A city to be proud of are nick name is Scousers
Do you remember The Beatles in flared trousers
The Soccer and songs of “You Never Walk Alone”
So many songs include “In My Liverpool home”
Two great Cathedrals that light up in the night
And John Lennon airport where you catch a flight
With two big soccer clubs there is intense rivalry
But when it’s all over there is plenty of camaraderie
It’s a city of culture with museums and History
It’s my Liverpool home, where i'm proud to be  

David Swinden © 6/1/2017

Her room is now empty, no longer here
The mother I love and hold so dear
She has moved out, into private care home
In this big empty house I now live alone
In her vacant bedroom there is a Jewelry box
On the table are her old winter socks
I open the box and take a peek inside
Trinkets and bracelets fill me with pride
Inside the box I find letters from her past
From dad saying our love will always last
Written in the 1940s he spent many years at sea
He fought for his country in the Merchant navy
So personal she kept them all these years
Her whole life in this box brings me near to tears
Her memories may be gone in Dementia she is lost      
I will forever treasure her life in this Jewelry box

David Swinden © 13/2/2017
I love you Mum forever

It’s my world through my minds eyes
Don’t assume anything about me or tell lies
It’s my life to decide the things that I choose
Don’t judge my life, try walking in my shoes

You haven’t lived my life, known the pain I feel
Walked the same journey, seen my life for real
Known my pain of loss, sometimes in life you lose
Don’t judge my life, try walking in my shoes

Try Walking in my shoes

David Swinden © 24/7/2016

Always and forever you change just like the wind
Lost in your world with feelings I have sinned
Whispers of your love tease through the night
Awake in the morning you live in my daylight
Yearning to find the place where you might be
Solitude in this world I live, forever empty
Agonising emotions are with me all day
No tablet for relieve never going away
Drained emotionally my life on my own
Freezing winter winds chill to the bone
Only you can fulfil my true love’s destiny
Rekindle my soul’s love for an eternity
Enriching my heart with love to be filled
Visions in the past my hearts blood you spilled
Endless games with the feelings I have sinned
Realizing always you are invisible just like the wind


Title of the poem spelt down the spine of the verse.

You are always with me wherever I go
In winter time the cold winter snow
Spring time flowers in a gentle breeze
You are with me forever and never leave
The summer is warm the grass green
Your the beauty of nature always with me
Autumn brings beautiful colored leaves
As nature slowly falls gently to sleep
You are my true love and you always will be
Natures true beauty you are always with me

David Swinden © 7/4/2017

In a peaceful place to stay
Pen and paper in hand
Many hours would pass away
Sat on the golden sand

Random thoughts would often pass
Etched from mind to verse
A poem never finished
Writers block his dreaded curse

In a place of perfect beauty
Where symphonies of ideas are born
In the scent of foaming seas
In writers block he mourns

In a peaceful place to stay
Poetry his true love scorned
But still he seeks to find his way
Till a new love verse is born

~The poets pen ebbs and flows~
~Singing tender words of love that grows~

15th June 2011

As I watched you slip away
I hoped we would meet again
Through all the pouring rain
There was a ***** of light
And you where shining bright
I held you in my arms once again
And I hoped this love would remain
The love I so truly cherished
Spoke of which such merit
Cradled and whispered I love you
To you I gave my heart so true
I dreamed of all the times we shared
And my heart I gave to you and bared
I wanted it to last forever this time
And together we would always remain
Then one day you left me all alone
Freezing cold like winter to the bone  
As I watched you slip away
Emotional turmoil once again
Again……

David Swinden 23/1/2018

Through the passage of time we live in another world
In another dream we believe our plans are now unfurled
We cannot touch what's not there for us to hold
Changing water into wine.. turning silver into gold..
Life can be so confusing.. and with no answers inaudible..
Emotions then take over for all to see uncontrollable..
When there are no words there are feelings that show
Private to us.. it's a part of us we don't want nobody to know

Yet when we lose someone close and we feel the pain
All the voices of condolences we hear bring more tears of rain
And life still becomes more confusing as every second ticks
And there is no way to reverse time and fix the things to fix
Clouded and blurred my words may seem to all that read
But for me it starts to heal the pain and scars.. 'it's what I need'
Just for now I will live in another world alone a place so serene
Till I feel the time is right for me.. to live another dream..


