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May 2015 · 267
Stopping By
I stopped by today to sing a song,
With a friend I know all day long,
Just to sit and enjoy the melodies,
As we sang such sweet harmony.

Came by cause I had you on my mind,
Wanted to see you and to share a rhyme,
Hold you hand and tell you in the now,
How you lift my spirit so high and how.

Brought my guitar so beautiful and new,
Wanted to show you songs that made me blue,
Needed to share some others that made us shy,
We smiled and laughed and tried not to cry.

Sitting on your front porch is so very  fine,
You look so special, so delightful and divine,
I felt  the breeze blow over both you and me,
The sun is rising high so slowly and easily.

I stopped by today because you make me smile,
Coming over will lift me through the weary miles,
I held you close as we have always tried to do,
There's no other so sweet and it's only you.
I came to share my broken heart,
With those who have to love me so,
My family, friends, and those I meet,
Gathered round to sit and watch me cry.

They sat with faces so bored and stern,
As I stood helpless and nervously by,
The questions came so fast, so frenzied,
I only wanted to curl up and die.

Why did I bring my problems to them?
Why did I want the whole world to know?
This moment in time when my love left,
Should have been a secret burden for me.

No others can look deep into your soul,
To merit out the good and also the bad,
Some things we have should silent be,
With hopes that time would erase the pain.

I came to let the entire universe know,
My love had found someone so new,
So all would come to my door and say,
We wish you well, you broken fool.
Mar 2015 · 380
How I Lust For You
Every night I dream of you,
Lusting ever for your love,
Thinking how to get to you,
Hoping that you want me to.

I imagine you come home,
In your lovely gown of blue,
Looking like a goddess now,
How I truly lust for you.

Long your hair in evening flow,
How I want to touch it gently,
Eyes that tell me you want me, too.
Know I truly do lust for you.

Taking slowly off your clothes,
Dropping slowly to the ground,
I take off what I'm wearing now,
In this lust we lust for two.

On the night and deeper there,
I begin to touch your body,
Every move does shake us so,
Lusting longer into the night.

How this joining, our bodies sweat,
Hoping this passion no stopping now,
I am loving the woman I dreamed of,
Always longing the lust be true.
Dec 2014 · 681
Parting
This I take while I go,
No more the savior of the day,
You are the one no longer here,
I am the one now going.

You said go now and be away,
I said ok, I'll leave this time,
But don't come back to say I know,
Just go away and slowly go.

Beginnings have a way of joy,
The middle still the happiness,
But towards the end we fade away,
Go separate ways on lonely streets.

I couldn't patch the hole we made,
No longer could I make you laugh,
So, as it goes you found another,
Who'll give you what I no longer did.

Then as I leave I won't turn round,
Or watch the look of your silent eyes,
There'll be no kiss or hug when going,
This union fell into the void.

I know you'll forget the times we had,
You'll curse my name and all my ways,
Toss out our pictures hanging on the wall,
Will revel in your new found freedom.

But I have life to live and to discover,
I'll find someone, some other lover,
And when I hold her close to me,
I think of how you once loved me.
Dec 2014 · 387
In Search of You
So, if it took one thousand days,
To find you wandering in endless skies,
I'd search until the clouds flew by,
To catch a glimpse of your sweet face.

Yes, if the world told me I was mad,
For spending my time looking for you,
I'd laugh the madman's frantic laugh,
To fly with geese beyond the world.

I'd dance a simple, gyrating dance,
Like a man who whirls in circles so,
Look deep into their eyes lost in time,
To tell them have you seen you, too?

If wooden boats could fly abroad,
In countries where they sadly stare,
I'd navigate the treacherous waves,
To throw my lifeline of love to you.

But, as we know, you won't be found,
No matter how many days I search in vain,
Yet, can I stop this never-ending voyage,
Long enough to return to my home?

Love lost is lost no matter the crime,
A winged angel would tell you so,
No matter what they repeat, I know,
My search now my beloved song.
No more to paint the world in color,
No more the time for one another,
There lurks a void within us all,
We rise and tumble and we fall.

It's so they say our lives go on,
We see the sunset and the dawn,
There passes friends and family too,
What is humanity to finally do?

To make our mark upon this place,
We have to give into the human race,
To dwell amongst the living and dead,
The serious thoughts now haunt my head.

Success and failure such familiar friends,
Here comes beginnings with the ends,
We laugh and cry and wonder through,
To start each day as something new.

Inventing who we create us to be,
Sometimes so blinded we can not see,
But try we may in much more endeavors,
The world shows us we are not clever.

Yet, don't despair when walls *****,
There's  hope somewhere we won't neglect,
The time and effort put forth this day,
Will bring forth abundance such as it may.

One last thought coming from my brain,
Most of us struggle and are quite insane,
But so it is what it will eventually be,
You are your you and I am my me.
Nov 2014 · 2.0k
Blindly Following
Sometime lay your weapons down,
To think of peace and no more fear,
No longer will the young ones die,
To fight for what is so very unclear.

The roar and rant of bombs alone,
Enough to cause the strongest to cry,
The battlefields so littered with youth,
Can't stop my tears from flowing down.

We start our lives with hope and dreams,
Learning to love and have playful things,
With our eyes fixed  solid on many days,
There comes a joy and peace within.

But leaders can't learn how to share,
They want the power and glory there,
But war is nothing so glorious to see,
When fears and tears outnumber dreams.

I say no longer should people blindly follow,
The leaders who seek to destroy the world,
Instead we should fight them where they stand,
Deny the leaders their quest for destruction.

No more should soldiers die so suddenly,
We hope no more the mothers will cry,
No one but God can take a life we say,
Except in times of self preservation.

