by Danny Ballan | Mar 4, 2015 | Poetry
So you think you know,You really do.And the whole worldIs drawnFrom the angle of your eyes;Freedom is yours,But to bless the ones who do,And kill the ones who don’t.You imagine the world a pen,With sheepSo may differIn the mixture of hue.They eat, they grow;You starve...
by Danny Ballan | Mar 4, 2015 | Poetry
I write todayAs I write everyday—For the few.Not that no one elseGets the words,Or that they were not sentTo their address,But head after headHad turned away,And only those fewStill care about words.It’s too noisy!Too much to bear;The phoneThe alerts,And the...
by Danny Ballan | Mar 4, 2015 | Poetry
When there is the urge for words,Talk … Say it all right then—For after the storm subsides,You may not be able to save anyone.When there is a dance going on,You rock … and hold the worldIn a mad trance; it will understand,But tomorrow all insane it may sound.When...
by Danny Ballan | Mar 4, 2015 | Poetry
I have learned to takeFrom the tree that carried me,The hands that fed,And the heart that bled—To make me the manI am today.I have learned to take all,And leave nothing behind.I have promised to giveWhen I have taken enough—Like the eye of desire,Never filled but with...
by Danny Ballan | Mar 4, 2015 | Poetry
I can finally changeThe way I am, for youDo not accept my looks,And fear someone might have heardMy rural voice.When the world falls,If I fail to name a luxury,You will not be thereTo share my shame or misery.Poor I have known little,In this world of yours,I will...
by Danny Ballan | Mar 4, 2015 | Poetry
I love…Till my soul stretchesFar beyond my mind can see,And true the wordsDo come from there;That’s whyI can never tellHow much I love.Far beyond the orange sky,Where life endsAnd life begins,I sit there on the edgeWatching life regeneratesVibrating all the time,Love...
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