Candle flame flickers Shadows on the wall Dancing, to and fro A river of tears, I do cry Life comes full circle Once more, and yet again Repetitious upon demand Clinging to a dying hope Dreaming a dream, one so grand But knowing that reality, so depressing Casts this gloom upon my life Always drowning me, what an understatement Within this pool, the one called life Caught in this whirlpool, Goddess help me I beg, I plead To no avail Reaching out so desperately, for your hand my dear Yet so far away, that you are Friendship I cling to, my life’s line from afar Where are you, I can’t see you Your voice, now oh so quiet I feel so lost; in this darkness I call my life I wait patiently for you to return And perhaps then, this terrible gloom might lift It might lift away from my heart, so cold it is now While I dance with myself, to a tune so sad The one within my own head, off key as well Sounding so much like an ill tuned piano
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
This is a book of free verse poetry that addresses the seven main tests in life and offers some sensible solutions to passing those tests with minimal discomfort.
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