I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE BROKEN

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE BROKEN

A Poem by Robert Robbie Lord Dudley

BY MY GAME FROM THE ROOM

WE WILL RETURN IN TIME

 

DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
THE LOSS OF PASSION

 

AGAINST ALL ODDS

IN ONE SILENT SPRING


THE FIRST TEMPLE

WILL START AGAIN


THE FIRST TEMPLE

WON'T BURN


THE FIRST TEMPLE
WON'T FALL


THE FIRST TEMPLE
AROUND OUR EARS ARE MOTIVATED

 

DAY'S STORM HAD ENTANGLED

A-MIDNIGHT BROOM

 

ACROSS THE SPACE

OPENING UP THE SOFT MOON


SO EMPTY SO HALLOW NOW

SOUNDS SO PLEASANT


I DIDN'T KNOW

THEY WERE BROKEN RINGING IN IT


AND WE DID THIS

RUNNING AROUND


THE PILLARS CRAWL BETWEEN

TO LEARN FROM A-WORLD 


RECALLS THE BIRD GETS HURT

THE PAGE , The FLOWER

SO LETS IT BE FLOWING

 

AND WANDERING TOGETHER

LIKE THE EARTH DO FLY


AND WALKING ALONG

RUNNING STREAM STANDS IN THE DEW


BY EITHER SIDE EVER EXTENDING

BACK FASTER THROUGH


THE FLAT GLASS WALL

SPARKING FLINT

THAT PAPER WITHOUT HANDLES

UPON THE INK

MUST BE HANDLED WITH CARE 

ENCLOSING A GOLDEN RAY LETTERED IN


A MESSAGE MURMURED

BY THE TALL TREES


THAT WITHOUT WALLS

ARE SMOOTH AND IT SOARS


OVER THE FIELDS HERE
AT THIER FIRST SIGHT

 

BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS

THE WAYS WE WERE

 

HOLDING THE BRANCHES

TWICE TOGETHER 


WAITING AROUND BEFORE

STRIKING THE MATCHES WOULD FALL


POETIC IT WAS THE CLOUD BREATHES

THE MIRROR OF GRACE

 

AND YOU SAID IT INTO ALL

THE PIECES FOUND

 

AGAINST ALL ODDS

IN ONE SILENT SPRING


THE FIRST TEMPLE

WILL START AGAIN


THE FIRST TEMPLE
WON'T BURN


THE FIRST TEMPLE

WON'T FALL


THE FIRST TEMPLE

AROUND OUR EARS ARE MOTIVATED


SO EMPTY SO HALLOW AS MORN'

SOUNDS SO PLEASANT


I DIDN'T KNOW

THEY WERE BROKEN


AND WE DID THIS YEARNING

RUNNING AROUND

 

THE PILLARS CRAWL

TO LEARN OUR WORLD


RECALLS THE BIRD

SO LET IT BE FLOWING

 

AND WANDERING TOGETHER

LIKE THE EARTH DO


AND WALKING ALONG

THE RUNNING STREAM


THE FIRST TEMPLE

WILL START AGAIN


TO BOUNCE OFF MORE BEATS

BEYOND THE BOOK'S STAPLE


ONTO THE ROAD

UP AND DOWN 


THE SEASHELL AT ANY SHAPE 

THE PLANES POINTS UP


AND ONE BY ONE UNTIL HOME

ABOUNDS BY THE BREEZE 


SPINNING FOR A LONG TIME

THE ROUND BALL MOVES

 

AND EACH NOTE THAT HANGS

ABOUNDS BY THE BREEZE


BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS

THE WAYS WE WERE

 

HOLDING THE BRANCHES

UNDER TWICE TOGETHER


WAITING AROUND BEFORE

STRIKING THE MATCHES WOULD FALL




 

© 2025 Robert Robbie Lord Dudley


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Robert Robbie Lord Dudley
Robert Robbie Lord Dudley

Riverside, NJ



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