3/8/2005
Emotional Man is my poetry pen name on another website.

The darkness in her eyes
Hides fire that burns within
Tears will not prevail
Her anger is her sins

Festering in her thoughts
Gripped with bitterness
It hides her true identity
Of sensitive tenderness

Until she opens up her heart
And the tears begin to flow
She hides all her feelings
In a world no one knows

3/9/2015

At the graveside the grieving man knelt
Remembering the feelings that he felt
And in all the grief and all the pain
In this painful time on his knees he remained
Face to face they had never even met
But for a year they chatted on the internet

The tears flowed down from his eyes
Some would never understand or be surprised
How can this poor man have a broken heart
When in his life she has played no part
Although face to face they never even met
But for a year they chatted on the internet

Friendships blossom relationships grow
Where will they lead? Nobody knows
But this poor man's grief that's in his soul
Has opened up a gaping hole
Even though face to face they had never met
Once upon a time they chatted on the internet

2003

There is a sail boat in my heart
With a sail that's heart shaped
You are it's compass on it's journeys
Beneath darkened skies it's draped

It's now lost in stormy waters
Where you left me at sea
The ropes to the sail fall apart
Your slowly the breaking of me

The sail is strewn across the deck
My boat is lost as it's hull breaks
It's wood is rotting it's mast falls
Drifting into more heartache

I’m broken in ravaged waters
As once again my love departs
Leaving my wreckage behind
Oh broken sail boat in my heart

Inspired by Arlo Disarray's poem Little Sailboat in my Heart. Arlo write's some great verses.

My life has faced some hard times indeed
An emotional roller coaster made my heart bleed
When darkness arrives on my final day
It’s “goodbye dear world” last words I say

My final journey is to heavens gates
My road ahead is all our fates
The day arrives light shines from above
God is waiting to share all his love

Past friends and family are waiting for me
Many tears where shed when I was lost at sea
In heavens world all pain is banished
My past loved ones whom had vanished
They wait for me with tears in there eyes
It’s a different world full of surprise
It’s a world of beauty to have and to hold
Where every second is precious as gold
I look over my shoulder at dear mother earth
I shed a tear for loved ones still down there
One day you will share the same journey as me
When it arrives together we will be
It’s a place of beauty love is everywhere
We speak of memories the good times we shared
On the final time that you sleep in your bed
It’s the final journey “it’s your road ahead”

David Swinden© 19/2/2016

I used to know this guy called big Sam Bellamy
Made many mistakes in life, his own worse enemy
Not a true friend in the world to share his lonely life
Has no children to speak of not even a girlfriend or a wife
People in the streets would laugh and point there finger at him
Always behind his back they where laughing and bickering
But then one Saturday evening he bought a ticket for the lottery
And as the numbers came out, what happened he couldn't believe
Big Sam had all the numbers his ticket was a massive jackpot
Not bad for someone who was treated like a loner or a crackpot
Now all the sad people with two faces want him as a friend
They say 'Sam you are my true friend' in disguise they pretend
And poor old Sam thinks these people are so honest and true
When they say 'Hey big Sam we have always loved you'
Needing love and so open for warmth, Big Sam Bellamy
Made many mistakes in life, his own worse enemy

Be happy in life nothing is perfect
Enjoy the world it really is worth it
Many barriers faced make you sigh
Sometimes you smile when you want to cry
The journey you face is your little world
So open your heart be it a boy or a girl
You will have days filled with heavenly bliss
The embrace of a lover with the sweetest kiss
Days with the loss of family or a close friend
Your heart breaks in two and you wish for the end
It’s life’s journey with many twist and turns
Sometimes you will find your fingers get burnt
It’s just everyday life with it’s ups and downs
Some days you swim others you will drown
Just be happy in life nothing is perfect
Enjoy the world it really is worth it

