Unlimited Time

   She was a beautiful woman she was
So vein, she didn’t want to grow old
More importantly she didn’t want to die
So to the Devil her soul she sold

The deal was for her, time would stand still
She gets to keep her beauty for eternity
In blood she signed on the dotted line
And a life of hell was a certainty

Time would still pass for everyone around
Her and loved ones would die
A thousand years and a thousand lover’s
And millions of tears she would cry

A catch twenty two, to love or not to love
Her world was torn apart
Either decision still left her
With an ultimately broken heart

The end of days would come and she
Would walk the Earth alone
She’s still as young and beautiful as she was
Before and the Devil laughs on his throne

As she walks and cries she hears the
Echoes of Hell’s Bell’s as they chime
All the while regretting her wish
For unlimited time

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 03/17/2020
All rights reserved

Caterpillar To A Butterfly

  I Never thought I would be a husband
Never thought I would be a dad
Never thought life had a purpose, never
Saw anything good from a life so sad

But through it all some how I survived
And it’s something I’ll never understand
But there’s always been a light from above
And I guess I don’t need to know the plan

Never saw myself as more than worthless
For it was pounded in my brain
Never had a moment to be proud
Never wanted to carry on my fathers name

But as we fast forward to now
I can see all the times Jesus carried me
So I gave him my heart
And from the darkness I am free

I have a beautiful wife and daughter too
You know that life that wasn’t for me
But some how here I am
And I feel it was meant to be

When I think about it you know, it most
Always brings tears of joy to my eye
Because I got to see my baby girl
Transform from a Caterpillar to a Butterfly

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 05/11/2020
All rights reserved

Land Of The Blind

   Like illusionist on the big stage
They use lights and things to distract
As they make all the rules and take all
The money and stab us in the back

People are losing jobs as they are
Sure to receive their check
They say that they care about us
But they really don’t give a heck

They tell the media what to report
And we hang on every word
This is hanging on the edge of insanity
This is really getting absurd

A free nation in where we live
But we must be inside by ten
Someone please tell me what I’m missing
The line is getting thin

We must wear mask and we cannot go
To Church or gather in a group
Next thing you know they’ll be
Telling where and when we can ****

The whole ironic part about it is
No one at the top needs to be a mastermind
Because we’re all just like sheep
And living in the land of the blind

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 12/11/2020
All rights reserved

Don’t Cry

       I know that you’re hurting
I know that your pain runs deep
You’re consumed by your thoughts
Of revenge so much that you can’t sleep

I know that you’re no stranger to
Darkness so this is nothing new
But Evil never learns the lessons
To never bite the hand that feeds you

You can never let yourself be
Controlled by what you’re thinking of
I beg you my child to keep your
Faith and focus on the power of love

Life is to short to keep hashing over
The same old ground of your past
Life is your most precious gift
And Time it slips away so fast

The Lord Jesus will heal your heart
And in time your pain will fade
If you put your trust into Him and
Make it worth the price he paid

You can take it from me, like you
I’ve definitely felt darkness to the core
Yes the pain that you feel
I too have felt it before

Like me you’ll be able to take the
Poisonous snakes head and to it defang
Believe me when I say you’ll forget
The time when Sorrow sang

The only thing you’ll remember is the
Day to your past you said goodbye
Your pain and darkness will subside
So take a breath and Don’t Cry

Written By:Charles Kean
06/23/2025

There’s No Remedy

       Warning my words come with a
Warning, I’m never gonna be PC
I won’t be a captive in a world
With chains to bind me

I will speak my mind so don’t try to
Make me live in your transgender fantasy
That’s your world not mine, I wish
To stay in my own world of reality

I keep my Faith while living in this World
When everything is so misleading
And there’s not a Band aide large
Enough to stop the bleeding

There’s a virus that everyone is ignoring
And it’s spreading rapidly out of control
No one is safe from its infectious attack
It easily destroys the heart and soul

It replaces who we are in the most dangerous theft of our identity
America has past the point of no return
And  there’s no potion There’s No Remedy

Written By:Charles Kean
07/07/2024

The Man Without A Shadow

    Now we’ve all got stories to tell
And I like to tell mine from time to time
But when I tell them
I tell them in my simple rhyme

Now we’ve all had loves that have
Left our worlds torn apart
What we thought was forever love
And we were left with a broken heart

