To think we are alone
Is a matter of perception
In a vast planet
Of misdirection

My belief is "no"!
That is true
What you believe
Will be up to you

Gods image we are created
As told by "the good book"
We are part of a bigger network
With a telescope..take a look

The sightings may be real
At least what I believe
Even though we didn't feel
Even though we didn't see

Why is it hidden
We might ask
My reasoning to keep from fear
Hopefully the awnsers might come
One day at last..


What you believe
Will be up to you
But, if you happen to meet one
Come across one..
What would you do?

Why are we so different
Is a question I have to ask
We have all been there
It is written in our past

We have all had struggles
No one is to blame
So why do we hide
It is not shame

So here I say
What it means to you
I will shout it up
If I feel I have to

We are not so different
You and me
Because we have all been there
I hope you will see
As I do you
And you do me

A persons life measures
Is not measured
In pounds,euro,Pecos..not even a dollar
Its not marked by what you accumulated..or even squandered..

Its kept by those who you have loved
By love not power
By hope, by kindness
By those you may have helped flower

Not by gain but by lifes simple pleasures
Your friends can be your family
That is how it measures
See what life can be?

Not by mansions, but by the people you touch
Not physically
By by their hearts and such

You cannot buy love
It is given for free
By those deserving
By those who see


The possibilities

A man works for his family
Day by day toiling
Children he is spoiling
Just to have them stay

He never gives up when he should
Always vows to do good
He hopes to never go away
From the loved ones he won't stray

Not always told thank you
He still works everyday
He lets nothing get in his way

That is why this is a valid
Work mans ballad

Sometimes you might feel blocked
On the words to say
Just think about where you have been
And where you would like to stay

The imagination can be elusive
That may be a fact
Just keep on thinking
Til it seems the blanks have gone back

What I see throughout time
Is people fighting
People not getting along
Not willing to admit
When they have done wrong

War is never good
It's not a winable  fight
Striving to succeed
Striving for what is right

It kills people
Like nothing ever before
It takes more life's
Then a gangster war

It takes innocent souls
It makes us a matter
It fuels the fire
Like wood
With a gas starter

In the name of justice
We go into other lands
We put our noses in it
Just to make a stand

In the end
It is always the same
It is not always the one that starts it
That is the one to blame

So what do we do
What do we say
To the lost soul of a child
That stood in the guns way

I am sorry son
Its not your fault
We are just doing our job
To get the bad ones caught?

Talking makes more action
Then a gun in the hand
Rememeber that next time
When you enter someone elses land

We cannot fight
The unwinable battle
Because in the end it proves nothing
Like a horse without a saddle

We send our loved ones
Not knowing the cost
The price is more then a penny
Because our loved ones become

Lost

The endless has no bounds
Even when life takes its round
Over and over it may burn
Til each of our lives takes its final turn

The truth is the lesson so eager to share
The proof lies in the awnser we have all been there

To be enlightened
Means to be full of light
That is the meaning
It seems quite right

A candle to flame
A heart full of love
So full of light
It illuminates from above

No ill will
Only to send messages
To show light
To get rid of shadows
An illuminate the passages

To give warmth
To give whats needed
To show a path
Thats not always headed

To give light
To be the the bringer
To give love to the masses
As a song does a singer

Live your life to the fullest
But don't be a fool
Only take what is needed
Greed is not a rule

Help out others
Be willing ,be able
Illuminate them with love
Like a fire within you that is stable

Friendships may come
Friendships may go
Always remember
The heart really knows

Though there are times
You may have fought
You may have spat
Remember one thing
No matter where you are at

The reasons you became friends
The first thing to remember
No matter where ever what ever
Your future resembles

Remember your friends
And what that assembles
To have a friend is to be a friend
Always remember that!

