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Namyh
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since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

0 posted 2013-09-11 10:16 PM

Call of the Moment

When strong is the call, however bleak the moment,
a leader within rises as the one lone exponent
to champion Life, both of limb and throne,
while Doom looms in darkness to gnaw on fallen bones.

No time for Fear or those common day distractions
that do weigh us down. Only time for action !
No time for pondering or asking why.
The deed is here and now and it’s yours, do or die !

What leaps from the shadows into the hearts of men
that's courageous to protect and defiant to defend ?
It lunges out a pit dug from trembling Despair
where sins of fractured failures whisper doubts into your ear.

It charges with a sword to cleave those Fears made real
from your mind, now that's fearful, needing fearless nerves of steel
to clench the fists and muscle, to make the backbone steady,
to plant the feet and grit the teeth and make the leader ready.

It leaps from your heights with Conviction held in hand
to plunge into your pulsing heart embattled to take a stand.
Any cracks in human spirit will bathe in its Faith that seals
and Courage won't leak from cowards on the open battlefields.

Resist what resists in you, for it undermines your gain.
Make it kneel vanquished at your thrones of fleeting Fame
and you will reign empowered to make your Soul and Mind
defeat all Dooms of darkness when the moment calls next time.

Namyh

poetically ghetto
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since 2004-01-20

Posts 100

1 posted 2013-09-12 05:30 PM

read this last night and was totally impressed with your rhythm even more enjoyable when you read it aloud

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

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2 posted 2013-09-14 02:53 PM

This touches on a battle I'm well aquainted with, Namyh. Your optimism in facing such a foe is a powerful weapon in itself. Great piece.

Michael

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2013-09-14 04:35 PM

Excellent! Zen of guts and glory. The flow is flawless.

Lori

Namyh
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since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

4 posted 2013-09-15 10:09 PM

poetically ghetto – So very glad you enjoyed and were impressed with this one. Surprisingly, this was indeed written while saying it out loud until it sounded right. Thanks for stopping by PG. Namyh.

Namyh
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since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

5 posted 2013-09-15 10:11 PM

Michael – Sometimes after a battle, it’s good to keep what optimism is left as a reserve weapon for the next battle usually right around the corner somewhere. So very happy you enjoyed and thanks for your words M. Namyh

Namyh
Senior Member

since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

6 posted 2013-09-15 10:12 PM

Lori – “Zen of guts and glory” – that’s an apt description of this work’s intent. So glad some of it got thru. I labored over that flow a lot and I’m so glad it worked. Thanks Lori for your enjoyment. Namyh

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