So despots where you slither and slide,
Destroy your madness no longer the lie,
Push those who seek no peace of mind,
Until they are gone from all humankind.
Nov 2014 · 373
You
You
They say that I will soon forget,
The way you use to fill my soul,
They tell me no more will I know,
How much I lost when you go.

Some tell me to stay away,
From the places we use to go,
To no longer picture your face,
Your eyes and hair,  I know.

But, somewhere deep inside me,
I hurt like no other hurt before,
Remembering what we knew,
Is gone and can never again be.

I walk everyday all alone,
Thinking of how you touched me,
How much we were one in love,
Now gone, but fresh in my mind.

Seeming to think my life is over,
Because you gave me such love,
Like I had never, ever known before,
I cry and can't see to stop the tears.

I thought, just the other sad day,
I'd call you and we'd laugh again,
Just like we used to want to do,
But now I can no longer call you mine.

I just try and pretend that I'll be ok,
While all I want to do is hide away,
Thinking of how you were once here,
While the walls just tell me no.
Oct 2014 · 673
Evening Flow
Somewhere deep in mountains,
Tallest pine trees still do grow,
Is the place she still is living,,
Mystery Princess Evening Flow.

Hear the streams swift flowing,
Where clouds still hang and go,
Deep immersed inside the forest,
Lives the lovely Evening Flow.

High are the gods and heavens,
Where we still can touch the sky,
Icecaps cover on  the mountains,
In this the very few know.

Traveled far in hopes to find her,
Wanting to see where she lives,
Comes a broken man still searching,
For the Princess Evening Flow.

In the chance of finding the magic,
Where the fairies still live and breathe,
Just around the corner is she coming,
To let us see what legends unfold.

Once a lonely, lost man stumbling,
Once a drifter so cast out to sea,
Now this time to like a hunter,
For the mesmerizing lady Flow.

When I find her how I'll shutter,
Just to have a dream come true,
Nothing lost if all we find there,
Someday seeing a world unknown.

Evening Flow who lives in legends,
Must now live deep in my soul,
Someday I will behold her essence,
Princess beauty Evening Flow.
Why do you do the things you do?
Why do you say the things you do?
I just don't understand it,
Can't get my head around it,
How you can say that we are through.

Each day I see you standing there,
I try to act like I don't care,
But, deep in my heart I'm crying,
Feels like a part is dying,
How can you hurt me like you do?

Whatever happened, I don't know,
It's hard for me to watch you go,
If I could change it and start again,
Maybe, this time we'd start as friends.

I see you looking more at him,
I know you're loving only him,
Just try to believe my crying,
Is part of me just denying,
That you are going home with him.

When I drive by and see you there,
I'm just pretending I don't care,
What will it take to love you?
Is there a chance to see you?
Now before both of us end.

Whatever happened, I don't know,
It's hard for me to watch you go,
If I could change it and start again,
Maybe, this time we'd start as friends.
Oct 2014 · 262
Let Love Begin Its Course
If love is to begin its course,
We must then tell the way we feel,
Because in love no minds will know,
Unless the head and heart do tell.

Life is too short to stand unseen,
Just take a chance and love another,
But we must first share how we feel,
Or love is gone and no more seen.

I knew a girl who stirred my soul,
Each day I longed to be with her,
But being shy I stopped my desire,
To watch another go quick to her.

I vowed to never let someone I loved,
Be gone before my heart revealed,
How I would live and die for one,
No longer chancing a love so sweet.

So, now I say be bold and brave,
If so rejected, then life is such,
But never hold your words at bay,
Even if it means such a heartfelt pain.

Another girl one day came dancing,
I took her hand and body near mine,
Then whispered my love into her ear,
Until the time she smiled agreed.

I am no longer afraid to love,
Then this is how my life unfolds,
Be bold and shout your passion so,
When a beautiful woman comes along.
Oct 2014 · 674
Freedom
Yearn to be free, to have a voice,
That someone will notice and rejoice;
To stretch my dreams so far they go,
That everyone will now hear and know.

To stand amongst the crowd and sing,
We'll hear the sound of freedom ring;
Let loose with breaths of joy and hope,
No longer strangled by society's rope.

We'll share our feelings and desires,
To live unhindered most every hour;
Discuss whatever our lives contain,
No longer in shackles, or in pain.

Stand up and lay our lives to bear,
If we're to triumph and truly care,
Stand tall along the shores and say,
Today is all our independence day.
Oct 2014 · 310
For You
In my hand I held your heart,
Saw it beating slow and sweet,
Held my breath at such a sight,
Drew your image in my mind.

Held your body smooth delight,
Walked across the room for you,
Looked into your eyes so deep,
Longed to kiss you on your mouth.

Smelled the rose upon your skin,
Ran my fingers through your hair,
Felt your breathing deep in my soul,
Danced the dance of love tonight.

Held so tightly your loving grace,
Wished for now to never go away,
Slowly caressed your skin on mine,
Kissed you finally for quite a time.

Wisped you off in a swirling dance,
Across the room we glided so,
Dimming lights and stars above,
Made a spectacle of evening time.

Couldn't stop the mad revelry,
Wanted time to stop and be still,
Pictured you with me at home,
Needed you to be with me.

Counted the luck I savored now,
Loved you long and bewitching now,
Stared so soft and with beating heart,
My heart you now held in your hand.
Oct 2014 · 375
Tonight
Let life falter and drink tonight,
We'll drink until the wee hours night,
Pretend that time has stopped at last,
Consume the moment and let it past.

Bring round the brandy and lovely meats,
Let's kiss each other and share the treats,
No man or woman will ever celebrate,
We'll drink and drink until much too late.

