A Traitor's Thoughts

 
I bear traitorous thoughts
In the sneering eyes
Of swift passersby

One glance
One quick swill
Is all
That is truly required

To retain the entire narrative
Of a turncoat’s cowardice
Yearning, to revise skin

I hold traitorous thoughts
Earlobes that quake
To mankind’s
Every tune

My words blossom
True to their own flair
Instilled, with their own customs
That singe away, at timid hearts

I hold treacherous thoughts
That lead frail minds
Through a maze
Of unending distress

Fruitful Endurance

 It is fruitful endurance
Speeding for its wrath and comfort
Stripping us bare
Down to our inner workings

It coddles us with contempt
Caressing our skin
Then turns to nip at our throats
In lustful spite

It is too simplistic,
Falling into her radiant grace
So simple,
To falter beneath his might
There are no lines
No straight and narrow paths
For it curves and sways
Genuflecting before no alter

What we all crave
Is to tread this wilderness whole
Bound in unison
Done away with earthly fortunes

What we all crave
Is the rising sea of anguish!
Terror of the quiet earth
Beloved, relic of man

Treasure this warmth
Well into its misty suffrage
When torment comes to pass
And cradles you to a lonely fate

 This poem was featured in my first anthology entitled "Guardian of the Inkwell: A Collection of Ramblings of the Poetic Persuasion".  It is available for free here on lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/shop/william-l-wright-jr/guardian-of-the-inkwell-a-collection-of-ramblings-of-the-poetic-persuasion/ebook/product-20548322.html If you enjoy this anthology then please be sure to share it with friends  and family members who also enjoy reading poetry.