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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
!!
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
My Thoughts
They creep in
Their cover will not be blown
Hearing  them
In very low tones
Where do they come from? Unknown
They come all on their own  
Keeping me company
So I do not have to be alone

My Thoughts
They are my friend
My girlfriend
My boyfriend
On them I can always depend
They are not pretend

My Thoughts
I create
In my silence
That I never speak  
They are never leaked
Never shared
That, I would not dare
They are my affair
Some of them are prayers

These are
My Thoughts
!!
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
Took my **** out
Decided to have a smoke
Come on over take a ****
Give me a shot gun
Let me get rid of the gum
Wow!! Are we going to have some fun
**** this **** is really good
Some awesome blending
The room is spinning
The high is beginning
I bet I am grinning
Not looking for an ending
Could we be sinning ?
Nah!!
I think we are winning
Pass it around
Loving all this sharing
Would you call it daring
This ****
Sure not full of seed
Believe me
This joint is so tight
Like sipping out of a straw
Drawl baby drawl
Not slowing down to a crawl
There is more where this came from
Not playing dumb
Until we go numb
Then we can say
We are true smokers
             !!
Mark Tilford Mar 2016
Only my words
Am I a nerd ?
Only on the third word
A lot of the time they are so blurred
I just want them heard
But most often unheard
Some that are absolutely absurd
With no fancy catchwords
All of the time I rewrite and rewrite
and reword
Never hip and forward
Some that make no since
and that are slurred
All the above does not matter to me
You see these are my words
And I will never be
Deterred

!!
Mark Tilford Feb 2016
I have to ask
and
I need to know  

I have to ask
Why did so many people run in wolf packs
Turn away
To the misery of people everyday
Turn their backs and just walk away
As though they were dead prey
Day after day
Why did their evil  have to show
Why did they stroll with no human coed
Always traveling the nowhere roads
Knowing and knowed

I have seen
Children hold out their hand
Nothing it would land
All I saw were people turn their head
And
Pretend that they did not see that someone had bled
And
That there were people that needed to be fed  

I need to know...WHY?
Did  
People see only white or black
Turning there backs on people that were black
Yes, they did
It is fact

I need to know ...WHY?
So many people let their love go
and let it just fade away
Turn their heads and just walk away
Instead of facing the facts
Of why their lives lacks

I have to ask ..WHY??
People take their own lives
Easily
As though there was nothing to loose
or
Drown their lives in *****
Caused by so much abuse
All we did was make up an excuse

Near Death
I have to ask
and
I have to know
Are you going to keep turning your backs
And hide into the black

There is so much more I have to ask
and I need to know
Before
I reach the day of my death.
!!
Mark Tilford Jun 2016
With our families and our friends
Never Enough Time To Spend
Just letting our lives blend
Never Enough Time To Spend
Seems to be a normal trend
Never Enough Time To Spend
The words, I intend
Maybe this weekend
Regret, we will in the end

Time is of the essence
Family and friends
Becoming more of a quintessence's

Here today and gone tomorrow
Then feeling so much sorrow
Time, you cannot borrow

!!
Nothing is more important then your family and friends
Not your job
Not your cell phone
Not Facebook
Not your favorite T.V. show
Not your favorite sport

Make enough time to spend
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
The difference in me and you
You were busy making a life
I was busy living a life
!!
Mark Tilford Mar 2017
None of us
Is here to stay
There are  dues to pay
We are not promised today, nor yesterday
It can be over at a blink of an eye
Bye, bye
That promise is not a lie
Some day, sooner or later
We all die
So why?
The chase for more and more
Such a bore
Making life a chore
So quick to judge
The poor
The *****
Closing the door
To people not like you
Not having a clue
This is what I have got to say
To the who's who
*******!!
You will get what is coming to you
What is due
No lie
We are all pink inside
Bleed red on the outside
We all cry
We all try
We all have pride
This does not need to be clarified
The bible
The guide
Should be applied
When it is not
Good and evil collide
Open your door
Look outside
It cannot be denied
You will see the divide
No one standing side by side
Are you horrified ?
To what is glorified
You should be terrified
I know
Your satisfied
To wear blinders
To cover your eyes
No lie
We all die
In common
We all have forgotten
!!
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
     !!
Now
Mark Tilford Dec 2016
Now
I want you to tell me how
With all these clouds
How our love can be allowed
Regardless of our promise
of our vow
I don't know
After you went solo
Our love you overthrow  
When you let everything go
Bringing us down so low
It has not been that long ago
I think his name was Joe
What a low blow
It still burns
As the world still turns
Lesson learned
Loving you what as it earned
You will not listen to my terms
They are firm
I see through the charm
No matter the tears or the performance
It is of no importance
With all the clouds
It is storming
Because you gave no warning
I am listening