This is a story about a man that I know
Who rolled the dice and played the game
But he lost it all, yes everything
And he will never, ever be the same

You see when he first saw her
He couldn’t help but be starry-eyed
But he should have known
She would never be satisfied

Now things aren’t always sunshine and roses
But that’s how she wanted it to be
He gave her his love, even though
The warning signs were plain to see

She left him one stormy night
As lightning was flashing across the sky
He pleaded with her not to go
As they both began to cry

Now a darkness follows him
As his heart is filled with pain
Doomed to walk forever
In this never ending rain

But with no sunshine
There’s never gonna be a rainbow
With no light shining through, he’ll
Forever be the man without a shadow

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/11/2020
All rights reserved
Inspiration from Mark S
Dedicated to Mark S

Give Me Death

      So it shall be written
So it shall be done
Here I am stuck on a planet
With nowhere to run

I’ve got no device for escape, this calls
For more than a bottle of cold gin
So it is written, time is coming to an
End but I didn’t wanna see it begin

It’s the year twenty, twenty we should
Be living in a world of peace and light
But instead we’re divided and living
In a world of turmoil in our darkest night

We’re in a constant fight and soon we’ll
Listen to the Swan as she sings
As long as we let ourselves be Marionettes
And let the media pull the strings

As for me I don’t wish to live in this world
With the fighting and political shibboleth
Give me back my world and learn to love
Or you can simply give me death

Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright © 06/25/2020
All rights reserved

Paradise

     The clouds could roll in
Black and charcoal grey
Hiding the Sunshine so That I
Could never see the light of day

I could be homeless with my
Head down low hiding in shame
Never wanting anyone
To ever know my name

The world’s most evil witch
Could cast her most evil spell
I could be so desperately needing water
Crying out from the depths of Hell

Yes I could be the ultimate loser
In each and every game
I would still scream into a mega phone
To the world and strongly proclaim

As long as we were together
Let me make this clear and concise
Even with all of the above
I would still be in paradise

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 12/09/2020
All rights reserved
I dedicate this to my wife Cynthia
Love ya babe!!!

Quick Sand

      Your love was the oasis
Something I couldn’t resist
My lips were ******
Never being kissed

I ran to you with the vision of paradise
I was like a moth to your flame
I wanted something everlasting
You were just playing a game

I was Young and didn’t know about
Girls or anything about love
I thought that I was in Heaven
And you were my Angel from above

You made a bet, you said you could
Get me, that it would be a breeze
You proved your point as I fell for
You with such a willingly ease

Time has passed now and many have
Come and gone in my life
I find myself happily married
To a wonderful wife

But I’ll never forget that broken heart
Because we all remember our first
It’s just part of life and a memory
And it’s like being cursed

From time to time, I see a vision of your
Face, but I know it’s just a Hologram
Just like before, the illusion of the oasis
Was just you and your unholy scam

There’s nothing like your first broken
Heart, I was left a person of Analysand
After I fell for you and your charade
Neck high into your Quick Sand

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 07/30/2020
All rights reserved

I Remember You

     With every gentle misty rain
With every slightest pinch of pain
With each time I feel strange
With the ultimate winds of change

As each note weaves in and out of time
As each word searches for a remembered rhyme
As each lack of air makes me yawn
As each night receives its dawn

When every butterfly gets its wings
When every bird in the morning sings
When every time I stumble and blunder
When every Lightning is followed by thunder

With every mistake that I make
With every breath that I take
With every child I see at play
With every second that ticks away

As each memory I smile from ear to ear
As each time I shiver in fear
As each sky turns cold and grey
As each time it’s a bright sunny day

When I find myself alone
When I’m being dragged down by the stone
When your comfort comes shining through
I remember you

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/06/2020
All rights reserved
In memory of my mother
Passed away 1991

High

     I was a troubled teenager,
I think most of us are at that age
So I’m not gonna try to say mine
Was worse and put myself on a stage

I’ve never mentioned this before
But within our poetry we share
We release what’s locked up inside
And it’s our inner soul we bare

So here’s a story that I’ve never told
One that haunts me to this day
There was a single mother I befriended
And I became her prey

She was in her twenties and I was fourteen
She was my real life (Maggie May)
I didn’t know it was wrong
It felt alright and I thought it was okay

She liked to dull her pain with wine
And Marijuana and there was me
We would spend time together on Saturday’s
Getting high and having *** if I would agree

She had an infant baby girl
And one Sunday early morning
Tragedy would suddenly strike
As it came without a warning

We were feeling good at around one
I’m gonna bathe the baby she said
We should all get some sleep so off
They went and I fell asleep on her bed

As the clock was about at three
I thought I was having a dream
I heard a screeching cry and waking
Me I quickly realized it’s a woman’s scream

As she was bathing her baby
That’s when things went awry
She fell asleep too the baby drowned
And died because we were high

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/09/2020
All rights reserved
This is a true story.

