Life is great in certain ways
Discovering something new, that was so near
Assuming things based on what one portrays
Learning that it was cloaked in fear

Fear of opening their heart
Because like others, pain is part of the past
Hoping, wishing, they long for a new start
But focus too much on time elapsed

To move on, one has to let go
Accept it is time to take a risk, make a change
The mirror see’s and it knows
Your soul, your “you” you can’t exchange

Inspire, interact, and show some compassion
It will go a long way to make things happen
A simple smile, say hello, connect and care
A day will come, when you are in need of an “ear”
Someone who will interact, listen and truly believe
Listen, know what you need, sending you on a path to achieve

Inspire, Inspire... in return you will receive what you desire

Help, I seek some assistance
Waiting and wishing for it all
Difficult as it is
I need you and don’t even know you
Helpless
Helpless
No that’s not me
But it’s difficult
So hard to be sure
Sure of one thing,  I know...
I am searching for something more...

You can plan for change and prepare
Feel confident, it will all go as planned
Yet when real life happens and the change causes despair  
the pain and emotion is difficult to withstand
The past returns like this overwhelming flood
Permeating all, ruining what was to be
You search for answers from afar and above
Just hoping you will find exactly what you need
But the “need” is impossible to feed
Its apparent you are destined to seek
To look for what never will be
You had it, lost it, that you will see

My gal, my gal you are so sweet
Despite our differences, our love was complete
My attention was lacking and u needed me
But I was unable to recognize and I was blind to see
See that I had a person to prize
But my temporary nature continues my demise
You will find a soul to that will keep u forever
My hope is that our time u will remember
Don’t know what is next or where I will go
Just hold on, save, what you know

Drifting and drifting so far offshore
My being is solo, empty to my core
Why now, why, is this all there is I see
Please tell me, please convince me, who am I to be
If not, I chose to leave you here
And search and seek for what I hold dear
I may be gone, it’s past your time
Yet if we have shared, you will always be mine

A night alone can bring you clarity

Taking in life, watching, it shows sincerity

People are strange as “The Doors” once sang

Interesting that being solo not with the gang

We see more, see truths about others,  and us

Scary sometimes, who do we trust

Just pointing out there is no “truth”

Just people existing, doing their thing... I am no sleuth

Discovering, I have had it all wrong

The important things are now all gone

Time has been wasted, I feel ashamed
I kept you close and it was me I blamed
Blamed myself for not giving more
Blamed myself for being unavailable and more
Our distance grew over many years
I should have left sooner and shed some tears
How ironic it is that I was so self absorbed
It was your distance and lack of interest I should have observed
It makes sense now the inability to repair
You had a long term plan that you were unable to share
Pretending day by day to be on my side
But preparing for another, that you continue to hide
Simply sad is all I can say
Cloaking us as friends was part of your play
Good luck with your life I wish you the best
It’s time to stop deceiving give it a rest
She’s so sweet the people say
So sweet so sweet, go away

Haven’t seen or heard from “you” for awhile
Life changes, things move quick, when will it be time for us to smile
Just be who you chose to be
Regrets, give them up, It will allow you to see
See the truth and your being
Find you path, walk it, own your life, it is freeing...

True that tomorrow’s are not a “for sure”

Often we wait for something more

More never comes and we are often lost

Lost because the waiting came with a cost

A cost of time, memories and connections

Pause for a moment... take time for reflection

Do it now... or later will be too late

Just be you, choose and discover your fate

So it’s time for me to see

See the person I can be

Not the man that currently exists

But a lover, a friend who you can’t resist

I will find love I am sure

Love that is impossible to endure

For I cannot give my all

For fearing, for anticipating, the expected  fall

A fall I won’t recover

So I will move on to another

My friend, my classmate, we lived our lives
Many years slipped by but we have survived
Now we find time to connect
It is important and something I expect
I expect to reach out and keep you near
There is a bond that I endear
I value our youth and where we are from
I am hopeful, and value the friends we’ve become
I know you needed time to get away
But, I am certain you will find your way
Just believe in, trust  the path you seek
And your life, the love you have will be complete

Why do I sit alone and think
My voice inside so loud and clear
In just the time it takes to blink
I quickly realize all my fears

The day is slipping quickly past
Night will arrive oh so fast
I’ll have a choice make
Life and love is at stake

As I settle down at home
After an evening out but I chose to be alone
Alone is not always a negative
Often it gives opportunity to be reflective
Just reflecting on the time that has passed
Tv on, background noise is all and  I maybe smashed
A drink or two w friends
It’s a means to an end
I know my clarity is true
Just waiting, watching for something new
Most I engage with don’t meet the mark
I am willing to wait for “you” and that spark
The spark we will feel instantly inside
The hope, the dream, the anticipation I cannot hide
As partners and friends we will succeed
It may be a dream, maybe unreachable but that is not what I truly believe

The pain is constant and so clear
My need for you is masking my fear
Fear of losing what could have been
For a chance at whirlwind that may be fun
My ability to love is great
It equals my ability to agitate
The  night moves closer and I am lost
I feel often what love has cost
I mask it by being fun and me
But truly I wreck everything that I see
It’s painful cuz I’ve never known
What it’s like to have a home
I like the independent Mike
But seriously what is there to like
A man who can’t give all
Isn’t a man at all

It’s interesting the paths we take
The people we meet the relationships we make
You inspired me to think and write
Giving me hope... despite
Despite my doubts and fears
I feel alive, more alive in years
You shared your love for poems
Now I seek and think, my heart again roams

Because of you

Slowly and softly I kiss your neck
Our bodies in sync as we connect

The passion, excitement cannot be contained
You feel my arousal, and it won’t be tame

Your movements, acceptance, for what’s to come
I touch you, lick u it’s part of our fun

Breathing deeply you feel complete
Caressing and holding as we slip off to sleep

Standing in a crowd alone
Thinking, and thinking it is all monotone
No feeling, no hope, no one to care
Waking up to emptiness no one to share
Is a cruel reality, it is true despair
I will seek, I will look but no one is there
My past is present and reveals my fear
Just a soul searching for what, I don’t know
I will sleep and dream, of tomorrow

Waiting, and waiting I need you here
My desire my passion for you is sincere
Kissing and touching you is what I need
Skin to skin, I beg and I plead
My heart beats for who you are
Even inches away, that seems too far
My love, my soul,  I give to you
The bond we develop seems so new
The connection we have made, is so real
My Passion and commitment is here to steal
Love like us, love like ours
Committed, and strong we will tower
Be present to prove our love
The path directed by some above

Time slips by as I wait for you
You is a metaphor for something new
A soul I can hold and share our dreams
A woman, a partner will strengthen our team
Moving forward and feeling some strain
Crying at times, laughing and some pain
My heart is open for someone more
But a piece is missing when you walked out that door

It’s difficult to think of all we shared
A future lies a head and I am scared
Scared to walk without you near
Knowing we made a sensuous pair
Things didn’t go as planned
Drifting apart like a ship unmanned
Pain fills my soul thinking of you with another
But keeping you would continue make it hard to recover
Recover the person that I truly see
Alone,searching so I soon will be

Michael, yeah Michael

That is me

Over

Deep inside I feel the pain
I can’t escape it or dodge the rain
My soul is crushed from failing you
But passion will emerge with someone new
Life is tricky and let’s us down
Yet as we wake hope abounds
Evenings are long since you left
At times it’s painful and I am out of breath
Moving on without my soul
The early mornings are taking its toll
Being patient is tough to do
My heart is empty without you