Illustrious Defeat…a prideful refusal
Defeat…dare me if you will! Standing firm I gaze above, for heaven’s nod I wait, and know not my reason,
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Author: Tony DeLorger
My Nature Bed…a silent lullaby
Buttercups and lilies, burden the steeped banks, and water laps with a silent grace upon that rich dark soil, laced
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Nature’s Beat…a sunny day refrain
All is Sweet in Nature’s Beat… Petals unfurl to greet the day, as blooms on stems stretching, find strength to
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Coffee Praise
The steam rose, like jet propulsion, and that high-pitched squeal announced, the coffee waiting with patient resolve, that mug yearning,
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Badger Marsh
It seems its creepy story day on TCE, so without further ado, I play my part with dark and gruesome
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The More I See…
The longer I live the more I trust myself, the more I prove to me , my insights are justified;
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False Gods and Slight of Hand
False Gods… Distractions and addictions… What words can I say not already said, of all the woe and hatred that
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No Convincing a Liar
No Convincing a Liar…they believe their lies Immersed I may be, surrounded by the muttering of delusions, as they circle
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Loose Rope Walking
Between truth and imagination… Willfully I, with some trepidation, walk the course of a tenuous loose rope, swung between two
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When Trust is Lost
When Trust is Lost, Doubt Lingers… In quandary minds fall to doubt, unbelieving the sight that confronts, led astray from
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I Haven’t Finished Yet!
If life tapped me on the shoulder and told me its time to go, I would be devastated. Not from
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The Knoll…where nature lives
The Knoll…where nature lives Atop a green knoll with grasses like rolling waves, voices slight resound in playful glee, beneath
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Freedom Beckons, Past Taints…outmoded thinking
Freedom Beckons, Past Taints Freedom beckons even the most untroubled heart, for tis freedom within that is expressed outwardly, but
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Stop and Go Life…attempted escape
Thoughts so dark… Thoughts become blades, then turn to wings and fly away, yet I feel their presence, their looming
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The Terrorist’s Blade
When that blade cuts through flesh like butter, and a human head is severed clean, sawn through vessels, muscle and
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Mrs. Wrong…where’s my angel?
Where art thou, angel? In the keep of angels, perhaps this heart would yield itself true, for all human trials
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On Rippled Pond
Light dances on the rippled pond, glimmering diamond flashing beads of morning, gold and new in day’s dawning, shards so
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Tender the Ties…heart and life
Heart Love and Loss Extremes… Tender the ties that bind a heart to life, the love that makes the pain
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The Burden of Secrets
The Burden of Secrets… And who will know, these secrets you hold, these whispers to self in a silent room,
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Bare Witness
Witness the Unraveling of Humanity… Bare witness to the travesty, the unfolding nightmare, and know that you and I, far
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A Wanting Life…a skewed reality
Wanting and poor self-esteem… I ask why and know too well, the imperfections that guide hearts to lost: lost from
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The Window Pane…a scary tale
Facing the Demon… Upon my frosted window a knock came loud and sharp, jolting me from dozing, in my chair
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A Vengeful Father
The Vengeful Father…a tale He strode on cobblestone streets, long legged strides of imperatives to meet, and his top-hat all
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