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273 · Jul 2016
Heaven or Hell
Mark Tilford Jul 2016
Heaven takes away your sorrow
A place for hero's  
Hell loves sorrow
Sinners in an
Inferno

Heaven or Hell
I guess time will tell

Heaven will never leave you out in the cold
Hell, hot, so I have been told

Heaven or Hell
I guess time will tell

Heaven will sooth the soul
Hell, nothing but a big burning hole

Heaven or Hell
I guess time will tell

Heaven will set you free
Hell you will want to  flee

Heaven or Hell
I guess time will tell

Heaven, the pearly white gates
Hell, nothing but charcoal awaits

Heaven or Hell
I guess time will tell

Heaven full of Christians
Hell full of people that would not listen

Heaven or Hell
I guess time will tell

Heaven a  place I would stay

Hell a plaice I will stay away

I guess time will tell
!!
272 · Jan 2016
When I die
Mark Tilford Jan 2016
I will miss

Having you to love
Remembering, As I look down from above
among the doves  

You being by my side
All those years you were my bride
Alongside

Your touch
The way it felt
The way it made me melt
To you I knelt

Making love to you by candle light
all the excite
the delight

How I use to set and just watch  
you move
with nothing to prove  

Sustaining  our love
Never was it draining
It was done with no training

The way we escaped
The days as they shaped
As though they were videotaped

I will miss so much

I will miss

US
!!
272 · Apr 2016
Time
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
Does not stand still
People think  it's not a big deal
Just something measured by a clock
Tic-Tock
  
No matter what you do it cannot be blocked
It never stops
and cannot be stopped
It will never halt
It has never been seen
Embedded into our genes
It's presence we should be aware
It lingers in the air  
You know it's there
It has such importance
Then why is it so distorted

In a flash of  light
it is night
Before you know it
we are grown
Then the questions
How much of it was blown?
How much of it did I spend on the phone ?
Why did I spend so much of it alone ?
Did I spend enough of it with my own ?

Then we go to our grave
Where there will be no more
Time
and
None remains
!!
272 · Dec 2015
Just one, only one
Mark Tilford Dec 2015
Then I will know that I have won
All I need
One that does not care what I have done
One that does not care about my past
Just one that knows the past does not ever last
The past is the past  
One that does not care that I have cried
One that loves all my sides
Just one that knows there is nothing that I would hide
and
Yes, I have  lied
One that knows that I have tried
One that I can confide (in)
One that will not allow our lives to collide
and  
That will never allow our love to divide
Just one that loves me
and
when ask it will not be denied
One that understands that I have a lot of pride
Just one that knows that I will always provide
and
One that will not take forever to decide
One, when they see me they will not sigh
Just one that will look at me eye to eye
One that will not run to the other side
If I  should ever try to commit suicide
One that understands that I may break their heart
and
would never allow it to tare us apart
Just one that would be smart in taking care of our two hearts

Just one that would call and ask.
How are you Mark??

Just one
ONLY ONE
!!
271 · Sep 2015
Leading me on
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
By this beautiful woman I would call a swan
so graceful swimming in her pond
gorgeous feathers of blond
A lady from beyond
At the light of every dawn
She would be gone
Never admitting or committing
to our goings-on
But my love, she does not know is so
forgone
Whereupon I have become her pawn
everyday starting at dawn
Even though I am still so drawn
Because of her you would not believe the changes
that I have undergone
Never have I felt such a bond
with this
she will never respond
Some day she will correspond
with a letter
Then I will become a
Dear John
Signed:
Your beautiful blond
!!
270 · Apr 2015
My Life
Mark Tilford Apr 2015
A Presences
of me
what I want to be
I could
I would
I should
I would've
I could've
I should've
only me
within my boundaries
with no contradictions
with no expectations
me
no need to be anything
but
I had rather have rags
then riches
I could've
Rather be the fire
then the wood
I would
Rather be the flower
then the seed
If I could
Rather be the truth
then the secret
I should've
Rather be me
I could
I would
I should
I could've
I would've
I should've
been me!
269 · May 2016
I have nothing to loose
Mark Tilford May 2016
"So here goes"