David Swinden©27/5/2016

When we meet again
It will never be the same
In the arms of Lord Jesus
From the moment you leave us
Life can be so unkind
When dementia takes your mind
Slowly dismantles your world
Mother to five boys and a girl
But now in silence most days
When I speak you have little to say
You struggle more to take medication
Memories of dad you no longer mention
With food you now eat much less
Carers now help you each day to dress
It pains me each day with what I see
As I can see, I'm slowly losing you and me
Nothing will mend my broken heart
You are my world that's falling apart
When you leave it's to a better place
Our Lord will give you a warm embrace
Just remember when you look down up above
I always cared and gave you a sons true love
There is nothing I can do about floods of tears
For in my heart forever I hold you dear
Just remember mum through good and bad
The happiness as well as times when sad
For now by your side forever I will stay
Until your starlight fades away
Till one day all life comes to an end
Poetry I will write till we meet again
And until we meet again
Life will never be the same

8/11/2015

If I could imagine my most perfect place
A scenic garden with the sun on my face
Just in the corner stands a willow tree
Beneath shaded branches writing my poetry
Flowers are plentiful roses and Yarrow
With songs of nature Blackbirds and Sparrows
A beautiful cottage painted white
With all of the rooms filled with daylight
In all of my thoughts it’s the place to be
Where I can immerse myself in poetry

David Swinden © 13/7/2016

Sometimes I often wonder what life brings
When your heart no longer wants to sing
Some days I think deeply and wonder why
I no longer laugh and all I ever do is cry
Wounds never seem to heal scarred forever
Is this my life for real with no endeavor
I am a pebble on this empty beach
Battered by the waves filled with grief

My crying heart screams out in agony
Sadness what spell have you cast over me
I am a shadow of my former self
Yesterday's happiness sitting on the shelf
I stare off into this night of misery
Will I live again to taste calm seas
Ripples of waves flow to the shore
May I touch love's kiss once more

Thanks Maxine. Maxine is a poet I collaborated with on another site. Maybe she will join here now :-)

She listened to the Saturday afternoon rain
Dreading her broken heart would remain
Her love was cast into the darkest of nights
Like a flower starved of nourishment with no light
The pain was true you could see it in her eyes
Trying to hide emotions her face couldn't disguise

Into her life walked a man with a different personality
Wanting to show her how true love should be
But she needed sometime she was scared it would be the same
Dreading her past emotional turmoil, herself she blamed
But his hands soothed her bringing her peace and serenity
And slowly with time, maybe true love she could see

She remembers her previous partner beat her with his fists
Now a real lover soothes her with the tenderest kiss
And all the scars and tears her previous had left behind
Now immersed in true love she thought she would never find
And after all the cheating and lies her previous partner would do
Now all she hears are words of undying love “I will always love you”

She needed his love and he cared honestly and sincerely
He could see the pain in her eyes and that she suffered deeply
He only wanted true love and to heal the pain she felt
And that eventually in his arms her heart would finally melt
He would wait forever healing the scars that remain
Together lovingly watching the Saturday afternoon rain

Happy endings do happen.
This was my first post on Hello poetry when I joined up here.  
24/11/14 David Swinden

Forgive me some days are better than others
I have a problem with less supportive brothers
They do very little and live in there own bubble
Can never be found with the first sign of trouble
Only complaining about monthly financial figures
Interested only in mothers passing, what will it deliver?
Truly pathetic as this is supposed to be about family
Yet others look in and see how dreadful they can be

David Swinden © 11/12/2016

Changing places finally bursts my bubble
My childhood school has now turned to rubble
Memories where good in the 70's at Birchfield School
Learning to swim in the down stairs pool
Free milk during the morning break times
Mr Blackmore plays songs of rosemary and thyme
At Christmas the hall would fill for the pantomime play
The school has gone now but the memories never go away
But now on Facebook friends share memories old and new
Those childhood days so precious to us all in Liverpool

David Swinden© 20/10/2016

A little poem about my childhood days at Birchfield School

When you go to bed at night
And slowly fall asleep
Reflecting on the days turmoil
All the pain and grief

