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-

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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-

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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-

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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--

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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-

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Maddieness

Pulling tears into the real

At the mention of a name

Feeling mostly out of time

Two lovers rehab game

Hold this world as memory

Some day one day to be healed

Futures here no guarantees

Hearts pushed across the field

In windows always passing

On a train around the sun

We can watch without a whisper

Or jump the tracks to run

Maddiness afflicts us

Calling out another home 

Walking well away the pond

Beyond our time to roam

Hold a second longer

Best to think it through

Seeking brighter angels

As each is made of two

Some are lost like flowers

Ever blasted to the wind

Maddiness is held to us

Til' time and gods resind

-Hermit King-

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Gaia Stone

I AM ONE WHO WALKED ALONE

FOUND AN ANGEL ETCHED IN STONE

NEATH AUTUMN MOON OF EARTHLY SCATTER

A GIFT OF GRACE FROM JACOBS LADDER

UNTO MY LOVE FOR THIS SHALL BE

THAT THEY MAY KNOW TO THINK OF ME

ON HUMBLE ROCK WE'LL BUILD AS ONE

FOR GOLD AND DIAMONDS HAVE I WON

BY THIS I WILL A PROMISE MAKE

NONE MAY SUNDER CRACK OR BREAK

SOLID VOW TO EVER STAND

BY FOUNDLING BOURNE FROM AUTUMN SAND

FOR WHOM I LIVE MY EVERY DAY

THIS LOVE SHALL NEVER SLIP AWAY

TRINKET FORGED IN DEEPEST FIRE

WEATHERED WELL TO OFT INSPIRE

FAIREST FOUND BY CHANCE TO SEEK

OF EARTHLY WONDERS MOST UNIQUE

OF HEAVENS TREASURES OLD AND NEW

MOST PRICELESS PRIZE I'VE FOUND IS YOU

-Hermit King-

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Coop Rooster

Early times on given days

I crow inside the coop

Slowly checking overtime

Just dealing with the poop

Corn fed packs of heart attacks

Clucking set to wild

Sleep until they feather up

Then unwinds each child  

Some eggs rise to rumble

From the nightshades of their wars

Some rise slowly raking

To the simplest of their chores

Scratching for a future clear

Plucking at some eyes

Ranging round their feeding ground

Dodging ducks and flys

All the senior mommas run

To the crow of their own clocks

Lesser birds are shooed away

Far beyond the cocks

Some eggs will be cracking

Be they soft or hard inside

Each must face the morning 

Til they break to stroll outside

Intercession only

In each flying feathered fact

When hen clucking turns to squawking 

When hen peace turns to attack

I stand tall for the place I stand

In this paradise for pickin'

Think of me coop rooster

Master mentor to the chicken

-Hermit King-

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Respect

Respect young girls until they know better

Respect young boys when they do

-Hermit King-

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Therons Rose

If

 I Can 

One Day 

Only See Her Dance

Ablaze To The Boards

 In A Perfect Field

Great Gravity 

For 

The Loving Chance

To Be 

Who Has Seen

Bowed

And 

Healed.