Did you know I have a crush on you
I have nothing to loose
Unless it starts
I don't  know why I am protecting my heart
I have nothing to loose

I often think of you  
If I happen to run into you
Often acting shy
I will hide from you
Don't ask me why
I have nothing to loose

When I am talking to you
My tongue becomes tide
I cannot lie
Kind of hard to hide
Don't ask me why
I have nothing to loose

Your so **** fine
This is not a pick up line
It's pretty much defined
The crush I have on you
Once in a lifetime
I have nothing to loose

Do you have a clue
About this crush I have on you
I will give you a clue
That it is you
Today I ran into you
Soon I will not be able to see you
If this clue helps you
And you think it's you
It's true
It is you
I have nothing to loose

I hope you picked up on the clue
I am ready
If you want to
Letting this start
I think it would be smart
Why not
I have nothing to loose

I have nothing to loose
Yes I do
It's
Loosing you
!!
269 · Aug 2016
Thy will, will be done
Mark Tilford Aug 2016
My strength is gone
I cannot fight long
If it's your will
Soon to you I will belong
How could that be wrong?
I am trying to be strong
I am scared as the days are long
That my gift, that you gave, life
Could soon be gone
When that day dawns
And I hear my name
There will be no blame
Through my prayers
I hope to be ready
My nerves will be steady
As I resight
Our father
Who are in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
As it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
and
Forgive our trespasses
As we forgive those
Who trespass against us
And
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine
Is the kingdom
And the power
And the glory
For ever and ever
Never think
It could never
!!
I will be able to breathe
269 · Mar 2016
today
Mark Tilford Mar 2016
it is part of me making my way
it deciding if I will get to stay
or if it will be my last day
maybe my time will be over in may  
living for another day
it's the only way
day
after
day
after
day
after
day
starting with
today
!!
269 · Aug 2017
Death
Mark Tilford Aug 2017
Taking your last breath
Dying
Your end
Final
Or
Finally
Your demies
Died
Dead
There is no inmortality
Just life's expectancy
The enemy
Without empathy
Then the eulogy
Mention of your legacy
With sweet pleastantries
Death
There is no clemency
No enmity
Most definitely
Your Destiny
Your penalty
Hopefully respectfully
Then serenity
In taking your heavens breath
Without sadness in your nearing
Death
!!
267 · Nov 2015
What have I done
Mark Tilford Nov 2015
All I want to do is  run, run, run
Straight into the sun , the sun, the sun
Make my life done, done, done
There is not going to be a rerun
So many things I have done
They cannot be undone
I AM NO LONGER YOUNG
Right now it seems my life could be done
     !!
A second chance
God is the only one who knows
I have been alone
Many times in the worst pain
I brought it on myself
I am the one I need to blame
For all the ******* strains
All it does is rain
So hard to turn the wheel and change lanes
Drained, Drained , Drained
What a disaster
So many times  I fail to my knees and prayed
so hard to my master
Winked one eye this life
moved faster, faster, faster
I usually take life with a grain a salt
But now
that it is close to being done
Looking back I have to ask
What have I done??
!!
266 · May 2019
Could you imagine
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
265 · Oct 2015
One life to live
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
Yes, one
When it's done, it's done
Seconds, Minutes , Hours, Days, Weeks, Months and Years
"Time"
Really is of the essence
Live for the present
Stop the discontent
It's time spent
No reason to reinvent
And set around to ferment
Life is not an argument
It should be an event
Not filled with intent
It really is worth a red cent
So live and represent
You need  no ones consent
The only have to's is taxes and the rent
A little to late when it's done to reinvent  
Life is not a percent
It's is something meant
When it's done it's done!!
With no odds of two to one
Never a life of one
So many life's are done before they have begun
It will not always be a home run
With all this being said
"Remember"
You have only one
and
When it's done it's done
!!
****!!!! Go have some **** fun!!
263 · Jun 2016
The best I can
Mark Tilford Jun 2016
Standing on my own two feet
Nothing I have to beat
Only life, I have to, I need, to cheat
Lessons learned

