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    Some Heard the Thunder Cry and Some Heard the Thunder Sing

    A collection of poems by Alan Eby

    All work Alan Eby

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    Note:

    The work in this collection retains its uniqueness and initial spontaneity. All of these poems

    contain the emotions I was feeling at the time. No additions or revisions have been made to the

    poems. I want the reader to experience this collection just as I did when I originally wrote it.

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    I never meant for any of this to happen, but sometimes things happen and we cant control

    them even if we make the decision to run away. Like a phoenix rising from its Ash, I am

    reborn now, but my ability to fly is weighed down by the memory of you. You have flown away

    because I pushed you out of the nest, hoping the pain inside me would heal. Today is a new day

    and Im taking it slowly.

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    The Thunder

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    Gone and it Feels Different

    Picking up the memory of you is hard to throw away

    Both partsLover and friend

    A dagger to your heart because of the latter

    I only know what I dont know what to explain

    Because youre a closet of emotions that I loved to wear

    The tremble in my bones shook my roots

    That were rooted to you

    Until an axe came down that you meant to apologetically place

    In your destruction path

    You are gone and Im goneAnd it feels different

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    I Hear It

    Do you hear it?

    The beginning of itI hear it

    The raindrops from over a mile away as they splash down

    Creating a mushy ground to walk onThat leaves your shoes muddy and wet

    Which will track in dirt and unwanted things into the house

    Where you and I once lived together

    In love and insane with each other

    But when your love struck out three times

    The umpire called the game and sent the teams home

    YesI heard it all

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    One Date

    Eyes meet

    White meat

    Personal whine

    Red wine

    Nighttime

    Culinary thyme

    Slowly bored

    Cutting board

    Ill call you

    I wont hold my breath

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    Run Away

    My mind was scared

    Lost in timeI had no reason

    Only your song

    Resting on my shoulders

    A brittle piece of land

    Where friendship plantsIts seeds in hand

    The water from my tears

    Failed to seep down belowFailing us today

    Is the only job I know

    Pulling me to stay

    Pushing me to go

    I dont knowI dont know

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    Update

    I shouldnt care or even remotely ponder your whereabouts

    But I doMy best to push you away is as good as you are at letting me down

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    Thunder

    Boom

    It shakes the bonesFelt the earth tremble with fear

    Since the days have been forecasted with doubt

    And the nights cool with silenceTime for the summer air to be renewed

    Boom

    Closer to the heartBut far away from the ground

    Something stirring never makes a sound

    Until now

    Until now

    BoomThe rain starts to fall

    A blanket of soft noise that calmsThe Thunder to sleep

    With each of its self inflicting rants

    Brought back by the rousing sleeping sheepBoom

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    Border-Line Sacrifice

    Here at the seam

    Where a zipper comes cleanA man and woman stand eye-to-eye

    Fixating blame and resenting their tries

    Where he sends guilt

    And where she sends another name

    He shoulders doubtTo her, back to basics she wants, its all a game

    A year of closed doors

    That wine reluctantly proclaimedThree months of close encounters

    Turned out to be unrequited, unrestrained

    Headstrong says the spirit

    Along says the heart

    Near beckons the pastPresent like a poisonous dart

    But what she wants inside

    Is for the reasons to never come outHis pride is beaten down

    Not collared by her route

    So as his own heroHe detaches and walks away

    From the one he swore hed never leaveNo matter what she would say

    A hero makes the sacrificeOf breaking all the ties

    That bind him or her to a place

    Where promises go to die

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    Hero

    I want to save you

    From all the hurt that wont pass you byBut since that hurt is all your fault

    You can stand there and let yourself cry

    My heart used to beat weaker

    Now it pumps with a better inside

    A new machine ready for workI have nothing left of yours to hide

    Im a hero

    I saved myselfIm not your hero, anymore

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    Optimism/Faith

    I wish I had that bright outlook of the future as you do

    That glimmer of hope in your eye

    Second chances come every day to you

    Whereas they come rarely for me, like a calm storm

    I envy your faith

    Your ability to believe that everything will be ok

    You are your own person every day

    Whereas I am different people each day

    I plead to regain an understanding of it all

    A blank piece of paper filled with answers

    Your questions are instantly answered

    Whereas mine go overlooked

    I wish I were you

    And I wish you were you, again

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    The Lightning

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    Flash

    From inside I see a bright flash of light

    Outside I go to investigateNothing

    But within a few seconds

    Youre backBack with the same sight but brighter

    Only for a split second and youre gone away again

    Another lapse of concentration saddens me

    Until you flash again

    Lighting up my sky

    You and I engage in this playful exchange until the passion storm passes

    Leaving us both lost and amazedWhat do I do now that youre gone?In two days time will bring you again

