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Feb 2018 · 298
A breath...
Tom Blake Feb 2018
Precious!

Preserve and value it!
Sep 2017 · 494
To: Kim, and Mr Trump...
Tom Blake Sep 2017
...before you press the button, ignite the bomb
END IT ALL!
PLEASE consider
What it has taken
For us to get where WE are...
A lot of Blood, Sweat and Tears,
Discordant, Revolutionary years!

Is this what you want- your work down the drain?
Is this what you want- to annihilate the human race?

THINK!
About the CHILDREN, their FAITH in the older age.
I said, THINK about the CHILDREN, their TRUST in the older age.
They are relying on YOU
To show them the RIGHT things to do.

Is this what you want- to destroy them all?
Is this what you want- to END the WORLD?... Well, IS IT!?

Before you press the button, ignite the bomb, end it ALL
PLEASE consider---the REST of MANKIND!
Sincere plea!
Sep 2017 · 272
To: Mr Trump and
May 2017 · 386
Untitled
Tom Blake May 2017
I am  here where MANY have already been,
How long will I linger
Before I move on?

Will
I
Move on?



Growing Is hard
Not growing harder,
Especially,
When  there is a motivation, compulsion
To
Grow,
Like
The flowers and trees
Defying gravity,
Exercising
Urge and belief
In
It's existence/
Their
Existence,
Thrusting itself
Toward
Heaven.


But
Still
Treasuring
This present earth
And
Cosmos!

Devaluation
May 2017 · 328
Trust your own Instincts
Tom Blake May 2017
You say listen!
Listen, I do.
I
Hear NO words of wisdom,
I'm hearing
NOTHING
NEW!
May 2017 · 338
Thought
Tom Blake May 2017
Do we live
Just to be a memory?
Like
A living thing once was
But
Now
A fossil?
May 2017 · 301
How We Met
Tom Blake May 2017
The scene
Was not romantic at all,
It was quite the opposite.
I
Was there
In a war torn country
Amidst the calamity and pain...
Quite
Unexpectedly,
While taking photographs
A native girl came into view
SHE
Was beautiful!

SHE,
Was shielding
CHILDREN
From the chaos
Around!
Immediately,
I
Went to her aid:
We
Got
The CHILDREN
Aboard the U.N. trucks
Which
Drove them
To safety.
SHE
Stayed behind to help,
I,
Introduced myself...
SHE,
Said
Her name was...
"LYLICA"

SHE...
Hastened to help the wounded,
It
Was
Then
WE
Parted company.
I kissed her on the cheek
And
In her distress, she smiled at me.
We said " Goodbye"
I took my camera
To the other side,
The media
Wanted two points of view.
Will I
Ever
See her again? Went through my head
And,
Her name, her name..."LYLICA"

It's six months now
I'm back home.
The war situation is resolved.
I'm
In my apartment
After a story seeking day
I've got Lylica's photo in my hand.
I reach for the phone,
I book a flight.
I'm smiling,
I'll be there by midnight!
May 2017 · 440
I...am not Being!
Tom Blake May 2017
Oh, the things I might have said and done
But
Didn't do or say,
All I did
Was it meant to be?
Was it "really" Me?

There's no time
There's Still time
What's coming next?

What
I
Am,
I'm dissatisfied,
Never too pleased with what I do.
I'm
Just a a mediocre guy
And,
I try
And I don't,
Try and don't.

I look around
See deeds I'd like to have done
Words I'd like to have said
People I'd like to be (: Jesus)
I'm never pleased, no, never pleased
With Me.

There are many things I'd like to say
I'm not saying,
Things I'd like to Do I'm not doing
Many ways I'd like  to BE I'm not being...

I'm
Not Being...
I'm not Being...

There's no time
There's still time
What's
Coming
Next?

Rebirth?
This is not recent expression
But feels like it!
Tom Blake May 2017
You,
Sit alone in your room
Head in hands in the gloom,
Your
Caring gone
And the will to live on,  
CEASED...
It's time to leave.

You tried to believe
Yes, you tried to believe,
In Love,
But,
Now you feel deceived.

For a long time it's been
This way
For you -
No rays of sunlight in your life!
Any joy is marred
By the sorrow in your heart
And,
No solace could  be sought anywhere.
But,
You tried to believe
Yes, you tried too believe,
In Love,
But,
Now
You feel deceived...