On the beach I found a lamp
A lamp. With a genie not filled with sand
So, I did what every normal person would do
I gave it a rub or two
Out popped the genie my palm in his hand
"What do you want I Grant you three wishes as only I can"!
My wish is not just for me
Hoping he sees
And then can finally understand
So what is it your heart desires to me he asked
I can only change the future but never the past
My wish is for peace and love
Why do ask this he asked looking above
In this life I am rich, in life I said quite tame
I want that for everyone, with no one to blame
In a world where greed is drunken with power
Hope lights lanterns, and love gives showers
In a world where time forgot
I want people to remember to love each other for who they are
Not for what they have, or what they got
With a future with such uncertainty
It has to start somewhere, So I am chosing  to start with me.

Good night sweet moon
In a wolf's howl
It searches for it's mate
As light casts its shadow

A lone wolf
Never stands by its self
It follows its pack
To bring it to health

By night it howls
Ever night over
And watches the stars
As it showers

Goodnight sweet moon
It howls each night
From the end of the day
Til dawns light

I am not guilty
I hope you will see
My life's journey
Is not written pecurely

I am who I am
Not so different in prospect
So we didn't lose we win
Each others respect

So not guilty just me
That's all I want to be
Not written but spoke
With the words that you see

Have you ever wondered
Have you ever thought
Have you ever pondered the words we were taught?

Throught life we were said
Each person indifferent
Some begged some pled
Others challenge notions instead

I am one of those
That is who I am
Seeing is not always believing
With my heart not my eyes I chose

I am not for the faint of heart
My life has done full circle
I see what others block out
In all colors..not just red , blue or purple

So, have you..have you
Ever wondered or pondered
I have ,I have
Pondered then wondered..

So now I write..
Not with my eyes, but my heart
Because in my life
It seemed the greatest place to start!

We are hiding
Will you seek
We are not confided
To what we just speak

A key to a lock
A jam to a door
Will you open it
Will your emotions soar?

Let your words be your guide
A spindle it will weave
It will never slide
From what you truly believe

Accept the things we cannot change
Learn from them and grow
Only then, we are whole

To be expectant of perfection
Is our greatest flaw
For we are each unique
And god loves us all

Born different
Even so we all enrich humanity
With enrichment comes knowledge
Which is never a flaw
So no, I will not strive for perfection
I will stand against being the same
I will not flee
I want a world where
I am me and you are you
Don't you see
God never makes a flaw

I don't need the world in the palm of my hand
I don't need my own house or even my own land
I don't need any monetary thing or two
I dont need these to say I love you

I don't need a fancy car or even jet pack
I don't need any tea set or knick knack
I don't need any of them it's true
These aren't the things that made me say I do

I need your heart, your warming smile
I need your hope when mine is gone for a while
I need you to have and to hold
Because of these things I want to keep you, hold you til I am old.

We may have started off a little as friends
Now your a beat in my heart of new trends
Even as time fades and dies as it should
I would remarry you every day if I could.
Mind, body, heart , soul
Love, hope, guidence ten fold

I wish to go to heaven
To the pearly gates
To stand before god
When my date dates

I have followed my heart
A path to follow
To be a leader
In all richeous and good
As to feel what all people should

When I stand before him
I will Awnser what he asks
He might ask if it was easy
He might ask if I followed his path

I will Awnser" I tried"
My Awnser will not sway
For all of us want to be like you
Hopefully someday

We might all have different gods
Each a different form
But he shows many ways
He will never comeform

So stick to what you believe
But always do good
One day you might reach them
Those gates of pearls
As all of us should

What we see time again
Of what we did see think again
Was it just me
Or was a foe or a friend?

The world is full of misleading clues
Of who we are , what we think and what we might do
Has this happened to you?

