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Hank Love Oct 2020
"Step right up
And give it a go!
Ladies and gentlemen
Prepare for a show!

With my elixir,
You'll see oh so fine!
Step right up!
Who will be first in line?


A man makes his way
To the front of the stage.
"I only have one question,
How is it made?"

The man shakes his head
And smiles with pride
"It's an old family secret,
I cannot tell you what contents
Are held inside!"

But it costs a shilling
And not a cent more;
This is a deal
You shouldn't throw out your door!"

"But What's the trick?
What is the catch?"

"To Prove you are quick!
And the others are no match!
But i will agree,
You'll want me to prove!
Watch and you'll see,
Your aiming improve!"

The pistol is fired,
The hat is thrown in the air!
No more enjoyment
Would one find there!

The pistols fired,
The lead hits the hat!
What more excitement
Would you feel rather than that!

"How is it done?
How can it be?"
Asks the mammoth crowd
Gathered as far as the eye can see.

Amongst them there,
In the crowd A man stood
None other than Mister Hardin
Who was up to no good.

"You're a fraud," said he.
"It is easy to tell!
You're quite the schemer,
And I'll send you to hell!"

The pistol is fired,
As death fills the air
Twas the last time
That Johnny  did not play fair.
Hank Love Oct 2020
When I asked for love,
That I might hold it in abundance
I was given weakness
That I might succumb to it.

And though I asked for love,
Love never once asked for me.
I had not known love,
But love knew well of me.

I asked for compliance with love,
Though it never once held favor.
And while I could not
Bring myself to love,
She loved me.
Hank Love Nov 2020
I'm not a man of many friends,
I'm a man surrounded by people
Who appreciate my existence
As much as I do theirs.
Hank Love May 2022
Such a vision so confound,
These shadows on the wall.
God forbid one make a sound
Lest all of them should fall.
What to do if the sun should rise
What then would become of they?
Shall each ashen spirit meet their demise
And should send my friends away?

Such a vision so concerning,
This reflection in the glass
Such a question my curiosity yearning
Perhaps a man from hours past?
What to do if the glass should break
What then would become of he?
Such a thought for my own sake
Would he be slain or rather be set free?
Hank Love Jun 2022
So shows through eyes of those, who's beauty through velvet lining glows.
Hank Love Feb 2020
Have we just faded
Into the winds of time
Searching for a new tomorrow
And dying as the setting sun
That once glistened as embers
Now wroghts in the anguish
Of what  was
And what is still to be.
May we look to the time
As we were children and laugh.
With a laughter that will forever
Surround each other  with love.
Hank Love Feb 2020
Why do people love
            what they fear the most?

Because it makes them realize
               they are still alive.
Hank Love Jul 2022
Another thought inside my head
Still remains a memory
Another step I take down this road ahead
To me still seems a mystery

My feet are worn I can't go on
My heart it beats just like the drum
The place ahead seems so far
But its better than the place from where I've come  

Godspeed down the road that I must travel
Godspeed in the mountains I must climb
Godspeed through my body in the battle
Godspeed my way to my home into the sky

My body's weak and I feel wounded
Searching for someone to save the day
I've lost all hope I'm stranded in the darkness
Waiting for someone to light my way

Godspeed down the road that I must travel
Godspeed in the mountains I must climb
Godspeed through my body in the battle
Godspeed my way to my home into the sky

Godspeed down the road that I must travel
Godspeed in the mountains I must climb
Godspeed through my body in the battle
Godspeed my way to my home into the sky

Godspeed down the road that I must travel
Hank Love Jun 2020
I'm nobody.
A face in the crowd.
A *** in a box cart.
A friend to some,
And an enemy to others.
A razor, if you stand too close to me.
I'm dirt blowing in the wind.
A ***** on prom night.
I'm nobody.
Hank Love Feb 2020
The lights dont shine
As bright as they say in New York City
And a rose can't grow between
The sidewalk cracks
Hank Love Sep 2020
I'm born in the wrong generation
And I'm fine with that.
While others are
Keeping up with the Kardashians
I'm busy keeping up with the Jones'.
While others are
Listening to the new album
I'm listening to music
From a jukebox inside my mind.
I remember the 50s well,
Even though I was born forty years later.
I remember watching Jailhouse Rock
At the Drive in, inside of my living room.
The day the music died
I sat at home and cried.
There is an instant running of
"Let's Make A Deal," going on
Inside of my head.
And I can almost hear Dean Martin
Roasting Don Rickles.
Around this time, **** Van ****
Is tripping over furniture,
While Ricky is coming home to Lucy.
Or was it all just a dream that I had?
Hank Love Sep 2020
Two men were drafted for war.
One turned to the other and said,
"I find it odd that we leave our own family
To keep each other's families safe."