How?
You can tell me
now
!!
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!!
Mark Tilford May 2015
The earth cracks  
We will all fall

The skies open
We will see all

The seas
Will drown us all

Fire
Will burn us all

Anger
Will take over us all  

Famine
Will starve us all

Disease
Will finish us all  

This world
Will end for us all

Until then maybe we
should show love
for all.........
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
I thought I would try it
and throw my hat into the ring:( :)
Don't need a friend on the wing :)
Don't have to dress for winter or spring :)
Everyone is  looking and wanting a little  fling :)
Some may even swing :)
Never can you see if they are wearing a wedding  ring :(
But they don't mind showing their ding-a-lings :(
Some thinking they are Queens and Kings :(
Oh my!, Someone showing their *** hanging from a ceiling sling?? :(
Some loving to tie themselves  up in lots of string :-(
That was enough for me I  am done with
this on line dating thing !!!!!...
Mark Tilford Nov 2015
They walk up to me
I let them take the lead
They undo my belt
My **** starts to rise
Look out!!  your in for a very big surprise
Pulling my shorts down
I see their eyes are amazed at what they see
Yes baby, it's all me
They look up and say
I think that thing just might be to wide
To funny to me
It's still kind of limp you see
With a smile on their face they drop to their knees
And ready that mouth for me
Their knees planted firmly on the floor
and docked
It's time to **** this ten inch ****
They taste the tip of the head
with the tip of their tongue
They grab the shaft
and open wide
finally it's inside
Oh!! how moist
I am so glad I was their choice
I grab the back of their head and
gently pump back and forth
They stop me to taste that wonderful pre-***
and lick my walnut size *****
Then back in their mouth
They stroke my shaft to match their ****
I can feel it's starting to build
it's not going to be a small yield
They blow and blow
I pull out and I unload and unload and unload
sure was not no little specks
WOW!!
How I love
Oral ***

"NEXT"!!
Mark Tilford Jun 2016
Not me
I am free

Of all the *******
The day to day political grit

Some say I have no ambition
Not true
Living is my ambition

Never had to pay a dime of tuition
"Having debt"
Living with no regret

I never have to fret
Believe me I am no one's threat

Life is my asset
And
The people that I have met
I never forget

Being happy
Is my outlet

Ordinary
Is not me
Because I
Never wanted to be
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
!!
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
I think I might be
Out of control
No !!
"I know"
I have lost control
I hate to pay life's toll
This is my goldfish bowl
Lots of
***, drugs and rock-n-roll
These things embedded in my soul
They make me feel whole
So many addicted to my 10 inch pole
Hard as hell to say no!!
When approached
"Ego stroked"
Drugs help me from going down the worm hole
Spent a lot of my bankroll
"Yes" I know
Provoked by rock-n-roll
Believe me all this has taken it's toll
But I will never feel low
and will never be on parole
I will never be controlled
"Bad boy"
It's all I know
and
Being OUT OF CONTROL
So if your living life a little out of control
"Like this"
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
!!
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
I have experienced it in so many different places
I have been broke into a  million pieces
My trust decreases
When the pain slowly increases
When it grabs hold it never releases  
Hanging on until it ceases

I thought my heart was made of gold
Then why want it let the pain go
The pain  
Took it's golden glow
Hidden by the pains shadows  
It happened a very long time ago
Something pain bestows

Pain
It overflows
It is so **** strong
and it is hard to overthrow
Sad to say
It will still be with me
the day after tomorrow