With a world of individuality
How can we brush it off
And pretend not to see
The truth that lies in between you and me

The world is a much better place
When not bound by greed or running an untimely race
Not thinking but knowing can save some space

Actions have consequences wether or not
You are part of a war or seeking awnsers to be sought

To stand out for injustice , unkindness and what is not right
Is the battle worth winning in an ultimate fight
We all want peace, so don't speak for me
Speak for yourself so your awnsers can be seen
Speak from your heart and it will grow
From thoughts to actions
Compassion's will grow

For I am one person what about you
I want a better future for our future too
Yes we can swipe left so they say
But that is not living so let's start today

Act like a lady
Not a heathen
Cross at the ankle
Give yourself something to believe in

Think highly of yourself
Because if you do
Most of people will see you
As you do too

Let us stand
Our voices to be heard
Maybe not a voice
Maybe a word

The written word is dying
Lets make it anew
If not by me
Then through you

Each thought written
Very carefully planned
Because together united
Together we stand

Light
Isn't absent as we think
Take a prism
Don't blink

It will show all Color
On that wall of yours
Full of wonder
From the light that pours

Its warm as the best hug
It shines from the sun up above
It casts no doubt
It is love

Now dark is a different matter
It can start fear
From a child afraid of the dark
Whom you hold dear

So this is my decision
Give a night light
Bring the warmth
Turn dark into light

Love

A fleeting moment
A kind gesture
Heart races under pressure..

A backward glance
A forward motion
To say hello
Is the notion..

Holding hands
A defensive stance
Sweat and tears it does enhance..

Part of one
Part of a whole
You say I do
To have and to hold..

Embarssing moments
Childish quick tease
A flowering rose
A quick breeze

As you grow old
The love never fades.
Even when you put loved ones
In a final resting place

So what does this have to do with you?
You might ask
Because love is in your future
Not in your past.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Words cannot describe
How much I love you

Our lives aren't perfect
That part is true
But with us we are living
Better than most people do

So we might argue
We might also fight
But I promise to love you forever
Til the sun burns out it's light

The vows I took
I meant them dearly
We celebrate each day
Even yearly

For me you are it
You are the one
Each day an adventure
From love it did come...

Mom

Mom, we haven't always agreed
Sometimes I have been a pain
Now I see what you see
You loved even when I
was to blame.

I am sorry for not being there
When I should have been
I am sorry for dismissing
All the things that might have been

Even through all these things
I loved you with my whole heart
Always and forever
Even though we didnt always get along
Even from the start

I am going to miss your smile
Miss your little laugh
Miss the talks when you talked a while
Feels like my heart is ripped into two
Completely, whole in half

I can remember the good times
I will remember the bad
I will remember when we were happy
Even when we were sad

You will remembered in my heart
Every day I go forth
Morning, noon and night
Til you as an angel knock on my door

I am sorry for the times I made you sad
But one thing I do want to say
Is that you are the best mom I ever had.

Says the little girl to her mother "may I"?
The mother says to the girl ..
"May you what"?

"May I please", says the girl
The mother says to the girl
"Please what?"

"Mother may I please love you for ever, I can't bare the thought of losing someone so clever..."

The mother then a tear does fall
Down her cheek and all..

"Oh dear!" Says the mother
"I love you too girl ,like no other"!

"Then will you stay?"
"I hope so, at least I pray..."
"And...never go away??"
The mother hugs her daughter and quietly relies "we will take it day by day".

If I had to decide
I would like to stay undecided
To keep my frustrations when things go wrong
Devided

Yes, like most I have hopes and dreams
But those are well grounded
When nothings is going well as it seems

Most people know what they want
Thats ok too
I choose to be different
Not only because I don't have a clue

My reasoning is this,
I feel the need to proclaim
Because even when plans go right
It still doesn't end the same

Life sneaks up a timeline with many paths
When your angry, when your sad ..even when you are having the last laugh

Life cannot be planned because nothing ever is
You will miss the adventure
That I know life is

To always know what happens is no fun at all
So I say stop planning
Let things land where they fall

Read the pages
Of the book you might see
I would bet my wages
You might just agree

In one book you might captain
A ship at sea
Looking for a shore
Looking for a key

In another a being
Who can fly, called pan
Who fights captain hook
Who is finally taking a stand

In these pages you read of yours
Is a journey ..an awakening of will
Which keeps you reading
Til time seens to stand still

When you are done you will feel
As if you had been there
As if you are still there
When you need time to ****

So turn pages turn
Til you reach the end
Its life journey not the destination
Which turns foe into friend