My Ugly

      I don’t know if you believe in God
And I’m not here to change your mind
Either way, in the scheme of things
Isn’t best to just be kind

I’ve found that yes it’s true
The nice guy finishes last
But living isn’t about winning a race
You pass life by if you go to fast

So I write these words for you
Just another simple rhyme
We should all be like the Tortoise
And just take our time

You may find your miracle and
You may feel the warmth of God’s Love
And in your heart and soul realize
There’s a higher power up above

When he gives you a partner
Be it a husband or a wife
And like God’s Love, there’s is
Unconditional and for life

You’ll understand and see the light
love is easy when we’re sweet and cuddly
But like me and my miracle, my wife
Still loves me when she’s seen my ugly

Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright 08/28/2019
All rights reserved

My Mistress #2

     I’m guilty as charged but I
Really just can’t live without her
But I never have to buy her diamonds
And I don’t have to buy any fur

She’s with me every day as I drive
But we’ve never taken a walk
Sometimes she is annoying
But I love to hear her talk

She tells me what to do
When I turn her on
She tells me where to go
And then I’m gone

She is a persistent one but
Sometimes I still ignore
Sometimes she makes me feel
Like I wanna kick her out the door

But she’s saved my life more than once
And I love her so very much
We’ve got a great relationship
Though I’ve never felt her touch

She’s my obsession my GPS
Something I cannot subdue
My Global Positioning System
Is my mistress #2

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/16/2020
All rights reserved

Enchanted

   Enchanted is a word associated
In books and movies of fairytales
A vision of the love Angel Cupid
Through the heart his arrow empales

Twinkling starlight and love everlasting
In a land of wonder and fireflies
Of blue skies and rivers of honey
And a land of flowers and butterflies

The world of reality is far removed
From the world of our dreams
And all we can really hope for is a life
Somewhere in between the two extremes

Thirty seven years ago I laid my eyes
Upon her and my heart was brought to life
I told my friend that she was the one
That I would have for my wife

It was truly love at first sight, we had a date
It was a year and a day later we said I do
And suddenly I was living in a fairytale
And a life so wonderful and new

Today is our thirty sixth anniversary
So maybe Cupid’s arrow was implanted
Just maybe the fairytale does exist
For my reality is enchanted

Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright © 04/14/2020
All rights reserved
Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife
Cynthia, my Snow White, My Sleeping Beauty, My Belle, My Cinderella,
My real life fairytale come true.
I loved you then and I love you now
And forever I will always love you
❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️

Old School VS New School

  My wife and I get up and go to work
With a constant pain as our bodies are
Feeling their age.
I’ve been in three automobile accidents that my car was totaled and a forklift accident,
Long story but I ran it off the dock and my shoulder slammed into the roll cage as I hit the ground. I’m a victim of physical child abuse-and I’ve come close to death from surgeries because I’m sensitive to Anastasia
That makes my heart stop and they almost lose me every time.
My sister in law gets up and goes to work
And she is facing not one but two
Brain surgeries and I have an old friend
With Ménière’s disease.
It’s a ringing in the ears and it causes
Vertigo and nausea and hearing loss
And he is about to ride a bike from Denver
Colorado to Columbus Ohio to raise money
For researching and awareness for this
Disease and we have coworkers that
Call off work for a hang nail

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 07/30/2020
All rights reserved

KISS TIL I DIE

    I’ve just been destroyed by my father
In my room now with tears in my eyes
My head in my pillows
To muffle my cries

When I was through sobbing
I put the music of KISS on my stereo
It brought me out of my darkness
I keep them in my heart wherever I go

There was something about it
That kept me from suicide
I wear my T-Shirts proudly
My love for them I’ll never hide

No one knows what it’s like
What my past was for me
But I can honestly say that it
No longer exist, I am free

I may write about it as a testimony
To show the darkness I’ve been through
I wear my heart on my sleeve
And on my back and chest too

