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Tony Anderson Nov 2018
One beat
One song
One voice
One

God the beat
Always was
Always is
Always will be
Before the beginning of time
It was so

The Holy Spirit the song
Joins the beat to give it
Movement and action
It's drives the beat onward
So it doesn't stand still
Or fall on dead ears

Jesus is the voice
Joining the other two
It gives
Words
Power
Grace
The voice calls in the wild
It calls for all who will listen

This is the very core of existence
We exist only because
The Beat GOD
The song THE HOLY SPIRIT
The voice JESUS CHRIST
All live in perfect form and balance
Without this balance
All falls apart into the void
Full of darkness and chaos
Tony Anderson Mar 2019
One
One beat
One song
One voice
One

GOD the beat
Always was
Always is
Always will be
Before the beginning of time
It was so

The Holy Spirit the song
Joins the beat and gives it
Movement and action
It drives the beat onward
So it does not stand still
Or fall on dead ears

Jesus the voice
Joins the other two
It gives
Words
Power
Grace
The voice calls in the wild
It calls for all who will listen

This is the very core of existence
We exist only because
The beat, GOD
The song, The Holy Spirit
The voice, Jesus Christ
All live in perfect form and balance
Without this balance
All falls apart into a void
Full of darkness and chaos
Tony Anderson Mar 2019
One
One beat
One song
One voice
One

One beat pounding out it’s constant tone throughout eternity
One song joins the beat giving it movement and action
One voice calling from the wild
Calling to all who will listen
The voice brings words, power, and grace

The beat is existence
The beat is life itself
The song brings movement and action
The voice brings words, glory, and power
The voice is by which we express ourselves to the rest of creation

The beat always was
Always is
Always will be
even before the beginning of time itself
The beat was
The song drives the beat forward
It creates movement and action
The song is throughout all creation everyday
The voice pours from the mouths of every human being
It pours from the human soul and heart
Words that bring joy
Words that bring pain
Words that just are

One beat
One song
One voice
Three parts yet all work as one
Tony Anderson Nov 2018
Lord
Open up the Heavens
Let your mercy fall like rain
Wash me clean
Tony Anderson Oct 2020
If the world knocks you down
Get back up off the ground
Don't let the world hold you
Tell it you're following a different plan

Strike your own path
Find your own way
Do not listen to what the world say

You are not a sheep
So don't follow like one
Blindly going wherever you're told

You are you and there is only one
Live life on your terms
Tony Anderson Nov 2020
Huddled in a corner
Knees pulled up to his chest
Head bowed upon his knees
He crys

Night after night
Day after day
His parents fight
No one is physically hurt
But all the yelling
Drives him mad

As his parents yell at each other
In another room
Tears roll down his face

He wants to run away
He wants to hide
Leave all fighting behind
.

There are good days
Teese help him hold on
But few and far between they come

He'll sob
He'll cry
As his parents fight
Day after day
Night after night
Tony Anderson Nov 2018
Party all night until dawn
Restless energy to spend
Party hardy my good friend
Hangover later
Tony Anderson Oct 2020
Music
Dance
Food
Party all night
Party all night



Laughter
Chaos
Crazy insane
Party all night
Party all night



From dusk until dawn
We'll have some fun
The party won't end
Tomorrow night we start again



Mess made
House a wreck
Fun all the way
Party all night
Party all night



Dancing
Singing
Playing games
Party all night
Party all night



From dusk until dawn
We'll have some fun
The party won't end
Tomorrow night we start again
Tony Anderson Nov 2020
Love is like a flame in your heart
Passion is the fuel that make the flame go

Do what you love
Do it with passion
Warm this cold world
With the growing fire within you

Do what you love
Do it with passion
Shine bright within this dark world
With the fire that burns within you
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
A little sanity
Within insane times
A little peace and calm
Within the chaos


Is that to much two ask
Or am I just dreaming
Is there still hope
Or is all lost


Up
Down
Left
Right
Spinning in circles


Confusion
Death
Destruction
The world turned
Upside down
Inside out


Guns being shut
People going to jail
People being locked up in their own homes
Locked up like prisoners