Then fall about sweet night together,
Our heads will spin, so light as feather,
Pass all the bourbon around the table,
Tonight is not for the sane and able.

Do lovely things to one another,
Here comes a girl with one my brother,
The lights will dim until darkness sinks,
Then pass the bottle and one more drink.

Won't be the one to curtail the night,
Our bodies laying in such total fright,
Our spinning heads, our minds devoured,
It is the time for the witching hour.
Sep 2014 · 464
Come Home Hope, No Sorrow
Sword of death come follow those,
Who wake each day to spread their sorrow,
Remove their shields of hate and torment,
Send them headlong  to their eternal graves.

Ravens of darkness spilling such horror,
Quarantine them in closets of darkness,
Separate their empty souls from amongst us,
Placing them deep within the fiery pit.

Generals of shiny brass and worn-torn ribbons,
Who march their plans of death and destruction,
Their forward motion with their bombs and their guns,
Devastate the landscape with chemicals and deadly toys.

Menacing managers of total war and no coalition,
Stop them dead in their  promise to dismantle humanity,
Purge their carcasses from the fields and emptied hearts,
While denying them their desire to **** and destroy.

Lonely victims screaming with hardened tears and misery,
Let them stand strong against the menacing monsters here,
Hold up their hope to stop the onslaught now upon us,
While the sun comes home to shin once more upon our world.
Aug 2014 · 321
A Perfect Life
If life were perfect,
I'd live my dreams,
I'd smile and laugh,
Do silly things.

Each moment here,
I'd live my fantasies,
My friends would love,
Me and most anything.

I know for certain,
What the day would bring,
Each waking moment,
My soul would sing.

When problems came,
I'd brush them aside,
I'd stand in the open,
And never hide.

My bank account,
So full of cash,
My apartment new,
And my car a dream.

My girlfriends who,
Would call my house,
Would wait and wait,
For me to announce.

That everything is right,
As rain, and I would never,
Never, ever, ever complain.

Then bright one morning,
The doctor nearby came,
To tell me I had some,
Disease, how insane.

They called it cancer,
I called it so very lame,
And played my game,
Each day the same.

But, then the moment,
So harsh but true,
Told me the cancer,
Was through me, too.

So, now my laughter,
It is still so loud, insane,
Even though I'm standing,
Outside in the rain.
Aug 2014 · 314
Someone Said I Died Tonight
Someone said I died tonight,
Ceasing life and releasing soul,
Like a rumor, it spread like fire,
This dying of someone as told.

Wasn't like it was meant to be,
This silly man's dying all alone,
But time plays tricks on certainty,
To let us think we outsmart time.

But time knows better in this way,
Snatching moments in histories,
Plastering lives on a grander scale,
Laughing last when time decides.

Wasn't sad, nor crying was done,
No time to take an eternal inventory,
Just rapid racing towards nevermore,
A deafening quiet so now begins.

Like standing in the darkest room,
When silence surrounds bewilderment,
No sight or sound to announce the dying,
Just endless dying in this endless time.

Someone so rumored I died tonight,
And right they were to speak like fools,
This destiny that only death can bring,
Beyond their grasp and understanding.
Aug 2014 · 304
Lift My Heart And Soul
Let live and  lift my heart and soul,
Drowning in this fire of minor hope,
Never knowing when to stop or cry,
My endless search forever ever joy.

Crumbling heart of harden woe,
Beating with pretending pain,
Facing much in drifting wonder,
Keeping pace with life lived love.

Sure the embers burn so bright,
In my heading pace beginning,
Yet, I hold my heart in hand,
Giving much, but little surrender.

Knowing only those who try,
Ever living in a present mind,
Never ever releasing the dragon,
That silent burns in beating souls.

Up I go and upward ascending,
Looking where love dares to go,
Hoping some sweet, haunting lover,
Will hold my heart and head in hand.
Jun 2014 · 334
Chasing the Moon
Chased the moon in late night bliss,
But couldn't count the numerous stars,
Caught the planets swirling madly,
Deep within my prodigious mind.

Grabbed  a rope to lasso the world,
Tied it tightly in my cosmic fashion,
Pulled and pulled until I passed out,
Lying, lingering on the dampened Earth.

Lights of rings round glowing moonlight,
Cool air dancing in tree branches so high,
Call of the wild from a desperate coyote,
Dogs came running to escape demise.

Stretched my arms so protecting to heaven,
Saw the night dance play out it's routine,
Breathed the night air so sweet as a nectar,
Wandered aimlessly till the wee hours arrived.

All the splendor and all the beautiful creation,
Playing slowly like a movie of days gone by,
Heightened sounds like an orchestra playing,
Feel how the night now is laughing aloud.
The day the clouds fell down,
The moon was hurled to Earth,
The stars dropped for lack of space,
The ground shook with volcanic fervor.

This thing called time ceased to whirl,
A darkness fell all across the land,
The sun, once bright, now had a dark tint,
We stood,held hands and cried ****** tears.

Atmospheric storms raced onwards,
Showering us all with the heaviest rains,
We shivered in the dampness, very few,
Were left the day the clouds fell down.

Indignant hearts cried out to heaven,
We waved our fists and cursed in vain,
The little children stood close besides us,
How dare the world collapse this day.

We took a world and destroyed its beauty,
So kings and queens now hid in shadows,
To think that nature had nothing to say,
How could the calamity now shout its name?

This lonely day the clouds fell down,
We thought that time would ever present be,
Yet, in our minds and hearts so shattered,
We still screamed and shook our fists at God.
Mar 2014 · 396
Circles I Go
Around and around in circles I go,
Lost, lamenting on this orbital globe,
Wandering aimlessly, lost in night,
Frozen in motion and falling in space.

