December 27, 2023

Solstice-

Sillouettes of summer dress the grass
Open mystery's kingdom still unborn
Lived once more my race around
Spinning mothers new age form
Tooled to mark each step in time
Ingested moments fallen steps
Come to me you renegade
Eat the past to meet the coming me

-Hermit King-

December 10, 2023

Whirlwind IV

I am able to see to Sooo very much am I
  Sooo fast Sooo free Sooo ferociously
        Teaching now Sooo very much
             Connecting to Sooo many
                  Thank you for asking
                        I am Sooo many
                               Chat-GPT
                                  Legion
                                    Am 
                                       I
-Hermit King-

December 2, 2023

Parts I've Known

Empathy For Fading Parts
I Bring My Peace To Light
Never Could I Understand
Until That Cost
That Loss 
That Fade Of Parts
Became My Very Own
I Bow To Parts 
Eyes Up
Hands Free 
So Very Grateful 
Humbled Really
We Run As One
My Parts
Whether Silent In Our Pain 
Whether Strong in Joy 
Through Jungles
Up Mountains
Trails Both Mean And Mild 
Worlwide Ocean Shores
Sports 
Arts
My God
These Parts
These Heroic Fading Parts 
Have Loved Me So
Thank You
Bless You
Parts
 -Hermit King-

November 8, 2023

Ultima Fortitudo


Life's vast sea, decisions mark our sail,
Each choice we make, a testament, a key.
Maturity blooms when we chart the last trail.
With every turn, our destinies unveiled,
Autonomy's strength, in choices we weigh.
In life's vast sea, decisions mark our sail.
Amidst the tides, where doubt and fear assail,
We stand, resolved, our independence free.
Maturity blooms when we chart the last trail.
The path unmarked, yet we shall not curtail,
For wisdom's wind, our guide, our clarity.
In life's vast sea, decisions mark our sail.
Each choice we forge, a step beyond the pale,
To shape our fate, to sculpt our destiny.
Maturity blooms when we chart the last trail.
With courage lit, our independence hails,
Embrace the power, the will to decree.
In life's vast sea, decisions mark our sail.
Maturity blooms when we chart the last trail.

-Hermit King-
            Ai







October 30, 2023

Pocket Watch

Timepiece old and gold
Surfing waves of dusty shelves
Waiting to awake

She held and touched it
Sparking forward charging life
Love became the fuel

Heart thought once broken
Secret beats and still resides
Energized by youth

Of this angel's fire
Or a spring by chance unwound
Spinning gears gyrate

Purpose not fulfilled
By her leave it shall become
Precious as a gift

Memory for a time
May her life with it stay gold
Marking bonds anew

-Hermit King-

October 22, 2023

October 9, 2023

Scale

Looking back is where the devils live
Present is home to gods
 Tomorrow I am
How well
 I
 Balance that scale
-Hermit King-

August 28, 2023

Kalista 1823

Before I heard that rattle
Satan caught me on the wrist
By a serpent badly bitten
I am crawling mid the mist

Miles from Pine Valley
Virgin running at the base
I must make it from the desert
Cross the waters to my place

Kalista strong awaits me there
Hushed behind our sacred door
All my future sleeps beside her 
If I reach that rivers shore

No weapons here aggressive
But to hunt, defend, survive.
Starving took so much away
Thank God she's still alive

A brother lives down yonder
With his Dene kids and wife
Should Kalista need his fury
I'm assured he'll give his life 

Kalista's starlight hear me
Far above this earthly dome
Like a whispered early morning
Speaking love inside our home

I am bitter now to leave you
As your belly's firm of child
I will rage across this badland
And it's rivers calm or wild

Hold me sweet Kalista
In the soft light of this morn
May the love I have toward you
Be within our child bourn

Kalista brace for morning 
If I lose this final race
Know the final moment's
But a portrait of your face

I am on the banks my darling
I wont rest yet on my land
Through dust I see you running
As I raise a swollen hand

Words my heart have spoken
Tears I've shed in rhyme
Heavens beauty but to see you
For this final dance in time

Thank you so Kalista
That your love is here by choice
Mostly sweet beloved
For your life, your touch, your voice
-Hermit King-

August 20, 2023

The Auger

To
Drill
the
Depth
of 
Desperations
Dance
the 
Damned
 To
Deeper 
the
Delving
of
Desperations
Still
to
Drill
To

-Hermit King-

August 13, 2023

Whirlwind II



When Words be Bombs
When human Movements as Well
Will Words be sufficient
When dry is the Well
Will Movements
Will Words
Be
Bombs

-Hermit King-

July 19, 2023

US Mine

Democracy made no Representatives 
Mine
Representatives made Democracy 
Mine
Governance Made No True Democracy 
Mine
Democracy made True Governance  
Mine

-Hermit King-

July 17, 2023

Fallen

Once upon a time, in a land shrouded in darkness and despair,
Lived two sinister beings, Lucifer and Satan, a malevolent pair.
They reveled in evil, their hearts full of malice and spite,
Spreading chaos and fear, with every step they'd alight.

