Broken Eternity- Words form thought and prose

By Travis Justice

A collection of poems and a few illustrations by Travis Justice. Newly updated to full size. I do apologize to anyone who downloaded the short version. I did not realize the error had occurred until the purchase of the first book. Please download the updated version and enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Travis Justice
• Release date: Jul 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310476587

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about a spiraling descent

into a linear afterworlds were

I find, enshrined

on a throne of golden idols,

Nothing.

Decaying fertility wreathes

lie strewn

the broken crowns

of the fallen gods.

No.?

Instead should I write of sleep

dreams and nightmares coalesced?

Alas, 'tis the third chime

of the ante meridiem

and I must away to

Orpheus' tender embrace

to tarry in the hiatal garden

and walk its shaded paths.

Flights of timeless fancy

condensed moments

of splendid nightmares

and grotesque desire.

No.?

Or 'ere the whim were to

take a literary aim?

Would that I take to

wax efficaciously

of our First Father and Mother

in a Miltonian Paradise

or wane in the telling of a pilgrim's

trip to a Dantean Inferno.

Perhaps to list in lyric

form the authors I like the best,

Many is the writer who is confused

all fiction is a fantasy.

No.?

'Ere I shall write of, the tonal form,

music is of what I will speak.

Golden are the notes musicians make

silver are the simple chords,

all songs and singers,

gifted by that muse,

profess the Sirens' bidding,

and if both in one, why then Apollo they be.

But no musician do I be

instrument and song

are talents that I lack,

can you speak, of what speaks not to you?

No.?

Should instead I speak

of natures pastoral splendor?

Shinning dappled light

motley forest floor aglow,

birds sing a sympathetic symphony

for the spring and summers'

brightly glinting in the

tall green golden trees, for now.

Flora and fauna spread

in a diverse panoply

of colors and combinations

that one can only dream.

No.?

And what shall I on the topic of man,

no gender here, the homo sapien?

Fickle and felicitous is thee

who is said to be god’s image,

apex predator at heart

though frail adaptable,

this world their dominion

they are, at best, quixotic.

No.?

The I shall just right these fore-score lines,

No.?

Beating for You

How many beats does a broken heart get?

Nature's cry comes down

pitter pat

and cleanses the world.

How many tears does a rainfall make?

A heart, broken still beats

thump thump

and only whets the pieces.

How much damage can a shatter heart take?

A name echoing in the cambers

hello hello

rebounding off the crags.

How many beats do broken hearts get?

to see you gone to another

sigh sigh

a broken heart beats just once.

How many tears does a broken heart get?

enough to drown in sorrow

gulp gulp

but not enough to drown your name.

How much hurt can a broken heart take?

enough to last eternally

ahh ahh

How many beats does a broken heart get?

just one

calling out your name.

Music

The siren sings

As he strums

And picks.

The melody

And voice merge

And are one.

The words intertwine

The connection

Everything.

And I think

Of you, holding

Me tight in cold.

The siren sings

The words caress

The guitars body.

The musician