You sometimes wonder how
This life could do you harm
It’s the way the cards are dealt
When all you want is calm

Some days are better than others
But it always seems to rain
And you always carry on
In this life you still remain

You stay loyal to all
And you often wonder why
There are no smiles on earth
You could find peace in the sky

David Swinden © 3/9/2016

Finally after six weeks with writers block a new poem!!!! please don't leave me again poetry

I want to share my love so deep
If I gave you my heart
Would you give me yours to keep
Bringing us together across these miles
Filling this void with endless smiles
For eternal love never to part

Feeling your warmth is all I dream
Caressing all your love
Sent across this great big stream
A special feeling from way up high
Like the stars in the midnight sky
Together we’ll meet and bond our love

So when the day is finally here
And your standing by my side
I will whisper gently into your ear
And make it all so perfectly clear
Your the only one I would shed a tear
The thought of losing you tears me up inside

So keep my heart and hold on tight
There is no such word as never
Everything will all come right
Just know there will soon come a time
I will be yours and you will be mine
So think of us as love that lasts forever

2001 my first ever collaboration CJ now posts on here check her out :-)

My heart is broken and it will remain the same
I will never recover through all the wind and rain
Darker times are here forever till my last breath
The tears I cry will bleed until my own death
The place called home is like a graveyard
It will always be your home, it tears me apart
Everywhere and everything is a part of us as two
I close my eyes and empty mind, but I still see you
You never leave me I want the pain to stay forever
It would never feel right anyhow now we're not together
Do not think you were not loved, just see the tears I cry
You know when you're in heaven, I will mourn for you till I die

David Swinden © 29/4/2017

I’m still here even though I’m no longer by your side
Living in the care home, you never leave my mind
This house is empty but your chair is still in place
Every time I close my eyes I forever see your face
Your bedroom is cold the wardrobes are now bare
You may not be here but I will always love and care
If I had one wish I would forever bring you home
I feel the guilt without you here living on my own
The days that pass by some are good others bad
I look through pictures old they make me feel so sad
Your health became to much you could not stay with me
And it breaks my heart so I pour my feelings into Poetry
Tomorrow is Mothers Day, I will bring you some cheer
Please don’t think that I have gone, for I’m still here

David Swinden © 25/3/2017

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend take care :-))))

In the cycle of life a new born will breath
And depend on it's parents for all it's needs
A precious child will learn to speak and spell
And build friendships at school that eventually gel
One day they will grow into a young man or girl
Learn to live independently free in this world
Build loving relationships and have their own child
And some will split up and others reconciled
And as years pass by we slowly grow older
The cold winter nights will seem even colder
In this cycle of life we all live and breath
And our day will come when it's time to leave

2005 David Swinden©

Wish I could write something new just not happening for now.

I knew how bad you where feeling
With your heart so full of pain
The tears filled up in your eyes
Till they flowed like heavy rain
I gripped you tight in my arms
To share your pain so bad
I wish that I could do much more
Now the two of us are sad
But I will never let go
I'm the type that always stays
For I'm not the type of man
That will turn and walk away
I will never leave you in darker days
Just when you need a friend
For when you need me by your side
I will stay until the end

2005 David Swinden©

Nothing is hidden it's all there to see
Every living breathing fragment of “me”
I can't hide my feelings they show for all
It's who I am from standing to fall

My heart is made of glass and on display
I hope my words will heal “me” someday
It's a dark sided show for all that read
Writing verses as my glass heart bleeds

Poetic darkness as you watch “me” fall apart
It could only be “me” with my glass heart

David Swinden 25/12/2014 ©

Wishful thinking of us entwined
Romantic meals we wined and dined
Such perfect times that we both shared
Promises of love that we both shared

Holding hands our love so divine
Wishful thinking of us entwined
Under full moon we planned our dreams
Romantically and so serene

Ecstasy with a single touch
Pleasured, enraptured by our love
Wishful thinking of us entwined
Words of love for you, I would find

Dreams we cherish sometimes die
The ones we loved have chosen lies
My broken heart for now I pine
Wishful thinking of us entwined

Memories never fade since the day you past away
Ashes scattered amongst spring flowers that sway
It was your favourite place you spent time in summer
With dad now the two of you are together dearest Mother
In those beautiful Ornamental gardens ice cream in hand
Behind the trees you hear faint music from the bandstand
Birds singing all day and squirrels forage amongst the grounds
A symphony of natures beauty brings peace to those around
Now the two of you are together again I have nothing left to do
The only memory I have left is a photograph of you

Fictional for now. My mother has Alzheimer's.  

