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In my life
Love comes in tides, it seems,
Hungry is my temperament.

Yep, I put a ribbon on everything,
Trying to be grateful.

But the light in this lighthouse
Is turning way too fast

Fear sits right beneath my chin
Breathing shallow

Endless desire to control
Intertwines body and soul

Though neither will surrender.
When we first moved in,
The landowner said that
The old crabapple tree in
The yard hasn't yielded
Its fruit for many a year.

The executioner was going
To end its life, but we
Convinced the judge to
Grant a stay of execution
Regarding the beheading
So we could make a valiant
Effort at rehabilitating
The desolate old soul.

All because of a last minute
Reprieve, that unproductive
Tree has been rejuvenated
And regenerated; once
Again bearing fruit for
Many a year for us to eat
And share with others.
© 2025 Daniel Tucker

Metaphors for life & living it !!!

We all need to allow room for living to bring us a new lease on life, even if it seems unlikely.
I don't want this to be
Like a movie I'd see
I want the good, the bad
And all the boring in between.
the room of tears was waiting for someone suited for grace,
for bridging the gap between our wounds
a dream of togetherness filled with white smoke
the joy winged and grounded
as the immanence of the divine
tears roll with a new hope to find generosity
in the human form
Sun tracks high through
a Carolina blue sky.

Down twisting turning roads I fly.

Nothing quite like a Carolina morning,
Sweet Baby James rings in my ears.

Clouds mingle with the mountains
water flows from the rocks like fountains
My God I wish that you were here.

I wish you were here,
Whispering sweet love songs in my ear,
as we while away the miles on the road.

As much as I love to wander,
I'll never stray for long,
Your voice, it always calls me home.

For a Carolina Morning 
no matter how beautiful,

Is never quite as beautiful alone.
Riding my motorcycle through the country roads of
North Carolina from the mountains to the beaches
and everything in between just makes you feel alive!
It's here already
one long day of sunrise and sunset
time knows no division
the very end     -      is not yet

Perhaps it will not come
but ours , it will be certain
you can be sure of that
we'll close that final curtain

So eat and drink my poet friends
be content and be merry
love and live and laugh
our life will not tarry.
our life will never tarry.
On the small balcony,
they sit blanket wrapped,
just past midnight.

Earth smells of rain,
cloud dazzling secrets.

As he leans in,
not for a kiss,
but to give a piece
of his past
to her soul.
:)
Digo que português
é uma língua mentirosa.
Distorce, engana
e ainda goza.

Digo "Tenho saudades".
Não pode estar correto.
Como posso eu ter algo
quando não te tenho perto?
A poem in my mother tongue, Portuguese, about the word "saudade" (longing). In Portuguese we tell someone we miss them by saying what directly translates to "I have longing", like something you have. That's what this poem is about. Here is a translation:

I say Portuguese
is a lying language.
Distorts, cheats
and even makes fun.

I say "I have longing".
That can't be right.
How can I have something
when you're not by my side?


It sounds a lot better in Portuguese, I promise
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