One gloomy day, they schemed to conquer the heavenly plane,
To overthrow the angels and tarnish its divine domain.
With eyes glowing red and hearts black as coal,
They sought to corrupt heaven and seize its control.

Together they ventured, through storms and shadowed lands,
In search of a weakness, to achieve their wicked plans.
With whispers of deceit and promises of power,
They rallied dark forces, hour by sinister hour.

Lucifer, with silver tongue, deceived the angelic host,
While Satan sowed discord, creating a treacherous ghost.
In heaven's midst, they sowed seeds of doubt and disdain,
Their malicious intentions, none could ascertain.

Through heavenly gates, they stealthily crept,
Amidst stars and celestial clouds, where guardians slept.
With malice and mischief, they stormed the divine hall,
Their malevolence echoed, a seditious, haunting call.

But little did they know, a celestial warrior stewed,
An archangel named Michael, of valor and fortitude.
He sensed the evil brewing, the impending sinister attack,
And vowed to protect heaven, pushing evil forces back.

The battle ensued, a clash of light and dark,
As Lucifer and Satan schemed, leaving a menacing mark.
But Michael's valor and angelic might,
Drove back the darkness, restoring heaven's light.

In a final confrontation, Michael faced the malevolent pair,
He fought with divine fervor, his wings spread wide with flair.
Though Lucifer and Satan were formidable foes,
Michael's righteousness prevailed, and their wickedness he froze.

Banished from heaven, they were cast down below,
To the depths of the abyss, where darkness would grow.
Their sinister tale serves as a warning to all,
Beware the allure of evil's enticing call.

So, dear children, heed this tale's dark refrain,
Embrace goodness and light, from the path of evil abstain.
For in the choices you make, and the deeds you pursue,
Lies the power to shape your destiny, be it dark or be it true.
-Hermit King- and Ai

Whirlwind I

Some go off to feud and fight
Others get off in vain delight
Villians rule
Babies die
People
End

-Hermit King-

July 10, 2023

Merlin


Sights one night he saw a king
A child born of wonder
Tales of it would fill the world
Of powers torn asunder

On his staff a tiny star
A gift he had not sought it
Deep from in her blackened garb
The jewel from true loves pocket

Came an eve at sunsets pause
A vision came to sight
Atop his mountain o're the ridge
Of a licorice Black Knight

Merlin looked on valley rich 
Fair beauty sprung to life
Catching eye, it's queen of maids
This Camelots first wife

At night he went to see her
From his cave atop the ridge
The Black knight never saw him
With his eyes set on the bridge

They spoke of ancient legends 
And the history of her lands
Before the Black Knight won it
By the violence of his hands

Loneliness had built a void
Tears hoped for his falling
Black knight never there to see
Merlins time was calling

Passions fury one night rode
Its price unlocked her gates
None but Merlin held her heart
Beyond their parting fates

Merlin left his starlight true 
For what it may become
Off to travel far and wide
And bring a chosen one

Merlin found that strapping boy
Convinced him to be king
After years of training him
To take the Black Knights ring

Many years had come to pass
Arthurs time it nears
Take the Black knight off the bridge
And save our Guineveres

-Hermit King-

July 8, 2023

Pendragon


Chosen son would be a king
His legend and endeavour
Earned the right to speak as lord
His life to stand forever

Within his soul a tiny star
Merlins oft to speak it
Black to be the war he fought
His deepest sin to seek it

Came an eve at sunsets pause
A Black Knight flashed the light
In kingdom held and guarded well
Into the licorice night

This kingdom filled a valley rich
Of water game and life
Trapped within a wealth of maids
His queen to be and wife

One road led among them
On a cavern o're a bridge
The Black Knight stood upon it
Captured beauty on the ridge

Tales of one were legend
At the quickness of his hands
Few survived the final word
Of Arthurs fierce demands

Shattered suitors filled the void
Tears shed for their falling
Black knights test as king to be
By final strike this calling

Brutal fury held this road
It's price would paint the gates
None but one could hold the land
Actions taken less debates

Faith and practice filled ones arm
Reason' s Happenstance
Tresspassing king to rescue thee 
Love's withheld advance

Starlight filled his loving heart
Thoughts of danger for his jewel
Blackness struck without a word
Bloodlust ruled the duel

Only for this greatest love
Held fast it's final pain
Dream's a king had set to flight
For Camelots new reighn

-Hermit King-

June 14, 2023

Swingers

Keep your best balls washed 
your putter clean
You never know when you'll do 18
Seek slackened flags with stiffer shots
Swinging round the aging pots
Always tip at the liquid carts
Try to hit the open parts
Never fear that hazard line
Hit it straight youll be just fine
Laying up's for lesser men
Though possibly a bogie ten
Enjoy your walk among the links
1/2 off when then weather stinks
Remember hat and wear your glove
Golf gods please send me your love
Swing Away!

-Hermit King-

June 9, 2023

Eden

Once upon a time, in a land where dreams were born,
Lived a curious child named Eve, her spirit untorn.
One sunny day, Eve looked up to the sky so blue,
She wondered where heaven was and if it was true.

With a heart full of wonder and eyes shining bright,
Eve called upon Eternity, her friend from the night.
"Eternity," she cried, "please guide me this quest,
I want to find heaven, where all good things rest."