I am a simple man
Unfortunately, so many not a fan  
Judging me
Because I am a different man
Because I am who I am
Called me so many different names
It is not who I am
In return not calling them
I would never abuse them
I am just that kind of man

It is not in me
or
I do not have a need to
Please

Society
Does not define me
I do not need it's pity

I am a man
A **** good man
Standing on my own two feet
Doing the best I can
!!
!!
263 · Jul 2016
When you know
Mark Tilford Jul 2016
It's your soul letting you know
!!
260 · Sep 2016
to you my friend
Mark Tilford Sep 2016
i did not mean to offend
we need to be on the mends

friendships should never end
through a life time, they should extend

walking alone
all of our secrets we have shared and known

memories remain
friendships should never abstain

just because
with no clause

now will you forgive me
my friend

there is so much more time to spend
no longer do we need to pretend

my love i could not share with the
next friend

they could never be my best friend

so my friend
friends again
until the bitter

END
??
260 · Jan 2019
A troubled soul
Mark Tilford Jan 2019
Waiting to go
6ft under the ground
Waiting to
Lay its burdens down
Been way to long
To be around
Time to leave this TOWN
Then maybe a smile
Instead of a frawn
This soul
Had no control
Fell into a deep dark hole
Once it goes
It will finally feel whole
Everything it chose
This soul
While walking the streets
So many
Troubled souls it meets
Wanted to ask
But did not impose
Just handed them a black rose
Carry on
Them as well
Will soon be gone
The result
Of
Letting the Black Swan spawn
These troubled souls
Listening to the songs of the black crow
As the wind blows
A troubled soul
Knows
When
It's time to go
258 · Apr 2016
MUSIC
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
You have to be able to feel it
Beat after beat
Be a strong
SONG
Nothing about it can be discreet  
It just has to beat
It has to be alive
"Jive"
It cannot deprive
Needs to
"Thrive"
Drive you crazy
It cannot be lazy
Needs to make your head bounce !!
Every word heavily pronounced
Loudly announced
Make you want to hit the floor
and
"Dance"
"Prance"
Not stand with that I am a model stance
It's got to make you want to take a chance
Make you jump
Put you into a trance
Your senses it has to enhance
!!
256 · May 2016
The morning
Mark Tilford May 2016
No time for mourning
The start of the day

The start of what it will become
And it's outcomes

Taking a deep breath to fill the lungs
Getting ready for the things that you will have to overcome

And not run from
The everyday humdrum

Never playing dumb
Not living the day numb

The morning
How could you think of it boring

When it is life dawning
It is the world and life performing

In it's yawning
Quietly, without alarming

For now always returning
The morning
252 · Jun 2018
Untitled
252 · Oct 2017
hurt
Mark Tilford Oct 2017
never like this before

tonight

walking the floor

tbinking I am done for

from words that was yours

no more can I ignore

my feelings will never be restored

that, I am sure

"your pitiful"

made me a prisoner of war

and from so much more

now relationships that cannot be restored

the guilt is yours

my heart tore

no feelings left and they will never again be explored

that is for sure

at deaths door

I question how and why did I become such an eyesore

to people

I adore
251 · Nov 2015
HUMANS
Mark Tilford Nov 2015
A man, woman , or child
of the species **** sapiens,
distinguished from other animals
by superior mental development
power of articulate speech
and upright stance.

Are you kidding me!!!
The definition drives me insane
Superior??
Why??
From the exterior, Maybe
From the interior, No
Seems to me most inferior

We have forgotten how to
"LOVE"
an intense feeling of deep affection
so many imperfections
We need  a lot of redirection
"WAR"
a state of armed conflict between different
nations or states or different
groups within a nation or state
Then we want to call everyone our mate??
"HATE"
A common trait
intense hostility and aversion usually
deriving from fear, anger or a sense of injury
"GREED"
What a breed
intense selfish desire for something
especially wealth, power, or food
"SIN"
It's all women and men
an offense against religious or moral law
an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible
an often serious short coming
How cunning

