SOLILOQUY
Scot's third collection of poetry

This collection, the Soliloquy,  is focused on the internal...
the loves,
the lusts,
the relationships,
the fears &
the sunset inside us all.
Compassion.
Hope.

                                                                                      Yearning.
 

LATE
 

Holding angels by the wings, I shine
Resting my head upon the backs I climb
And letting the rest watch as I struggle.
 

Shoulders slumped and my body aching
Searching for the one note that I can sing
While letting the rest listen as I tune.
 

Daring the gremlins to come now
Knowing I can live by not caring how
And letting the world stare as they wish to.
 

Filling pages by one lit candle
Holding on to the dreams I can handle
And letting the rest fall by the wayside.
 

- Scot N. Kaeff
(c) 1999
 

Speak
 

Sometimes we carry on as if
Every bit of the world
Was nestled in the words we speak,
Every thought, every phrase
And every caught breath,
Every chuckle and
Every unrestrained laugh
A piece of the love
That we share.
And lulls in conversation
Are just time taken
To enjoy the being
Instead of the saying.
 

- Scot N. Kaeff
(c) 1999
 

Tomb
 

Food lines one wall,
Canisters, all alike -
A television
And place for the bed.
No life.
A tomb
Built into a house.
The cats are on edge,
The air hangs with a
Shallow hope,
But as you
Walk through
It doesn't close behind you -
It remains open
Like a wound.
 

- Scot N. Kaeff
(c) 1999
 

Soliloquy
 

Fashioning armament from words
And ideals that are seemingly
Unrelated to reality,
All the while watching cars pass me by.
 

Visor down, lance in hand
And heart choking the breath from my throat...
 

I speak.
 

- Scot N. Kaeff
(c) 1999

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