echoes and whispers

THE BRIDGE WE CROSSED

CAROL

Love,

nothing

and everything.

With you in the serenity of nothing

that my love is everything.

Armand

In caves
on mountain peaks
are Gods.

Wheels turn,
balls spin,
chips are
placed.

In
dark
parlors
our fates
are sealed.

Rulers of
the elements
in their fancy
gamble away
the pages
of our books.

Armand Hamouth

THE WRITTEN WORD

A LEG UP

It is the star that shines dimly in the skies
In the open hearts of those not jaded by lies
The smiles they bring, the joy they kindle
Knotted up and filled with riddle

It is the winter blooms the untold glory
It is just a few words to tell the whole story
My predecessors have done well
So I have no new tale to tell

Armand Hamouth

NO SECOND CHANCES

ONCE

Once,
I held a star ,
found it
underneath a rock.

I
threw it
in the air
and so
to the ground
it fell

I
watched it
I
even made,
a silent wish.

I
put
the star back
in space
and
walked away.

Armand Hamouth

DANDELIONS

FREE

FLYING

Fluffs of re-roots
on nothing float.

children wish
set it free
fly again

to the joy
the elation
of innocence.

that's the rule
fresh from heaven
babes know

even weeds
deserve to
be free.

Armand Hamouth

KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER

A RHYMING

POEM

Tickle your quarrel.

Armand Hamouth

A BURNING PASSION

HERE ON MY LAND

This one’s for mine in kind.
What then,
what did you think you’d find,
your hen?

Would you strip me of my passion,
or maybe extinguish my flame,
am I no longer in fashion,
or did you just think I was lame?

Armand Hamouth