You, didn't want it this way -
To hate life!
Loose faith!
Feel
Betrayed!
You
Are
One
Of the many, many more
Who struggle hard to live each day
That
Comes their way.

Finally...

You,
Repose serene
In
Your room
On a unmade bed.

Outside,
LIFE
Carries on
As
Still
Lies
Your pallid form
Devoid
Of motion,
Thought
And pain...
Yes,
YOU
Tried to believe
Yes,
Tried to believe
BUT
LOVE
No more
Could you you see...

So,
YOU
Chose to leave.
!
May 2017 · 370
Worth a Try?
Tom Blake May 2017
Should we not be praying
To the devil?
It's not unreasonable!
It's his/ entity, influence, in the world
That's causing such hellish things.

Should we
Not be appealing,
Entreating
Him
To
Consider His heart?
And,
Put a stop
To
The incessant evil and destruction
Of humankind?

In
The core
Of
his
Iniquity
IS there
A glimmer of good
Which
One
Could
Nurture,
With
The help of prayer,
Making that morsel
Of
Goodness grow?

Come on mankind
Get
Down on your
knees
And
Pray,
In unison,
For
The
Devil!

You
Are not being bad
On
The contrary, you are
Making efforts to save him
And so too
Save Mankind.

Jesus says to forgive your enemies.
The devil is
Our arch enemy.
The source
Of
All
Problems.

Let us persuade him
To give up his infernal rage.
Let him
Feel true love and concern.
He
Perhaps
Will
Yield and understand.

OR,

Is this a completely impossible
Unobtainable fantasy!
He, being too far gone
And
Beyond absolution?
May 2017 · 245
Child's Query
Tom Blake May 2017
The man on the cross, ma...
Why,
Is he there?...
What
Did he do
That was unfair?
Did he
Commit
A
Horrendous crime?
Did he
Take
A life
Just
Like mine?...
Did
He
Hate
God,
God 's creation?...
Didn't HE
Just
Deserve incarceration?


He,
Doesn't appear aggressive at all!
He
Radiates peace
And
Has a glow...Who is this person I do not know?


Now,
Child
Since
YOU
Enquire,
The man in question is not a liar!
He
Didn't cheat, hurt or ****..
He,
Only
Did his  Father's Will,
Proclaiming,
HE
Was a king​ and come to Save ALL
Humankind...
Imparting Truth and Love,
That
Was
His crime.

It
Doesn't seem right, I know...
And,
You
Will witness's similar as through life you go.

Injustice
Is ALL over the land
And,
You will resent
So
Much
That's
Done by your fellow man!
And,
yOu
Will need guidance and consolation...
AND,
The
Man
On the çross is
Your,
And all of us,
Our
Salvation!
May 2017 · 299
Dysthymia?
Tom Blake May 2017
I feel like a leafless tree
I feel like a dull grey sky
I feel like an abandoned child
I feel like a too tight tie.

I feel like a rusty train
I feel like an arrow with no aim
I feel like a tuneless tune
I feel like a creator on the moon.

I feel like a polluted sea
I feel like a shell with no pearl
I feel like an order less mass
I feel like an atomic blast.
May 2017 · 225
ToTom
Tom Blake May 2017
Tom's
Don't
Grow on trees,
And
Don't always come to teas,
Expessely nice ones like you!
Picking
Out the right ones is hard,
Just
Like picking out cards,
I think you are nice
JUST
Like Rice.


By J. Pickering
Child's poem to me which I treasure.
May 2017 · 1.1k
Musing
Tom Blake May 2017
Life,
You'll
Be
The
Death
Of Me.
May 2017 · 223
Changes
Tom Blake May 2017
I was  once your swan upon
Upon
The lake.
Now,
I'm
A goldfish
Trapped
In a
Bowl.

By Violet.
May 2017 · 241
Untitled
Tom Blake May 2017
I
Am
A
Little
Dewdrop.
A
Tear
Upon
Your
Pillow.
A
Tear
Running
Through
Your
Fingertips,
You
Can't
Catch
Before
I
Dissolve.
May 2017 · 938
The Greatness of You
Tom Blake May 2017
Let me repose
For a while
Beside
Your
Calm self.
You
See,
I
Am
The opposite,
I
Need
Composed.

