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241 · Jan 2016
The Pain
Mark Tilford Jan 2016
The night you walked out the door
And you decided you would no longer be my wife
And that you no longer wanted to be part of my life  
You should've  just stabbed me in the heart with a knife
"The Pain"

All the lonely nights
All the wishing you might
All the mornings that I woke and you were not beside me
All the times I dropped to my knees
Caused by  
"The Pain"

Just walking around in a daze
My days  
Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays  
Saturdays......
Nothing but a haze
"Time"
How unkind
"The Pain"

My heart
It cannot stand us being apart
It cannot find the energy for a fresh start
It cannot stop it's bleeding
It needs you needing
All it is feeling
Is
"The Pain"

During the nights
I dream that you come back
Crying out your name
Then I wake in the pitch black
To realize you are not back
"Panic attack"!!
"The Pain"

I step out into the rain
Because I have no more tears
Scream out your name
Hoping you will hear
And you will come back
And we forget the night you walked out the door
And you take away
"The Pain"
                                          !!







  
  


,
240 · Aug 2019
The window (visit)
Mark Tilford Aug 2019
(she pulls the curtains back)

the rain
hitting the window pane
the widow
her head slopes
clearing her throat
seeing the tree
recalls her screams
remembering him hanging from the rope
how he had lost all hope
still no blame
in speaking his name
all the anger is hers to bare
as she silently recites
the lords prayer

the rain stops hitting the window pane
she whispers his name

(she pulls the curtains close)

#suicideisnottheanswer
#withitsomuchpain
237 · Aug 2019
The lies
Mark Tilford Aug 2019
That make us cry

Why do they try
What do they imply
How do we reply
After we realize
Justify
Hide
Or
Lie

What's the gain
Pain
Pretty **** lame
What's the game
Where is the shame
Go ahead and blame
In their name
It's all the same

The lies
It's in the eyes
That cries
Why
Why
We die
Will not rectify

Cover blown
Known
Their *** is grown
He that throws the first stone
Do not throw a bone
Rather be alone

The lies
That makes us cry

Look them dead in the eyes

Goodbye

!!
236 · Oct 2021
i tried
Mark Tilford Oct 2021
to let it go

what a mess

could not learn from my

mistakes

i was going to do what it takes

true love

so hard to face

how would will you know

if you do not try

i could never let it go

from thirty years ago

i tried my best

i could never sleep

in my mind to deep

i weep

i lost something

that i could not replace

never left my place

if i missed a call

it could not be traced

that time could not be a waste

i had to stop the chase

but

in my head

i could not get it to erace

another love could not replace

look at my face

no one could fill my need

how do you stop

a heart bleed

that is thirty years old

you say

by letting it go

i tried
235 · Apr 2016
Live !!
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
Not for the next day
Live to make the most of your lives
Please tell me you do not live to get pay
Just to turn around and give it away
Spending  all your time on the freeway
On your cell phones
Just to keep up with the people named  Jones
or
Keeping yourself in debt with all your loans
Who says you can't throw stones
At the end of your day sharing nothing
but your moans and groans
Making excuses of why it's all worth it  
Your salary is worth more then the reality ?

"Gee"!

Go on a big spending spree !!
Go ahead buy one more pair of Ray-bans
Show everyone that you can '
Work really hard for that pension plan
That sure will make you better than
You call that a life's plan?
Your master plan?
Jumped right into that frying pan

Live
to
Live
!!
235 · 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


!!
233 · Apr 2020
the death of heroes
Mark Tilford Apr 2020
in his or her green and kaki army  fatigues
they fight a war
so where freedoms and democracy can prevail
with no red cape
no special powers
without a reflecting shield
they march into a battlefield
guns drawn
they put up the greatest fight
hiding their fear of flight
the whistle
the bullets sound
the direction
the way
the bullets paved their way
they knew exactly where to end
the god awful  sounds
as one by one they hit the ground
the hearts slow and struggle to beat
no loved ones by their side
our heroes die
230 · Jun 2019
i am laying in bed
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
228 · Aug 2018
before/after
Mark Tilford Aug 2018
what we had
intense
keeping each other in suspense
our love immence
perfect
we clicked
an easy connect
even in our conflicts
so direct
but
with much respect

