With dreams in my eyes
And a sense of hope in my mind
I’ve set out on a long and arduous journey
Don’t know where the roads will take me
The fragrance of my homeland brings tears to my eyes
It s a lonely path I’m walking
The sun is setting in the distant horizon
Darkness has descended
The moon has never looked more beautiful
The stars seem so bright today
I stop at a motel for the night
Feels weird to be sleeping alone
Loneliness comes and visits me every night
Holding me coldly till morning light
Your words still resound in my mind
Your image keeps flashing in my mind
.....On those warm sunny days
Under the sun
On those sun-kissed beaches
When our sand-smeared bodies touched against each other
It was nothing but sheer ecstasy
Or those rainy days??
When we were under one umbrella
Holding each other tightly
You remember that time??
The time when loved ruled our hearts and minds
The time when I was your favourite garment and pillow
We promised each other that the world belonged to us
Don’t know as to what will happen to those promises
We might or might not live to see a new sun
But tell you what…the moments that we spent together will never be forgotten by either of us
If we were to meet someday in the future
It will truly be my good fortune
In the meantime I just have one request….please remember me for the right reasons
And  when i come back for you
Just take my hand and run away with me
Don’t think...
It’s a short life we have
So..Live it with me

My daddy taught me when I was young
How to be a gentleman son

Open doors for all ladies
Say yes sir, no sir and may I please

Never speak unless spoken to
Keep this advice close to you

It will help where e're you go
And if your mother smells nice then tell her so

If your walking a girl down the street
Walk between her and where the cars do meet

And when going up and down the stairs
He didn't want to leave me unaware

Stay behind when going up
And when heading down stay in front

Because if a lady trips and calls
You'll be there to catch her fall

Never speak when your mouth is full
Cause no one wants to see your food

And elbows belong on your arms
Not propped up on the table son

These are just a few things my daddy taught me
To be a gentleman in the first degree

Today it will rain once again,
In the windows of cloudy eyes,
Where I and you unclearly exist,
On the lotted shores of memory.

Stoic birds wading upon waves,
That grieve and go, riding, broke,
An endless sweeping of sorrows,
Carried by moans on the wind.

In the windows of our new eyes
There was, then, true gleaming
And we were *****, by seasides,
Among sparkles of stars and sun.

The island so far away was here,
Perfect, bright, cast of nowadays,
Land only love in whisper knows
O, by the graceful seasides only.

Now, dry, shelled and castaway,
The wind is shrilling its long keen
And the cradle bones of our love
Lie still, asleep in sinking sands.

She is a storm, full of power and determination.
At times scattered and frightening when
the lightning nearly strikes the ground on which
you stand.
Then when she weeps,
all things are is a gloom,
hidden by the thick mist in the
air.
The way she rumbles and crashes
about, pouring the troubles that
have become too heavy to carry alone
to the ground, where you are
standing.
Your umbrella is beaten and blown
inside out, yet you hang on tight.
The storm can't rage infinitely.
It may take a few hours or days,
but the sun will shine through
the heavy gray clouds eventually.

His smile has rained over my ribcage
where inside rests a soil field
for him to grow hundreds of red tulips
as red as my kiss to his sweet lips
and they've been blocking my breathing
each time he tells me that he's leaving
or simply return to me and staying
so I pluck them all and start counting
one and two and three
does he loves me not?
or does he loves me?
until teardrop falls and I cannot see
cause it always ends up with him
not loving me

Ladies you were wonderfully beautifully made by God.
Yes I know that you have scars from all of life's experiences.
But so do we men, have scars from life experiences as well.
But you naturally accept us with them without rejection.
So I am saying this very same thing to all of you Ladies.
God loves your naturally beauty , and I love it on you as well.
I thank God for each of you beautiful naturally Ladies.
For you are a God send with so much beauty inside .
As outside of you as well I love you with Gods love.
I appreciate each of you and ask God to always bless you.

Change is here
Change is there
Change it seems is everywhere

Change is what
Is always up
Whenever we have had enough

Change is good
Change is cruel
Change is something we all do

Change can bring
About a change
Some is sane, some deranged

People often
Change their minds
If you give them enough time

Change after all
Can be costly
But that depends on you and me

Shadowed in the deepest trench
Four good men stand and stare
At my white face now reflected,
As if I wasn’t there.
Through a barrier of ethnicity,
Down walls of wooden eyes,
To pass through halls of prejudice
That none of us disguise.
They see me through a spectre,
Depicted by a ruse,
Of elemental difference
Which neither party choose.
A product of upbringing
Incumbent in each race,
Between us lies discomfort
When we search each other’s face.

They are black and I am white
Our blood shares crimson red
We all love our wives and family
And we struggle till we’re dead.
Why we amplify this difference
Why we bear this manic cost….
Where a hue of pigmentation
Means all reasoned thought is lost?

There’s a sadness in the offing
There’s an air of quiet remorse,
For mankind to come to terms with this….
The beast must run its’ course.

Marshalg
In the deep northern trench
27 July 2015

Growing up
I always had
someone else around me
Mom and Dad
were always there
to advise and yes, to ground me

Time did pass
Things  did change
I went on my own way
The advice was there
But, not as much
There was no one there to say...

Don't do that
Use your head
Is that what you want to do
That is wrong
You'll die alone
and then...He sent me you

Teenage years
Mistakes were made
More than I can count
Always down
and looking up
I was thrown off of the mount

Advice...uh uh
Direction none
just me and me alone
confusion reigned
tempers flared
no one there to groan.....

Don't do that
Use your head
Is that what you want to do
That is wrong
You'll die alone
and then...He sent me you

lightning struck
a purpose loomed
i knew what i should do
boots pulled up
a life to share
that was when he sent me you

Don't do that
Use your head
Is that what you want to do
That is wrong
You'll die alone
and then...He sent me you

Without you
I am nothing
A sailboat with no breeze
With you
I am different
I am loved, and I'm at ease

He sent me you
To change my ways
He sent me you to love
He sent me you
To spend my days
He sent me you....my love