Pain
I will continue to fight through it
Until I get strong enough
To say "O.K"
Enough is a enough
And I get my life back
the way it was before

And my heart is restored
to
Gold

!!
Mark Tilford Feb 2022
pain
my focuss

happiness
drained

in my thoughts
what is real

with the devil
was there a deal

pain

happiness

i drank
to **** them away

everyday

i walked across hot coals
to see if i could feel

i did not burn

in the turn

what have i become
my only friend

happiness ends
it became a fast trend

i tried to disappear
i am still here

at my age
accepting things

is everything

in my end
will the pain bend
will happiness begin

if only i could start
again
Mark Tilford May 2015
So you think love is perfect
Something that would make us connect
Something so simply we can detect
Nothing that we would have to redirect
Something that we could not reject or
anything that we could deflect
Something that would have an affect

Our love
Something so perfect
That made us connect
That we both could detect
Life's on hold and everything on redirect
Something that we could not reject
or deflect
It had such an affect

At the end
Our love was perfect
Two hearts that was connected
Love that was still detected  
Never redirected
Never deflected

And it still had an affect

Perfect
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
A kind man
A man of the hungry
and of the poor
Just the man to mend this world
His teachings of kindness
With no blindness
Very aware of the madness
He is certainly not mindless
to this world lesser of kindness
He is a man that has an open mind
Regardless of mankind
The people he will always be intertwined
for all generations
of different combinations
With much patients he will rebuild nations
" LOVE" will be his donation
His vocation
easily, with no inpatients  
Which he does and will show through demonstrations
Sharing his information
he has no limitations
People are his motivation
All of civilization
of different denominations
regardless of the ramifications
He will lift  this world to new elevations
of kindness  
!!
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
Adam marries Eve
Now Adam can marry Steve
And
Eve marries Eve
"Reality"
We live to work
Instead of working to live
Seems to be contrived
As all our lives is on a down hill dive
Day to day trying to survive
I don't think that is called "Arrived"
"Reality"
Afraid to go to the theater
Might run into a hater
That will cause us to meet our creator
"Reality"
Sending our kids off to high school
And preschool
Not knowing if they will return
Is that what they were sent there to learn ??
"To never return"
It's a shame
But
"Reality"
The rich getting richer
The poor getting poorer
That we can ensure
Something we all will have to endure
Reality
War after war
Nation against nation
The fear of others reactions
Then sending our troops into action
Reality
Populations explode
Where water no longer flows
People leaving by the busloads
Watching our lands erode
Ah! the human coed
Reality
Global warming
All kinds of warnings
People misinforming
That should be informing
No reforming
Our world of
Reality!
"The world or the state of things as they actually exist"
!!
Mark Tilford Nov 2015
All the things that we did
Everything that we had done
All the  things that we knew
Everything that was here
Everything we held dear
Remembering  
Everything we use to do
Remembering
When I fail  in love with  you
The day that I knew
The first night I made love to you
The moments we shared when we were through
Just me and you
Remembering
There were two souls
The world we told and wanted everyone to know
Very few nights that we spent  alone
The days we played in the snow
Remembering
We had no fears
That we never caused tears
We told each other that we would not go  anywhere
We would always be here

Remembering
The day that death came
My love it claimed
Remembering  
I could not remember my name
Remembering
The day living became lame
Remembering
Thinking
How could it ever be the same
Remembering
How I just wanted someone to explain

Remembering
became
Memories
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
I want to be with you right now
I want us to trust right now
I want to hear you right now  
I want you close right now
I don't know how right now
There is so much I want to do with you right now
Right now
I want to sleep with you right now
I want us to be they right now
I want to feel your touch right now
I want you to come over right now
I don't want to be alone right now
Right now
Touch me now
Kiss me now
Make love to me now
I am yours now
Between us now
Come home to me now
Right now
My fantasy is you right now
My dreams are of you right now
My thoughts are only of you right now
You are all I want right now
Right now
Trying not to be a fool right now
Trying to make this real right now
Your driving me wild right now
Trying to get your attention right now
Just trying to exist right now
Right now
My love is real for you
This fool has fallen for you
My heart is full for you
My obsession is for you
Only live for you
Right now
All I do is think of you
I am in love with you
"Right Now"