David Swinden© 23/2/2016

You should never love a poet
Where complicated creatures
Forever changing personalities
With many different features

You should never love a poet
We have darkness and devotion
Sometimes difficult to read
With forever changing emotions

You should never love a poet
They can write a lovely verse
But like the wind they can change
With verses full of hurt

You should never love a poet
Just read these words from me
Everything in life is second best
Our first love is writing poetry

David Swinden © 3/9/2016

I wait for you on a cold winters night
My breath visible in the stillness
But patiently I wait for your warmth
Your smile... Your touch... I want...
Each piece a part of a special puzzle
That enraptures and fills me with delight

In the shadows I see you approach
I want to rush over to you and embrace
But this one single moment I wont encroach
My heart begins to race my breath more visible
To hold you in my arms this moment unlivable
I wait.... You smile.... as you draw closer.....

I cherish this special moment within my reach
Sapphire eyes and crimson lips in moonlight
I trace my fingers down your face.... so beautiful
My body shakes with just one touch.... precious delight
Savoured.... Cherished.... special moments adorned
Before the kiss on your crimson lips a new love is born

David Swinden©

~Past~
I remember the times when we first met
I couldn’t understand your childhood threats
Jekyll and Hyde your understanding was a mystery
Sometimes left me in tears with feelings of misery
Then I remember my darkest times in teenage years
I felt so lost in a world I never knew, tears for fears
You where there my friend as we slowly grew older
Always there when I carried burdens, with your shoulder

~Past~
In the later years of the past you had many different contrasts
Like the typical British weather the sunshine it never lasts
And tears where cried with a love that became broken
Always with your heart you laid your feelings open
And if it only happened once then that would be all
But twice in a lifetime caused more tears to fall
Life brings many twists and turns lots unexpected
But that's everyday life and nothing is perfect

~Present~
I suffered the lowest point in my life, you know well
My world took a different turn to the very edge of hell
But with each and everyday you where always there
In the hospital by my bedside you sat in the chair
Never leaving my side before this and after
When my whole life was completely shattered
So glad to have a friend like you for forty three years
So many ups and downs with laughter and tears

~Future~
I feel a lump in my throat with what's coming next
And I know it will break my heart to take this test
Saying goodbye to mum I feel the tears begin to swell
This time I will need you more than any words can tell
I have to let go a care home will be her final resting place
The guilt and pain I will feel for one last embrace
In the emptiness and silence of this three bedroom house
I will sit and pour my heart out in poetry quiet as a mouse
Writing and remembering my verse about my brother John
This one will be for my Mother another goodnight song
I can rest assured that you will be there my dear friend
As life continues it's turmoil that seems to never end.....

David Swinden 12/12/2014

Ground-hog Day has arrived once more
To breakdown my dreams scattered on the floor
Same old feelings into poetry I pour
Days when I sink like a stone

Chasing lost dreams till four in the morning
In pictures I keep memories, my souls does the hoarding
I walk in the daylight with my heart still in mourning
Days when I sink like a stone

I live my life to the same old tune
To the sun and rain and the midnight moon
I keep on smiling and repel the gloom
Days when I sink like a stone

Well after midnight my feelings in writing
Putting down words, in life I keep striving
Head above water just barely surviving
Days when I sink like a stone

Dear loved ones move on to another life
To begin again in a different light
Out of my reach and out of sight
My heart now sinks like a stone

Inspired by a Tears for Fears track called Ladybird
13/10/2012 last edit. Written 2007

There is a storm within my soul
And it never seems to cease
The thoughts I can’t control
I never find my peace

Endless torrents of rain
Tidal waves of emotion
A prisoner in dark refrain
Emptiness without devotion

The darkest clouds that gather
Brings tears that will flow
It’s my only kind of weather
The thoughts nobody knows

I listen to stormy seas
Nobody can hear my voice
It brings my life to it’s knees
This life was not my choice

When your soul begins to break
And you breath a final sigh
It’s your life’s final fate
And it's time to say goodbye…..

