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Mark Tilford Aug 2019
Should we slow the pace
Stop the race
Accept the changes in the face
Fill space
with grace
Take time to enjoy the place

Look at someone face to face
Take to the embrace  
No need to be alone
Be comfortable, home
Love, grown

Forgive the sins
What has been
Stop the spin

No more lies
Cries

What have we lived for
Where has the time gone
Gone
A con
A picture drawn
A pawn
Something to dwell on
But
We go on
Keep on

Do we do it right
Keep up the fight
For what might
Despite

The answers
Being the dancer

Who is the killer
Who will pull the trigger
Is there something bigger

Is there something against us
Mark Tilford Aug 2019
When you looked at me
When I looked at you
for the first time
Pause
Lost for words
We knew the cause
The unspoken laws
It was

So many times when I ran into you
I would look for a clue
Silently
If you wanted to
If you knew
How bad you
I wanted to pursue

There is not a day
That does not go by
That you do not cross my mind
That I wonder
if you think of me
Out of a possiable need
that you could believe

To be torn
The loss I mourn

I cannot lie
I have fantasized
Then realized
It cannot be
You are not free

Just know
I think of you
On the same traveled road


#itseverlastin'waitin'onaeverlastin'road
Mark Tilford Jul 2019
IF

I LIKE MY WOMAN
WITH CURVES
WITH NERVE

IF

I LIKE MY MEN
WITH 8 OR MORE
NOT A BORE

IF

I SMOKE MY DOPE
NEVER SAY NOPE

IF

I AM BI
NOT MUCH I WILL NOT TRY

IF

I LIKE A THREE WAY
DRIVE FAST ON THE FREEWAY

IF

I TOP
I LIKE MY PANTS TO DROP

IF

I LIKE MY FRIENDS
BAD
NOT SAD

IF

I DONT THINK
THAT I AM NOT
TO GOOD FOR THAT

IF

I LIKE THE DANCE CLUBS
NOT PUBS

IF

I LIKE THE HOOD
THE BIGGEST WOOD

IF

I NEED
WHAT I NEED


IF

I DONT GIVE A ****
#mindyourbusiness
Mark Tilford Jul 2019
shattered glass
shattered dreams
broken heart

nothing more to be found
chains bound
the endless sounds
of thoughts
that compound
in this
over you
the battleground
around, around
i drown
pushed down
never will i rebound
memories
will continue to hound
the burial mound
six feet underground
haunting my mind
please
make me blind
this is not kind
life no longer defined
leaving me behind
is it true
i grab my head
scream
is this dream through
out of view
out of true
everyday losing myself more
down to my core
the closed door
time
i needed more
now your soul
forever
i will adore
Mark Tilford Jun 2019
my life cannot be read
another day of dread
the sun setting
the room turns a muted red
the cigarette smoke disappears that it as shed
i wrap myself with the bedspread
silence
as though everything is dead
there is nothing looking ahead
i am laying in bed
on one side
the other side
empty
where i have cried
from the pain inside
i am laying in bed
at the head
an empty space
with no face
no embrace
something out of place
never to be replaced
by God's grace
i am laying in bed
with the memories
of the love of my life
who now is dead
i am laying in bed
i try
i try
i cry
i look up toward the sky
i cannot
i will not
say
goodbye
Mark Tilford May 2019
This world only filled with love
All the Ravens turning into white doves

Could you imagine

Giving up your possessions
If everyone lived on God's lessons

Could you imagine

That there was no reason to **** for


Could you imagine

If there was acceptance
Of all races
Of all the different faces

Could you imagine

If there was no war
If there was no rich nor poor

Could you imagine

If we lived for the moment
And
Hearts were never broken

Could you imagine

If we never had to hear screams
If you could never dream

Could you imagine

If there was no lies
And
If you could trust the look in people's eyes

Could you imagine


Could you imagine


The blanks are for you
Mark Tilford Mar 2019
hope
so hard
knowing it

i lost
my smile
it has been a long while
so hard
knowing it

i lost
love
it cost
so hard
knowing it

i lost
memories
(traces)
so hard
knowing it

i lost
time
i cannot  hear the clock chime
so hard
knowing it

i lost
my many faces
seeing the changes in places
so hard
knowing it

i lost
my blood
tears flood
so hard
knowing it

i lost
my thoughts
always untying the knots
so hard
knowing it

i lost
being aware
how could have i been prepared
so hard
knowing it

i lost
feeling your embraces
sharing spaces
so hard
knowing it

i lost
you
so hard
knowing it

yes
i
lost
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