"HUMANITY"
the quality or state of being humane
the quality or state of being human
human attributes or qualities
the totality of human beings
!!
I rest my case
250 · Oct 2019
the games
Mark Tilford Oct 2019
hot turns to cold
this is getting old
it's out of control
which ever way the wind blows
we both go
again
the craziness we cannot let go
what is there  to hold
the things that have been told

hide and go seek
keeps us at our peak
the slips
the love that occasionally leaks

two freaks
the hand print
left on my cheek
the mean streak
makes us complete

week to week
when things seems bleak
does not make us weak

the games
i blame
you blame
there is no shame
we both came

tame
not our claim to fame

the games
will never change
not our strange
we never stay estranged

the games
the power
the desire

we play
the games
250 · Mar 2016
Why tell ??
Mark Tilford Mar 2016
Keep it to yourself
Why can"t we keep it to ourself's
Why do we have to talk
  Keep it to oneself
Why tell ??
We are male
We kiss and tell
After getting a piece of tale
Then
We put our ladies through hell
After we put them under our spell
Why tell???
All it leads to is a farewell
Then we have to fast talk
And
Make a hard sell
And all she can hear is alarm bells
Then we hear
"Go to hell"!!!
So why do we tell??
And put our ladies through so much hell
No wonder we can't find friends
Our mouths we need to cleanse
We need to ask for forgiveness for our sins
We are a hazard to ourself's
When we talk
So
Why tell ??
!!
249 · Oct 2015
This morning....
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
Woke ***** as ****
Got on line to find a big dicked buck
Well to my surprise
NO LUCK
So got into my truck  
Did not have to drive far
There standing in front of me
The God's sent to me
Pan!!!!
Tanned
*** this was an incredible man
Rolled up next to him in the truck
Hey man, what's up
He answered:
"Not much"
He reached in and touched -- ----
Looked me in the eye and ask
Back to your place so we can ****????
He got into my truck
We went back to my place
****** and ****** and ******
And ******
Looked at him, "get dressed it's time to leave"
He looked at me in disbelief and said  
"After what I just received
I don't want to leave"
Ten years later
He is still with me
Just ask, Will you marry me???
This morning
!!

YES!
246 · Nov 2017
God knows
Mark Tilford Nov 2017
I have tried
To live my life with pride
Yes, I have lied
Some things I had to hide
Kept things inside, I tried
I have cried
Been able to keep evil cast aside
God knows I tried
To live by his rules
I tried
I am terrified
To get on my knees an testify
I have tried
To open my heart to love
God knows I tried
I kept my faith, even though
it has been tried
So many things I tried
to justify
I tried to deny
With my life I tried
not to be snide
To let things slide
Take it all in stride
God knows
I tried
!!
245 · May 2015
WHEN I SEE YOU
Mark Tilford May 2015
I GET SICK TO MY STOMACH
AND WEAK IN MY KNEES
ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS MY NEED TO PLEASE
AT SO MANY LEVELS AND DIFFERENT DEGREES
JUST LIKE THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

WHEN I SEE YOU

IT'S NOTHING NEW
CAN'T YOU SEE THE WAY I LOOK AT YOU
THE WAY I SMILE AT YOU
THE WAY I TALK TO YOU
AND WHEN YOU LEAVE
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU

WHEN YOU SEE ME

DO YOU SEE ME
AS I SEE YOU
CAN YOU GIVE ME A CLUE
SO I WILL KNOW RATHER IT IS TRUE
THAT YOU ADMIRE ME
AS I DO YOU
DO I MAKE YOU WEAK IN THE KNEES
DO YOU FEEL THAT NEED THAT YOU WANT TO PLEASE
AT SO MANY LEVELS AND DIFFERENT DEGREES
YOU KNOW LIKE THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

WE

THERE IS NO NEED TO HIDE
WHAT I SEE IN YOU
AND WHAT YOU SEE IN ME
WHEN WE ARE AROUND EACH OTHER
ALL WE DO IS STUTTER
AND SMILE AT EACH OTHER
AND NEVER  MENTION A WORD OF ANYTHING OTHER
WHY CAN'T WE JUST BE HONEST WITH ONE ANOTHER
AND TAKE IT TO SO MANY LEVELS AND DIFFERENT DEGREES
JUST LIKE THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