David Swinden©24/5/2016

Spare a thought for people
with depression who live in
silence and invisible to those around.

Freshly ground coffee beans scented in the air
Drilled workers wait for the train without a care
A clock ticks towards the nine o’clock start, the essence is time
Regimented to the days work everyone is primed
On the London underground, the rat race crushes on the train
Nobody utters a single word, in silence coldness remains
Ignorance is blind; society has made peoples visions blurred
And on each week day blinkered people live on undeterred

When I have visited London I really hated the place.

The child inside has nowhere to hide
Blasts from the past and fairground rides
My only escape is to years gone by
Knee scrapes in school grounds tears I cried
In the past my heart lives where smiles are found
New romantics music are clearly my sound

The child inside are my only way
To escape from the life in this present day
Dreams of my childhood where memories exist
Sun kissed days and today no longer persists
Playing children games in the January snow
It's another world and nobody will know

The child inside where I slowly grew older
Till I reach today and everything's colder
Building den's in the past with close friends
For the love of a childhood I wished never ends
If only I could return forever, live in the past
The child inside where I remember I laughed

I wish I could return and leave today behind
All the scars would be gone from the child inside...

Cancer my barriers you are breaking down
I keep on swimming until I drown
Biopsy results with cell abnormalities
Is it the start of another fatality?  
Again I'm waiting for more test results
I keep on searching... is it all my fault?
So many questions but silence remains
In emotional turmoil I feel the strain
As they continue to run more tests
I will remain under constant threat
It's a question of time and falling down
I will keep on swimming until I drown

4th February Cancer Day

Today a review with the Doctor took place
She looked on unknowingly smiling face
She now needs twenty four hour care
For her to stay at home would not be fair
He suggested I look at some care homes
Soon it will be an empty house, all alone
It’s out of my control and nothing I can do
But remind Mum “I will always love you”
I want her at home, no other place to be
Now all I can do is write my feelings in poetry

22/12/2016 © David Swinden

In a childlike state of mind
Slowly my mother drifts
Her thoughts are hard to find
As the sands of time sift

With the loving mother that I once knew
In the hard times she saw me through
But now her mind drifts to something new
To a place where I can’t find “you”

I see a lost “you” with your childlike eyes
As you drift towards a dementia side
Not realising the pain you left behind
Soon the mother I will no longer find

In a childlike state of mind
Slowly my mother drifts
Her thoughts are hard to find
As the sands of time sift


Slowly losing you to dementia Mum I will always love you X

Tomorrow from home it will be our last goodbye
Already I can feel the tears swell in my eyes
It will be a  difficult  day but its one I have to face
Memories of many good times that I will retrace

Your Memories are vague now day is night and night is day
As time has passed dementia has made you this way
It pains me but the doctor has left me with no choice
I will cradle all your past times and hear your voice

One last night and It already feels like you know
Although not everyone else seems to think so
The care home looms like a big dark cloud
The emotions inside, I want to scream out loud

When tomorrow arrives it will be your final abode
A one last I love you one last loving hug and hold
After six years of loyalty to the Mum I have loved and cared
Rebuild my life, wipe away the tears, on good times we shared

David Swinden © 7/2/2017

Poetry pen name Emotional Man

Broken Heart

No words of wisdom spoken the silence said it all
I knew it was coming when I took your call
My heart broke in two, I always loved you
No more warming embrace, emptiness in it's place
I will never love anyone like you again
For now in mourning the poets pen remains