i am still perplexed
why God decided
it was time
he knew you were mine
why would he cut short our time
we deserved a warning sign
that with us, there would be a deadline
he crossed the ******* line
anger
does nothing but fill my mind
****** you were mine
why did he not
take mine
then he should make me blind
so i cannot see what reminds
then he should take my mind
so i cannot be reminded
take my feelings so i cannot feel
from this i will never heal
could he not hear
forever
that was our deal
227 · Jan 2022
love
Mark Tilford Jan 2022
sweet love

sweet love

i can no longer trust

so long now

i have been alone

stayed hiding inside my home

after it failed

the first time

the second

and the third

i am burned

knowing

that i would never let it return

buried my heart deep in dust

for me

there would never be an us

bound by chains of fear

it's crystal clear

love

i would never trust




again
226 · May 2015
Self
Mark Tilford May 2015
Some say it's what is on the inside
Not what people see on the outside

But it's not the inside
It's what people see on the outside

It's not the inside
That attracts from the outside

It is the outside that attracts
To the inside

The outside
A cover for the inside

The inside
Never compares to the outside

The outside
Never seen as the inside

The inside
Is more then the outside

The outside
Hides the inside

The inside
Hardly seen on the outside

The inside
You should show from the outside

The outside self should be as well the inside self  
The inside self should be as well the outside self

Inside and outside just be your-self.
217 · Jun 2020
The issues
Mark Tilford Jun 2020
Authority missed used
All the time on the news
All of a sudden a side we think we need to choose
There was no need to
Finally a video tap
That shows what they do

Gun shots fired
A black woman dead (Breonna Taylor)
My God she was getting ready for bed
Now dead

A knee to the back of the neck
He could not breath (George Floyd )
A black man dead
Not before asking for his mother
A son, a big brother
Now another

CHANGE will be their legacy

After years of suppression, racism
We stand together
Blacks and whites at their best
And protest
Demanding
Enough, Enough
It's time to end how rough
STANDING TOUGH
Together handcuffed
(CHANGE)

By color we are a race ??
There is only one race
The human race

As I write this
I shed a tear
In sadness
And
For hope
That there will No longer be a hidden
"ROPE"
217 · Oct 2015
our souls
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
so many this world has stole
that are no longer whole  
putting first their own goals
not having any self-control
something I think the Devil has stole
one by one our souls
so many has forgotten his good grace
it's not happened at a slow pace
or in any particular place nor
to just one race
"A Disgrace"
that we have lost God's embrace
something you cannot replace
can you imagine
we allowed our souls
to be stolen by the fire  breathing dragon
God's heart now sagging
he is no longer hearing prayer
nothing more to share ?
why would you dare
then we wonder why our souls
our in despair
no longer aware
"Beware"
our souls
!!
211 · Dec 2015
Silent nights
Mark Tilford Dec 2015
as the sun goes down
as i roam the house, there is no one to be found
silent with no sound
i sat down, to unwound
there is no light, dark, as i look around
how profound
this house with no life abound
sad to say none inbound
or none that will come round
Silent nights
where did everyone go
all my family, friends, all the people I know
where did it go
the love that use to flow
where did they go  
the hearts that once glowed
Silent nights
all is calm
with so much peace
life's release
it's not for me, it's not in my heart
but still disconnected and still living apart
no mother of my child
no lives to share or to take part
Silent nights
lonely I might
but by knowing God
he keeps my life bright
i always sleep
in heavenly peace
in my
Silent nights
!!
Dedicated to the lonely
210 · Jul 2019
shattered
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
197 · Jan 2020
a dream
Mark Tilford Jan 2020
driving down a road
flying
black crows
alone
all i see
grave stones
i cannot scream
a
****** stream
horrible scene
heavy smog
fog
downed  logs
falling frogs
hairless dogs
attacking
a dream
a dead deer
blood smears
devil appears
his fires
landscape
seared
a dream
it's dark
black
light
lacked
a snack
fighting back
the pack
stepping on the cracks
they keep coming back
flashbacks
a dream
was
not wanted
constantly
it haunted
it taunted
in a place
life
not a trace
null space
no flowers
In
a vase

