Lightning Rod


Through tempest spurned

And fury turned

On a meadow swathed in white.

Lightning rods attracting

The wrath of heaven acting

Shot forth onto dry grass.

Kindlings always destined

To burn up, never questioned

No dreams of an unscorched future.

To smoulder away

Paving the way

For those that will burn brighter.

– Vagabond Prophet

Rescue Line


Silent as a shadow

Creeping through a meadow

Vivid pinks

Lush greens.

Scattering seeds into the sky

Throwing way up high,

Sowing among the heavens

That fertile garden soil.

Things planted here

Don’t ever climb near

If I plant some hope

High up above

Will it dangle down?

A rescue line tossed by wind

Hanging at the end of everything.

– Vagabond Prophet