RELICS
By
Roger Dale Trexler
Poems from a long ago, far away time
©2011 Roger Dale Trexler
TRUE LOVE
Theirs was a love
That grew by leaps and bounds
The leaps she took at him
With a kitchen knife
And the ropes by which she was bound
ON PASSING ON 1-26-88
So strange,
This way of being
Yet so true to form
With love coming
In circles round
A never-ending circle’s born
Youth,
So vital
With children playing
And laughing aloud
Running straight into
A life that devours
Time passes quickly
And youth grows in age
Straight into life
Like the turning of a page
And, though the soul has hardened,
The mind is still anew
With daydreams and reveries
Of what they used to do
Each year is but a moment
Each day but a blink
And as they pass us by
Out lives begin to shrink
And, then,
There is no more
No sun will rise
And dreams shall go unfulfilled
Into the dark spaces of the universe
To be passed on
To me and you.
ONE WITH THE NIGHT 5-17-89
I am one with the night
We have fucked like animals
Underneath her blanket
And, yet, made love so tender
And right
That heaven could be no better
We are much alike,
The night and I
All dark and quiet and full of mystery
Awaiting our end
With quiet pride
And, like love to my darkened heart,
Knowing that it shall come again.
UNTITLED 11/25/89
The monster lurks in my heart, cold and uncaring,
He knows the limits of my soul,
Plays them like a trump card in hell,
Dealt from the bottom of the deck.
TOGETHER AS ONE
We were as one once
And shall always be
Birds of a feather
Nesting and flying free
And should we ever
Be burdened by love fire
Then let us remember
Our unremitting desire
To be as one – as it was meant to be.
MODERN DAY SHAKESPEARE 4-6-88
Hark!
What light from yond window breaks?
merely the blue haze
cast from the idiot box
as she sits on her fat ass
watching DYNASTY and DALLAS
so, I go down the street
to where the red light shines
and satisfy my needs
another way.
RED DAWN
The night, so cold and dark
Has passed once again
As the twin moons herald in
The coming of a new day
Through this cave of steel and glass
Sometimes I feel so all alone
In this barren waste
Of sands, canals and dunes
That the nights spent with you
In the holodome
Are all that gets me through
To this wondrous moment
When fire kisses the sky
Come share the experience, my love
Come watch the crimson fade
As the sun rises
Here on Mars
DRINKING PROBLEM
I had a drinking problem
And hiding it was hard
Until I found the answer
I buried her in the backyard.
DESPERATE AGE 3-19-90
The innocents
They think that there is nothing
That they can not achieve
Without the will
And the power
Of their own desires
But, as time draws on,
They find that roadblocks
And obstacles
Are insurmountable
And that their ability to conquer
Has faded,
Transplanted by complacency
And fear
Of what their lives have become
In this desperate age
Without reason
TWILIGHT 3-16-90
The cobwebs
Fill this place
In my heart
And the sunset
Through the window
Holds no promise
Of a new day’s dawning
Only the darkness
Of an empty night
And the reality
Of many more to come
LOVE POEM #69
Forgive me, my love
For stealing your heart
But it looked so lovely
Within your chest
And what man could refuse
The temptation
Of your breasts
To cup them lovingly,
Put lips to flesh
….and chew
ELAINE
Once, I returned to her again
My forever lover
My sweet Elaine
With eyes like fire
She would look
Into my eyes
And send bolts of lightning
Down my spine
But, that
was long ago,
when we were young and lean
And youth took our feelings
To heart
Now, as I gaze into her eyes
The fire has died
As youth has escaped us
I smiled
And turned away
Returning to my home
And there, I shall stay
Never to see her again
UPON A SILVER SEA
Upon a silver sea
I wander
Eyes glassy as the
Skin
Of steel and brick
I walk upon
The rubble
Of the aftermath
As I look upon
A mushroom cloud
In the dawn
ANOTHER CONQUERED HERO
Like another
Conquered hero
I tuck my tail
Between my legs
Close my eyes
And beg
The powers that be
For another chance,
Another dance,
In the limelight
To prove my worth.
COLD SILENCE
Cold silence
That rules the night
Hear my cries
Of pain
Wake me from
This nightmare
Free me from
These chains
That hold me
From flight
Hear my tears
Before the night
Dwindles away
A PAUSE IN HER PASSAGE
She stopped to rest
On that trek
That would lead her nowhere
Tired and distraught
Her feet feel like lead weights
Sinking in an ocean
Of doubt
And fear
—I’d talk to her
if I knew what to say
—but what can I say to someone
with no hope
or dreams
After a while, when the pain recedes
She stands and walks away
Without a word, or a thanks
Who are you?
Who are you?
And where are you going,
Lonely woman
Whom I met
During this pause
In our passage
Through life?
DIFFERENT CIRCLES
We run in different circles
To the left
And to the right
Never knowing where we’ll end up
At the end of the night
We think alike,
You and I,
But circumstances keep us apart
I can feel the burning
In you eyes,
The fire in your heart
When you’re near,
I wonder
What it would be like
—and I think that you do, too
ponder the way it might be
if different circles
didn’t keep us blue
last night,
as I dreamed
I saw the light
Different circles
Have similar circumferences,
Needing only love and time
To make the radius right
And join the points
That have no end
A never-ending desire
Infinite and true
Like the circle
That joins me to you
THE PARKING LOT
Soon, all the cars will be gone
And the lot will be empty
Alone, like me
Hours ago, it was so alive
Not a spot could be found
Life seemed to flow there
And I know not why
But, now,
All the bars are closed
And the migration of man
And machine
Has taken place
Leaving only empty spaces
And so many dreams
Unfulfilled
Until tomorrow
When life claims it anew