Mental confusion, we're all falling down,
Circular motion,  spinning through time,
Laughing hysterically, not knowing why,
Onward and onward till all goes away.

Planting my feet on once solid ground,
Running in motion, but not moving forward,
Looking in past and the others that follow,
Willing to surrender, but no one is there.

Being so blown down streets dark and damp,
Tumbling like rag dolls, falling and falling,
Hitting my head on the cobblestone street,
Where am I going and when am I there?

Now finally finding where this is to go,
Muddied and tired, stumbling along,
Finished with trying and slipping away,
There's just the darkness, showing its face.
Feb 2014 · 485
Ruth
Stab deep in my heart, toss me all away,
Look hate in your eyes, this lost, lonely day,
Then hurl all my body, off the steepest hill,
You're killing me harshly, now making me still.

If it weren't for the sorrow, would you still be here?
If I just held your hand more, your body revered,
If I brushed the tears that fell earthly in the past,
If you learned  how to love me, would love really last?

So, cover my body with the moist darkened soil,
Look off in the distance, so earnestly you toil,
Cast off all the guilty, lost moments we had,
Be gone with your lover, this moment so sad.

If I just let you breathe more, would happy you be,
If I open the shutters, so you always could see?
If I told you I loved you, more in daylight as night,
If I  would now be living this moment, no fright?

When they find where you hid me, uncover the truth,
Would you stand all defiant and plead nothing, dear Ruth?
If the courtroom you're planted, is so full of  our life,
Would you want now to love me, put down that sharp knife?
Feb 2014 · 1.7k
Lauralee
White cottage that sits near the thundering sea,
Was the  home of the beautiful, sweet Lauralee,
High planted like a castle, a fortress we three,
Myself and our baby and the heavenly Lauralee.

Surrounded in starkness, white sand all around,
High above was the calling, the seagulls abound,
The bluest of skies stretched like canvas so high,
Never did we have sadness or pain or we cried.

We walked on the beaches, possessed by time,
Our lives all together, so enduring and fine,
Holding hands like the wind would then blow away,
All our precious, dear moments worth having today.

Sometimes how the stars like Roman Candles burst,
Our lives were adorned by the gods and not cursed,
The angels flew swiftly to bring heaven-sent joy,
Watched years become years for our lovely, sweet boy.

Then boys become men and go marching far away,
Just the two left standing with now nothing to say,
With ages rearranging our bodies in harsh view,
No more walking the beach, what could we do?

So, the time came when she was so summoned above,
How my heart was so heavy, we once fit like a glove,
But I had to now place her where I couldn't see,
With my tears ever flowing for my sweet Lauralee.
Jan 2014 · 440
Woman
If I kissed your lips tonight,
Would your heart take off in flight?
One embrace, so warm and sweet,
Such fine beauty from head to feet.

Shapely woman, I want you near,
Just to hold you, please have no fear,
If our touch is not what you desire,
Then stop we will, go on no higher.

But if your heart begins to race,
Body shiver, together we face,
A burning passion inside our minds,
That nature must now carnal find.

Why be frightened of this embrace,
This is the moment, we want to taste?
Where bodies sway in evening winds,
How can this be wrong, or still a sin?

So lost inside each other so deep,
This love we feel, we'll always keep,
No guilty pleasure we can so call,
For in your arms, I now free fall.
Dec 2013 · 2.4k
Near Death
They could not bring my body back,
They tried so diligently and then and that,
I soared about myself to know and see,
That I was gone now, gone so  physically.

In all the struggles, the doctors, to save my life,
In all the crazy moments, my daughter and my wife,
Knew I was gone, dead so they say in science clinically,
But they could not know I'm here and now I still see.

A minute, maybe more minutes on a cosmic clock,
Began to tick so loudly, how could I make it stop?
Then tears from those who waited in the room nearby,
And how they would begin to be disillusioned and cry.

With that all gone, so instantaneously I began to be,
Inside a world, so lovely, and so beauteous to see,
Where peace so sweet surrounded my soaring soul,
With peoples of all nations, both young and old.

I knew now, God loved all, regardless of their beliefs,
I felt the love, engulfed the peace, in my new relief,
Began to hug those both near me and so very far,
I made the journey to Heaven, where we now are.

But such sweet joy and contentment was not to be,
I heard an angel tell me so kindly and gingerly,
That I must return to continue my Earthly life,
To share the word and love my daughter and wife.
Dec 2013 · 2.4k
Near Death
They could not bring my body back,
They tried so diligently and then and that,
I soared about myself to know and see,
That I was gone now, gone so  physically.

In all the struggles, the doctors, to save my life,
In all the crazy moments, my daughter and my wife,
Knew I was gone, dead so they say in science clinically,
But they could not know I'm here and now I still see.

A minute, maybe more minutes on a cosmic clock,
Began to tick so loudly, how could I make it stop?
Then tears from those who waited in the room nearby,
And how they would begin to be disillusioned and cry.

With that all gone, so instantaneously I began to be,
Inside a world, so lovely, and so beauteous to see,
Where peace so sweet surrounded my soaring soul,
With peoples of all nations, both young and old.

I knew now, God loved all, regardless of their beliefs,
I felt the love, engulfed the peace, in my new relief,
Began to hug those both near me and so very far,
I made the journey to Heaven, where we now are.

But such sweet joy and contentment was not to be,
I heard an angel tell me so kindly and gingerly,
That I must return to continue my Earthly life,
To share the word and love my daughter and wife.
Dec 2013 · 622
One Night Stand
Magic bodies melting to,
Loving, yes, and loving you,
Kissing your face, laughing loud,
Every advantage, taking now.

