Poems by Guy Chambers

Life and Breath
                                                              unblessed street
                                                                     bare feet
                                                              a fleshless shadow
                                                              on the alleyway wall

                                                                     deprived
                                                                     degraded
                                                                     benumb

                                                              inward emptiness
                                                              longing for a bite
                                                              even just
                                                                     just a crumb
                                                                     would be enough

                                                              unblessed street
                                                                     bare feet

                                                              express less
                                                              skin and bones

                                                              weakness
                                                              endure alone

                                                                     straiten pain
                                                                     depleted veins

                                                              unblessed street
                                                                     bare feet

                                                              life and breath
                                                              under born worth

                                                                     cry snuffed
                                                                     close the eyes

                                                              wanting to feel alive
                                                                     in a time
                                                                     to survive

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Sheltering
                                                              an ear whisper
                                                              beyond means
                                                              seemly out just
                                                              for the hurting

                                                  skin to the bones
                                                  knowing to the lone
                                                  dry eyes
                                                  not much to see
                                                  lonely cry
                                                  within a sigh

                                                      sheltering endless pain
                                                      in a plentiful world

                                                              an ear whisper
                                                              through the alley
                                                              ghostly ashes
                                                              in the trash

                                                  fingernails scraping
                                                  in the dumpster
                                                  for a mouse nibbling
                                                  in the spoiling 

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                             an ear whisper
                                                             a child staring at the chalkboard
                                                             strain veins
                                                             breathing weak
                                                             enduring fatigue
                                              
                                              wishful
                                              for a bellyful

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                             an ear whisper
                                                             outsight in the moonlight
                                                             dusk in in the footsteps
                                                             tears in silence

                                                  darkness settle in
                                                  of many
                                                  tells it all
                                                  written on the wall

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                            an ear whisper
                                                            impose damned
                                                            bare hand 
                                                            reach out
                                                           for hand outs

                                                  belittle muffle 
                                                  face without meaning
                                                  to what ends

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                                     why
Posted May 16, 2021

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Guy Chambers was born in Edmonton and lives out at North Cooking Lake. He has two books published called Flying Kites in the Moonlight and The Theater. Chambers has been published in many Canadian literary magazines in addition to the USA, New Zealand, and Australia. He also has online publishings that has reached global viewing.

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