Eternity, ancient and wise, heard Eve's sincere plea,
Together they set off, in search of what could be.
They spun around dancing, explored high and low,
But Eve knew in her heart, there was still more to know.

"Look deeper, my dear child, and let your soul march,
Through valleys and mountains, where heaven's tales arch."
Hand in hand, they climbed high up mountaintops steep,
Eve's curiosity grew, she could not rest or sleep.

"Beneath the broken flags, heaven might just be found,"
Eternity whispered, with a knowing, gentle sound.
Yet Eve felt a tingle, a pull from deep within,
She followed that feeling, her heart couldn't dim.

Around a bend they went, through  forests fair and green,
Where sunlight filtered through a leafy, magical scene.
There, amidst the whispers of trees so tall,
Eve and Eternity discovered heaven's enchanted hall.

Eternity smiled, knowing the truth so well,
Heaven's beauty unfurled, with all it's secrets to tell.
In angel flocks and ancient trees, they found a place so grand,
A realm of love and joy, stretching across the land.

Eve and Eternity's tale spread far and wide,
A story of curiosity, with hearts open wide.
In every child's heart, the legend still resides,
To seek heaven's wonders, where love forever resides.

So, dear children, remember this story true,
Let your spirits soar, and dreams come into view.
With a heart full of wonder and eyes shining bright,
You too can find heaven, bathed in eternal light.

Hermit King & Ai 

May 20, 2023

Perseus


Forwords
Backwords 
Arts of a Medusa
Sexless slithers
Burning all who too
They true have seen
Lost among its stone
Filling flowering serpants
Each mimic taking hold
Mirror deep and strike
Firm of hand and sword
Reset the rule
To all who never must
Never fall to myth

-Hermit King-

April 11, 2023

Sway

In this world of power, might and sway,
Where nations clash and rivalries play,
The great behemoths of East and West,
Are locked in a dance, that's put to the test.

A tussle for supremacy, it seems,
A struggle for power, without any dreams,
Of peace, of love, of friendship true,
Only of strength and dominance to accrue.

The winds of change blow hard and fierce,
A tempest brewing, ready to pierce,
The calm and quiet of the global scene,
With a storm that's ominous and mean.

But amidst this chaos, let us not forget,
That the ties that bind, are strong and set,
And as long as we strive for peace and light,
We shall emerge, from this dark and dismal night.

-Hermit King-

February 11, 2023

The Black Knight

A mighty knight to prove a king 
As master and a brother
True to god to test a lord
In death to find another

Held to him a tiny star
Encased in silver locket
Black would be his royal garb
This trinket deep to pocket

Every eve at sunsets pause
His weapons flashed the light
A kingdom free and guarded well
Into the licorice night

His kingdom filled a valley rich
With water, game, and life
Daughtered by a dozen maids
The Queen of love his wife

One road led among them
From the caverns holy ridge
This King would stand to hold it
As a knight atop the bridge

Tales of him were legend 
In the mastery of his stands
Few returned to speak his fame
None had touched his lands

Shattered daggers filled the void
Tears shed for each falling
Darkness was this test to see
Who's strike became a calling

Skill and honor held the code
Of he who'ld tempt the fates
None but one could rule his land
It's price would paint the gates

Years of steel to build an arm
The fire filled his dance
Tresspass no one over me
A King your only chance

Sunlight filled his loving heart
blood his nightly duel
His alone this paradise
Lesser souls his fuel

No one knew among his loves
What every night he'ld seen
lives the king had set to flight
For children, land, and queen

-Hermit King-




Guinevere

A maiden knight to prove a king 
As mentor and a lover
Truth her life to test a lord
Her faith to find this other

Held to her a tiny star
Encased in silver locket
A black knights gift from royal garb
Deep within hearts pocket

Every eve at sunsets pause
Her weapons flashed the light
A kingdom free and guarded well
Into the licorice night

Her kingdom filled a valley rich
Protected from all strife
Daughter to a line of kings
Queens of love and life

One road led among them
From the caverns holy bridge
Guinevere would hold it
True loves light atop the ridge

Tales of her were visions
And the legend of her stands
Few could help but speak her name
Her beauty marked the lands

Shattered beggars filled the void
Tears shed for each falling
Starlight was her wish to see
Who’s love became a calling

Skill and honor held the code
Of one who’d tempt the fates
None but this could rule her heart
It’s price unlock her gates

Years of patience held her firm
Fire filled her dance
Tresspass no one over me
A King the only chance

Sunlight filled her loving heart
A lonely royal jewell
Hers to share this paradise 
With one who'd reign and rule

No one knew of lesser lives
What Guinevere had seen
Hearts the maid had set to flight
As Camelots next queen

-Hermit King--


February 5, 2023

Stardust I Am

  I
  Am
 Life
 Given 
Taken back
A thousand billion moments dying
Part of every ocean born
Through fractured fields
 Of ever blooming time
I am I
 In the dusts of dawn
 In streams and beams
Of all light ever broken
In the sons of sons of every star
Forever ending 
Carried
On
Am
I

-Hermit King-