So you can put me down for
Liking KISS or at least try
You may say they **** but
For me it’s KISS TIL I DIE

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 11/06/2018
All rights reserved

Mr, Story Teller

      Mr, story teller, tell me  a story of twinkle and twilight and fairytale
Tell me a story, a story of Hope
One in which the world doesn’t fail

For I woke up this morning, I opened
My eyes to see all that I could see
I saw a vision of the universe and our
World in a doomed destiny

I saw the planet’s and the stars
And I saw chaos in a confused galaxy
I saw it all so vividly losing its
wonder and all of its majesty

I’ve never felt so sad and broken
Hearted, never been so blue
So my friend here I am and I
Am putting my faith in you

So Mr, story teller, Mr, make believe
Master of magic and illusion and pretending
Tell me a story, a wonderful story
A beautiful story with a happy ending

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 10/09/2020
All rights reserved

I Cheated Death

   I’ve cheated death
It’s true more than once I say
It’s an absolute miracle
That I am alive today

My father beat me within inches of my life
I’ve attempted suicide
I was bullied and out on the streets
From gangs I had to run and hide

I’ve totaled three cars in accidents
I don’t know how I was able to survive
I’m sensitive to anesthesia and during
Surgeries they struggle to keep me alive

So now I truly know each day is precious
But I live with this weird sensation
That I am living in a Hollywood movie
Known as the final destination

In fact during my last surgery
I took my final breath
They told my wife to call our Pastor
But again I cheated death

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 01/27/2020
All rights reserved

The Legend Of The Death Train

    In the still of the night
You can hear the engine moan
Soon you know the bell will toll
Another soul will die alone

Like a tsunami
Leaving destruction in its wake
It is relentless as it rolls down the track
With the lives it will take

Like a story from the twilight zone
Or something evil from a witches spell
In your ear you hear the deathly screams
From the deepest depths of hell

As the clock strikes midnight
You hear the whistle blow
You look in the sky and see
The moon in an eerie glow

Then you hear a sound you’ve
Never heard and you can’t explain
A dark and deep devils growl
And a man screech in pain

You feel a strong breeze come over you
And it’s hotter than the Suns mid day heat
You look down and see a mans
Head roll from the hill to your feet

It’s a living nightmare that leaves
You with a heavy chilling fear
You will forever dread the night
And any train whistle you hear

For you know as sure as there’s
A heaven above evil will also reign
Because you witnessed first hand
The legend of the death train

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 01/24/2020
All rights reserved

Love Prevail

   Well now that the work day is done
I’m looking out my window at the setting sun
As it marks the end of another day
I close my eyes and begin to pray

Lord the world is spinning out of control
Let your love heal every soul
So that we may erase this hate
To start a new life with a clean slate

We’ve got to find a way to come together
Like the birds of a feather
We cannot continue to fight
Let us find a way to unite

There’s always room for love to be found
We all share a common ground
Knowing that life is so minutely temporary
We still get lost in the ancillary

As the Devil has us in division
Open our eyes to see with new vision
Destroy forever the Devil and his domain
And let peace and love forever reign

As I continue to look out my window
Lord please remove this great shadow
Help us fight evil so we may not fail
Once and for all let love prevail

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 08/31/2020
All rights reserved

When Night Falls

   Sometimes I pray for the light of day
I welcome the distraction of my mind
Sometimes at night I wish that
My visions were not so well defined

I really have left my past behind but
Those pesky cobwebs still hang
They’re in the attic of my brain and it
Reminds me of when sorrow sang

Most days and nights I get through
And I am left completely un phased
But something sparks a memory and
It can’t leave me completely unscathed

I’ve learned to rely on Jesus
And the visions I can quickly dismiss
And there were good times and
It’s healthy to reminisce

But I confess without warning
Frighteningly I will awaken
And the sweat and tears are flowing
And I am left shaken

The visions of what was long ago
Come straight from the Devils castle halls
And forgive me but it’s the reason why
Sometimes I dread it when night falls

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 08/03/2020
All rights reserved

LINGER

      As I wipe the tears from my eyes
Using only a swipe of my finger
It’s looks like a storm has arrived
And it seems this one will linger

There’s a heartache in the song
Hear the emotion of the singer
Nazareth words were true, love hurts
Hear the voice echo and linger

I always follow my heart
You know I’ve never been a thinker
Now my thoughts are overwhelming
And they continue to linger