WHEN I SEE YOU
I HOPE YOU KNEW I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU
AND YOU WILL GIVE ME A CLUE

WILL YOU  ?
243 · Feb 2018
i pretend
Mark Tilford Feb 2018
the phone rings
hello
hello
breathing on the other end
the absence I have to comprehend
I have to pretend
that the love did not end
there is a knock at the door
lasting shadow on the floor
never to be anymore
something I must endure
to pretend
the love did not end
a voice heard
I am blushing
listening
beads of sweat glistening
I pretend
the love did not end
I hear
footsteps
almost sleeping
leaping
I fall
again I pretend
the love did not end
sometimes it lasts
living in the past
I will continue to pretend
that it did not end
life's love
my heart will not mend
242 · Aug 2016
with my last breath
Mark Tilford Aug 2016
i will ask for forgiveness
for my sins
as this one life ends
there is so much, i need to mend
with all of my family and  friends
with past girlfriends
with my last breath
there is no reason to pretend
so i will make amends

i am sorry that you wept
i am sorry i was a man without depth
i am sorry for not being grateful
i am sorry for the promises that were unkept
i am sorry i was so hard to accept
i am sorry for the time that was not spent

with my last breath
in my descent
the bad things they were not meant
done i promise without intent
i do and will repent
asking for forgiveness i need no consent

i made so many mistakes
i never put on the brakes
with my last breath
i realize family and friends you can never replace
with life there is not a retake
what you do, what you have done, you cannot erase  

with my last breath
I will ask
forgive me
please
!!
242 · Sep 2015
"LOVES"
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
None fleeting
None  in consensual
All so above usual
I would say normal
Nothing formal
All, the way they should have been informal
All my loves
Were my snow white doves
Some in my past times
Some in my present time
All part of my time
As some were in my beginning
They all will be in my ending
As everything does
It will begin
As well end
Some I have lost
and then found
Some on the rebound
It begins
Nothing presumed
All pursued  
In all consumed
Fate?
That I met all of you
Now setting here reminiscing
And missing
My
"Loves"
      !!
241 · Jul 2018
Living in the Country
Mark Tilford Jul 2018
Where time went by slow
Where we used a scarecrow
To make sure the corn
would grow

Where the grandkids
jumped in the back of grandpa's
beat up truck
Making it to the house with lots of  luck
Where grandma had a scratch white cake
that she had just baked

Where we fished using a cane pole
Down at Charlie's hole

Where we rode the horse with a string bridle
Never used saddle

Where our summer was spent breaking beans
Wearing holes in our jeans
At night driving around town in our four-wheeler machines
Being a little clean

Where after Sunday church
We had a family dinner
Moms *** roast was a winner

Where computers did not keep us from getting bored
We had country chores

Where on Saturday you took a trip to town
to the tractor supply store
Dad gave us a dollar to spend
Fun running  into your friends

Where the roads were not filled by cars
Where at night you could actually see the stars
Where the land as far as you could see
was ours

Living in the Country
#sweetmemories
238 · Jan 2019
Where are you running to
Mark Tilford Jan 2019
Are you done
Wth the fun
Run
Run
Run
Do you have a clue
What is the matter with you
Where to?
What are you running from
What will be the outcome
Run
Run
Run
Just because you can
Your a scared man
Where to?
Where are you running to
Run
Run
Run
To someone
To anyone
Where to?
Where are you running to
Run
Run
Run
You have begun
Toward the sun
Where to ?
Where are you running to
Away
Run
Run
Run
Stay
What do you say
Where to ?
Where will you run to
This love grew
I thought you knew
Now what will you do