The man turned to him and said,
"I'll make a deal with you.
If you fight to protect my family,
Then I will die protecting yours."
Hank Love Sep 2020
Do not follow where you were meant to lead. The blind cannot lead the deaf.
Hank Love Aug 2020
Each unsettling measure of nerve that remained, shrieking, longing for acknowledgement. Dulling my senses, shrouding me placing me in a situation and a relatively deep and dark abyss where my once every joyous memory my every childhood dream, residing in an area that even I wasn't sure existed, remaining to be seen but had I journeyed long and far to find that land - My mind.
Hank Love Aug 2020
Who you were
Is not who you are.
Where you have been
Is not your destination.
Love the person you were then
But respect the person you are now.
Keep moving forward
Because time does not change direction.
If you reflect on yesterday's storm,
You won't get the chance to see
The sun come out today.
Live like your life depends on it.
Hank Love Jul 2020
People like us don't change.
We just do a little better each time.
Hank Love Jul 2020
Remember to breathe, darling.
                    It's a bad day, not a bad life.
Hank Love Jun 2020
The only problem with a closing door is the possibility of something falling between it, unable to be closed, and the chance of it being opened again.
Hank Love May 2021
Love is sand in an hourglass
                           That cannot stand.
Hank Love May 2021
And somewhere within the field of weeds and shrub,  she smiled until there was nothing left but Roses.
Hank Love May 2021
The secret to knowing everything is knowing nothing at all.
Hank Love Apr 2021
To be the person that other people see in their dreams, you have to first become the person you see in your own.
Hank Love Apr 2021
Even the greatest books have a blank page between chapters.
Hank Love Jan 2021
Some of the most extraordinary things in life have never happened for the sake of over thinking.
Hank Love Dec 2020
I will tell you a story
That I know nothing about.
Regarding a deaf man
Who was sure he heard a sound.
Now you could go
And ask the blind man
Because he saw it happen.
It even woke the dead woman
While she was busy napping.
What a sound, such a sight!
Under the sun on that starry night.
For those of you reading,
I'm sure your curiosity grows
But I can't tell you anything about it  
That I don't already know.
Hank Love Dec 2020
Try as you may, some people may never like you. Why? Because your spirit aggravates their demons.
Hank Love Dec 2020
Our life is our story.
Write well, edit often,
And do not spoil the ending.
Hank Love Dec 2020
Mister Stephen King quotes,
"We should write every day!"
If one was to do that,
We would very soon
Run out of things to write about.
Hank Love Dec 2020
I saw you dancing In the ocean
Writing love letters In the sand
A spirit no one could tame
Holding beauty in your hands

In the instant that you feel so free
In the second that the truth reveals
Running wild up your spine
And then you know that it's real

There are signs we choose to follow
There are roads we choose to take
A bitter pill that's hard to swallow
Too big of a decision to make

Every road leads back around
Soon enough if you take the wrong turn
And sometimes all you ever need
Is someone to help you learn

And all I ever needed was someone
That would teach me how to fly
Someone to open my door
And turn me loose into the sky

And all I ever needed was someone
To show me how to shine
Like the stars above
And then burn bright like the sun
All I'll ever need is you
You're that someone
Hank Love Dec 2020
Poetry is the fine line that divides our world from a world we never knew existed.
Hank Love Jan 9
Mad hatters and hares
Walking hand in hand
Down the highway
In our Wonderland

The girl with her gown
Thumbs another car down
To escape a reality
That she doesn't understand..

And the mushrooms make her feel
So good inside yeah yeah yeah yeah..
And the tea is poisoned with
Something she can't abide

Girl, girl in the desert
Girl..underneath a highway sky
Girl..Girl in the garden
Is it any wonder why...
Why why why why...Aaaow!

She knew too much
That she read in her books
Now she's underground
And not the way that it looks..

And the queen in the red dress
Has shown the blackest heart..
Little blonde girl
Dont you know your pain is a work of art..

Girl, girl in the desert
Girl..underneath a highway sky
Girl..Girl in the garden
Is it any wonder why...
Why why why why...

Why did you have to die-ie-ie-ie..
Hank Love Oct 2024
Laugh today to make up for tomorrow's tears.
Hank Love Apr 2024
The wave leaves the ocean, but not all of it returns.
Hank Love Mar 2024
A Poet comprehends the most about love, however in ironic commentary, they have experienced the least amount of it.
Hank Love Sep 2023
Tis I-the one who walks the weary mile. The one who escapes my past, though I walk in reverse, keeping my eyes set on those who I have met before and God forbid their arrows that fly by night will not pierce my own nerve.
Hank Love Sep 2023
The world burns books as if the trees themselves were seeking revenge hoping to rise once again from the ashes.
Hank Love Mar 2023
On that day, I felt that fire of fire
For in my heart burned such desire
And Such desire had I not wanted more.