Where did we go wrong is the question
As the song comes through my speakers
With my windows open my pain is
Releasing In the atmosphere to linger

Now I know why men drink but
I’ve never been much of a drinker
I don’t think I’ll ever get over you
This darkness is gonna LINGER

Written By:Charles Kean
05/17/2025

In Between

We have no future,we have no past
We drink no *****,We smoke no grass
We are not hip and we are not squares
But who we are,nobody cares
We're in between
Do you know what I mean
We're in between
Do you know what I mean
If you don't understand let me take you to the promise land
We can walk hand in hand
Through the sand
People cannot see
People like you and me
For we are different from
All the others
We have no sisters
We have no brothers
Our lives have gone to fast
We have no future
We have no past
We're in between

Written By: Chuck Kean

My Beautiful Forever Valentine

     When I first saw your face
I knew you were my saving grace
My world was instantly a better place
I was no longer just a wonderer in time & space

A purpose was bestowed upon me
A reason to live a life that was meant to be
A life beyond the dream or a fantasy
But a life of our own wonderful odyssey

I never pictured myself in this way
I always thought I’d live an endless lonely day
Even when I get evil your heart will not stray
Your love is planted firm to stay

You love me though I be awkward and strange
Even still as my evolution is slow to change
It’s a bond with a unique interchange
With an endearing kind of exchange

Sometimes I feel like worthless slime
And stealing your love is a crime
I am so blessed that you are mine
My beautiful forever valentine

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/05/2020
All rights reserved
Love Chuck ❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕
For my wife, just wanted to share:

The Devil Is Only As Strong
                 As you Are Weak

  Life is a card game we must
Play the hand we are dealt
Life can pick you up and it can drop
You on your head and leave a welt

Like a roller coaster with all its twist
And curves and ups and downs
You’ll encounter all kinds of people
The good, the bad and the clowns

You can live in the darkness of your past
Or something you are going through
You may feel helpless and feel that
There is nothing you can do

God says I am here my child
You will never be alone
Yet so many ignore him and
Feel they are on their own

With his love, I have strength and a voice
As to which he wishes me to speak
With him you can be strong and know
The Devil is only as strong as you are weak

Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright 12/10/2019
All rights reserved

I’ve Decided To Write A Book

I will write a book of short stories and
My poetry and it will be titled
(Heart Felt Flight)
Inspiration from my Hello Poetry Friends
Beautifully Broken—Scripted Silence—
Mark S—Mrs Timetable—Carlo C Gomez—
v V v—Perry—Thunderstorm—and I will add the rest of you as I write it. God Bless!!!

For Just One Rose

    I live my life as to ways taught
Only as the golden rule
But alone I am and I wonder
If I am but just a fool

I have given my love
For it be thrown in a fire to burn
A thousand of lessons
You’d think I would learn

Yet I know deep inside
There is someone for everyone
So I searched and I prayed to find
My love for life before my life be gone

Now I have found her
Yet I feel myself begin to hesitate
My heart is stopping me
As I question my fate

But in my eyes she is beautiful
I dare to offer my heart, for her to take
If she were to dismiss it
So fragile it would surly break

So in the misty morning,as the sweet
Smell of the dew tickles my nose
I risk the pain of thorns
For just one rose

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 10/21/2017
All rights reserved

There’s No Me In I

   I am different than all of you
But in reality we’re all the same
To the government we’re a number
But we all have our own name

I can take care of myself
But I can’t really take care of squat
I know this and that
But I don’t really know a lot

I can be happy with my accomplishments
And pat myself on the back
I can take the credit for it all but
There would be a falseness on the plaque

I did it without input or influence from
Anything or anyone you know that’s a lie
For I am nothing without God and you and All That surrounds me, no there’s no me in I

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 03/06/2020
All rights reserved

Old Ones

  I remember my youth and
The energy that was endlessly flowing
And today I feel that energy
Continually slowing

I remember my elders and
How they envied me
Wishing they could store
That energy for eternity

Now the years have passed me by
And I still feel the kid Inside of me
But I have no clue just where
That energy might be

I know it's lost in some
Kind of a galaxy Void
Harnessed inside some
Kind of a robot droid

Or maybe it's frozen in the
Space and time doldrums
Or maybe it was  hijacked
By the old ones

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 4/9/17
All rights reserved

My Poetry, My Brain
             (I Don’t Know)