So start with chapter one
Keep turning and read
Just keep on learning
Everything you read

Have you ever looked in a mirror
At your own reflection
Do you see what you see
Or others recollection

The truth lies in the eye of the beholder
Maybe not understood now
But maybe when you are older
Each time getting bolder

It is truth you seek
In pain and love
A lesson learned not taught
Growing warm not colder

So maybe not a reflection
But a memory written in time
We learn and grow
Its not misdirection

This truth is in each of us
Never go a stray
For the the path is marked in love
The heart points the way

Stay to your values
Take none from no other
For thats when enemy becomes friend
A feeling like no other

Pain only creates pain
But can change to love
When acceptance is learned
From the heart up above

Never judge
Yet ye shall be judged
Learned that lesson
When push came to shove

When words put to paper
A heart never shamed
For each of has to learn it
The one and the same

Gossip is contagious
It doesn't make you coragious after all whom can blame us..
YOU ARE
Decietful , maniacal, disagreeable, to whom you call your people
WE WILL
ignite a light , stand for what's right , come together as one
Because;
I AM
Hope of a Nation, that has at times showed degradation, but as a Nation we must hold hands..
TAKE A STAND
In this world that we live in
Don't take for granted what we have been given, find something to believe in and the nightmare will..
END
Strive to succeed, where others have disagreed because there is only one of you, and only one of
ME.
RAISE YOUR VOICE THE VOICE OF PLENTY IS A VOICE OF MANY.
Light these words came
WE ARE ALL THE SAME
#LOVE FOR ALL
Written by Veronica a.clark Aug 2019

I am sorry for not being there
To what might have been
I am sorry for dissmissing
Was my original sin

I am sorry for not meaning it
When I said goodbye
May have been said out of anger
My does time fly

Now I see what you might have meant
You have to mean it
The term "I am sorry"
And everything it meant

So next time you say it you may not get a second chance
So mean it please
Take the first not the second glance

In the middle of the night
When all was quiet
Maybe you heard a whisper
A noise bit couldn't quite find it

Don't call your self crazy
Quite the opposite
It may all seem hazy
Couldn't quite stop it

Our world has a history
Some not headed
Seems we have alot
Of info quite needed

Yes, I speak of spirits,ghosts, the spectre
We have a another world
Within our vector

The dead will rise
What does that quite mean
To me it means ghosts
As it might seem

Some use evp
To hear faint voices
Some of us don't need them
Those quite choices

At the age of three
They marked me
A tap to the skull
I felt but didn't see

So before you dismiss
Something you might miss
The choices you make
Forever will sit

I don't feel they are trapped
As it might seem
Someday might be you
Or might even be me

So even though you may not see
But might hear
Don't think for a second
That they are not here

Marked through history
A time we don't understand
Seems more goes on here
In our earthly land

Sun may sun might
Give me your beaming
In the light

Burst me in warmth and glow
Show me show me give me woe

Shine bright sun
For we are what we are
At night at night promise me
My own star

I have to thank you
Each day from the start
For giving me the chance
To show you my heart

My name means true image
A name I understand
The words I live by
Each day at hand

Thank you for reading
Thank you for hello
I hope you never leave
I hope you never go

Have you ever put two bulls in a ring?
What do they do
Do they befriend
Or do their horns sing

A stallion is considered
To be the biggest and best
A beautiful horse
Deffinantly the best

The giant is huge
It makes us tremble
It makes the heart shake
Our hearts disassemble

So what am I trying to say
Do these laws apply here
Of course they do
Our leader is our steer..