Take off my running shoes
238 · Feb 2018
When
Mark Tilford Feb 2018
When death comes knocking at my door
Know
My life was never boar
I never felt living was a chore
I never shut a door
I explored
I had good times
Some bad times
Always being kind
I never listened to the clock chime
Every minute was mine
I never lived for the dime
Living filled my mind
But never was I blind
I loved many women
Included some men
It did not cause my end
Most are still my friend
I never wasted time
Waiting for a second chance
I danced
I always prayed
Never lost faith
I knew there was a better place
Where I would end the race
With no blame
Nor shame
Live
I did
237 · Aug 2018
The phone rings
Mark Tilford Aug 2018
(answer)

hey it's me
after all this time
can u believe
i had the nerve
too
i heard about everything you
have gone through
thought i would call and check on you
did not know if you had someone
to turn to
someone new
thought you still might be feeling blue
(thank you)
(how are you)
me
i am fine
still, have no one to call mine
its been a long time
since you
(i am sorry for you)
don't be
i was lucky
that i had the love
that i had
with you
(that is true)
(me too)
(silence)
#istillloveyou
237 · Apr 2016
Why ?
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
Is there no more love  
Doesn't it make you want to cry
This earth, it's about to die
Everyone turns a blinds eye
Why ?
Why ?
Does everyone just stand by
And not here the outcry
I am horrified
That  no one wants to rectify  
All they want to do is justify
And just get by
and not try
I guess it's easier to comply
To do nothing must be more
Dignified
Why ?
Are people so satisfied
To just set back and watch this world die
Why ?
Are people not terrified
Because they are waiting for it to be clarified
When it happens I guess then they will be mortified
Then
It will be to late to ask

Why ?
!!
233 · Jul 2018
Why wait
Mark Tilford Jul 2018
Act now
Or
Eventually
It could be too late
Time
A difference it could make
We both ache
What the hell
Tell
Tell
Well?
How long can we both secretly
dwell
Our thoughts are parallel
Ignore the warning bells
What the hell
Why wait
To
Tell
To
Tell
That you are under the spell
Me as well
Break the shell
I promise you we will not fail
What the hell
Why wait
Tell
Tell
Before the farewell
#
233 · Dec 2018
it's been twenty years
Mark Tilford Dec 2018
years
of shedding tears

remembering

you walking out the door

many nights of walking the floor
with the memories of how we were before

it's been twenty years
of being on my own
so many
since
i have known
none
making it to my home

it's been twenty years
of alone
of waiting by the phone
of disappointing moans
of the possabilites thrown

it's been twenty years
of wondering
if I cross their mind
like they do mine
of waiting for the smallest sign

it's been twenty years
of my deepest fear
year after year
that the end is near
my hopes will disappear
i again will never hear

it's been twenty years
of pain
of taking all the blame
233 · Sep 2015
LEAVE
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
Pack your bags
Take all your **** rags
Stay and watch the ******* things burn
Of course you would not turn
I told you to leave and not come inside
But no
you had to stay and watch me try
to commit suicide
You never let anything slide
All the nagging
and always bragging
Us always playing a game of tag
Making my life a drag
You always seemed to be on the rag
Always running the streets to find someone to ****
You always took the chance to go out stag
Get the **** out
Just leave!!
Don't worry about me
I will find someone that loves me for me
I don't give a **** if they are a little insane
We will pop a bottle of champagne
There will not be anymore chains
Won't lay blame
With no games
Nothing to explain
Finally someone with a brain
Get the **** out
Just leave !!
Nothing more to disbelieve
No more being afraid you will conceive
Nothing more to grieve
All the later **** just makes me want to heave
Nothing more to share between
I have cut all of our strings
So get the **** out
And just
Leave
Please
   !!
231 · Mar 2016
Lost
Mark Tilford Mar 2016
Living my life and this is the cost
Being lost
Tell me please
Is it just me
In this state of feeling lost
Is this the way it should be
As every morning defrost
Feeling so lost
My eyes glossed
When did this happen to me ?
When my love I lost ?
Setting silent I often ponder and wander
Are they as lost as me ?
Are we, still what we both need ?
Why could it not be ?
Are they thinking of me ?
Are they feeling the same need ?
To see me ?
Lost
After not hearing their laughter
I listen and think I hear it in the rafters
While laying in bed thinking of our mornings after
I am
Lost
!!
231 · Sep 2015
IF I
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
If I lost everything
Would you stay the same
Or would you count your blessings
Just because I was honest and started confessing
Would there be anymore caressing
If not and you should stop how depressing

IF I

If I should loose my eyesight
and could not see
Would you leave me
Or would you stay
And see for me, lead me
Would you squawk at
the people that would stand around and gawk

IF I

If I for some reason  could not walk
Would you stay and help walk
Keep having our long night talks
Not set around a bock
And watch the clock
Instead, would you make sure I made it to see the Doc.