  A poem is a poem
Even if it’s just a word
For once it’s written
It’s seen, it’s read, it’s heard

My brain is wired strangely
An idea, a title the first rhyme
Then quickly a story line and
I write as if I am running out of time

(Sample— Old Ones)

At fifty seven I guess I’m middle
Aged and I know I’m out of shape
To go back in time to a younger day
Would be a great escape

I see children playing with energy
That never seems to drain
I thought to myself, if I could capture
That energy wouldn’t it be insane

Then I thought that’s probably
The same thing my elders thought
And then I said to myself boy
I’m glad that I didn’t get caught

My first rhyme becomes my last
In a sense becomes the outer chrome
You read the title and story and
Then I want to bring you home

(Sample-Old Ones first rhyme-Doldrums)—Then really it just becomes filler to get to the point
Where I get to Doldrums and Old Ones.) So here it is Incase you
Missed it the first time.

                  Old Ones

  I remember my youth and
The energy that was endlessly flowing
And today I feel that energy
Continually slowing

I remember my elders and
How they envied me
Wishing they could store
That energy for eternity

Now the years have passed me by
And I still feel the kid inside of me
But I have no clue just where
That energy might be

I know it’s lost in some
Kind of a galaxy void
Harnessed inside some
Kind of a robot droid

Or maybe it’s frozen in the
Space and time doldrums
Or maybe it was hijacked
By the old ones

(My poetry, My Brain
I get it I go,
Don’t ask me because
I don’t know)

Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/25/2020
All rights reserved

Soulless Souls

      I’m not making any excuses
And today I wouldn’t change a thing
My past and my street wasn’t paved
In Gold, nor did the bird of happiness sing

I never had ambition, I was told I was
Worthless and so it became true
I believed those words and I never
Strived to break through

So therefore there were no goals
Except to survive for another day
Life passed and my dreams, well
My dreams just faded away

The people around me, just passed me by
They all lived for success
They all achieved the American Dream
But they also had the means of access

They all had visions of a goal and the
Passion and the soul and heart
My soul was lost, my heart was broken
In the race, I was left at the start

Sometimes I feel that I would do anything
To have another chance
But I know if I did, it would have changed
My music and my dance

But to have anything, to have a goal
A chance to shine, so bright
To see the world with a different view
To see it in a whole new light

And it saddens me to see this generation
Of stone cold hearts with vicious goals
Of spreading hatred and rip, rip and
Destroy in their soulless souls

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 07/06/2020
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When You’re Broken

   The sky is charcoal grey
The flowers no longer in bloom
The world outside is not for you
You’re better off in your room

The darkness seems to follow you
There’s an endless rain
You can’t fill the emptiness
There’s a constant pain

Even the birds singing their morning song
Seems to bring you more sadness
The depression you feel is overwhelming
Like the universe and its vastness

You’re just a dying star
Your light flickers and fades
Your heart feels as if it were being
Stabbed with a million blades

Someone came into your life
And your love they stole
Now there’s nothing left but to surrender
Yourself to the depths of a Black hole

Questions arise in your mind
Will I ever see the light
Is life worth living or should
I just give up in my fight

If your life was a song, it would be a sad
Tune about a heart turning to stone
The lyrics would be of burning pain
And the Devils grin as he sits on his throne

A bad moon rising and rivers overflowing
Everything in your life is spoiling
It feels no different than nature’s wrath
Of Hurricanes and Tornadoes destroying

The damage is like a disaster, the
Destruction is as far as the eyes can see
Picking up the pieces to start again is
Like trying to organize a scree

Your eyes are dry from crying
There’s no words to be spoken
Your just a soul with a heart of stone
When you’re broken

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 07/19/2020
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I Still

   When I first saw her
My knees got weak
When I first met her
I couldn’t speak

When we had our first date
My heart was beating faster
I was a fish out of water
It was a beautiful disaster

I was under the influence
And my heart was exposed
I fell to the floor
The night I proposed

When she said yes
My heart soared into outer space
She is my Angel
She is my saving grace

Every time I see her even now
After all these years do I get a chill
I can honestly say the answer is
Yes you better believe I still

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 02/25/2020
All rights reserved
I dedicate this to my wife
April 14th we will celebrate our
36Th wedding anniversary
I love you baby ❤️❤️❤️

When Sorrow sang

    With a smile nothing can
Destroy the way that I live
My heart is worn on my sleeve
And I’ve found a way to forgive