    So Ill just wait by the window for your flashing call

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    Strike the Ground

    You say my bark is bigger than my bite

    Well Im here to show you the truth tonight

    Im turning off the white noise

    Focusing on the front, forgetting the back

    Bring the thunder

    Bring the rainIll strike the ground

    Nothings the same

    This built up pressure is ready to blowIm finally brave to let it all go

    These eyes are open and wide awakeReady to make the ground shake

    Bring the thunderBring the rain

    Ill strike the ground

    Nothings the same

    No more waiting

    No more debating

    No more crying

    No more dying

    My atmospheric courage is up sky highFalling is failing when I dont try

    This rainbows end comes with a priceRollin sevens with the dice of life

    Bring the thunder

    Bring the rainIll strike the ground

    Nothings the same

    Bring the thunder

    Bring the rain

    Ill strike the groundNothings the same

    Up and Down

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    Today I am upYesterday I was down

    Tomorrow Ill be downIn two days Ill be up

    Every day is a struggleA battle of lights out

    Chaos inside my headAn order to cease this dread

    Confirm?

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    Forgive The Path That I Take

    Say nice things about me because I am headed off

    Into the lightInto the unknown

    Your chained mind never felt real to yourselfSo learn to feel again

    Without me

    Ill stop in on occasion to see how youre doing

    But dont expect me to stay

    To replay

    As these autumn leaves litter the ground and smell of wind

    Make promises for the winterTo stay warm

    When Im around you become lost and anxious

    Like a pound of mysteryFocus

    The way you need to go sounds like whispers in the pines

    Echoing your past through timeA haunting innocent crime

    Forgive the path that I take

    Because itd not the one you want me to goIts the one I need to go, for you

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    After the Storm

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    That Feeling

    Melancholy is a disease

    Memories, I captain themOrder them around

    But sometimes they stage a mutiny and rise above

    I remember the day I heard that song

    The melodies like sweet candy for the ears

    It makes me sadNext came that movie where I was totally immersed

    A part of said world

    Away from my own

    Moving on to the smell of rain on a summer afternoonOutside the windowsill

    Gently coming down

    Relaxed but agitated

    I get these feelings a lot but I go along with them

    and try not to push them awayBecause they pull me in and I feel alive again

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    What Way

    What way do I leave home?

    In what way did I do you wrong?Where do I take this bag of lies?

    When can I lose track of time?

    Your path is another way

    A ways away from me

    Tell me what I should do

    I see no answer today

    My mind is heavy with the burden

    Of pushing myself away

    Your path is another wayA ways away from me

    What way do I leave home?

    In what way did I do you wrong?Where do I take this bag of lies?

    When can I lose track of time?

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    A Moment

    Some days when Im walking-

    well, every day-I look at the faces of the passing people and hope to see her

    Her and I would have a split-second moment where we comprehend each others pain and I

    would look away and keep walkingI wouldnt say a word to her,

    nor do I have anything to say

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    Catch and Release

    I once caught a streak of hope

    And I let it goNot because I was clumsy

    But because I was afraid

    Afraid of what could beOf what I wanted to see

    My present state of frozen debate

    Has left me freezer burnt with hateOf happiness and interaction

    Like a House owned by a doctor

    I cynically mock the world

    Expressing my doubts of society in close quarters

    At the end of the dayI am branded by my life

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    Moving On

    There was that old place

    Which was our first at allIt had some good times

    And there, I experienced my fall

    Shit at best

    But it was all ours

    Nothing to stop usFrom being unknown stars

    Besides my failed love

    And your excess of itWe bound the two together

    And made it fit

    So its time to move on

    On to our separate ways

    Well meet again laterLets say a few hundred days

    A sad time for me

    And a sad time for youThe walls are all bare

    On July 31st, a quarter past two

    Youve taught me to love againAnd to forget the past

    Ive taught you to laugh moreAnd to see through your own looking glass

    Lets save the goodbyes for tomorrowFor when we hand over the keys

    Friends first, family all together

    Youve become a part of me

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    The Keeper

    In a box upon a shelf

    Where promises lie charred and burnedSmoke pours out in lumps of black

    He steps up and takes his turn

    Lifting the lid with cautious eyes

    A segment of memories come flooding back

    Desperately wanting to forget it allNothing will defend this wanted attack

    Flying high in ecstasy

    With fields of love and flowers and dreamsA new day brings another round

    To jump side-to-side along the seam

    Lost in a frenzy, a ramblin way

    His mind wanders from what he wants and what is not said

    Begging his heart to openup

    To wrap the concept around his head

    The quota has been filledSo he slides the lid back on

    Another day out of place

    Another visit aloneWith all his might and all his strength

    The box is lifted and torn apartImploding with confetti, a carnival of the moon

    The phases are over, silence fills the room

    Finally, The Keeper, regains his peace

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    The smell after that storm is rejuvenating; a majestic splash of new. Theres a fog on the road,

    about chest high, and I have lost sight of you.