at it you could not tell
for it is short, and boney
like no mortal man
more like a child so small
so weak of look, but
it is the greatest fear of
all who walk the earth for all
must truely fall from death,
for what do the others serve
but to bring one closer to
the fourth.
From far to near they do ride,
the four of the fall,
they ride day and night
across the sky far onto the
end they do ride and all shall
fall before them for in the
end what is our fates?
From far to near they do ride
across lands and sea,
day to day, night to night
they do ride on words onto
the horizen they do ride
these four horsemen of the
end of all.
But there is some glimmer
and saving from these dour
feinds four for us who fear
these four, we have
many names for it,
hope is the best for it,
for the rest are just
words to bring the hope
forwards and into our hearts
and to give us reason to rise
each day and face it anew,
for with out hope what can
we do but to let the four
ride over us and grind us
into the dirt from which
we came and may return one day.
Mike Adams
1998
-----------
P-Ravens Call:
A raven flys, crowing over the battle field, looking for it's feast,
a feast not of blood and sinew, flesh and bone, but of souls.
Searching for his masters table, to share in his masters
bounty to Valhalla this raven flys across thee battle field
strewn with his master handy work, for who is Odin, the master
of battles, lord of the carrion, the trickster, and deciever,
but also the lord of the hosts of Valhalla, for one day these
honored dead will arise to serve their master once again in the
time of Ragnarok, some day in the future, but for these men, who
fought each other unto deaths door, they will be there once again,
this time arm in arm, shield to shield, shoulder to shoulder
fighting for their master, who table they do share, of fighting,
wenching and drinking there is much, for they know their fate,
for in the end, they will die once again, against a foe, a tricky
foe and his friend from below. The serpent, the wolf, the giants many
will be there to cross the bridge of light, to Heimdalls call
the men will come to the final field to share in final glory.
A final fate againt all the evils of the world, and their deaths
will not be in vain, even this second time, for in the end,
the world will be anew and reborn.
Mike Adams
14 May 1998
-----
P-Valykries:
The Valkyries screams over the battle field, looking for their feast,
a feast not of blood and sinew, flesh and bone, but of souls. Searching
for their masters table, to share in their masters bounty to Valhalla
this raven of war, flys across the battle field strewn with their masters
handy work, for who is Odin, the master of battles, lord of the carrion,
and lord of the hosts of Valhalla, and father of the Valkyries, chosers
of the slain, picky and keen of site they scour the battle field for the
valient dead, and most worthy of fallen. For one day, these honored will
arise and serve their master once again in the final days, a future day,
not this day. for Ragnarok approaches. And for these men, who fought each
other unto deaths door, they will be there once again, this time arm in
arm, shield to shield, shoulder to shoulder fighting for their master,
whose table they do share, of fighting, wenching and drinking there is
much, for they know their fates, for in the end, they will die once again,
against a tricky foe, and his friend from below. The serpent, the wolf,
the giants many will be there to cross the bridge of light, to Heimdalls
call they will come to the final field, and fight the final battle, share
in final glory. A final fate againt all the evils of the world, and their
deaths will not be in vain, for in this second arising and final time,
the world will be reborn anew.
Mike
Edited 2004
------------------
Copyright 2008 Mike Adams
http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=6 Veteran Standdowns, for homeless veterans,
but help if you can. They normally have the local one in August?
http://www.depressionisreal.org/depression-resources.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous there is related programs for narcotics and other addictions as well as emotional needs.
http://www.militaryonesource.com for US Military personnel and families when dealing with PTSD and other mental relation problems.
1-800-263-8255 Veterans Administration Suicide Hotline, they do not share info with your command/boss unless you ask them to. They are not DOD.
1-907-388-2553 Local Fort Wainwright Mental Health Office
(Not a happy poem, it was a survival poem to keep me going, since it takes permission to commit the act of seppeku, and no one knew, and I am out of the military)
------------
P-Shame
A poem
A deed
Permission
A knife
A sword
A friends
Swift cut
Head rolls
And shame
Ends, honor
Restored and
Witnessed
Seppeku
Mike Adams
2011
------
P-Changed
Young and full of life
They train hard
And come to see
The aurora
Far from home warm
Parents and friends
Far away in warm lands
And to the cold
And then too hot
But not home
But a land of
Hills and mountains
And they come back changed
For a birthday year
Much can change
Eyes show much
Drinking much
Says much as well
but says more
is lifestyle destructive
or just suicide.
Mike
201?
For Tim USMC and several others, or just wish the kids the best and when they get home,
they find life fun and worth living.
Mike
201?
--------
P-Depression of Loss:
Depression is here,
sinking in fast and hard
for the sun has left the sky
and shall I die now,
or just wander here
in this place of darkness
cold and damp,
like a man on thorozine..
Mike
2003
===========
Mike Adams 1998
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