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COLLECTION FIVE

Falling Star

L. E. SHAFFER

Publication date: December 23, 2007
Author: L. E. Shaffer
Company: Shaffer Novels/Poetry Company
COPYRIGHT 2007 L. E. SHAFFER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FIRST PRINTING; ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA

Yes, there are pages of life written on the heart. As youth, these visions of life beckon. Yet there are only, really precious moments of life left for each and every one of us. And observations are collected in a book of mysticism from mythical Kale. On those plains so long ago, we watched a falling star on the horizon. Let us share what remains...

L. E. Shaffer
June 3, 2005

Canto 1

"Falling Star"
June 3, 2005

On the green plains
So very long ago
We stood and watched
The falling star

Splintering light
As it raced to
Horizon moonlit
A moment frozen

Forever in our minds
Our spirits entwined
As a gentle wind
Shadowed the event

Quietly, gently
We held hands
Waiting for what
May never come

Again the moon
Again the stars
Again the falling
Again this time

But you can
Never go home
Only the remains
Of a memory

A vapor of time
A fragment of
Creation in that
Falling star

"The Storm Comes"
July 24, 2005

Darkening clouds gather
Gentle winds grow
Into angry dust swirls
Dust devils dance

Upon the ground
As large raindrops
Splatter, making
Pelting sounds

As thunder vibrates
Everything around
And dark shapes
Scurry about

Faster and faster
The storm comes
From depths of
Utter despair

To heavens of
Intense delight
The standing clouds
Grow black and

More angry
The shapes
Melting into
Sheets of rain

Dark and forbidding
Not knowing where
The storm begins
And our life ends

"Yon Horizon"
July 28, 2005

A simple thought
A basic desire
The ultimate longing
I want to go home

A place seemingly lost
Forever on yon horizon
As a fading sunset
Lives in constant motion

But home on the mind
A hunger tugging at
The relentless heart beat
The living rushing oblivion

I want to go home
If only I could
But you can never
Go back from whence

You came long ago
A child and loved
Those times lost
O, to go home

At last, going home
Upon a raft of dreams
Suffusing light throughout
Home in the wavering distance

As heat shimmers
Rush off in the
Far distance but
Home so close

"Something Quite Amazing and Rare"
September 29, 2005

Island breezes
Salt in the air
Sun setting
With the moon

Rising over
My shoulder
Something quite
Amazing and rare

Palms swaying
Tuned to music
A beat, a life
Heartbeat to beat

The thrum
Of life so
Rare and amazing
All in a breeze

Night on the
Gentle waves
Up onto white
Sandy beach

All warm
And delicious
Something quite
Amazing and rare

As unique
As you and me
Coming together as
We live and breathe

"Just A Wide Open Blue"
September 30, 2005

And the music
Brings chills to
My body and soul
While hot tears

Well up in
A desire once
Gone and lost
Seemingly hopeless

A rising fever
Thumping heart
As low sadness
More than a tune

Utterly lost
In the light
The darkness
Behind the eye

Then a blink
And the next
Infinity unfolds
Chills creeping

Ever outward
Ripples in the
Water reflecting
The skyless blue

Lost and alone
Never a home
To escape to
Just a wide open blue

"Free"
October 18, 2005

Free, free
Roaming plains
Sky blue above
Mountains beyond

On horizon
Stands the memory
Free from bonds
Let loose

Across wide
River calm
Air still
And heart

Pounding free
Home over
Next ridge
Grass waving

In the breeze
Warm and free
A journey
Just there

Out of reach
Tears free
From depths
But a memory

And now
On plains
Free and majestic
Home at last

"Sensation"
March 2, 2006

Sensations run rampant
Inhibition gone awry
As a moment cries
For a time distant

And but a memory
When all seemed
Right with life
Yet now is now

Life must be lived
Regardless of feelings
Emotions wild
Sensations overwhelming

Bodies enmeshed
Tangled but free
But a moment
And everything gone

Then the night
Wraps around us
As the close air
Settles like dust

And the memories
Return of hate
And love, all
One and the same

Life is but
The next
Wild and wooly
Sensation

“Sleep with Me”
June 7, 2006

Will you sleep with me
When the willow dies
And is upon the wind
Gentle heartache and kindness

Borne of a desire
Long ago in the ages
Dark and dire
Swords drawn

And all but sleep
Is what one desires
Till meet again
Love’s lost flame

Will you sleep
When the willow
Comes back one
Bright moon

And fire of sun
Breaches horizon
Blue and darkens
Skies canopy of stars

One long kiss
Memory serves
As heat of day
Warms chilled heart

And lights the
Dimness of
Bloodshot eyes
Will you sleep then

"A Glass Darkly"
October 30, 2006

Rain softly fell
Muting sounds
In a song dark
Hiding the blood

Eyes unmoving
Yet intent and alive
Gut wrenching
Stilted thought

Windows iced
In rainwater cold
Pictured a soul
Captive and still

Were there but
Sight along
That turmoil
From brain to eye

Through a glass
Darkly but yet
To understand
A path bloody

Revealed to one only
One who fathomed
Rain gentle upon
That field afar

The rain stopped
Soundless but loud
Silence but a song
Hiding the blood

"Never"
November 30, 2006

These are the days
That will never end
Each memory
A pearl of sun

Never come the night
And dawning the day
Never speak
Never fly

Only a life begotten
Not dragon tried
Not dragon tested
Forlorn and forgotten

These are the years
That will never rest
Each moment
But a prism

Of our regret
Of our guile
Of our love
Lost but a while

When we were
Young and yearning
This is the time
To return home

These are our lives
That will never last
Yet we’ve tried
And passed the tests

Publication date: December 2007
Author: L. E. Shaffer
Company: Shaffer Novels/Poetry Company
COPYRIGHT 1998 - 2007, 2008 L. E. Shaffer
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FIRST PRINTING; ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA