Gerry Legister

poem by Gerry Legister

The battle of wits quickest to its target Parliament becomes the deciding ground, For silence of tongues in the beaten heart, Say little or nothing and have no command. By force of nerves generals pitted and plotted, Refere... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I love you with passion and pain The two emotions were never the same, Like a burning flame in my heart, My reins stay in the speechless part. So many questions we try to find, The answers affecting our mind. When we are ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Down the steep mountains and into the slopes, Darting divine etched twixt duration and existence, There run the graceful gazelles and fiery antelopes, Until their breath retreat watching other presence. Wildebeests rushes by ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Abyss down in the bottom of earth, Paradise out into the top of heaven The Resurrection is bursting forth, Anxiety signs of the rapture coming. Upon angel’s wings, the bride float We hope it will be a glad departure, ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

With rhythmic splendor wrapped around my heart Never again to be broken by a callous thought, Every desire, growing lovelier as a succulent flower, Bring the greatest joy, been everything in that hour. If I could be in the rap... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Death promises nothing But the future holds a new beginning When we will quench the color of pain. And the flame untouched flutters here, It's raggedy flags beating the air. Rapture has drawn into the uneasy gap Hasty calls ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

If you feel you want to cry For a person when they die, Let your tears be a reminder of that immortal soul, forever. The rhetoric of happiness, Has become iconic and measureless. Loved ones will be in heaven content There will... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

In clouds, the greatest power found Countless gems paint the surface beyond. Lightening up the ceiling of glass heaven Won through the conquest of trials given. On earth, was pale and never bloomed, But in death mercy gloom and ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

From the time, I had this dream I remember the stars I had seen, And the splendor of lights passing Between a new day awakening. They came on tour to fill our eyes with the grandest festival of lights, dancing knights enterta... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Every sixty seconds spent waiting, On the reality to obtain better promises, Could be a minute of inheritance gone? Never to come back and take some chances. And more time may elapse after still waiting, And you may grow f... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

When fallen angels came roaring down, Darkness formed the company of Nephilim, In renowned legend, armed with more legion Godless tinctures fleece hapless Canaan town. The grim left breath in the ground, The old world, desperate... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Moonlight is in the sky glowing casting the light of the night A glimpse of silver stars illuminating, As the trees catch the light. In the branches, shaken by the breeze, In solitude, I stroll along the road, the ambia... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

The star responded to a light Sunset roaming under the moon, Evening plummeting into the night, Activities recede to the humble room. Morning mist wipe away the darker shade, Prowling fog lengthen inside the filtering dew, A... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

The wind coming from between the mountains Force a road to wash down lofty bold slopes, The snow descends like the white Ravens, Brave hunters diving into the hungry waves. What was it about the force of nature? Freshness an... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Forget the opportunities you throw away, If prosperity should soon find you, I hope it comes again today, And make you listen to something new. In the future, your luck can suddenly change, You may have to muck in with the gr... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I heard the voice of the Lord Speaking clear as a record, He whispered softly into my ear, To believe in him and have no fear. I’ll send you seraphim of virtues Your guarding angel of mercies, The lord said, come walk w... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I feel the tears running down my face As I sit here in this lonely place. I think about you, wishing you were here. To wipe away my falling tear. I quietly went down upon my knee. To pray, and ask the Lord to be with me. As I ta... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I am sad when I hear you cry, I feel bad when you must lie, I will remember the good when you die And smile at the shadows passing by. I will remember your smile each day, When you made, the sunshine appears after rain, I sti... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Historic Africa dabbled in darkness Long for a glimpse of the light, Try to learn from past mistakes, One day will make those lessons right. Write all deeds that were wrong Setting visions in dreams alight, A cure will come... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Under the heavenly stars, our children Lay inside our hearts, on raw emotions, sleeping with threadbare nights of pain, Watch dark clouds making daily devotions. With a trail of silent scar hushed in the air, So, faint, we ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