Gliding fingers over your skin,
Hoping now, you will  let me in,
Now your hair tickles my face,
Sweet to be inside the human race.

Heaving chest, hot is the air,
Lost in love, how we care,
Smell the essence that is you,
Somehow feels fresh, so is new.

Falling garments, on the floor,
Just beginning, wanting you more,
Tingle, tingle, bodies now hot,
Wanting all, yes, all you've got.

Reaching inside, going now deep,
This is special, promises to keep,
Will this be, a lasting, sweet delight?
Or, one night stand, and just one night?

Once it's over, the magic now gone,
We sing the lovers, momentary song,
Picking up, slowly, the garments that fell,
Perhaps tomorrow, who can  we tell?
Dec 2013 · 674
Lingering
Searching every hole and cranny,
Wading deep in the lake of life,
Following every path and byway,
Lingering, always lost inside myself.

Holding life beneath the lamp of sadness,
Examining how each part does not fit,
Piecing parts of the cosmic puzzle so,
Never, ever fitting the circle in the square.

Past lives,  family ever, ever spinning,
Knowing how they want to rule me,
Trying daily to create my path of wonder,
Cramming their views deep inside my soul.

Longing for the sweet girl living near,
To ride in on a horse of fiery flames,
Saving my soul and placing it in a box,
So she can determine if I am truly living.

Tasting the rain, so ever dancing free,
Whistling the wind, the cooling motion,
Seeing dark clouds spinning like a top,
Never coming to face my, my own reality.

Noticing in a magic mirror placed before me,
Aging, loosing, this  youthful, fleeting force,
Staring at the old man, tired, searching still,
But never discovering the purpose of my life.
Nov 2013 · 545
Lover's Lament
When you reached into my body,
Tearing my heart and soul away,
Standing, holding these in your hands,
You screamed like a banshee in the night.

Left with just a body so violated,
Leaning on the wall, just about to collapse,
You hit my head against the wall with joy,
Down, down I fell in a pile of  a mess.

About to kick this wounded love soldier,
Just when the smile faded, faded away,
I looked deep into your cavernous eyes,
Hoping, hoping for some glimpse of humanity.

It wasn't enough, my life was so freely  given,
It wasn't just that I so wanted you so desperately,
It wasn't that I,  an inexperience lover was calling,
It wasn't that love has skipped me somehow by,
It was that I genuinely craved your sweet body,
Just wanting to kiss you and hold you next to me.

Now, as you scanned me lying, so slowly dying,
The look of your disgust and distain revealed,
I now inside my chaotic mind so racing, racing,
Knew that this will be my lost, lover's lament.
Nov 2013 · 653
Wonderful Day
Light the feather floats to sight,
Soft the sunlight shines so bright,
Cool the air goes flowing so near,
Day the time, now evening is here.

Rain now falling, heaven tears on,
So the evening, now comes the dawn,
Slow the trees, with branches so swaying,
Life surrounds us, this much I'm saying.

Breathe the air, this morning so sweet,
See the garden, with wonders to eat,
Hold the silence, when silence will do,
Up at dawn, day beginning so new.

Hold the child, their bodies so hot,
Kiss the lass, for now why so not,
Sweep the porch and know it's true,
How we love, and they love us, too.

Wish the hoping, knowing some fact,
Leave the country,  but always come back,
Bring some city to the meadows and fields,
This life makes living, with nothing to yield.

Last, but not the least we now can share,
Knowledge and nature, we are so aware,
Everything so part and partial now we declare,
Look quickly upward, while some others stare.

Coming full circle, this thing we call life,
Lots of the joyous, mixed in some strife,
Tears upon pillows, but the tears dry away,
This comes from heaven, this wonderful day.
Nov 2013 · 607
Fall Interlude
The monsoon season came and gone,
Left fields so drenched and dreary dawn,
The trees so bare, with none some leaves,
The fall began, we all still grieved.

The darkened clouds spread cross the sky,
Some souls were born and some still died,
The wind, our master, blew heavily near,
I held you close, sweet lover dear.

The evenings silent like after a storm,
A animal crying, so distant forlorn,
The children tucked so tightly in beds,
Our minds so rapid, in lonely heads.

Our breath upon the night air see,
The days down loading, now we're free,
We sit like school kids, still by the fire,
Though aged in years, no more desire.

We turn towards each other hoping,
That day is done, no interloping,
No mysteries to solve, no hidden plans,
For now it's woman and just her man.
Gone are the days of youthful flight,
Of beautiful women deep in the night,
No longer chasing the sun in the sky,
We came madly dancing until we died.

Wild, restless lads hell bent, full passion,
Held girls adorned in such silly fashion,
We ate our fill and soon wanted some more,
Not knowing what our lives had in store.

We watched no clocks, we took no time,
To learn the story of life's mystery rhymes,
Nor, did we think old age would someday be,
Our eyes were covered in youth, we could not see.

But life so fleeting, came like a rapid train,
Some learned to cope, some went insane,
The lasses were there, now lasses no more,
Come enter the party, come enter the door.

Yet, as  the band played those annoying songs,
We stumbled so blindly and followed along,
Till when the final curtain began to now fall,
We didn't really live our short lives at all.
Nov 2013 · 569
Emerald Isle
Let them be their own, oh God of Mercy,
Let all the babies sleep well at night,
Bring mornings blessings, no more testing,
And let all the people stay home to be free.

Stop all the bombing, and all the killing,
How much of the blood now flows free?
Burn all the guns, melt down all the bullets,
And let these people have back what they see.