Beside you I recline
Beside you I unwind
Settle with time...

YOU
Listen ,
You care
You
Hold me,
Stroke my hair, say, "There!"

This life
You know
At times, gives me the shakes.
The
Things that go on
Get
A bit too much to take.
Think
I'm going to break,
Shatter
Into space.

Then...
I think
Of you...

I come to you...and,

Beside
YOU
I recline,
Beside
YOU
I
Unwind...

Settle...

With
TIME.
Tom Blake May 2017
Baby, I know sometimes the world can be tough and rough
And,
I too have said, " I've had enough!"
I can Sympathize
I can Sympathize with your sentiments.

Baby, hold on and be strong
You can weaken, you can falter, but please fight the fall!
I
Will stand by you
WE will see this through
And exorcise those world-weary blues.

This world gets everyone down
There's no one immune around
So
Take solace in the thought
Everyone,
Gets what you have got
Your not alone
You
Are
NOT
Alone!

Baby,
That's it!...
Let it out!
Let it out and cry!...
Don't
Feel ashamed
No , no NEVER feel ashamed!
Don't
Keep it bottled up inside!
Let
It OUT,  let it out and CRY!

This world gets everyone down
There's
No one immune around.

Remember,
I Will stand by you!
TOGETHER
We will see this through
TOGETHER
We will chase away...those world weary
BLUES!
Apr 2017 · 567
Yesterday
Tom Blake Apr 2017
Yesterday
I was down.

Didn't
Feel like
Smiling
At all.

I
Locked
Myself away,
Figured
I wasn't good company
Better out the way,
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

TODAY,
Is different!
TODAY,
I
FEEL
GOOD!
Never thought I could!
A
Good
Day's come my way.
I pray
THANKS for the day...

A
Good
Day
Has
Come
MY
Way!

I am out under a bleu sky,
Whistling
A favourite tune.
ADMIRING
All
The BEAUTY,
FREE
From
Thoughts
Of
Gloom.

A Good day has come my way!
Thank You, GOD
For
That
DAY!
This was written as a song a long time ago. Like all of us who express ourselves with words we should be ever grateful to those who relate to
What we have written and say, "I like it!"
Or, " That's  good!"
Be grateful for a positive, however small, response.
Apr 2017 · 205
Untitled
Apr 2017 · 224
You are with me every day.
Tom Blake Apr 2017
I don't
Want you to speak
GOD
Or
Show
Yourself.

I see
And hear you , Lord, GOD
In
All
Your Creation
"I"
Was
Born into!
Apr 2017 · 373
All on the Same boat
Tom Blake Apr 2017
There's nobody who doesn't have it hard
Nobody who doesn't have a laugh
Nobody who doesn't have a solemn thought
Nobody
Who doesn't feel distraught.

There's
Nobody who doesn't feel a fool
Nobody who doesn't dream at school
Nobody who doesn't YEARN for LOVE
Nobody
Who doesn't feel... Like giving up.

WE
Are ALL on the same boat
A sail on the same sea
Journeying
Through the same life
With
Death
Our destiny.

There's
Nobody who doesn't moan
Nobody who doesn't feel alone
Nobody
Who doesn't question WHY
There is no one
Ain't,
From this perception
DIE.

We
Are all on the same boat
A sail on the same sea
We
Are all of the same kind
With
DEATH
As
A
Destiny.
Apr 2017 · 190
ISTHiSwhatYouwAnt?
Tom Blake Apr 2017
Before you press the button
Ignite the bomb, end it ALL
Please consider what it has taken
To get where we are -
A lot of blood, sweat and tears
Discordant,
Revolutionary years.

Is this what YOU want -
Your work down the drain?
Is this what you want -
To annihilate
The human race?

THINK!
About the CHILDREN
Their Trust, Faith
In the older age.
They're relying on YOU
To show them
The Right things to do.

Looking lovingly at you with
An innocence divine.

Is this what YOU want -
To destroy them all?
Is this what you want -
To
END
The
World?
Well, is it!?

Before you press the button
Ignite the bomb, end it ALL!