The best thing I can give My love is unconditional, In my heart, with your presence, I live This life as many times as eternal. Every moment's breath taken, Make the sum proves greater value, measure up to conditions awaken ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

They will smile and look into your eyes They’ll avoid the truth, and you will believe in their lies, Where the path to hell runs smooth. Our habits are a bit of a riddle, A checkered course, no reason to cry And bec... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I am the ring around Saturn Spinning and traveling around the sun, I am made with a direct connection To Humanity with God and his Son Between decedents and ascension. I travel with the power to transcend Every blessing that... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Temptation spiraling down Amidst the haze of anticipation, Lamblike emotions roared on Through every verbal confusion. Values being esteem were dispersing It's power with extreme measure. The tarnish pain penetrates within, ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Would you still be mine? Remembering me for a little time, Transformed by the world we once owned To a future realm. Would you still be mine? Even just for a minute; if heaven sends an angel Tonight, to take the strength that ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Sunlight has come, and the newest has day began With the sweet sound of sleep lay in curls beyond Weary limbs and rest, above heavenly skies waiting A flurry of voices to come from little birds singing. Lofted wings of sunlig... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Inside, I am the force of a radiant flow, the energy by fuel in soft eternal glow. I am the receiving embers sparked by you, First, a stranger till the flames then grew. Into a light shining at the touch of dawn, By moonlight h... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Till my tears run dry Till the stars stop burning in the sky Even after the crushed dust flew past, You will have me until eternity last. Like a flame is hidden in the darkest night, My world is filled with the warmth of your li... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I watched the gentle waves lapping the shore And taste the salty breeze from the ocean air I saw seagulls flying horizontally without a care, Spreading their wings in the calm atmosphere. Politics powers reign and lovers cla... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I will leave all the struggles and the trouble of the world's conquest by every pleasure found, And go to a place where the wind softly whistles in the breeze with no tempest snares around. To be alone with the heavenly sound of... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Eyecatcher watch the showery inky sky Focus eyes saw a thousand stars go by. They sang paradise tweet songs in the tree While going up on all branches to see The stars bringing down gems from heaven, Many earthworms, borne their... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

While we might be sympathetic Grappling with injustice and merit. There is no substitute for God? There is no substitute for truth. There is no substitute for a sober assessment. There is no substitute for the present realiti... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

The world in which I cannot hold you close enough Passes by like the misty wind in the wide gray sky, Your shadow is a myth that rises with each breath And leave my heart drawn closer to melancholy. The promenade, this winter... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

Sharing our dreams, fears, and laughs, Is a lifetime reading bedtime stories? Weeping tears, taking showers and baths. Making someone happy and saying prayers. These are just a few of the lucid memories We cherish, love, enjoy... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

The blistering wounds leave our heart sore, and filled days of somber wrath The Ashes in the wind; tearing emotions apart, Requiem king reigns supreme in dying breathe. Daystar arises to outshine doubts and fears, in rosy cl... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

There is indifference if I fail by trying But there is jubilation if I finally succeed, To persuade contrast faces quietly marveling With kindness to those who are in need. There is love and sometimes there is peace, The unknow... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

I will throw my heart to the wind, What am I to choose between anger and malice? It will be a driven soul pursuing an end, Then bring me solitude that gives me grace. Shall I wish for nations to be friends? Bright and bubbl... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

My dream went astray in a vision that day And yet my mind had not gone away, And none was there to say what they had seen, All the colours or schemes within that dream. Taken to the air on wings of how I feel Parting the thrills ... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

What is love? Love is a portrait of art and love is precious. Love is amazing poetry, simple imagery of alluring beauty, Love is wonderful presentation filled with nice surprises, Love is the first duel in the field to conquer hono... Read more

poem by Gerry Legister

We make time for what we value most A time to share love before the martyrdom move In close near people passing the multiples of test, Find bonds in the virtues of leverages we give. To bind us closer when earth is in upheaval,... Read more