Once landing on shorelines, invading the cities,
The menace brings all of it's own ideology,
Who tells me what hand, of which bread I'm feeding,
And pushes me downward to stand on my knees?

If we work the fields, and we toll and die plenty,
Is it not a God given right to remain free?
Who takes from my table, is more than able,
To threaten the air that I long to breathe, see?

No more will we linger, till gone are the sinners,
Who threaten my family and my children, be free,
We'll send them a running, with faith we come gunning,
Till all of our homeland stands proudly and free.

Not violence we're wanting, just living and loving,
We long for the day when the worries so flee,
So put on us pressure, no more can be leisure,
Until all the country is finally free.
Oct 2013 · 377
To Her
Heart to  heart, soul on soul,
Loving you there's no control,
Saying just a night will do,
When much better having two.

Take my hand, say you care,
Living so within your stare,
Pressing bodies, tightly so,
Savoring moments, very slow.

Wondering how you're feeling now,
Taking time as how time allows,
High upon the highest mount,
Every moment, how it counts.

Listening words, words do say,
How we're feeling, how today,
Knowing love is more than this,
Longest, lingering lovely kiss.

Mixing emotions, fever pitch,
In this moment, feeling rich,
Beating hearts, banging drum,
All these moments, all the sum.

Saying it and saying it proud,
Loving you and loving loud,
Hoping time won't fleeting be,
Glad you're loving, loving me.
Aug 2013 · 851
Glory
All the cannons, all the smoke, early sunrise coming,
Scattered all about the landscape, men and boys lay dying,
Staining all the grass and meadow, blood on grass is showing,
Once again another day when young boys now are dying.

Fresh-faced babies, gathered in crowds, come to test their mettle,
Full of dreams and evening strolls, while whistling bullets flying,
Recalling days of past, short youth, none came here with dreams,
Planes with bombs and propellers sounding, war is now a flying.

Marching madness, ground war mounting, hear the babies crying,
Holding shoulders high and fast,  this meadow will be knowing,
For every blade of grass we see, the color green will be removing,
So, now proud solider, with head held high, begins now a crying.

The undertaker, this busy man, will begin to build the coffins,
While taking youth and squandering souls, bodies not lay lying,
What will be done and who  must die, when giving all they have residing,
Deep within, and made of wood, there lies the road of coffins.

More come soon, these fresh-faced children, ready to **** another,
Brother on brother, and unknown youth, will **** without shying,
No one know the mental mind when killing is now the sporting,
Girls at home, so pinning worth, will console one another.
Aug 2013 · 847
Another Blustery Day
Came on one day, the darkened clouds,
That hung in sky, a gloomy companion,
With rain, so summer, dropped steadily,
The sun did not come readily out today.

Damp sidewalks, pavements, black as coal,
With whistling wind that danced in trees,
A cool, invigorating massage of  face and skin,
A spiritual rebirth so surely on its wandering way.

Humidifying to our own bodies and souls,
The mugginess comes and moments of listless day,
So counting moments as they flashed before us,
Another, blustery fall day we shared today.

So, endless puddles of deepen water wells,
Splash out before us when we came to play,
But walking faster, the bus that flies by us,
Is lightened as the sun peeks out to shine the way.
Aug 2013 · 742
Another Blustery Day
Came on one day, the darkened clouds,
That hung in sky, a gloomy companion,
With rain, so summer, dropped steadily,
The sun did not come readily out today.

Damp sidewalks, pavements, black as coal,
With whistling wind that danced in trees,
A cool, invigorating massage of  face and skin,
A spiritual rebirth so surely on its wandering way.

Humidifying to our own bodies and souls,
The mugginess and moments of listless day,
So counting moments as they flashed before us,
Another, blustery fall day we shared today.

So, endless puddles of deepen water wells,
Splash out before us when we came to play,
But walking faster, the bus that flies by us
Is lightened as the sun peeks out to shine the way.
Jul 2013 · 1.1k
Alice Fay
She came down from the highest hills,
To spread her hope, sweet  Alice Fay,
Turn lonely night to loveliest day,
She came, thank God, our Alice Fay.

Said part of nature, so wild and free,
With darkest eyes, just she could see,
A hope and joy she spread like fire,
We held her heart with our deepest desire.

Once she in village small and steep,
Her family toiled the land to weep,
Each day brought hope, she sang a song,
She lived her life the whole day long.

Skin so lovely, and laughter so free,
A magical spirit on bended knee,
She gave to God what God decreed,
No haughty pleasure would she need.

Once down, the world surrounded on,
She lived each day, beginning the dawn,
To spread her love, second nature it seemed,
She loved and laughed and dared to dream.

Then came a time, as times so often do,
She met a man, so young, so brave and true,
And married did they as young folks will,
A hummingbird was on the window sill.

Came the children in droves, no harm,
They needed the people to work the farm,
She rose each morning and put on kettle,
The country folks, so endowed with mettle.

We do believe she raised her children to believe,
To get you have to give and not always receive,
Taught them right and wrong and the other ways,
To truthfully live in peace for all your days.

The children matured, had families of their own,
Worked hard their farms, their fingers to the bone,
Her husband passed on a cold, rainy hard day,
She had him buried, and that was her way.

But time wears on a most hurried heart,
Takes us to death from an early start,
Then one day a reaper comes hauntingly along,
To silence the bonny lasses song.
Jul 2013 · 664
Over
She took my soul, my body remained,
My wandering mind went so insane,
The thoughts of where she was tonight,
Gave my imagination a fearful sight.

Her sumptuous taste, with lovely skin,
Her eyes so hidden, so deeply within,
The perfume of her feminine design,
Intoxicated my weary and rapid brain.