Please consider,
The REST of ManandWomankind!
Apr 2017 · 246
Waiting
Tom Blake Apr 2017
I am waiting
For you
At
Our
Usual place
In the rain.
I
Am waiting for Christ too
To
Come again!

I look
Down the street,
Approaching
Is a bus.
It comes
Forward
Minus you...
Still
Waiting
For you!

Waiting in the rain
For
My
Summer to come
My
Summer's SUN!

People
Pass
With
Turned up collars,
Hiding under umbrellas.
I
Am
Sheltered
I need a doorway
Hungry
For
You!

The
World
Could end
In
The waiting...
Apr 2017 · 226
Never worry.
Tom Blake Apr 2017
I am waiting
For you
At
Our
Usual place
In the rain.
I
Am waiting for Christ too
To
Come again!

I look
Down the street,
Approaching
Is a bus.
It comes
Forward
Minus you...
Still
Waiting
For you!

Waiting in the rain
For
My
Summer to come
My
Summer's SUN!

People
Pass
With
Turned up collars,
Hiding under umbrellas.
I
Am
Sheltered
I need a doorway
Hungry
For
You!

The
World
Could end
In
The waiting...
Apr 2017 · 194
Untitled
Tom Blake Apr 2017
My
Attachment
Is
With
Nature
Mar 2017 · 637
While Hell is Burning
Tom Blake Mar 2017
This
Present existence
Maybe hell, and I may be the umteenth denizen to agree that it is.
BUT
Also
I
Cannot ignore
The ecstasy and Paradise
I
See and feel
While
Adjacently
The
Great atrocities
Subtly and blatantly
Still
Go on,
Blood and guts
Blasting it in our faces
While I visit the park and
Feed the ducks
Thinking...
It's getting too hot.
Tom Blake Mar 2017
There
Are creatures
Of so many kinds
Getting on with be their business
Never
Thinking of
God or the devil.
Mar 2017 · 219
Feeling...
Tom Blake Mar 2017
Reticent.
Requiring solitude,
Nothing
Superficial
Nothing
Profound,
To
Be
On MY own
Not a sound
No music
No guns
No controversy
Not a sound.

For a while
Let me stare
And
Not care.
Tom Blake Feb 2017
In an Instant
You, my Precious, were
Gone!
Simultaneously,
In that very same Instant
You
We're
There!
Reunited
With Your Love
Complete
Never to part.

I, yes I! see the Joy in both your eyes
See you hand in hand
In
Paradise,
The Eternal place.

I
See entities gather to greet You both
Family and Friends
People
You may thought
You'd never see again
Look!
Here come all the animals you cared for.

This
Is
What GOD gives,
What
The  devil tries to take away.

BUT!

LOVE, NEVER CAN BE defeated!...
In LOVE
You
BELIEVED
Through
LOVE
YOU
Are
SAVED!

The Vision is fading
For
I,
Am still here
On
Earth.

I am Happy

For the Glimpse

Given
To
Those
Who BELIEVE
That LOVE IS ETERNAL
That
LOVE IS SUPREME
AND
HEAVEN
ISN'T
JUST
....A Daydream!
Jesus is the saviour!... and,  a big part of me believes this. But,  there is something in me feels divine.
Feb 2017 · 218
REUNION
Tom Blake Feb 2017
In an Instant
You, my Precious, were
Gone!
Simultaneously,
In that very same Instant
You
We're
There!
Reunited
With Your Love
Complete
Never to part.

I, yes I! see the Joy in both your eyes
See you hand in hand
In
Paradise,
The Eternal place.

I
See entities gather to greet You both
Family and Friends
People
You may thought
You'd never see again
Look!
Here come all the animals you cared for.

This
Is
What GOD gives,
What
The  devil tries to take away.

BUT!

LOVE, NEVER can be defeated!...
In LOVE
You
BELIEVED
Through
LOVE
YOU
Are
SAVED!

The Vision is fading
For
I,
Am still here
On
Earth.

I am Happy

For the Glimpse

Given
To
Those
Who BELIEVE
That LOVE IS ETERNAL
That
LOVE IS SUPREME
AND
HEAVEN
ISN'T
JUST
....A Daydream!
Jesus is the saviour!... and,  a big part of me believes this. But,  there is something in me feels divine.
Feb 2017 · 427
Untitled
Tom Blake Feb 2017
You
Are fed up
Of me
Tired of me
Resent me.