a dream
maybe
194 · Oct 2015
It ends
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
It ends
The time we spend
We will no longer depend
Saying goodbye to me and all our friends??
Our lives will no longer blend
Why can't we just be friends? (you ask)
After this thing we had ends
I really don't think my heart will mend
But I will hold my poker face
As you walk out of my place
Will act with grace
Alone again, I will embrace  
Our footsteps I am sure I will retrace (many times)
After this ends
Never call my name
Yes! You, I will blame
I will have to ask, who are you??
What's your name??
After acting so lame
It's a
SHAME
It ends
I will never allow you to come back
Why?
Your head games
I will not go through the same
It ends
Our relationship  I would never reclaim
I proclaim
That
IT ENDS
!!
192 · Oct 2019
if i
Mark Tilford Oct 2019
if i
could to do it all over again
where would I begin

if i
had to run another race
could i make to the end

if i
changed my pace
could my path be traced

if i
left this place
so much i would not care to replace

if i
should die
i hope everything i was told
was not a lie

if i
am a alone
i will find my comfort at home

if i
cry
real tears will come from my eyes

if i
say goodbye
so much that could imply

if i
fall
i would stand up tall

if i
am headstrong
i would admit i was wrong

if i
know you
know me too

if i
or when i
sin
i would have to look deep within

if i
could change this world
so much would be unfurled

if i
had to hide
would that not be lie

if i
am me
there would be
no need
than to be any other
than
me

if i
191 · Aug 2019
.....?.....
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
191 · Sep 2015
no more
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
When I was a teen
I ran into a pond hoping to
drown

When I was in my early teens
two men
nothing to say, but how mean
took something from me
youth and my virginity
not just once
what they did to me
without permission
i became their mission
keeping quiet and without
any admissions
about what they took from me
now older
i now have to deal
with the damage
they did mentally
i cut my wrist
not accidentally
took a hand full of pills
now thinking back
it gives me cold chills
what they took from me
no more
will i ever allow them
to try take my life
from me
no more hoping
to
drown
no more
will they take from me
     !!
190 · Jul 2019
WHY WOULD YOU GIVE A DAMN
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
184 · Sep 2019
You
Mark Tilford Sep 2019
You
You
Are who you are
Because of you
Not
Because of someone wanting
you to be

You
and
only you control your
fate
Be who and what you
are
meant to be

You
!!
184 · Dec 2015
Mistake
Mark Tilford Dec 2015
I have made a few
Sadly one of those was you
Yes it is true
How could I like all the things you did and do
I have made a list for you
There will be nothing new
No need for you to go through and pick and choose
It reminded me to
Of all the things that were said and done
Childish games!!
We are no longer young
You know what they say
"If it's to good to be true"
It usually is
I cannot figure out why your love never grew
What happened is not the picture In my mind I drew  
This mistake, it will stew
It will be awhile before my heart beats or even moves
Mistakes you cannot just undue
Do not misconstrue
This dream did not come true
The mistake "yes" it was you
!!
181 · Oct 2015
Until the end of time
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
Do you want to  be mine ?
Growing closer everyday
Will you take a chance on me ?
Will I be the only one on your mind ?
During the passes of time
It's so simple being mine
Will you forever mention my name?
It's really easy
Just see me for me
All you have to do is let it be
It could be so easy to say the word
"we"
which  includes me
I could care less about your past
I really just want this to last
There would be so many neat times
could be a blast
I am not scared
There could be so much shared
I promise I will always care
Can you see us two the God's has paired
It's been declared
It's going to be worth it
To have you laying next to me
or standing real close
Both under the angels glow
I hope you don't want to let me go
I hope you listen to the words I say
Because I want to ask
Do you want to be mine??
Until the end of time
165 · Jun 2015
Secrets and Lies
Mark Tilford Jun 2015
How can we believe
What anyone says
With all our secrets and all our  lies
That through the years should have opened our eyes
That have made so many worlds collide
Reality
No one is ever who they seem
The secrets and lies and all in between
Something wrong with the fairytales and the dreams
It seems we have gone to extremes
Trying to think of some kind of scheme
To hide all the secrets and lies
All the time hidden and denied
Where none of the rules applies
Always defied none that we can ever abide by
It seems
How can we feel there is nothing to be redeemed
By keeping secrets and telling lies
Up until the time, it is time for us to die
Then we look up into the skies
To ask the Lord to forgive
All our secrets
and
All our lies
Hoping there will not be any denies

Honesty:
The quality of being honest!

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