Freedom lost
Freedom denied
That door is shut
Shut forever


You look and you look
All you see is
Hurting
Torture
Pain
Tears


Peace is all I ask
Can we have a littl
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
People need
Education to
Achieve
Clarity and
Enlightenment
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
People only see the outside
But I am dying inside
Drowning in this ocean of emotion
Drowning in a river of tears

People only see the outside
The don't know
My internal struggle
The torment
The pain that hides behind my smile

People only see the outside
They don't see
That I want to **** myself
That don't see that I want to die

People only see the outside
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Ball flying at top speed
Hitting goals
Racking up points

Flippers going back and forth
Keeping the ball in play

Ramps
Flashing lights
Sound effects
All to draw excitement and joy

Quick reflexes
Hand-eye cordnation

The tools to use
Tony Anderson May 2019
When I play my drum
Every beat
Every pulsating rhythm
An extension of
Mind
Soul
Body
Joining together as one
To praise and glorify
It's maker

When I play my drum
It is like an electric current
Flowing through me
A band of energy
Whose origins I can not explain
I feel closer to
God
Creation
The universe

When I play my drum
I feel a freedom
I feel pure joy
God is with me
God joins me as I sing
As I worship
As I praise his awesome name
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
The words flow
From pure emotion
As the pen marks across the page
Tony Anderson Mar 2019
Poetry is life
Life unyielding
Life with passion
Life unfiltered
Poetry is life
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Poetry is the voice of the
Heart
Soul
Mind
Let your emotions flow free
Don’t try to hold them back
You will just make yourself explode


Poetry is release
Letting go of the tension and stress
That has built up over time
Letting yourself calm down
Letting yourself relax


Poetry is
Blood
Sweat
Tears
Poetry is
Joy
Laughing
Fun
Poetry is life
All emotions rolled into one


Poetry is an expression of life
Music
Art
Performance art
Cooking
And many other examples could be named
Poetry is all around us
In different forms
Al expressing life
Life unyeldind
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
We fight
We struggle
Against those
Who try to shut us down
Who try to shut us up

We speak on
For our words
Bring hope to those who have last hope
Comfort those who are hurting
Heal the emotional scars
Of our nation

We fight
We struggle
For those in power know
How strong our words are
They know that we can cause them
Much damage
That we can encourage others
To join the fight
To overthrow those in high places
To turn the tide
Back to the common people

We fight
We struggle
For those in power
Don't want to lose that power
And they will squash
Anyone who tries to stop them
Tony Anderson Oct 2020
You look so sweet like my favorite drink
But I see through to who you are
One sip from you and I'll see stars
Because no matter how sweet all you are
Is a poisoned cup
A poisoned cup

You look so good
You smell so fine
I want to drink you up with my eye
But a poisoned cup is all you are
A poisoned cup
A poisoned cup
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Jesus
Lord
King
My everything

I come to worship and praise
To glorify you
To bring you honor
May I don't right in your sight

My life is yours
Mold it
Shape it
Construct
Me mentally, physically, and spiritually
For the task you have
For my life

Jesus
Wssh me clean
Remove all impurities
Remove
All that gets in the way of living for you
Like the ocean's tide
May your Spirit
Drag away all that is
Unworthy and unholy

Lord
Transform me
Rebuild me
Reshape me
According to thy will

Energize me
Set me on fire
So that I may reach out
To others
And
Bring them home to you
Bring them into the fold
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
People who
Rely upon the Lord
Always
Yern for
Enlightened
Revelation
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Within the shadows he exists
Walking a lonely road
Covered with skulls and bones

He does not exist in this time
Of any
His sins have separated him from all
He is
Alone
Hurting
Being punished by his past

He cries
Not tears
Blood flows instead
Blood pours
Blood rains down

Crunch
Crunch
As he steps on another bone
Crunch
Crunch
As he steps on another skull

Demons torment him everyday
As he walks in great dismay
He can not run
He can not hide
They will find him
They will torment this poor soul

He is forever trapped
Between time
Between space
Nevermore to love
Nevermore to be loved
Forever to walk within the shadows
Forever to walk alone
Tony Anderson May 2019
I am not a puppet on a string
I am not a dog on a leash
I am human I am me
I am my own person
With my own feelings
Please do not try
to control
My life
OK
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Piece by piece
The jigsaw puzzle of life
Comes together
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
I want to start a revolution
To find a solution
To America’s Race problem

Red
Yellow
Black
White
Brown

A canvas of colors
A painting of humanity

Why can we not celebrate of differences
Why must we look down on each other

Are we all not human
Why must we act ike wild beasts toward each other

Life would be boring
If we were all the same
Life would be bland

Each color
Each ethnic group
Each culture
Brings spices and flavors to our lives
This would is a melting ***

We need each other
No matter where you are from

Let us celebrate

Not hate
Tony Anderson Nov 2018
Going through this box in the attic
What did I find
An old rag doll
Lost away in time

This had once belonged to my sister
So many years ago
Cancer took her from us
How I miss her so

She was only ten
The doll by her side
My parents put it away
The pain of our loss
Was to much to hide

When I left home
This box came along
I forgot what was in it
However God knew all along

I placed it in the attic
Until I had time to go through it
To find out what was now mine

Now to see this doll
After all these years
The memories of my sister
Bringing me to tears

To place it back in the box
I shall not do
It's shall live upon my couch
In my living room
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Rain falls from the sky
Rain refreshes the Earth
The Earth drinks the water
Then opens up and belches
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
Asked the child to their father
"What makes it rain?"
Said the father
"Let me explain."
The father thought for a moment
Then said
"Rain is from the Angels crying,  over a lost soul who is dying."
Tony Anderson Nov 2018
Red ink spills upon the page
Like blood pouring from my veins
As I write my emotions down
Once again
Tony Anderson Oct 2020
A religious robot I am not
A mindless
Soulless
Emotionless
Robot I am not
I have a voice and I will speak
God gave me that voice

I may be young
But through God I am strong
When I think things are not fight
I will voice my opinion

You can tell me to sit down and shut up
You can say I'm to young
Therefore I have no idea what I'm talking about

Go ahead and mock me
See where it gets you
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Rise up
Don’t let others hold you down
Rise up
Don’t let others hold you back

Stand up
Stand tall
Speak out
Let your voice be heard

Don’t let anyone oppress you
No matter how hard they try
Continue being yourself at all times

In being who you are
Be the best
For you can only be you

Don’t follow
Lead
Strike out new paths
Seek new adventure
Test yourself daily

Challenge your limits
Then

Stretch yourself beyond them
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Lord may your Holy Spirit
Beautiful a river of life to me
May it overflow in to my soul
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Here on the rooftop we sit.
Watching the sunset
The stars come out and shine

A brand new day
The sunrise
Here on the rooftop
We still lie
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
1round of beer
Doing alright
2 rounds of beer
Blurred my sight
3 rounds of beer
Getting a little tipsy
4 rounds of beer
Voice becoming slurred
5 rounds of beer

Who's keeping track here
I lost count
I lost my place
Maybe after number 5
I will just fall on my face
Run
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Run
Run
Faster
Faster
Feel the wind in your face
Feel the freedom of movement
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
Save the last dance for me
Even if it is the only dance
We dance together all night
You can dance
Whith whomever you choose
But please
Save the last dance
Save the last dance
Save the last dance for me
Tony Anderson May 2019
The surgeries she has had in her life
Have left many scars
Many people laugh at her
Many people make fun of her
All because she was born different

I  for one see past the scars
I see the beautiful person she is
She is shy
Afraid I will laugh
Just as all the others have
I have shown her my scars
Told her my story
Still she is weary

I don't blame her
When all the kids laughed at me
It took time
Time to heal
Time open up again
Time to love

Yes I understand
For now we are just friends
She at least trusts me that much
I am cool with that
Tony Anderson Nov 2018
Setting up the Christmas tree
Lights
Ornaments
Tinsel
Prettiest tree around

Setting up the Christmas tree
Friends and family near
Food
Laughing
Music playing
Time for memories
Time for cheer

Setting up the Christmas trees
Fireplace aglow
Gathered  in the warmth inside
Watching the falling snow
She
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
She
She walked into the room
My heart fluttered
She spoke
I was in Heaven
Tony Anderson Mar 2019
The shower washes over me
Sending the sins of the day
Down the drain
Tony Anderson Oct 2020
Silently I whisper your name
As the tears fall upon my face
You don't know how much I hurt
My heart feels it's gonna burst



Crying tears wash my soul
For the love with depths untold
You were my grace, my one true love
An Angel sent from above



I love you now as I did then
Though nothing can bring you back again
What we had is now no more
We both landed on different shores



When you left with him upon that day
You tear my heart away
Great sadness overtook my life
Cutting me like a knife



Now I live each day in Hell
The home in which we had both dwelled
Now alone I am
Just waiting for the end



I love you now as I did then
Though nothing can bring you back again
What we had is now no more
We both landed on different shores
Tony Anderson Apr 2019
From the dawning of a new day
To the setting of the sun
There within your heart
Is a song

Praise to Jesus
Jesus Christ our Lord
For all he has given us

Sing your song
Let it be heard
From the mountain top
To the lowest valley

Praise to Jesus
Jesus Christ our Lord
For all he has given us
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
Sitting at the bar
Drowning my sorrow
Drowning my sadness

She left me
My life is shattered
She left me
Cry my tears

Sitting at the bar
Wasting away
Sitting at the bar
No more left to say
Tony Anderson Nov 2018
Sitting in a tree
Wasting the day away
Just me and my thoughts

Sitting in a tree
Wasting the day away
Feeling the cool breeze
Tony Anderson Dec 2018
Sitting on the front porch in the evening shade,
strumming on a flattop guitar that was made
to play along with a country song
about a sad heart who was done wrong.

Old Shep beats his tail to the tune,
enjoying the breeze and the croon
of the melodic voice which fills the air,
encouraging the birds to sing with flair.

Friendly neighbors stop by to listen with glee
to the one-man show which is free,
there isn't anything he can't play,
taking all requests on any day.

Favorites are heard and the group is a part
of the dusk-like entertainment considered art,
joining together with voices raised  high,
taking a walk down memory lane with a sigh.

Sitting on the front porch in the evening shade
is a summertime thought that will not fade,
singing along with the guitar,
making sounds in unison near and far.
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
A slash here
A cut there
Letting the blood flow
Pouring out the pain
I have felt for so long

Another slash
Another cut
More blood to wash away bad memories
Of abuse
Hatred
Teasing
Laughing
All these things stuck inside my head
Going round and round Like a merry-go-round inside me
Tears fall Blood flows

Another slash
Another cut
I am starting to hate myself
No one likes me
They all treat me like some sort of joke
They poke their fun
They have their laugh
While I am dying inside
While drop by drop
Until I breath my last

Another slash
Another cut
The world starts to fade
No one comes to my aid
I fall to the ground
I black out
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Sleep
Slumber
Dream


The troubles of the world
Locked outside
A world of your creation
Locked inside your mind


Sleep
Slumber
Dream


Relax
Renergize
The body
The mind
The soul


Sloop
Slumber
dream
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
To sleep
To slumber
To dream


Creation a world of pure imagination
Where even the craziest of wishes can come true
Love
Life
Heroes
Villians
A dream is what you make it


To sleep
To slumber
To dream


A world of pure fancy
Fun and true
Exploring the mind’s pathways


To sleep
To slumber
To dream
Tony Anderson Oct 2018
I am a solitary traveler
I walk alone
I've been all over this country
From time to time
I take a small job
As a farm worker
Most of the time
I am on the road
Trodding my path
Toward places unknown

I am a solitary traveler
I make my own rules
I forge my own path
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Don’t look at people with just your eyes
Look at them with you heart as well
I promise you will see everyone in a whole new way
Not everyone travels upon the same road of life you do
Instead of judging try to understand
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