Believe it or not
I
Felt the same way about myself
Before
Your
Dislike for me manifested itself.

I
Understand
(Somewhat) society's, the system's, stranger's
Enmity
Toward myself.
I
Had the same abhorrence
For
Myself...Nearly, committed suicide...
Bought a hellium kit....contemplated ww1 , ww2 , Hiroshima, Nakisaki.... Veitnam war...

Then,
A child touched me with their innocence,
And
MY OWN
INNOCENCE
Returned
To me
Pristine.


HOLY
And
DIVINE.

I , like the multitude
Are saying in a gentle voice...No more violence, destruction
Of
Life.


And You.
Tom Blake Feb 2017
Oh,
What a   bird  must see
To our envy.
(Taken
for granted? Maybe!)

The
Motion of flight
The ability to fly
Encourages me to always live
NEVER Die.
Tom Blake Feb 2017
There's an Innocence within
I
Will
Never
Deny!

The Child in Me
Wants not to cry.

I shouldn't need
To protest
I,
Just want
What is Best.

Cry
Crying
Sob
Sighing!

PAIN and reliquishment
I
Never asked for.

The innocent Child
My
Essential
Help
Me
Know
Who
I really am.

I've
Ran for years
Shed so many years
Tears of Joy
Tears of Sorrow
Everyone
Of us
At
Any given moment
Will
Not
Be here...
Tomorrow.

Then what?
Then what?
Then?

By
VIOLET.
Feb 2017 · 169
Untitled
Tom Blake Feb 2017
I break my  ******* heart
Because
I
See
Injustice, horror, upon the Earth.
While,
I
See marvelous seas, lands, and imagination!
Jan 2017 · 235
Us?
Tom Blake Jan 2017
Us?
Lay man
Poor man
Struggling
To
Survive!

Who
Is going to Help You?

Help you in this world?

There is too much opposition...
Trying
To drown US!

They
Don't want ME to survive.
They
Just
Me
To
Drop....
Dead.

I
Won't
Give up my struggle
I
Will fight to survive.
I
Will
Carry on fighting
For
My Rights.
I
Will
Fight for others like me.

So,
Laypeople
Struggle no more.

Poor man
You
Are RICH!

The
Dialogue
Is
Never ending.

If,
You put a full stop
Where
You
Wish,
Then do so.

The beginning
Is
Always
Starting.

VIOLET.
Jan 2017 · 207
Ultimately,..
Tom Blake Jan 2017
The truth
Is
You!
Jan 2017 · 190
HONESTY
Tom Blake Jan 2017
What is honesty?

One's heart aching to express everything good and bad in one's
Being. The question is , Who can one turn to?
What
Is good
What
Is
Bad?

Personally,
It is  killing
The body and the mind.

But
Who,
Really,
Can
We
Turn too?

The
Simple truth is
We can do it on our own
With
One
Necessary
Component...

Namely,
GOD.

And

A unshakable, unshakable
Belief

In
One's self!!
Jan 2017 · 211
Reaction
Tom Blake Jan 2017
In an instant
You were gone.
In
An instant
You were
There.
Reunited
With your Love...
Complete...
This
Time
Never to part.

I
Can see the Joy
In
Both your Eyes.

I
See you
Hand in hand
In the Eternal Place.

I
See
Others gather to greet you...
family and friends....
People
You thought you would never
See again.
Look!
There comes Spot the dog
Running to you like no other love could do.

This
Is what GOD has given,
What
The devil
Tries to take away



LOVE....

Never can be defeated...
In
LOVE
You believed...

Through LOVE
You are SAVED!

The Vision is fading
For  
I
Am looking from Earth.

But
I am grateful
For the Glimpse
Given
To those
Who Believe ...

That
LOVE
IS
Eternal

LOVE IS  SUPREME!

And,
HEAVEN
Isn't
Just
A
Daydream.
Jan 2017 · 265
For a moment, Listen!
Tom Blake Jan 2017
I
Watched, this morning, a seagull swoop and dive outside my
Urban Window in awe ,wow!
Then,
Watched
The Left
In the house of commons
Trying
To make the right
See the error of their ways...
Cutting wealthfare,
Causing extreme hardship
To their fellow human beings
To
NO avail.