20/11/14 David Swinden©

Light My World

Your beautiful and serene as the oceans
Causes my heart to race, fire up my emotions
You light my world with your radiant grace
I dream to gaze at your beautiful face

14/11/14 David Swinden©

Vanquished Of Love

A soul with no love starved of all feelings
Cast into dark stormy seas tattered and reeling
The tide and the waves draining its blood
This poor dying soul vanquished of love

22/4/2006 David Swinden©

The Last Beat of the Heart

A heart torn apart Broken and battered
With life’s dreams utterly shattered
Dark days with biting ice cold nights
Where dreams face a death with no more light
Here it lays suffering devoured of its life
With one last beat begone all of the strife

22/4/2006 David Swinden©

With each moment that passes
I would wait but only for you
All the colors of a rainbow
Describe your personality true

Always thinking of you and dreaming
I just sit and wait through day and night
Waiting..... Yearning.... my soul burning
Wanting..... Hoping.... My feelings churning
To feel your touch that brings me light

On the edge of forever but still I wait
Dreaming of no more tomorrows
Hurting.... Hoping.... Wishing.....
Emptiness I feel pain and sorrow
But still I dream it's never to late
But still I wait but only for you

2005 David Swinden©

If love was like the wind
Always changing directions
Mysterious and unexplored
Adventures into new realms
Held captive in your heart
Your imagination explodes
Hand in hand shared thoughts
Love's an adventure for both
Often rocked by storms
To test faithfulness to extremes
To see who is true with love
And who will weather the storms
Staying together the prize
Of true eternal love from the soul

But alas not all survive the test
And true love is not always meant to be
Sometimes the damage is done
And nature takes its own cause
Separation and heartache is the recipe
That brings to an end, broken love
Bitter is the taste and hard to swallow
These changes bring new adventures
And new lives and relationships
But new adventures bring new challenges
Always changing direction
If love was like the wind

She dreams happier days may come her way
And prays that painful times will stay away
Her heart has been broken so many times
With her thoughts written in so many rhymes
To heal the pain her words are so real
But still the pain is there and it never heals

There’s a pain in her heart that never leaves
Cos the men in her past that she oh so grief’s
She only wanted to find the true love in her life
To have three children and be the loving wife
Play happy families and feel his love each day
And live in her dreams that love is always this way

But still her heart aches for her three wishes
That her lover takes her and drowns her in kisses
Makes her feel the most special girl there could be
Commits to her the rest of his life down on one knee

Cos she is dreaming her life without any lies
Wishing for a time with tomorrow in her eyes    
With no more pain and that she lives from the start
Committed to a future with no pain in her heart

Cos she is dreaming her life without any lies
Wishing for a time with tomorrow in her eyes
Where love lives forever and dreams never die
Wishing for a time with tomorrow in her eyes

Every night that I pass you by
I just let out a heartfelt sigh
I want you to feel my pain
That you left inside my brain

I took your pain I want it all
But like a fool I want some more

With all the pain and hatred
That you instigated
Leaves me feeling capitulated
With my heart you infiltrated

I took your pain I want it all
But like a fool I want some more

You knew which buttons to press
You had nice touches to impress
But I could never understand or digress
That you would not confess your evilness

I took your pain I want it all
But like a fool I want some more

You have your ways to tie me up
You just cut me up and spill my blood
In your evil ways there is no love
I suffer in pain of tears that flood

I took your pain I want it all
But like a fool I want some more



Sometimes a song title inspires me to write a verse only sometimes...

I remember on a visit back in 1983
Incredible beauty I had never seen
Reddish dusty land, nature everywhere
Every teenagers perfect little dream to share

Crystal clear night-time, universal skies
Perfection to behold upon your very eyes
Astronomical dreams for all to feast
All my imaginations where finally released

Coyotes back then howling in the night
Till early night and of first morning light
Mount Lemmon snow kissed on the top
Never seen such beauty, as my jaw dropped

Visits to the Mountains, Kitt Peak Observatory
This was always the perfect place for me
Memories I keep in pictures over thirty years ago
Always cherished more than any words could show

5/10/2015
My heaven on Earth Arizona so beautiful.