Are we of peace or are we at war
Just ask our leaders
They keep the score

For me if I could vote
I would say peace
But I am but one person
But my voice, our voice at least I hope
Never ceases

There might be some
Think back
You were not kind to
Possibly a fact

You may not have noticed
At that time
You were being a bully
Truley unkind

I have been on the other end
Ridiculed in school
For not being the same
They saw me as uncool

I was the bookworm
Who sat under the tree
In the park
The person you didn't see

The child whom had no voice
Who you thought dumb
I did that out of choice
To be the only one

In a world where differant was wierd
Or thought odd
I just took it in
Then wrote what I saw

Don't be that person
The one afraid of change
The bully.. Be the friend
We are all the same

We might surprise you
You will see
Some become presedants, or council
Some are set free

I am and choose my destiny
My path is set
I am free from guilt and regret
That is me

So I was the nerd.. Not the bully
My arm extends
I will set you free
To all become friends

"The clock"

What is time?
A marker?
What do we know of it
What did we find?
Did we find "the path"?

The world is the pendulum
Around around its sway
The son is the face
That marks times way

We may seem the center
But rest assured we are not
We are the epicenter
That time has forgot

We have watched, clocks, light years
That marks our hours
But here in this time
The sun keeps the hour


Yet here we are with solar panels noticing its power.

We are one
From heaven we both come
From God's warm embrace
To our mothers smiling face

Our lives might at times seem lost
We might want to look at it from afar
Don't forget the gifts given
That love comes freely at times it might cost

What you pay
Is entirely up to you
Hopefully it is joyful ,
Things are better that way
Without it where would our love for others stay?

One thing remember, is the sound
Sounds of laughter and smiles
Of the way your heart pounds
Even the way it feels when your heart races ever so slightly seemingly for miles

For we are human and have the ability to love
Show kindness to others
Don't push and Don't shove
Because one thing is certain we all came from above

So what do you believe
What does your heart tell you?
Can you not see
Your lives are not just marked by the people whom love you?

So in fact you are never alone
Never time stands still
You have a place to call home
Call it what you will

We all have a path
A forward motion
It is not set in the past
Sure we have that notion

We each strive
To know where we have been
We already contain the Awnser
We search from within

To know our future
We have to look back
It isnt certain
You do the math

We make our future
We desire
From within
We will find what resides

Good, bad in truth we are whole
We have free will
We have a soul

Greed leads to nothing
A heart will stay full
By the people you touch
In this life don't be a fool

Don't take sides
Trust with your heart
Not with your eyes
Your heart heart will open wide

Strength through forgiveness
Maybe a lover, a mother, a friend
Say your sorry
Before it all ends

In the end we decide
What value we hold
Keep your heart
It is more precious than gold

I am the rabbit
He said to the hare
I am the greatest
So there!

Well I am the hare
Said the hare with a laugh
I can hop around
And hop around fast

So what, said the rabbit
What makes you the greatest
I hear people eat you ..god that's so sadist!

Yeah, they eat me so what!!
They eat you to every Easter
Made out of chocolate
Not startimg with the ears but starting with the ****!

Well at least I am sweet
The rabbit did say
Because at least once a year
I get my own holiday!

My grandfather asked me
Grandson what will you be
Will you travel the land
Just like me?

I didn't know how to Awnser
I didn't know what to say
So I thought about it
And I prayed

For my grandfather had traveled the world
To see what he could see
I wanted to be like him
I wanted it to be me

I didn't want to travel the land I wandered
And he asked me why not
Because It has already been traveled
At least thats what I thought

There is more to discover in this world of ours
He told me one day
So travel the ocean
Travel and stay

Each place is sacred he told me
Respect present and past
Each day thank the lord
For at least that task

Every nation has beauty
He did explain
Respect the culture
The one and the same

Two sisters sat together
They fought and fought
What seemed forever and ever
The mother in the kitchen, her emotions just weathered

"She loves me the best",the oldest did say
"You are the youngest, that's why she loves me this way"!!
"That's not fair" the youngest did shout
"I am special!!"I was the last one to come out!"

The mother finally wanting to put to an end
The fight between sisters ..that needed to be friends
"I love you both equal"she started to say
"You each have a part of my heart, that's why I love you this way"

That night those girls thought as they lay tucked in bed
Of what their mother told them, of what she had said

With a flashlight the oldest turned on
She shined it at the ceiling til all the monsters were gone
"Why are you doing that?" The younger sister did ask
"Because ..I have to save you sis, I have to turn tbis on fast!"