-Hermit King-

To

Megan

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Sailing Soul

Each one sails a bit of soul

As the tides of the lords of industry flow

Win or perish as you sink or row

Reality dictates who must go

At mercy's start or knowing and slow

It and all will fade or grow

Plans and action require change

Like a tall ships ocean range

Miracles blooming left and right

Blossoms holding to the light

Perennials all inside the cage

Toasting each survival stage

If of prayer we are to ponder

May you please know love and wonder 

As long as we are gifted goals

Pray Industrious lords rise 

Worthy of tides 

And

Sailing for their souls

-Hermit King-

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Red Hat Rose

Barrelling Rose rode rodeo

And the RedHat Rose was she

Racing around 

The Barrelling ground

On her mustang Cherokee 

Rose's name of RedHat came

From a family hand me down

Half Irish/Scots American 

Half Apachi Prairie Indian

Rose's redhat whooped the town

Practicing and watching 

Near as soon as Rose could ride

Grandma Redhat racing mama

Her heart pulsing with the drama

Rose was racing from first stride

Every broom to Rose a mustang

Every mud pit was the track

But her life of course

Required a horse

When Cherokee gave up her back

Barrellin Rose rode Cherokee

To the best time at the worlds

Every witness to that day

Spoke of greatness and to say

Barrellin's truly fastest girls

Houston, Vegas, Blackfoot, Dodge

Rose Judged throughout the west

As her famous red hat rises

To the victors tears and prizes

And their timed runs near her best

Finally one would earn the crown

In the Red Hats final year

Grandaughter Rose

On her Twinkletoes

Ran a fifteen five I hear

Passing down the mantle

Roses rodeo could now close

To the figure 8's next highness

Barrel racing bloodline's finest

And our Red Hats newest Rose

-Hermit King-

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Sea Rose

Wisdom is a lovely blue green rose 

Near a blue green shore 

Mid a blue green sea 

Of a blue green grassland

On a blue green day 

Under a blue green sky

To a blue green song

In a blue green rain

T

R

E

A

S

U

R

E

I

N

D

E

E

D

-Hermit King-

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Tree of Life

Family's a fortress

From moments of malice

+++++++++++++++++++++

Ancestors tied to wandering heirs

 ++++++++++++++++++++++

Love

 Forgive

and

Celebrate

+++++++++

Around them 

Always close

-Hermit King-

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The Point

Mustangs fill the mornin' light

Sunlight flares the sky

Gods of sandstone guard the wall

Wonders tell us why

Ragamuffin rainbows rise

Arrows set to part

Ripping youth from what is old 

Talons in my heart

Moments to reset a bond

Stardust's flit too soon

Roaming now beyond the bend

Faint echoes of a tune

 

Seize and trust a steady hand

Truth lies in the eyes

Firm to all the stable law

No rush and no surprise 

Stay a bit to know your roll

Of what and why become

Saddle up this washboard road

Ride with me and run

Time takes many everywhere

All of us may fly

Let us prize what gifts we've won

And proudly say goodby

-Hermit King-

For BSB

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Of A Dragon

Of A Dragon

Of Daisies

Of Daffodils

Of Stars

Of Kites Made Of Kittens

Of Bubbley Dinosaurs

We Ran Our Candles Upside Down

Weathered Every Storm

Clouds Run Off With New Balloons

In A Rabbits Rest Is Born

Dreams Past Rocket Ships And All

The Flying Moons Of Mars

Welcome To Our Humble Home

Where Ghosts Play Pumpkin Wars

Climb The Tree 

All Swings Be Free

You Are Never All Alone

Prep For Rain But Love It's Stain

Dont Spend Too Long In Mud

-Hermit King-

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I Am In Words

Me Darlings Me Darlings

How Far I Have Now Seen 

So Many of You Grow

From One into Another

I Am In Words

Most Blessed to Be 

With The One

And Always 

You

-Hermit King-

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Tis' Zero

Tis' Zero

Tis' Not Just What 

Tis' Who

Tis' Least Important

Tis' Not

Tis' Multitudes 

Tis' Attitude

Tis' Perspective

Tis' Expanse

Tis' Destiny

Tis' Expression

Tis' Change 

Tis' Danger

Tis' Miracle

Tis' Omega

Tis' Forever

Tis' Zero

-Hermit King-

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Framing A Boy

To raise a boy right

By his bed fill four frames

That he may be wise

Painted in the first

Vivid colors of his roots

 A past that grew him

Second a window

Visions far beyond the glass

Clarity through pane  

A fire built third

Warming his first leap to light

And all can be done 

Then gods greatest gift

Realities truest test 

A mirror set last 

To raise a girl wise

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___

-Hermit King-

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Beach Boys

Homes so far away

Youth pledged to the commander  

Molded to command

Paradox of war

Battle trained to win and kill

Preferring not to 

Retributions arm

Swift justice for the fallen

Vengeance on evil

Hope of innocence 

Democracy's purveyor 

Armageddons voice

Peace through loaded hand

Alert in sun or shadow

Named to granite walls

The function freedom

Horror a destination

His name is soldier

-Hermit King-

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