PASS IT ON

PASS IT ON



To embrace change
Vision without eyesight
Blind faith
Trust
Simply knowing
The path I walk is legitimate
Soulful animation
Jubilant state of mind
Facile quiet sanity
On the fringe of neurosis
Not meant to be understood
Destined for iconoclastic estrangement
Such is the price of truth
No cure exists
I’d refuse it if there were
It matters not to me
Status Quo presumptions
Sincere connection
Such a select few
Blessed with coherent perception
Those of you I dare to sway
Extreme difficulty
A poet’s albatross
Constant risk of rejection
Naked vulnerability
Yet oh so liberating
No doubts remain
My soul has been refined
Take from me what you need
Once you’ve had your fill
Pass it on


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

CANYONS OF TIME

CANYONS OF TIME



My brittle wings
Melted long ago
Flying way too close to the sun
Curiosity
Killed so many brain cells
Wild bending river
Snaking through canyons of time
Take me away from here
A stranger in this poison land
I simply long for home
No longer a surveyor
Reduced to lonely spectator
Museums house my hopes and dreams
Dusty
Caked with ancient ashes
Sealed manuscript
Capsule for future discovery
Poetic legacy
Gift from me to you
Smile from time to time
As you reflect upon my enigma
The candle flickers
Lethargically
Cold air grows thin and stale
Reluctantly
I wave goodbye
Someday we’ll meet again
See you on the other side



© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

LOVES WEAKNESS

LOVES WEAKNESS


Musky scent of day old perfume
Her eyes
A smoky azure
Warm sweet breath
Arousals chime
Ingenious disguise
Chaotic mask revealed
Once I was an arrogant man
Filled with insolence
Now I fume in loneliness
Her memory haunts me so
I can’t recall her stunning face
Only blank façade
Denials mechanism
To cope with sorrows pain
No matter what the reasons
My soul cries for reversion
Lessons learned the hard way
Passions calamity
Impatiently the hours pass
I wait for her in wayward void
Nostalgic tears cascade
Completion stirs my recluse spirit
Focused on loves weakness


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

HAUNTING APPARITION

HAUNTING APPARITION


Talons
Razor sharp
Strangulations grasp
Depression
Bitter blue
Piercing heartaches ambush
Exacerbations throe
How long shall melancholy’s rue
Dominate me so
Optimism pales
In lugubrious dismay
My lonely room grows algid
Vanquished passions flame
Silent grief remains
Wistful thoughts of yesterday
When love consumed my soul
Her soft embrace still lingers
Haunting apparition
My empty bed
Disheveled
Moist with tears of anguish
Bewildered reasoning
False hope of compromise
I wait in trepidation
As grains of sand expire



© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

AS TWO BECOME ONE

AS TWO BECOME ONE


Her beautiful body excites me
Her gentle soul intrigues me so
I long to taste sweet nectar
Of her deepest selfless essence
Bask in the dreamy glow
Mesmerizing warmth
Passions lambent flame
Walk beside her eternally
In reverent retrospect
Share the journey
However treacherous it may be
Loves symbolic metasis
Holy in its brilliance
Coalescent meld
As two become one
A most magnificent birth


Song of Solomon 1 (King James Version)
14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

NUCLEAR WINTER

NUCLEAR WINTER


Laughter slowly fades
Haunting rhapsody
Distant bay of jackal hordes
Disrupts this tranquil night
Topics of discussion
Around radioactive campfires
Invisible lifeline
Bristles with cosmic energy
Ever changing gales
Windswept face of dooms infection
Disaster area descendents
Folklore now authentic
Crisp retorts to complications
Laconic problem child
My heart bleeds for their welfare
Prudence fades in confusions cloak
Crunchy conifer ground cover
Crackles beneath bruised bare feet
Akin to broken bones
Crusty dream dusted eyes
Bleary from insomnias curse
Scattered urban sprawl
Chronology’s dizzy advancement
Prayers for restored prosperity
The cul-du sac
Now sterile
Pecuniary wasteland
Chilling tales of global war
Ethereal in nature
Kindness conquers hatreds snare
For those who seek His solace


