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Ben Meraki Jan 2018
Tear-stained pillow.
Crimson sheets.
A broken heart at rest.
A troubled mind at peace.

Weeping willow,
mighty tree.
No longer bound by your own roots.
Fallen yet free.

As the river takes you on your journey.
The machine that cut you keeps on turning.
We are but single grains in the shifting sands of time.
A flame that burns and fades in the blink of an eye.

I've been waiting for you here.
I'm your protector, have no fear.
My darkness hides you from the demons.
No pain, no anguish. No more reasons to cry those tears.

You lie so still now,
wrapped in velvet sheets.
Photograph clutched to your chest.
Snow-white cheeks.

A smile that never fades.
No furrowed brow.
Those emerald eyes no longer betray you.
All's peaceful now.

Don't grieve for the ones you left behind.
They all will understand in time.
Those who loved you most take comfort that you're free.
Your ever-youthful ghost lives on in memory.

I've been waiting for you here.
I'm your protector, have no fear.
My darkness hides you from the demons.
No pain, no anguish. No more reasons to cry those tears.

Weeping willow,
sacred tree.
No longer bound by your own roots.
Fallen yet free.
For an old friend, lost in time
Ben Meraki Jan 2018
I will ******, I will torture.
I will see that evil thrives.
I'll reward the men who inlfict pain as
women beg for their lives.

I'll persecute the innocent.
I'll let the children starve.
Whilst good men struggle to provide,
I'll put the crooks in charge.

They say you're good and loving
but I, for one, know the truth.
Mankind could thrive had it not thought
of manifesting you.

So gaze into the pool of judgement.
Take a good long look.
Never before or since
was so much war spawned from a book.

You did not write its chapters,
yet they all still bear your name.
We all are your reflection Jesus.
Hang your head in shame!
This was an entry to a competition asking to write about what one would do as a "Reflection of Jesus" in 2018.
Ben Meraki Jan 2018
I need your friendship
more now than ever before.
Don't give up on me.
No matter what I say or do, I only hurt you more. I don't know where to go from here, but if it's without you then it won't be worth the journey.
Ben Meraki Jan 2018
I want to tell you
that I can do without you.
But I'd be lying.
Ben Meraki Jan 2018
Doe
I woke up this morning
with you on my mind,
and fresh memories
of another perfect night.

I'm in heaven when I'm
spending time with you.

There's nothing on this Earth
that I'd rather do.

Outside the rain's falling
but I don't mind.
Because anytime you're around
the whole world looks so bright.

You make me feel alive,
like nobody else ever could.

You make it easy for me
to see the beauty and the good in this world and so

- -

I don't ever want what we've got now to end.
Above all else, you're the perfect friend,

and like a deer, anytime you appear
in a perfect scene,  you can still add the finishing touch.
When you're here anything that I fear
melts away - and you know how I feel girl - I love you so much but..

- -

It doesn't matter if I can't keep you to myself.
It doesn't matter if I gotta see you leaving with somebody else.

I still want you on my side
in this game they call life.
You're the piece that's been missing
for all of this time

and it took me so long
to work out what was wrong.
But I'd never have known had you
not come along, and so...


It doesn't matter if I can't hold you in my arms all night.
It doesn't matter if I cant wake up to your smile in the morning light.

There's so much in this world
left to do and to see.
It could only be better
in your company.

So though I can't pretend
that my heart will relent,
it's OK.
I just never want what we have now to end...

My perfect friend.
Written for a love over which only our friendship presides.
Ben Meraki Jan 2018
We've been betraying our children for generation after generation,
government turned state education into indoctrination,
media no longer speak the truth; experts in fabrication.
How the **** am I supposed to show allegiance to my nation?

Fascists masquerade as liberals to silence anyone
who disagrees with their agenda, will the day never come
when people wake up and realise this **** just can't go on?
There can no longer be Right and Left,
there's only right and wrong.

Immigration, regulation, European legislation;
fighting over **** while they indulge in self-congratulation,
laughing in our faces while we're running the rat race.
Working fifty hours a week to put food on our children's plates.

Do you really think they give a **** about democracy?
Do you think they care about the suffering of you and me?
Do you really think that anything is what it claims to be?
All you have to do is open up your eyes, it's plain to see.

It's an illusion.
It's all collusion.
Make no mistake.
Let there be no confusion.
There's only one solution.
This is my conclusion:

We need a revolution!

#
When the tide begins to turn
will you flee to higher ground?
When the sky begins to burn
will you lay your weapons down?

Incarcerated in our own land
yet we keep them on their thrones.
Emancipation only comes by our own hand
then together we'll atone.
#

Don't want to do this by the bullet, the blade or the bomb.
If we use violence then we're giving them what they want.
Any excuse for the use of firepower.
Send in the troops whilst they regroup up in their high towers.

They won't hesitate to slaughter us like animals,
and so it's evident that we need a new kind of war.
But if necessary we will still take it by force.
This is a New World Order we're fighting for.

Our greatest weapons are our minds and our eyes now.
We need to read between the lines, see through the lies now.
Draw the digital battle lines. We can rise now!
Are you with me? Had enough? Do you despise how

we're being asked to select our own dictators?
But if we refuse to elect you, you ******* **** takers,
and we can keep our resolve, with you repudiated,
you shall not be absolved. No adjudicators!

We're disillusioned
with this intrusion.
This is your fate.
This will be your occlusion.
Our world's reperfusion.
Inevitable conclusion.

Hail the Revolution!

#
When the tide begins to turn
will you flee to higher ground?
When the sky begins to burn
will you lay your weapons down?

Incarcerated in our own land.
Yet we keep them on their thrones.
Emancipation only comes by our own hand
then together we'll atone.
#
Call to a revolution in thought
Ben Meraki Jan 2018
Sweet little thing.
Her smile brings all the joy
that life could bring.
She found herself a boy.

He said he'd love her,
said he'd take care of her
and hold her. He told her
he'd never let her go,

and so she let him in.
She gave him everything he wanted.
She was haunted by his touch
and she did so much to show

-
Bridge
she wanted him to keep her right there by his side.
Protect her, respect her,
and make her feel alive.
-
Chorus
She felt such a lucky girl.
Knew he could change her world,
take the loneliness away
and brighten up her darkest day.

But her mind was young back then.
She didn't realise that when
he'd taken everything
he'd find himself a new sweet little thing.

Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh. Ahh-Ahh.
Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh-ohhh


Verse 2

Three years gone by.
Time to mend her shattered heart.
She meets a guy;
says he's looking for a brand new start

but he's been hurt before
and he don't want no more
surprises. He disguises
his loneliness with laughs and smiles.

She's much stronger now,
but she's still learning how
to trust again, she never wants
to feel the pain she felt back then.

-
Bridge
He says sweet little thing I'm scared as well,
this year I've been through hell.
But don't let life pass you by.
Don't let him be the reason why.
-
Chorus
Oh I'm so lucky to have met you girl.
You know you've changed my world?
You chase my loneliness away
and brighten up my darkest day,

Girl we belong together.
I promise you I'll never
break your precious heart.
So take my hand, let's make a brand new start.

Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh. Ahh-Ahh.
Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh-ohhh

Coda
Sweet little thing you look so beautiful tonight.
With flowers in your hair, dressed in your gown of white.
Give me your love and I will give you everything.
A small price to pay for all the love and joy you bring
sweet little thing.

Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh. Ahh-Ahh.
Oh-OH-Oh Oh-OH-Oh, Oh-OH-Oh-ohhh sweet little thing...
Song lyrics for a piano ballad. Written to reassure a friend.
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