some heard the thunder cry and some heard the thunder sing
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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.