IF I

If I stopped loving you
Would you set around and do nothing
and let things brew
Get blue
Would you keep loving me and
try to make everything new
or would you give up and we both loose
Would you put up a fight for what you knew

IF I

If I could not make love to you
Would you find other ways
Without any delays
I hope you would not find anyone else
and stray and runaway
I would hope you would be brave and
stay

IF I

If I could not live
and had to die
Would you stay through thick and thin
Would you be my nurse
Up to the time for the hearse
Or would you just turn off the life support
and abort

IF I

If I could not be
What you wanted me to be
or what you saw in me
All this really happened to me
Would you remember
The vow
That was
and is  

For the better and for the worst
Until death do us part

                    !!
229 · Dec 2015
Broken hearts
Mark Tilford Dec 2015
Stop the death wish
Get sober
So what, it's over
Stop going out of your mind
That love was not kind
Yep, you were blind
Enough is enough
Stand up and be tough
It does not have to be so rough
Same old stuff
Broken hearts
Most loves departs
Yes, it smarts
Your heart will mend it's just one of your parts
Where love ends, it again starts
Broken hears
I know love is no joke
***** when your heart is broke
Relax and take a very long soak
Maybe even a couple of tokes  
Stop having a stroke
Broken hearts
They will pay their dues
For being so mean to you
Revenge
Go find someone new to *****
Maybe someone they knew
Broken hearts
It's crazy
Staying so blue
So what, that it is
over
!!
229 · Sep 2015
I am who I am
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
I am who I am
Sure I play
Love a good roll in the hay
Shame it's not everyday
It's got to be my way
Yep, you need to be brave
Once we engage
O.k., call it misbehave
Afterwards !!
I will be what you crave
I am who I am
I will always speak my mind
Pull back and I try to be kind
I am not a person that is refined
What the hell
"Touching glasses with my cocktail"
" Do tell "
But into the detail
I am who I am
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words will never hurt me
Get my drift
Make it swift
Don't listen to senseless ****
I am who I am
My friends I would never betray
Just loyal in that way
Count on me everyday
I am who I am
Tough, rough and a little gruff
So they say
I am that way
What do they want a powder puff
I am who I am
I will stand up for what I believe
I will more then likely never reprieve
I guess hard headed and set in my ways
"Hey" I can blame that on my age
I am who I am
I want apologize
For who
Or what I am

" I am who I am"
          !!
228 · Dec 2016
Today
Mark Tilford Dec 2016
I forgot my name
I felt insane
No need to explain
Blood still rushing through my veins
Heart still beating the same
Today
My life, a picture wrapped in a frame
Feeling no shame
No one to blame
Today
What it became
It's fair game
Today
I will not keep my eyes shut
Maybe I will act like a nut
Maybe walk with  a strut
Today
I still have a brain
I will not have to be trained
I cannot be restrained
Today
All I have to do is sustain
It will be a campaign
To keep it simple and plain
Today
I met a girl named Mary Jane
All I see and hear I will retain
I will not be held back by chains
Today
I will have gained
It will not be mundane
I will not feel drained
Today
I will not be contained
How could I complain
Today
It will be alright
I will not be contrite
It will be a delight
Today
Despite !!
Today
I will not be uptight
Life will not be a fight
Today
It will be humane
!!
226 · Apr 2016
I have to be me
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
Regardless
I have to be me
I am not going to flee
from me
There is not three
of me
just one of me
Not a rich me
Not a poor me
Some where in between is me
That is just fine with me
On all different levels
and
at different degrees
It's me
I was me  
At twenty
At thirty
And at forty
I will be me
I do not and will not
make apologies
for me being me
I will never make excuses
or
ask for forgiveness
It's just me
I answer to only me
Conceded, nah !
That's not me
I am just proud of me

We all should be
Because there is only one of
you and me

!!
I have to be me!!
226 · Jul 2016
Hey God !!
Mark Tilford Jul 2016
I have some questions
I want take much of your time