!!
sad
Mark Tilford Sep 2017
sad
to see
children
living in the street
with nothing to eat
to see
people
turning away
not wanting to meet
to see
no one matters
to see
money is the only goal
to see
a sign
(homeless)
the test failed
to see
there is never
another view
to see
closed minds
to anything new
to see
no trusting
in yous
to see
no understanding
that lives
are lived
in many ways
to see
no loving
hearts
to see
choosing to
live apart
to see
no meaning
in words
they say
to see
that price
we pay
!!
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
I don't care what people say
Even though I was not raised that way
Momma says "You have to care what people say"
I have reached the age
I don't care what they say
They say whatever they want to say
They don't go with me to pray
My bills they sure don't pay
So let them say whatever it is they say
On any given day
Their thinking cannot be swayed
So they can keep what they say faraway
If you listen to what people say
There is usually hell to pay

I don't care
What they say  

Why would you care what they say
!!
NOT ME
!!
Mark Tilford Jun 2016
Been so patient
Now becoming so impatient
About what I am facing
Now the realization
Of being alone
As I continue to roam
To find someone of my own
Someone that I would have known
That I could grow old with
That is not a myth
To make memories with
That last in love
And will give lots of
My life they will want to be part of
Settle down
Stay around
A friend
Until the end
!!
Then I would/could stop searching
And
My heart would stop it's wanting
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!
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.
Mark Tilford Dec 2016
Long legs
Smooth back
Nice racks
A ***** that does not slack
Looking good from the back
Where there should be no lack
Always showing a little crack
Easily tracked
That would make me pull it out and jack
That is not a little snack
****
The way they walk and talk
Watching, makes you want to attack
Double back
Down boy, it want bounce back
That big mac
Ridding bare back
A man that does not lack
A big swinging sack
A six pack
White or black

****
Getting it on
With either or
BISEXUALITY
!!
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 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
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
Making so much noise
Not caring who they destroy
"Boy"!!
Apparently they have not heard of the words, "with poise"
Talking about someone, they do enjoy
Why do people have to be so mean
God forbid they could keep it clean
Adults acting like they are still in their teens
I think it is nothing but a smoke screen
To keep their problems unseen
That is why they keep throwing the gasoline
Feeding the fire
Keeping things afire
Most are liars
Their mouths they need to retire
And keep it shut
Stop the loose ****

NO BUTS
!!
Mark Tilford Jul 2018
it is where
we will be there-there is no time to spare
to find this place
then
in its space
we will stand face to face
we will finally embrace
then all time will erase
not leaving a trace

somewhere
it is where
we dare
to start to care
where we become very aware
that we will become a pair

somewhere
it is where
there is no past
at last

somewhere
it is where
anywhere
there
where love last
Mark Tilford Oct 2015
there will be no tomorrow
no more time to borrow
seeing becomes narrow
the mind becomes an inferno
doing nothing thorough
being alone
everybody disowned
hearing nothing but the moan
and the groan
tears flow
the world turns so slow
there is no more glow
become a john doe  
feeling just so so
no longer a believer
not allowing anyone to come closer
sorrow it constantly lurks
face always smirks
heart barely works
my sorrow maybe will end
the day after
tomorrow
!!
Mark Tilford Jun 2016
That I caused
No reason really
Maybe just because
I broke all the love laws
No heart for me from my visit to OZ
Now I have to take pause
To all the pain that I caused
I am sorry for that pain
Looking back, I can see how lame
For all, I was to blame
******* my middle name
Referring to you as nothing more than a dame
Now feeling so much shame
I never treated you as my equal
or the same
My M O and my game
A bad boy was my claim to fame
All that *******, I have overcame
Being a man is to lay claim
"****"
What a foolish man
No wonder her and everyone else has ran
and
Avoided jumping back into the frying pan

Now I have a different plan
!!
Mark Tilford Nov 2015
To deny entry
Is to deny God's theology
Based solely on someone's geology
And just because they might be!!
Why do they  have to plea??

I cannot understand why the debate
or why there is a disagree
I can see why they would flee
So would we !!