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

THE CHILDREN RUN FOR COVER

THE CHILDREN RUN FOR COVER


Israeli warplanes rumble
All hell is breaking loose
Conflict escalating
Prophetic visions coming down
The fig tree spreads her branches
As desert venom threatens
Winding road to Damascus
Nuclear trump cards looming
The children run for cover
Hysterical mothers scream
Slice of life at ground zero
Bloody volatile dawn
No time to argue foreign affairs
The shakedown has begun
Wise men stand aside and let it all be
Interference futile
Supernal war of good and evil
No man can hinder divine decree
Conscious intimate reflection
Bewail while you still can
Your ears
Let them hear
Destiny advancing
Age of innocence
Now extinct
God’s holy stage is set


Mark 13:27-29 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
Public Domain

27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

END OF THE TRAIL

END OF THE TRAIL


Hollow eyes of ancient age
Blemished nonchalance
Motley dreams forsaken
Etched in facial quagmire fissures
Days of glory past
Celibate artificial intelligence
Beguiled hibernation
Haunts him in morose irony
Once so proud and vibrant
Mirthful super nova
Reduced to callow blackmail
Pacifistic plebeian
Impetus caustic tears
Moist with inorganic agony
Stash of hells inferno
Stokes his mental illness
He fumbles toward the sotto voce
Shattered ego’s terminal diagnosis
Swathe of mercurial resplendence
Sanitariums bondage
His hero has succumbed to fear
Heinous purgatory
Forever lost in chutzpah’s flux
Egotistic asphyxiation
No sawbones can redeem him now
His marbles
Lost in toto


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

FOR SYD

FOR SYD


Sketchy visionary
Acid damage psychosis
Reclusive gene of exclusive endowment
Eccentric gifted flair
Although we never met
I know you intimately
Together we watched Emily play
Beseeched the gates of dawn
Our demons
Pranced on common ground
Tripping to life’s inconsistencies
Sordid hallucinations
Fantastic world of black light freak
You crossed the river in defiance
My children kept me on the shore
Your cries for help
Unanswered
Your genius
So misunderstood
Sublime articulation
Sacred oath to complex individualism
Enigma avant-garde
Composer’s brilliant daydream
Forever torched in my mind
The voyeurs shall haunt you no longer
Rest now
Weary minstrel
Shine on


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

UNDEFILED

UNDEFILED


My shell shocked halo
Tattered
Bullet riddled
Twitters in the warm mantic breeze
Lessons learned from futile belligerence
Trial by holy fire
So much stronger now
Comfortable in my skin
No longer chasing shadows
Dancing in demonic soot
Divine intercession
Flowing through my brittle veins
One day at a time
Mantra of survivors widespread
Common bond of conquest
Forever joins our grateful spirits
Peace be with you always
My cherished family of friends
Our journey
Quite inspiring
Our bond
Undefiled


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

AESTHETIC VIRTUOSO

AESTHETIC VIRTUOSO



Screaming guitar solo
Stand on it talented one
Resonate strings bring chilling savor
True blue reverberation
Aesthetic virtuoso
Alive with quivering rage
Raw emotions surface
Acute melodic opus
Such passionate eruption
Unescorted soul
On fire with yearning candor
Electric current bristles
Along my spines contour
Feeling every note
As if written just for me
Music is my lover
So faithful through the years
Comforting asylum
Subliminal retreat
Deep lyrics live within me
Craving sweet parole
Orchestral gestation
Come join me lonely muse
Your chords cement my verse
Our art shall be eternal
Reality rock opera
Infatuations score
Our audience is waiting
My sensual loneliness
Grows profound


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

SURROGATE PASSION

SURROGATE PASSION


Surrogate passion
Selfish ignorance of my sacred vows
Safe in suburbia’s womb
Yet so discontent
Restless lamentation
Always seeking more
False solace in a bottle
Foolish gluttony of a sick husband
Simply unable to accept
Life’s precious abundance
Wired for self destruction
Alcoholic aneurism
Depressive dementia
Brutal lessons learned
Scholastic basket case
Plunged into the depths of hell
Suicidal basement
Looking back through the haze
My errors glaring salient
Gentle hand of God
Plucked me from the abyss
This day I am restored
Eternal contradistinction
Bursting with indebted love
Unconditional optimism
I wait for her in silence
Dear destined kindred rib
In forlorn anticipation
Critical need
Never to repeat my sins
Respect
Cherished satisfaction
Wed in blissful favor
In honor of His grace


