Deep Purple

    I’ve bared my soul and I’ve shared
My struggles and with what I fight
I’ve shared with you my darkness
And I’ve shared with you my light

I’ve written things of silliness
And you’ve seen my romantic side
And when world tragedy strikes
My feelings I just can’t hide

I’ve even been political not really
Intending to favor a certain view
Some might even say that I’ve gone crazy
Needing drugs to subdue

I’ve been enlightened and encouraged
You all have written words that inspire
To all of you here on hello poetry
I’ve come to love and admire

I’ve read what you’ve written
From your reality to your fantasies
You’ve taken me inside your souls
And revealed your personalities

I’ve also read words of your darkness
One woman wrote about ****
And like me others writing of their
Pain trying in many ways to escape

Like a letter to death from
Someone I believe was dying
And I became overwhelmed
And I just began crying

Being humans unfortunately
It means that none of us are immortal
So I take this time to pray that each of
You can break free from your deep purple

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 06/02/2022
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I dedicate this to everyone here
On Hello Poetry—God Bless!!!

Like Leaves Turn To The Rain

     Life takes us on a journey
Like being on a run away train
There’s things that happen along
The way that we just can’t explain

So trying to put this into words would be
Like crossing into unfamiliar terrain
When I think of all the scenarios
It’s something that boggles my brain

We can’t see the future and write it
Down like Nostradamus in a quatrain
And when it comes to knowledge or the
Science it’s really not my Domain

So when it comes to our love, what
Description can I use to make it pertain
To take something of complications
And make it simple or plain

It comes down to just another one of God’s
Miracles like blood runs through a vein
And it comes to me so easily and natural
Like leaves turn to the rain

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 05/31/2022
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Uvalde

  My tears fall uncontrollably
My heart is splitting in two
The news of this tragedy
Feels like D”e ja”vu  

As still I have not forgotten Columbine
How could this happen again
All of our progress and advance
Will this be the legacy of man

The normal arguments will arise
Gun control and the amendment rights
But Evil doesn’t yield to any laws
And it delights in our arguments and fights

Yes this horrible event was Evil
But there was Evil to him that pre-seeded
And his head was in a different state
His mental rationality was long defeated

You can make all the laws you want
But the laws will always fail
And until we teach our children love
Stories like this we’ll always tell

God must be allowed back into the
Schools and our heart
We must begin a new narrative
We must find a way to make a new start

So as we morn the for those lost
And Heaven receives 21 new Angels
We need to devise a battle plan
And carefully cover all the angles

In the meantime we must immediately
Allow armed soldiers to protect and serve
This will bring comfort and peace and
It’s what our children deserve

As I bring this poem to a close
And my tears continue to flow
Please join me in prayer and pray
This horror future children never know

Take some time, this I ask from
Just not one person but from everybody
Find a way some how to send your love
To all of the people of Uvalde

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 05/28/2022
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The Quest From The Inside

   Surrounded by darkness and
Infested with demons deep within
Praying for survival of my soul
Lost in my direction where do I begin

Brainwashed with worthlessness
Left with a heart that turned to stone
In humanity a lost trust and at an early
Age forced to survive on my own

Constantly struggling with the echoes
From my past consumed with self doubt
I feared my life would be lived in my
Eternal hell with no way out

But unrealized at the time, there were
Angels assigned to watch over me
And only later in my life was it revealed
My eyes were opened so that I could see

I realized nothing was random or by chance
Yet indeed life was from creation
And I knew that I had to release my Pride
And all of my reasons for my vexation

Finding faith from the unknown
And unseen unto myself I died
Born again,sins washed away
Thus began the quest from the inside

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 05/24/2022
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Faith

   I don’t know if it’s getting older
Something that comes with age
Or if life is like reading a book
And I’ve just turned the page

Maybe it comes with experience’s
Maybe it comes from hearing all the lies
Or just being able to recall the past Angels
And seeing demons with my open eyes

I can see the the Devil at work
With the endless tricks up his sleeve
I can see Jesus and his everyday miracles
And still  there’s people that don’t believe

Feel your heartbeat
Ask yourself how and why
Your life is a miracle with every
Smile and every tear you cry

Everyday we venture out into the
World we encounter worldly scathe
The only way I survive the trials and
And the Devils temptation is by Faith

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 05/05/2022
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Change

   Like a clock on the wall changes time
Like a caterpillar changes to a butterfly
Like night turns to day, everything
Changes, sometimes in the blink of an eye

Everything used to be cut and dry
Boy or girl and right or wrong
But now it’s all so confusing
Like trying to learn to play Mahjong

I’m not here to judge or condemn
That is for the fool
It’s just that I’m of a different time
And all I know is old school

In my mind a woman is a woman
And she dresses appropriately
And a man is a man and when they
Are together the difference is plain to see

So forgive me me if I smirk
And if I find it odd and strange
I’m not trying to be mean and cruel
It’s just difficult to accept the change

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 04/30/2022
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The Thieves That Steal Your Happiness

    You can be happy
I know that it’s true
And I know being happy
Is better than being blue

Sometimes life can be bad to you or
There’s darkness from your past
These are moments that come and go
No need to make them last

Find a reason to smile
And never look back
Always get back up after being knocked
Down from a surprise attack

When bad things happen you
Gotta find a way to let it go
You can take it from me
I tell you it’s something that I know

Bad things can become a darkness
They can destroy you with their craftiness
Don’t let this or your past become the
Thieves that steal your happiness

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 04/19/2022
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