'Twas a vision and captured thought
Another place I dare forgot
And my longing left my soul to wrought!
Their splendid secrets left beyond the door.

A child's shadow lived in the walls
To every book their voice would call
Music filled the air and God forbid they fall
And shall the memory reside forevermore!
Hank Love May 2023
Join the seas-you men so bold,
And sail for days and days untold!
For the water still, will hold thine name.
When you have passed,
Twill speak thy fame.
And the people there will tell the tale
Of that new horizon thou longed to sail.
Sail on straight and true, across the blue,
And journey far to lands so new.
Hank Love Oct 2022
I sit outside more often,
Taking notice of everything
That I feel like I hadn't seen before.
The sun on my skin feels so different.
The birds sing a different song.
The grass looks a bit more green
And until now I never watched
A flower bloom.
Hank Love Oct 2022
In the highest hopes of Heaven
Do the radiant angels
Call the name of Helen.
Who's beauty is fair
Much like they which do dwell there.
Who's eyes do resemble
The stars at night that are assembled
To throw such light upon a wanderer far.
How thine beauty is to me,
Upon the waves of that crystal sea
And I do not by any means
Speak such truth for just pleasantries.
But the words embedded in my heart
Have kept their stay by your own part.
Though how the moon holds my envy
For upon that brim are you perched,
Praised by many.
And though I'm certain I hold your pity,
You remain to hold my heart.
Hank Love Jul 2022
A somber sleep a quiet death
Unknown I draw my final breath.
Hank Love Apr 2020
You're worth more than just pretty words.
You're worth the truth in them.
Hank Love Nov 2020
Never be ashamed of your past.
Your pain may be the key
To someone else’s cell.
Hank Love Nov 2020
I'm only able to see the world through one eye,

And yet I see more beauty in it than those who see out of two.
Hank Love Nov 2020
Vivid dreams
Of my lover's screams
In sickness and of plight.
Try as I may
To rid these dreams
I will have them again tonight.
Every morsel of tortured sleep
And each moment of poisoned thought,
I find despair, no comfort there
And no greater anguish my soul has brot
Hank Love Jul 2021
This is for you Robin

I'm a genie in a magic lamp
I'm a bird thats in a cage
I'm a man who's really Peter pan
And im a kid trapped in a game

I'm someone who wears a smile
Even though there's so much pain
And I may not be here tomorrow
So can I make you laugh today?

I'm a man of many faces
And sometimes I forget my own
I'm a man that can find a voice
That you will always know
But one thing that I cannot find
Is any peace to be near
But the thing that gives me the greatest joy
Is your laughter through the years

I'm a man with a broadcast
Telling you good morning every day
I'm a man who can "patch" you up
When your blue skies are turning gray

And still I wonder what dreams may come
But I believe I've lived all of mine
But I dont worry if there ever were some
That I left so far behind

I'm a man of many faces
And sometimes I forget my own
I'm a man that can find a voice
That you will always know
But one thing that I cannot find
Is any peace to be near
But the thing that gives me the greatest joy
Is your laughter through the years
Hank Love Aug 2021
Here it comes
I've had this feeling before
I told myself never again
But here I am back for more

And I know that it's true girl
That you will end up like the rest
But I can still pretend girl
And still treat you like the best

No I never listen to myself
I never know when enough is enough
Now you've got me under your spell
Hypnotized by your love

So hit me with your love until it hurts
Blind my eyes with your pretty little lies
And make me believe it's what I deserve
And when you've finally had enough
Be sure and shut the door
So hit me with your love
Until I'm begging for more

I should listen,
Maybe I should go
My thoughts say yes
But my heart says no

It's what I'm after
But it's a losing game
There's love and laughter
But it always ends the same

And now I'm running from myself
While I'm running for your love
Put my worries on a shelf
And I don't know a thing about love

So hit me with your love until it hurts
Blind my eyes with your pretty little lies
And make me believe it's what I deserve
And when you've finally had enough
Be sure and shut the door
So hit me with your love
Until I'm begging for more
Hank Love Sep 2021
They came and stepped on
Our sacred land
Took our way of life
Before they took our hand

And the huts and houses
That we built
They burned them down
And had our people killed

And to this day
We still don't understand
The wicked ways
Of the crooked man

They do not listen
They do not see
They ask no questions
To you or to me

But maybe one day
They will learn
That not all bridges
Must be burned

And all you white men
I've got to say
We were here first
When your ships drifted away

And still we will
Make our final stand
When you return
To your own native land
Hank Love Sep 2021
People like us don't change. We just do a little better each time.
Hank Love Nov 2021
Many "wise men" lead lives of secret stupidity.
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