(Intervention--- look at history...The rich, monetary, fiscal, money,
Money , money!.... Something inhumane IS ruling things!)
The Tories
Calls it "tough love"
Yes, it is tough....ABSENT of love!

Regardless, all has been said
With
More to be said
For the
So called
Erudite
To listen.

Even if they don't
The
Heart
Will
Prevail!

Those gulls lull my soul!
Hope
Jan 2017 · 239
Denying all else
Tom Blake Jan 2017
I
Can understand
Why
You
Chose to be alone.
It's
A Bewildering world
Out
There.
People
Can be so unfair,
Interfere.

Give me a cave in a mountain
Let
Me live there.
NATURE
Would be kinder
Than humankind.
The rain and snow
Wind and cold
Would chill my bones,
****
Me.

My
Life
Is in the
CREATOR'S
Hands.
Jan 2017 · 226
Existance
Tom Blake Jan 2017
The beginning...Not allowed to be...

The
END!!
Jan 2017 · 224
Inside...
Tom Blake Jan 2017
I am youthful, not withering, coming to an end.
Inside, There is a intense
Feeling,
Belief, ineffable...
An
Infiniteness,
Eternallity

In me.
I
Am compelled to express...



My body though, regardless of what I think, feel, want,
Is outwith my control
Bringing
My
Existence in this world to an end....I have no say in the matter.

I am
Not
Entirely free
I am
Beholden to something else.
In addition,
I have to be judged and
Sentenced!

Final destination: hell , heaven!

I
Never
Asked for this!

However,
I Believe !
Jan 2017 · 262
Naturally...
Tom Blake Jan 2017
Themoon
Glows in the ebony sky

The stars
Scintillate
In the firments high!

Naturally,
I
SHINE
Too!
Jan 2017 · 324
Tear for the vulnerable...
Tom Blake Jan 2017
There is a tear
TEAR
From the heart... a compassionate tear
For
The child
That is born
Into
Unstable circumstances
For instance:
Where
War and Famine exist...

How disturbing it must be for that child, how
Frightening.
Why!
Why Is something SO beautiful, innocent,
Born into,
Subjected to
Such
Hellishness?

I run it by you, humankind!!

Will
The government, Monarch, Church, respond?
Yes, they will,  when THEY want to
And
Express it
In a way where they
Look the better for it!



But,
More seriously,
GOD,
How
Can You see this without intervening?
GOD,
I ain't no saint
But Hurt
When a life
Is extinguished
And
That means
A
Fly
That is a pest
In homes when cooking
And dead
Bodies are around.

A
Fly
Is a wonderful creation!
Jan 2017 · 513
I Believe...GOD, I believe!
Tom Blake Jan 2017
When I see
A new born baby
Received by its mother....I believe in Love.

When I see
A Sunset
Appear in the sky
And Shine....I believe in Love.

When I see
Mother Teresa's
Work
In Calcutta...
I
Believe in Love!

When I see
My Lady
Lying naked on the bed....I believe in Love...
Yes,
I
Believe,
Believe in Love...
Yes, I believe!

When
I
See somebody happy and elated...I
Believe in Love!

When
I
See people cry, caress and kiss....I
Believe in Love!

When
I
Hear.... the the words... of Jesus Christ....I
Believe!
YES
I
Believe...YES, I believe...
In LOVE!...

When
I
Contemplate
ALL
CREATION....I...

Believe
In
LOVE!
Jan 2017 · 142
KISS
Tom Blake Jan 2017
Kiss goodbye to the darkness
Ready
For  the New Day to begin,
Happy to BE!
Never felt SO free!
O
What
A reward to subdue
Sin!
Jan 2017 · 220
Is This What It Takes?
Tom Blake Jan 2017
Something
Is on the boil
Soon
To explode,
Our world
In fragments, floating in space
And
No more.

It is silent
No more noise from planet earth...
It's past into
Oblivion...And,
PEACE
Is regained
In the Universe...

Marc Bolan...."Life's a Gas"
20CenturyBoy!....
"Astral Angel".... Donovan.

"Instant Karma"...Is gonna get you...


All We Are saying, is
Give peace a chance...
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