Christopher M. Bird Cain

Poet

Autumn Lullaby
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Go to sleep sweet Earth.
The dark half approaches,
you served us well during the light,
you deserve the rest.

Go to sleep sweet Earth.
Let your wounds heal,
allow the snow to cover your wounds
before the grass covers your scars.

Go to sleep sweet Earth.
Sleep deep, sleep true.
Rest and heal, don't worry.
We will wake you with dancing in the spring.

--CMBC ^^



 I think this verse is tentatively titled
"The Call of the Warrior"
 

Heroes of the past
call to me in whispers
while I lay in that place
between the waking world,
and the spheres of dreams.

Their blood is mine,
fire in my veins.
The call of the warrior
is within and without.
Inescapeable.

 


On Finn MacCool
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I am a warrior,
and a warrior's son.
First within my mind,
then with my body,
my battles are won.

My life is my honour,
and my word is my bond.
A sword in my hand,
shield on my arm,
truth, my armor donned.

--CMBC^^


Man mispalaced.
Wanting to fight for honour.
Finding no fight.
Finding my honour alone.

A world without honour
is no world at all.
Give me somthing to fight for!
I tire of battling concepts.

I wish for a home,
a hearth a wife, a family
to defend.
Something to call mine.
Something of my own hands.

-- CMBC ^^


Wouldst thou cry over me,
If dead lay I, upon the ground,
Bloodied, slain by my enemy's hand?

Be assured, I would have died well,
Died with honour, would I.
With sword in hand, and smile in my eyes,
and if any mercy be mine,
your taste, and your name upon my lips.

-- CMBC^^


A Triad
In honor of my grandfather's 79th birthday 24 Oct. 1997

Three things that are good:

Warm sun on my face,
good drink on my tounge,
and my Grandfather's smile.


Why do words have no weight?
Given breath, they enter the ear,
then disapate as if never spoken.

Men no longer mean what they say,
they do not say what they mean.
They cannot.
Their honorless hearts are a mystery to them,
they know not themselves, those without honor.

When did we men
lose this gift we give ourselves?
It cannot be misplaced.
It can be lost.
But in this age, it is simply ignored.

I find what is lost,
I bind with what is said,
I'll bear all the cost,
I'll not lose my honor before my head.

-- CMBC^^


At war with the times I live in.
I battle constantly.
What the world wants me to be
and what I truly am.

Faceless enemies surround me.
Pushing, pressing on all sides.
Without faces, they wear masks.
Does one look like you?

-- CMBC ^^


The moon dances with the clouds.
A bride, peering past her veil.

The wind whispers her secrets
carries them softly to my ears.

The earth is cool beneath my feet,
the soft living grasses comfort me.
She is cool beneath my feet,
but I know deep down she hides her fire.

-- CMBC^^


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