Then she turned and gave me her final Awnser
"Mom, is right" she did sigh
"Why", I asked her "why"?

"I know she loves us both the one and the same"..
"For she told me to love you, even before you came"..
with a tear she shook and then said
"I am sorry sis,I love you..Now lets go to bed".

This is me
This is who I am
I am ok with me
I love who I am

In this world we all strive
To live with this person
Who we are inside

I am poetic, but not always brave
I am artistic, but not begging to be saved.
Because this is me
This is who I am

I strive to stand out
Wherever I can

A zebra has stripes
It's pattern never repeats
You will never see the same twice
Your eyes will deceive

So this is me
This is who I am
I am defiantly ok with me
I love who I am

Imagine you were Alice
A world like no other
Where a white rabbit
Could also be a brother


Down a burrow
In times wake
You think when she fell
She thought it was a mistake

It may have been a story
In a book you see
But I connect with Alice
I see more than me

For through stories is learning
Is natures past
In the pages we read
Is the way back

Which way you choose
Is all in a minds eye
To chase a Cheshire cat
Or to live lifes lie

Don't forget who you are
In your heart stay true
Or you might get a red queen
Saying off with you

Tick tock goes the old clock
Tick tock the minutes don't stop
The hands keep winding
Each new adventure you are finding

At this time there might be doubt
Where would you be without?
A heart not open is unkept
With the memories your heart swept

Do you hear it?
The continious ticking?
Be careful you might not want to miss
When your love in your heart is thickening

Don't be afraid of the leap
A door unopened is tightly shut
A locked door your heart will keep
Can't go down now..go up

Listen to it's even pace
Listen or you will be wishing
Of not having that empty space
And you will be missing

The heart that winds that keeps ticking

Tick tock..tick tock

My name is veronica
Born 1980
In las Vegas
Given to a family at 3

Abandoned at 14
Had to find my way
In my life
What role would I play

I marched to my own drum
Still never have been in trouble
I followed my heart
Love in me has doubled

Its just my husband and I
No family to speak of
Still we are happy
We are so full of love

We are not rich
Acctually quite poor
Still quite happy
Would give my last penny to help further more

So this is my past
My future undecided
So I write
To keep all our hearts
A nation undivided.

So if they say to know where you go
Know where you have been
I am just a girl
From a city of sin

Even born there I remain untouched
Uncorrupted. But valued as such.

The path to war
Is never the same
Some of it may be a lie
We might be to blame

Destruction is never good
We might have gloated
We accepted bad not good
We might have boasted

Innocent is innocent
Proved in court if law
Seeing isn't always believing
Of what we might have saw

In any circumstance there may be peace
Talk and gestures communication
At least

The different colors of this planet
Are not to be the same
Not to judge
Not to blame

We each shed a tear
We each have fear
The one and the same

Think of fabric
All colors stitches
Think of that time
It may have been torn
May have been ripped

A world of color is beautiful
The nations not devided
All stiched together
The color not one sided

It is whom we are
For which we stand
Stick to your values
Don't be bland.

A world without color, race or religion
Might be recinded
Enjoy what we have
All well blended

We are what we are
To be all we can be
In life like a star
To show what we can see

The path is windy
Never straight and narrow
We are here to learn
As a bow does for an arrow

Though you walk the footsteps
You will never be alone
Stick to who you are
The process has been shown

Hmmm what are you good at
What can that be
Maybe its many things
You have been waiting to see

How do you know
If you don't try
Life may at times be a struggle
That is definantly not a lie

But, becoming who you are
Is all up to you
Even if you only can think of just one
Or haven't even got a clue

So at least try
Because you may never know
How does a bird learn to fly?
If they don't take the leap and just go?

One day you will see
What I am trying to tell you
Trying is the key
That life will try and sell you

Open the lock
Expand your horizon
Fly with the flock
You might just be a diamond

One day I asked what did you do?
One day I asked what did you say?
I am to regret that
Some time some day

Questions are good
But don't be too bold
Some stories are great!

Some should not be told