Steve Santerre

Banners and stripes, blues, reds and whites
States and counties, cities and sites
A nation in peril, a downhill slope
Debt and terror, war and peace
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The voice on the radio speaks with alarm
Of some war we started, neighbours going mad…

“Praise to the soldiers who fight for your freedom
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Moonlight from the distance
Reborn just for an instance
In the moment, I feel
Like a god, surreal,
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Abstract thoughts shuffled until order is lost
Like a pile of cards or two square dice
In the manor of the mind, doors shut tight
Tables, chairs, and beds, a house of cards
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As the myriad of dragons fly from inferno,
Colours of joy turn grim, mirroring the night sky,
A sky filled not with planets and stars, oh no,
But that which opposes the light,
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Freeing the self from pain, the test I say
The darkness we swim through, sunken in sorrow.
Life to which we yearn to upkeep, just one more day we say.
The struggle so great, the heavy waves, the twists, the turns
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As astute a man that can ponder such an idea,
Fierce and crazed by the prospect it holds
Not merely for wealth or fame but for much more you hear,
Driven and enlightened by this realization, now, more than ever
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Veered from my path, all direction lost
The forest of trees, the unending tranquility of this place
Birds fluttering from their nests, leaves dancing in the wind
The lightness of the sky, soft and weak, grey, calmness
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Eternity lasts forever at the cusp of infinity
To reach beyond the limit, but before the end
From the depths of imagination, to the apex of the universe
And then, when the forces of nature no longer apply,
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Lovely and divine, the angel’s body in the sunlight
Green dress, dotted white, as the clouds, a most beautiful sight
Once I look up, I see, graceful she is, full of life
The tender gaze changes me, for love, not strife
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Heaven’s dance, soul and light
Harmony be us, with all your might
Lift us up, lead us to
The garden of eternal fruit
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To earth, to man, voyage to and fro
Mars, the moon, dare not say no
The universe is grand, how we must expand!
Survival ensured, we spread, here and there
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Blood, the sweat of battle, by sword struck
Fallen, oh death why so sudden
If to shield one’s life is to guard it,
Why then can’t I see!
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Candour! I speak with an honest voice
Not of doubt or of lies I wish to tell
But of a kind of truth I know so dear
It beckons me; it pushes me, and now I seek,
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Your majesty, he shows no mercy in strength, a great abundance in will
Power and planning, execution, he has a job to fulfill
From the foothills near the stream
To the highest of all, supreme
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The hymn of solemn repose
The state of quietude, of unspoken wisdom
By the seasoned tree, a view of the openness,
Away from distraction and intrusion, a distant land
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