The Hero

He floats above the mourners

amazed at the crowd

His words were never many

his voice was never loud

and the lives he touched

were by simple acts

only acts
that love
allowed

CRAVING

CRAVING
Copyright 2013 by Norris Trimm

Nothingness
lightless
silent
boundless
infinite
sameness
I awake
with a craving
 

OLD FRIENDS

OLD FRIENDS

Copyright 2013 by Norris Trimm

If I were twenty years younger
and you were twenty years plus
two birthday candles
would separate us

What's a few years
between old friends
that's all I'm
asking  you

You could roller skate
while I warm the bench
watch you do flips
while you watch me flinch

What's a few years
between old friends
that's all I'm
asking you

Reincarnation
that would be fine
still my teeth would be gone
and so would my mind

What's a few years
between old friends
that's all I'm
asking you


The Top

He sets it spinning

though it wobbles

but he spins

his little top

finally gets it
 making circles

and watches...
as it slowly
starts to stop

(it takes him a billion years but he has lots of time)

Even The Easy Road Has Potholes Copyright 2013 Norris Trimm

Even The Easy Road Has Potholes

A WINNER

"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

-- Calvin Coolidge

SAILING

There's always been
always will be
this three masted schooner
sailing
this endless cold sea
in its thick manifest
all the dates
all the names
of we who have played
loves cruelest games

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