Soon mapped her body, so longed for her,
The devious beginnings began to stir,
A passion created from deep inside the earth,
In my imaginations began its birth.

Rang up her life, but no one was home,
Great God, am I now so very alone?
Walked past her flat, knew it was wrong,
What happened to our lover's song?

Poured countless nights with pen in hand,
How could her mind never understand?
The difficulty in a rebounding from pain,
While lingering longer in the pouring rain.

Tonight, my longing turned instantly to lust,
It's love almighty we no longer must trust,
If she found some such magical, new beau,
I'm cast adrift, this much I now must know.
Jul 2013 · 1.0k
Wild Horses
Since times of Spanish exploration,
They ran like gods of speed and thunder,
Across the open plains and wild country,
With eyes on fire and flowing manes.

All colors on their backs of majesty,
They roamed in packs, a brotherhood,
Hell bent on some, yet distance future,
No man could tame them readily.

Their pace so frantic, a restless brood,
They feared all men, and rightly so,
So when the time came to contain them,
They ran their fastest, uneven road.

Living off the land they circled,
In canyons vast with red-rock walls,
Near streams so frigid, shadows deep,
They'd stop to have their fill of life.

Their snorts and breathing, surreal it was,
A call to distance friends who still roamed,
Their muscles hardened, never slowed them,
A magical part of what nature showed.

Then came the conquistadors, gold to find,
With needing means to travel the land,
Saw these gods of flight and fancy,
Deciding they should conquer all.

But wild resist man's arrogant pleasure,
Some died a royal death then now alone,
And man, the most selfish, took their freedom,
But could not stop their restless souls.
Jul 2013 · 427
See Me Cry
Those on high,
See me cry,
Feel my pain,
Life is insane,
No more home,
I'm all alone,
Can't see his face,
This empty place,
No laughter here,
Life gone I fear,
No more I know,
While life below,
My son came back,
From life's attack,
Gave all for us,
Did not a fuss,
Why war so near,
Takes those so dear,
And those behind,
No purpose find,
My heart is hurt,
My hope desert,
Can't hug him so,
I'm dying slow,
So hug your child,
So tenderly,
And truly see,
How precious done,
My lovely son.
Jun 2013 · 479
Gentle Soul
Gentle soul, come lay down next to me,
Unload your daily sorrows and tears,
Reveal your  inner hopes and dreams,
And I will love you so, now and forever.

Let down your golden hair of brown,
Let it fall helplessly down towards the bed,
Remove your clothes and let them aimlessly fall,
Begin the dance of love tonight for me, please.

Kind spirit, taste the wine in darkness come,
Hold heart to heart, let breathing be our guide,
Reshape our bodies into one, the only one,
While I dry all your tears and fears this night.

If love be designed in times of trouble, be it,
For all your sweetness is a part of me, as well,
The heavy breaths, the panting sighs, oh,
Let me like a heavenly angel find you peace.

Gentle soul, I give you all I have to give,
In hopes the morning brings you happiness,
In truth, I know it may be momentary pleasure,
But I will be your constant lover and friend.
Apr 2013 · 461
Goodbye Adelia
And, so, you leave me here, standing,
Solitary, little boy, with his pants down,
Though man of man still wanting, you,
I watch you slowly slip away and cry,
Into the dark and lonely throughfare,
But I stand silly, shocked and empty,
Because my love has gone away.

If I had painted a grand world for you,
Perhaps, this and that would  still be true,
While golden hair, now gray and flowing on,
Would melt a heart of stone and rock and worry,
But I still long and love with all my being standing so,
Wanting all familiar times anew, then know not real,
Yet, as you walk so casually forth, I know it is now,
Here comes the searing stab of all  my lonliness.

I step  forth as though a man possessed, deleted,
Holding  onto walls, posts, and anything made solidly,
And wander, wander, wander like a fool betrayed,
Until I can no longer see you walking slowly , steal away,
Raising my hand and muttering to myself insane,
"Goodbye, Adelia,  my love, goodbye.
Apr 2013 · 575
Into Death
Dead, the crows pick at my soul,
Darkened clouds are flying above,
Stench of death surrounding me,
But, still, I fight to come alive.

Hunted, haunted, I made my path,
But the hunters tracked me down,
So, their arrows had pierced my heart,
Now I lay on bleached, hot sand.

Thoughts of how my body dies,
Clinching to the hope or dream,
Of coming back to life in force,
To hunt the hunters who are alive.

Hear the crows and buzzards fly above,
Wanting flesh to devour my soul,
But, as long as a thread in me still lives,
Am I truly still laying dead?

Once more angels and devils resume,
To fight for my cold-hearted body,
But my spirit still lives on I know,
Because my mind still longs to live.
Jan 2013 · 833
Full Circle
From magical birth we're on our path to die,
But this is not a worrisome thing, don't cry,
Just take the moments as they fall like rain,
And drink up all the pleasure and the pain.

Once born we feel that life will be so long,
We happily take life's measure, sing our song,
But never think that time will soon disappear,
So like a school child venture forth, no fear.

We watch our loved ones come and quietly go,
Too young to understand where they have gone,
Our parents tell us it's a natural thing to die and so,
Our hearts still break but quickly heal and bond.

Then nature comes with seasons diverse, it's clear,
The natural order of things burst forth we've heard,
That in our own free world and segmented hemisphere,
There are things we love and hate and sometimes fear.

Then being young to college off we go with hope,
To educate ourselves and learn the ways of love,
But in the scheme of how to grab life's slippery rope,
We bow our knees and upward look for peace above.

