SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR - POEMS

 
Scott Thomas Outlar hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com where links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews can be found. His chapbook "Songs of a Dissident" was released in 2015 through Transcendent Zero Press and is available on Amazon. His poetry collections "Happy Hour Hallelujah" (CTU Publishing) and "Chaos Songs" (Longsword Press) are both forthcoming in 2016.

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​                                   A Steady Resolve
 
 
When the cold wind
is howling in your face,
and each step
seems more difficult
than the last,
trust in the process.
 
When your enemies
are lined up a mile long,
and you have to face
them all down
one by one,
trust in the process.
 
When the lies are being hissed
straight from the snake,
and the bitter truth
seems like more
than you can take,
trust in the process.
 
When you reach a high plateau
atop the peak,
and yet you know
there are still a million
miles upward to seek,
trust in the process.

​                                       Naked Dreams
 
 
Crimson nightmares
stain the neurons
of my inner eye
and I can sense
the emerging last refrain
as lust begins to sing
a twisted lullaby
of a dying passion
collapsing beneath the waves
we once stirred up
between these sheets
 
The carnage of the vision
is more than I can bear
but I keep
my peepers closed
for I know
all too well
that the truth
will be even worse
upon the wake

 

​                                 Shuttering Lens
 
 
Every poem is a snapshot in time.
This one just blinked.