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

SHIMMERING ENTROPY

SHIMMERING ENTROPY


Freshman whiz kids quest
Monarch of his capricious commonwealth
Befuddled contradictions
Bong hit visceral wisdom
Jell-O mold of shimmering entropy
He wobbles to and fro
Habitual adaptation
Unstable dovetail matrix
Banal dose of brusque subliminal tremors
Gelatinous root discord
Abruptly spawned combustion
Molten chain reaction
As ashes merge with blood
Altered states denouement
Once a tasty treat
Proud and filled with passion
Top shelf Bonne Bouche
Such a tearful twist of fate
Morbid tale of brutal self destruction
His highness lay in state
Trampled on the lunchroom floor


“You're the Emperor's new horse You don't smell like a rose So you take more drugs than me Specialize in being unhappy Like a moth into the flame Yeah, I've been burnt before Lets rub his ashes on my skin And someday we will win,
Being angry is your game Overdosing's part of fame So you read all this french symbolist poetry You don't even get it on the fucking BBC I don't really care no more Boring out the door I don't know what's true It don't affect you That's right damn lies above
In this time There are those who rob us blind
Bring on the new meat”


The Cult
1994 “Emperors New Horse”


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

BITTERSWEET CONCLUSION

BITTERSWEET CONCLUSION


Endless paths
Lead to similar conclusions
Often lost
Apparently programmed
Such strange embryonic wiring
Curiosity drives the lad
The elder expired long ago
I wonder if gestation
Fully developed to begin with
Moldy walls
Surround the sacred city
Heartbeat of musical thought
The sound check fell upon deaf ears
Frail naked emperor
Stands before his loyal subjects
Petals of the sweet narcissus
Strewn along symbolic skyways
Bittersweet conclusion
Our hero walks alone


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

DEAR LADY

In dreams you are beside me
Deep questions linger on
Will you receive me as I am
Embrace the man I’ll grow to be
Can you feel the essence
Of this poets soul
Childlike vulnerability
Awe surrounding me
Shall we walk together
Hand in hand as one
Dance upon the moonlit sand
Hold me as if I’ll break
Just because you want to
Kiss my lips so sweetly
Caress my aging brow
Ascend my lowest valleys
Traverse the highest peaks
Celebrate the simple joy of living
Feel my humble songs
Accept the fiery passion
Exploding deep within
Will you accompany me to the other side
In perfect harmony
Dear lady
Are you lonely
Searching for me still
I’ll wait for you in silent calm
My wife
Some day to come
Make me complete my love
I pray soon we shall meet


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

MIRACULOUS REPRIEVE

MIRACULOUS REPRIEVE



Visions of 10,000 dreams
Reduced to one brief ode
Romance calls
No one’s home
Depressions bitter epilogue
Pierce the veil of silent gloom
Cognitive false memory
Traumatic tale of tunnel vision
Barefaced scars transmit
Tears of penance flowing
Hatred stored in rotten wineskins
Stronghold from an astral plain
Misguided though sincere
Horrid demons manifest
In crevices of psychosis
Drowsy Thorazine shuffle
Doe eyed stare from a padded cell
Vitality dashed abruptly
Backwash of bewildered damnation
Those who come to grips with sin
Mental illness evinced
One way path to hell
Reversed in gleaming retrospect
Brilliant gush of peace
Spirit of truth deliverance
Miraculous reprieve
No doubt
Distinct absence of logical explanation
Origins of perfect grace
Life as God designed it
Borne on wings of hope


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006

TENDER ROSE OF SHARON

TENDER ROSE OF SHARON



Broken light
Cascades the garden mist
Refractive effervescence
Prism from the morning dew
Ablaze in the sacred garden
Springs tangerine glow
Illustrious jeweled blossom
Soft Hibiscus petals
As delicate angel’s wings
Ruby throated humming birds
Surround her throne in reverence
Perfect Bride so fair
Amaranthine seduction
Earth Mother’s warm embrace
Fertile womb bears nectar sweet
Precious portal to life immaculate
Fruitful lady indeed
Her sublime buds ebullient
Sacred gift from God above
In honor of His glory
Stunning Rose of Sharon
How vivid is her beauty
Such pleasure she bestows
Symbolic
Majestic
Feminine
Grace exudes from her delicate fold
In timeless ceremony


© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006