What is up with this world ??
Why can't man see others needs ??
When did it become about me, me, me ??
When did mankind become so blind ??
With such closed minds
When did they become so unkind ??
When did they become disinclined ??
Why did they start leaving so many people behind ??
When did they stop listening to you ??
And
Start listening to the so called masterminds
When was the exact moment they started
their decline ??
When did they fall from your grace ??
At such a fast pace
When did they lose face ??
How did they become such a disgrace ??
Have you been watching this crazy political race ??
Are you ashamed of this place
It was once your showplace
When did they decide it's not worth fighting for ??
When did they forget you are Lord
Do they not realize after this
there is so much more
It's our reward
Maybe not
Because they are so inclined
to destroy
this
World
??
225 · Feb 2016
Over and Over
Mark Tilford Feb 2016
How many times has it been over
With no love held over
Yes, I know your on another lay over
You want be stopping over
and
you want be staying over
I am tired of being a pushover
So we want be talking it over
To decide if this time it's really over
Over and Over
If  It's over  
How will I breath over and over  
I will feel nothing if it's over
Does it not matter that I loved you over and over
and  
I wanted to feel your love over and over

Over and Over
Risking it all  over and over
In this same place over and over
Running over and over
Returning over and over
Face to face over and over
Talking it over and over

I am sorry but this time
It's over
I am tired of
breaking each others heart
Over and Over
!!
223 · Nov 2015
That tree
Mark Tilford Nov 2015
That stands alone reminds me of me

It reminds me of all the love that bypassed me

That tree

It's fallen leaves

Like the tears that has fallen from me

How many times have I grieved

That tree

It's roots  embedded into the ground

Forever bound  

I  believed my loves would never uproot and leave

So many times it has happened to me

That tree

It's branches reaches out with hope

That there will be love

on the near hill *****

Another tree that it may seed

Ah!! it's truly just like me

That tree

It's bark weathered just like me

From waiting

Not so much from dating  

That tree

Standing strong

It will never leave

Waiting to see

If there should be

another love

Just like me

That tree

!!
222 · Jun 2015
MY LOVE
Mark Tilford Jun 2015
My ray of sun
You took me to a place that made me not want to run
My wall came down and I did not put up a fight
Now only good thoughts fill my night
Don't mind taking a risk of being seen in the light
Can feel your embrace
In all and every place
How could something so great be a disgrace
Can never be displaced
It has to be embraced
This love no more dangerous
More like contagious
Just something in your voice
Something in your choice
Something in your smile
That makes me want to take this the full mile
The people looking in are the only ones that need to be in denial
It will never be disallowed
To the highest cloud
In the largest crowd
They will hear me proclaim the love that I have
I will be very loud
They will know that I am proud
About this love that I will always allow

MY LOVE

This is my vow!
220 · Sep 2015
My Soul
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
Keeping me from the places that are dark and cold
Digging me out of hole after hole
Trying to keep me in control
My Soul
Taps me on the right
Taps me on the left
Stopping the thoughts of theft
Telling me to pick my fights
Keeping me brave, pushing away all the fright
Keeping me strong
Not leaving me for long
My Soul
Whispers in my ear
She is right
He is wrong
Singing it's song
Leading me away from what is wrong
My Soul
Keeping me from the in evitable
Pretty awesome and incredible
It keeps my life credible
My Soul
Keeping me on the right path
Keeping me from God's wrath
I hope it does not fail
I guess time will tell
If it does
And I go to hell
I hope it can pay my bail
As I wait to exhale
My Soul
!!
219 · Dec 2016
I cannot justify
Mark Tilford Dec 2016
Lies  
Not looking me in the eyes  

Your surprise  
Our demise  

Me calling one thousand times
Love crimes  
"Just sometimes"

You breaking my heart
Breaking us apart  

Not knowing nothing at all
You dropping the ball  
You making me feel so small

Me always being on my own
Being alone

Always needing proof
Sending me through the roof
You being so aloof

You never taking any pride
You constantly saying goodbye
Me having to spy

Me being put on standby
Another guy
Just getting by
To survive

The mistakes
The accidents

I cannot justify


!!
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