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    The Journey of the Soul
    The Journey of the Soul
    The Journey of the Soul
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    The Journey of the Soul

    By Mark Cisper

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    The Journey of the Soul is the third volume of the poetic works of Mark Cisper. It begins where "Ashes from a Murdered Dream" left off and also contains a chronology at the end.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJan 26, 2015
    ISBN9781312864580
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      The Journey of the Soul - Mark Cisper

      The Journey of the Soul

      The Journey of the Soul

      By Mark Cisper

      Poetry

      Copyright © Mark Cisper—January 2015

      ISBN 978-1-312-86458-0

      Contents

      The Hunt ……………………………………3

      Sleepless …………………………………….5

      Just For One Night ………………………….8

      Be Mystified ……………………………….11

      Waiting …………………………………….14

      It’s Too Late ……………………………….17

      Ain’t No Star ………………………………20

      --But It’s All Right--

      8.      Not A Sun Worshiper ……………………...23

      9.      A Night of Making Love …………………..26

      10.  Crazy State of Mind ……………………….30

      11.  For A Noble Cause ………………………...33

      12.  Need Time To Think ………………………36

      13.  The Black Wizard Is Dead ………………...40

      14.  She Came Back To Me ……………………44

      15.  Shadow Souls ……………………………...49

      16.  DEATH Exists …………………………….52

      17.  It Was For Us ……………………………...55

      18.  A Feast For My End ……………………….58

      19.  Perched Headlong …………………………62

      20.  Nudity Exposes ……………………………66

      21.  American Dissent ………………………….69

      22.  All I Really Want ………………………….72

      23.  Sanctuary From Insanity …………………..74

      24.  In Gratitude To The Veterans ……………..76

      25.  Love At Midnight ………………………….81

      26.  Complicated Thoughts …………………….85

      27.  Crying At Night …………………………...88

      28.  I Want You ………………………………...91

      29.  Dilemma …………………………………...96

      30.  Taste Your Wine …………………………100

      31.  The Insane Poet …………………………..102

      32.  I Believe ………………………………….105

      33.  I Seek To Know You …………………….108

      34.  All Alone …………………………………111

      35.  You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore ……………114

      36.  The Dagger In The Roses ………………...118

      37.  Faith………………………………………121

      38.  Teach Me To Love ……………………….125

      39.  Madness ………………………………….128

      40.  I’m Trapped ………………………………132

      41.  Dear Grandma…………………………….135

      42.  Women I’ve Known ……………………...139

      43.  Take Me With You ………………………143

      44.  Children …………………………………..146

      45.  This World--This Poet …………………...149

      46.  Unwelcomed Views ……………………...152

      47.  Meet Ecstasy ……………………………..156

      48.  Nevermore ………………………………..159

      49.  I Got The Blues …………………………..160

      50.  Forget The World ………………………...162

      Chronology …………………………………...165

      The Hunt

      Sinister snake,

      Stalking its innocent prey.

      Unaware of the danger,

      The rabbit salvages for food

      In order to feed its young.

      As the snake approaches the unsuspecting prey,

      The grass begins to sway.

      The rabbit has been alerted

      Of an apparent danger.

      The rabbit perks its ears to listen.

      It wrinkles its nose to smell.

      It poises itself to react

      At the latest point of reaction.

      The snake is unaware

      That it has made its presence noted.

      So it slowly makes its approach.

      Now, the snake is in striking distance.

      It is now aware that the rabbit

      Knows of its presence.

      He smells the fear emanating

      From its skin, in its

      Otherwise unsuspecting calm.

      Now, the rabbit smells the

      Cold blooded serpent nearby.

      It hears its black heart beating.

      It feels hunger and desperation

      Of this beast, ready to strike.

      Ready to kill and eat its flesh.

      The snake strikes out at its prey.

      The rabbit jumps out of its range.

      In fitful desperation, the snake

      Strikes out again and again.

      The rabbit is too quick

      To be caught in the snake’s jaws of death.

      The rabbit has escaped death.

      It will return to its young

      To feed its young and to rest.

      The rabbit escaped to live another day.

      The snake tired and defeated,

      Lays in the grass to rest.

      Its desperation and desire

      Fuels its hunger pains.

      Now, it must search again,

      For prey to survive.

      The hunt will continue.

      The hunted must be aware

      Of the danger of the hunt.

      Sleepless

      I’m so damn tired.

      It’s twelve noon now,

      I’ve been up since two-forty this morning.

      I couldn’t sleep last night.

      And I’m hurting right now,

      I’m doing all I can to stay awake.

      It’s getting nearly impossible to think.

      I need to sleep.

      My weekend was really quite depressing.

      I didn’t have a thing to do

      Or anywhere to go.

      I came to the point of thinking,

      Something like this:

      What’s it matter if I sleep or not?

      What’s it matter if I eat or not?

      Who cares about what I do?

      I had nothing to do.

      I had nowhere to go

      And no one to go with.

      I have no life.

      It seems like no matter

      What I do, it doesn’t matter.

      It seems, I can’t shine through

      In whatever I show.

      It seems the longer I go

      Without sleep, the more

      I seem to ramble on

      With this rhetorical shit.

      Sleep, I need to sleep.

      Without sleep, I’m slipping.

      It’s true, I seem to be

      Slipping into some kind of depression.

      Women, they look at me

      As if I was the plague.

      Most people look at me

      As if I was insane.

      The friends I have

      Seem to look at me

      As if I was invisible.

      My sleeplessness must be playing tricks on me.

      Then again, like I said,

      I’m just trying to do

      Something, anything, to

      Keep me awake as long as I can.

      So forgive the despairing

      Folds of this ink,

      Because it is just my sleeplessness

      Taking a hold of my hand.

      This is just a sleepy scroll

      Of rubbish in an attempt

      To stay awake, stay awake.

      Rubbish, garbage, non-sense,

      A bloody rhetoric.

      I feel like I’m

      A member of the walking dead.

      Sleepless, I’m tired.

      Good-night, at the next appropriate time.

      Just For One Night

      Come on baby, touch me.

      Can you see me?

      Can you hear me?

      Can you feel me?

      Touch me baby.

      See how cold I am?

      See how lonely I am?

      See how frightened I am?

      Touch me, please, touch me?

      Do you hear me?

      I need you to touch me.

      Please, feel me.

      Do you feel my heartbeat?

      Do you feel how cold I am?

      Do you hear my pleas?

      Touch me.

      See me.

      I need your touch.

      Please, I’m begging you.

      Please hold me.

      I need your touch tonight.

      Please hold me tonight.

      I am cold tonight.

      I am frightened tonight.

      Let me feel you close tonight.

      Let me hear your whispers and breath

      Against my ears and skin.

      I don’t want to be alone tonight.

      I’m not asking to make love.

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