Ayrton (A.J.) Laucks

Selected Poetry

Time: May 2021

rubicon: There comes a time / A fateful step / Where a decision must be made / The ladder of life / Yields yet two paths / Each one duly weighed / But sometimes choice / An illusion is / For maybe I am just a pawn / Yet choose I will / Decisively / And cross the Rubicon

time rips all apart: Rotting flesh, a headless corpse / Time rips all apart / With dismay we know this, fear this / Deep within our hearts / That beast that lives / Below the waves / Within our nightmares still / Has the name "uncertainty" / Slowly does it kill

mighty setting sun: What meaning will you pass / Beyond the gates of life / How important is a legacy / If it is laced with strife / Better to live true / Without regret or fame / Than face the dragon with a farce / For with this you'll be slain / If I stay true to me, to you / The fame will surely come / And with comfort I will welcome, dread / That mighty setting sun

veni, vedi, vici: The setting sun / Carries with the fame / The light cast on me / Three words I hear / Three words I speak / Veni, Vidi, Vici / Conquered have I / Those mighty heights / Yet fog's still set beneath / I look down, elated / For the adventures I'll have / There's so much more than a wreath

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