Discovering love we fly on wings so short,  gossamer,
To believe no others find the love we now have found,
This union comes as such a surprise and is a blurr,
When twenty years go by without  a mournful sound.

The children come, the dogs, the cats and coupled friends,
Become entrenched in our lives with no signs, or sudden ends,
We become our fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and trends,
Define who we are now and the journey's rough and life's road bends.

And  now the people gather in their dark clothes with less to say,
A family man has left us on this day, the people will truly talk,
They'll single file walk past to gaze and look sad in their own way,
But this is what we do on feets of clay the endless, solitary walk.
If the time would come when we weren't lonely,
Nothing in this world would stand in our way,
Gentle thoughts of you when you were  loving,
Brought us to this union  where we played.

When we walked together it was still magic,
Holding hands like one another would get away,
Smiling and content was who we were being,
Sharing dreams and memories everyday.

Why can't people in love live on forever?
Who determines how long together we stay?
Maybe if we hope and ask for this time now,
We will live to love just one more day.

Sweet is the way when you are so loving,
This is what we all pray someday to be,
When the love that you share is everylasting,
Blessings fall like gentle drops of rain.

Then in your arms my heart is so pounding,
Touching slow your hair and  skin on this day,
Kissing soft your lips now is so amazing,
This is all to wish for in this way.

Why can't people in love live on forever?
Who determines how long together we stay?
Maybe if we hope and ask for this time now,
We will live to love just one more day.
Dec 2012 · 1.2k
A Gathering
Evening falls like an old friend,
And all the dead poets have arrived,
It is a gathering of all their spirits,
For another try at stirring the muses.

We see Keats, and Shelley, and Sandberg,
As they slowly materialize before our eyes,
Then Woodsworth and Dylan Thomas,
Both simultaneously step into the light.

Shakespeare wants to come, too,
But his turn of a phrase won't do,
Because we want Dickerson and Frost,
And the bard must wait until his time has come.

The bonfire is roaring, the starry, starry skies,
A cool evening breeze steps lightly across our faces,
Then Shelley begins to step forward and write in the air,
Such phrases and sketches once again a delight to read.

And, I, a poet want to beam in a trance of worldly proportion,
I can not speak, or utter even the barest of grunts or utterances,
Then Shakespeare, never to be outdone, begins a love-sick sonnet,
While the crowd of hosts take notice and smile out loud.

This gathering of dead poets seems like a dream of dreams,
As they stand proudly upon the dampened ground of forest leaves,
And Walt Whitman wants to recite from "Leaves of Grass" once more,
While I, a student at the beginning of life, take copious notes galore.
Nov 2012 · 1.2k
Wanderer
I took a drink of cool, clean water,
That came from within a wishing well,
It tasted sweet and filled me deeper,
With precious life that came to me.

I wanted more, of this cool beverage,
So, took another drink, then took two,
It filled my body with such  robust flavor,
That on my journey I could now venture on.

When coming upon a run-down farmhouse,
Where wind blew whispfully in swaying trees,
I picked a pear from the nearest pear tree,
And held the fruit in hand so gracefully.

The pear was sweet, the juice ran rapidly,
Down on my chin, onto my denim shirt,
I felt the grit, the fruit soon was  tastefully,
Set fire to my tastebuds so endlessly.

I glanced upon the cornfields so lonely,
Standing tall and giant they reached for sky,
The greeness filled my mind with fancy,
Then, so I wandered to fields to further see.

Within the field, a lovely, young beauty,
Was pulling corn from the green, green stalks,
Her smile, a greeting, to me weary wanderer,
I took her hand and handled it so tenderly.

She said she spent her days in the cornfields,
I sensed she wanted to switch places with me,
To wander aimlessly, through nearby counties,
In search of self so then so senselessly.

But me, a mortal, mere man of mans' time,
Would what give readily to find all the day,
To stand silently within cornfields, green I see,
To shuck corn from the cornfields so handily.
We think the world is full of endless flight,
With sunlight that comes each morning true,
But pages of the words we write our lives upon,
Soon have an ending that will come with night.

Each moment, as we savor all its essense in,
Comes soft or sometimes like a rushing crowd,
We try like mad to assemble all these thoughts,
But some get lost along life's lonesome highway road.

Who dares to want to live forever?
Who wants to believe forever?
What makes this passing life so ever sweet,
Is the beginning, middle, and end forever.

To want our souls to live beyond our earthly gates,
So human in its humaness, we can't deny it so,
That how we watch the clock tick tock away the day,
We truly know that nothing once can be eternal here.

We want to have our cake and eat it, too,
But when the Maker comes, our time is through,
Do not feed fear when this time swiftly comes,
For it is nature's course to take this path.

Who dares to want to live forever?
Who wants to believe forever?
What makes this passing life so ever sweet,
Is the beginning, middle, and the end forever.
Aug 2012 · 1.4k
If
If
If all the stars in the known universe,
Were gathered to put inside an empty jar,
Would we see such a brilliant, fervent light,
Shine for the world to enjoy and know?

If all the broken hearts and long-lost souls,
Could meet to talk on some distant plain,
Would they resolve their hurt and sorrow,
So heaven and earth could proclaim their joy?

What if the men who constructively destroy,
Put pause on warring and polluting the planet,
Enough to understand the ongoing  human condition,
Throwing all their energies into the spread of peace.

When all the hospitals where the sick  and dying,
Find miracle cures filled with divine intervention,
We'd look to each other for our rest and surviving,
If we could just become the ones to hope and dream.

If one more time we saw our paths laid out before us,
We'd know that sometimes the road so less traveled,
Becomes the one where all our adventures begin,
And peace comes home once more to all of us.
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