The Archer's March

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  • Where I Belong
  • Daily Rendezvous
  • Eclipsed By You
  • To Don and Vincent Both
  • Life's Not a Race
  • True Friendship is Gold
  • Such a Cost
  • Therefore I Write
  • Suicide is Painless?
  • Fear Alone
  • You're Not Alone
  • Despair's a Sin
  • Let go, Let God
  • Hidden
  • Mathematical Virtue
  • Stuck in the Soup
  • De Leon's Dream
  • Echoes
  • In His Hand
  • Revolve, Evolve and Grow
  • Appreciation
  • The Summit
  • From the Jaws of Defeat
  • If Not First Myself
  • She Moves Me
  • Never Really Dark
  • To Ignore Fear and Dobt
  • Rise Above & Be the Light
  • Strive to Rebuild
  • I Really Don't Know
  • Let It Go
  • Goodness Never Marred
  • Despair Not
  • Defensores Libertatis
  • Spring
  • A Punic Picture
  • February Stroll
  • Ignore the Dark
  • Resolution
  • Unresolved
  • Va Tutto Bene?
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • To Thine Ownself...
  • Doubt Kills All
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    • Home
    • About
    • The Sonnet
    • Intertextuality
    • I've Heard
    • I'll Sleep in Peace
    • Where I Belong
    • Daily Rendezvous
    • Eclipsed By You
    • To Don and Vincent Both
    • Life's Not a Race
    • True Friendship is Gold
    • Such a Cost
    • Therefore I Write
    • Suicide is Painless?
    • Fear Alone
    • You're Not Alone
    • Despair's a Sin
    • Let go, Let God
    • Hidden
    • Mathematical Virtue
    • Stuck in the Soup
    • De Leon's Dream
    • Echoes
    • In His Hand
    • Revolve, Evolve and Grow
    • Appreciation
    • The Summit
    • From the Jaws of Defeat
    • If Not First Myself
    • She Moves Me
    • Never Really Dark
    • To Ignore Fear and Dobt
    • Rise Above & Be the Light
    • Strive to Rebuild
    • I Really Don't Know
    • Let It Go
    • Goodness Never Marred
    • Despair Not
    • Defensores Libertatis
    • Spring
    • A Punic Picture
    • February Stroll
    • Ignore the Dark
    • Resolution
    • Unresolved
    • Va Tutto Bene?
    • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
    • To Thine Ownself...
    • Doubt Kills All

The Archer's March

The Archer's MarchThe Archer's MarchThe Archer's March
  • Home
  • About
  • The Sonnet
  • Intertextuality
  • I've Heard
  • I'll Sleep in Peace
  • Where I Belong
  • Daily Rendezvous
  • Eclipsed By You
  • To Don and Vincent Both
  • Life's Not a Race
  • True Friendship is Gold
  • Such a Cost
  • Therefore I Write
  • Suicide is Painless?
  • Fear Alone
  • You're Not Alone
  • Despair's a Sin
  • Let go, Let God
  • Hidden
  • Mathematical Virtue
  • Stuck in the Soup
  • De Leon's Dream
  • Echoes
  • In His Hand
  • Revolve, Evolve and Grow
  • Appreciation
  • The Summit
  • From the Jaws of Defeat
  • If Not First Myself
  • She Moves Me
  • Never Really Dark
  • To Ignore Fear and Dobt
  • Rise Above & Be the Light
  • Strive to Rebuild
  • I Really Don't Know
  • Let It Go
  • Goodness Never Marred
  • Despair Not
  • Defensores Libertatis
  • Spring
  • A Punic Picture
  • February Stroll
  • Ignore the Dark
  • Resolution
  • Unresolved
  • Va Tutto Bene?
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • To Thine Ownself...
  • Doubt Kills All

But See It's Never Really Dark

If want of breath keeps me in chains of gold, 

With each and ev'ry pulse my heart would cry 

Out to the heavens, free me from this cold, 

For warmth on my horizon I descry.  


Those who would understand me I must  seek. 

Amidst the crowds, I'm left in solitude. 

My aimless comprehension names me meek, 

To dwell alone within the multitude.  


My laughter is a balm for loneliness, 

Not absolute, yet painful is my state. 

To wander round like this, not happiness. 

Must change my course before it is too late.  


Solutions?  My heart knows what's truly dear, 

All's fine and well I know, so I'll not fear.  


Frank Garnick


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