To live in a war torn nation
It's only human to want liberation
and some salvation
Lots of separation
from the fear of termination

To deny them entry
based on unfair thinking  of affiliation
is it's self an abomination
Not what I thought we stood for as great a nation

They are men, women and children !
Ten thousand of !
Not a billion of !
Where is the love??
From all of !
They are human !
Not kind of !
Not to be disposed of !

REFUGEES
Someone that is FORCED to be
!!
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

!!
Mark Tilford Jul 2016
it will beat time and time again
through thick and thin
it does not care what has been
it beats from what is within

it shows so much mercy
to the unworthy
even to the undeserving  
it's filled by the trustworthy

the beating is sustained by true love
and
the allowing of
the returning of

the beating heart
is who you are
of every day
every second of every hour
even if it's scared

share your beating heart
even if their's
skips a beat

invincible
the beating heart
!!
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
!!
!!
Mark Tilford Jun 2016
We both know
This as nowhere to go
Us both
The love stopped
There will be no more growth
Regardless of our oath
Of not giving each other up
It's time to wake up
Break up
Our fears has replaced
Our cheers
I guess it's true
Nothing is ever what it appears
So true were the things that we here
Heard from our peers
I was not for you
You were not right for me
It's a shame we did not realize
But time flies by
Unfortunately love dies
Our love had so many tries
But there were
The lies after lies
We have to drop the disguise
We have to give each other up
Break up
!!
Mark Tilford Aug 2018
how much did i loose
i cannot think of an excuse
for times abuse
i could tie my own noose

all chances are gone
where do i belong
i thought i could be strong

no more
is there
someone to care for

death came this way  
all i see is the color gray
i stopped being brave

the demons have raised
my mind is nothing but a maze
days and days

no one has the words
to stop the hurt
i stand at a grave of dirt

ashes to ashes
dust to dust
a must
?

the day
i died
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
Mark Tilford Dec 2016
How could you ever forget
When there was no threat
Nothing suppressed
Not yet, any regrets
The First
When it was all about when, where and how
you would connect
Totally obsessed
With very little farewells
Only they, were you aware
Their faults you easily could accept
Harsh words never in eithers alphabet
The First
You just knew it would go on and on
Never giving thought
that it would not last a lifetime
Committing all the love crimes
It was not just from time to time
It was fulltime
The First
You could not accept less
You needed more and more
When you did not have to ask for
There was no walking out the door
You just stayed indoors
To explore
Ending with an encore


The
First
!!
Your
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
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
This thing I cannot see
That is always staring at me
It moves from room to room with me
Wakes me in the middle of the night
with it's constant bite
Just out of spite
Then it ducks out of site
So foolish of me not feeling any fright
I am sure not being of it's delight
Always turning my head quickly trying  
to catch it in a second of sight  
All I see are small images of electric light
Moving at a low level of flight
Always in the darkest cover of night
When walking through the house it gives me chills
Making me ill
Praying that it will see
the guiding light
It just want leave
Then it dawned on me
It's not a Ghost that is bothering me
What is haunting me
is my inner me
!!
Mark Tilford Apr 2016
You have been given is you
There is beauty in you
Can you see it
Do you believe it
Do you know it
There are no dues for it
Nothing you have to do for it
Believe, it is true
I hope you knew it
If not, now you know it
So it is time for you to  love you
And to you
You need to be true
If you believe it, there is nothing
you cannot get through
And nothing you cannot do
or pursue


The greatest gift given to you
is you
!!
Mark Tilford Sep 2015
Well being, it's a curse!
The brains waves it will disburse
With it's nonsense verse
Leading us to the bad that we will be submersed
Saving it's good intentions
and
Nothing  will  be reimbursed
Causing such thirst
Making it come first
Seeing the worst
Sometimes it plays over in your head
as though it was being rehearsed
Not allowing you to dread
It moves you fast ahead
No speaking of it's intention
always unsaid
It's intentions are well designed
causing your state of mind
only from one mind
your mind
Maybe not of sound mind
or a opened mind
it's intention is to close your mind
to undermine
Listen to it
It will be hard to stay of sound mind


Most powerful,
The subconscious mind
!!
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"
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