I enjoy every minute and I give
All praise to our God above
I give thanks for his grace and
I give thanks for his love

He has given me a wonderful wife
And a wonderful daughter as well
I am happier now than ever before
And far removed from my hell

So I never take anything for granted
I am grateful for life is grand
When I am busy,everything is fine
All my troubles be buried in the sand

But when I’m alone with my thoughts,in
The darkness of my mind cobwebs hang
The past always finds a way to creep in
And remind me of when sorrow sang

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 10/24/2017
All rights reserved

Walking With The Dead

  In the darkness of the night
Beneath the pale moonlight
In the stillness there’s the unknown
Hear their groan their eerie moan

You think that it can’t be real
But in the warmth feel the chill
You realize your all alone
Unarmed, no gun, no knife nor stone

Your heart beats faster, you run
You begin to pray for the light of the Sun
You scream but there’s no sound
You see glowing eyes all around

You are surrounded by zombies
Your mind wants to fight but you freeze
Then strangely as you prepare to die
Something is weirdly awry

They get closer but they walk right by
Puzzled you wonder just why
You say to yourself that’s right I’m a badass
Then you see your reflection on a shard of glass

You realize you look like they do
It’s a nightmare, this can’t be true
Then your ear falls off of your head
Then you know you’re walking with the dead

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 02/18/2020
All rights reserved
Dedicated to all you Zombie
Walking dead lovers

One World

    I don’t know what you believe
But believe me it’s just fine
We live on the same planet
But it ain’t mine

Just got a question, Somethin I don’t
Understand and it gets me to the core
It really boggles my mind
What the heck are we fighting for

Your religion my religion,
What does it matter, we all die
Why do we **** and why are we killed
For religion in this world gone awry

I feel what I feel in my heart
But I have no desire to ****
If you feel what You feel in your heart
We shouldn’t force each other’s will

When everything is temporary
Why is there such need for control
And why do people have to die
If they don’t willingly play the role

Why can’t anyone see that no one
Should have to concede
That love and peace is the
Only thing we all need

What can one race gain
Or one religion to unite
Sooner or later someone somewhere
Would find a reason to fight

There’s no reason for the way things are
There’s no sense in our state of unfurled
We can all be different, it’s alright
Because there’s only one world

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 05/16/2020
All rights reserved

New Dawning

   I spend my day thinking of you
I visualize your eyes sparkling blue
Diving into your ocean I pursue
Bodies naked in the meadow misty dew

Hearts racing with every sensual touch
So overwhelming it can almost be too much
Never has something consumed me such
I hold the vision in a tight clutch

The vision as real as a movie on the screen
A full color explosion of my daydream
With nothing like I’ve ever foreseen
With so much passion in every scene

And in the evening I come home to you
And my daydream suddenly comes true
Then as I sleep again the dream is a brew
Never feeling old but fresh and new

Light rain falls as we sit neath the awning
I look into your eyes and see them spawning
Though I’m worn out and yawning
So elated and I embrace the new dawning

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 03/23/2020
All rights reserved

When You Realize You Were Wrong

   I was there for you
On my shoulder you cried
He cheated on you, and your innocence
Broke your heart and a part of you died

My love for you has been strong
You failed to see
Now I am here but you,
No you’ll never shed a tear for me

Well I know that my love,
It grows weary by the day
What’s right in front of you, you cannot
See and I’ll let you leave without affray

Because love is something that cannot
Be forced or be held captive
I cannot change your destiny or direction
My love for you fails to be refractive

One day you will leave me
Though I’ve proven to be the one
Though I’ve given you my heart
One day I’ll wake and you’ll be gone

You’ll make your bed in the night
And disappear like a fading song
And one day you will cry again
When you realize you were wrong

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 06/15/2020
All rights reserved
Just thought it would be nice to write something other than something about  world problems for a change. God Bless!!!

We Are Healed
  
        
     With a Star in the night over Bethlehem
And his birth it was bestowed
And after a life of love and miracles
Into the city of Jerusalem on a Donkey he rode

Soon he would be beaten and whipped
To the point of being near dead
They made him carry his own Cross
And placed a Crown of thorns upon his head

Nailing Spikes through his hands and feet
They secured him to that Cross
His life they would take and the world
Would all know of his loss

For all of the worlds sin was placed upon him
And even after everything he was put through
He spoke Father Forgive them
For they know not what they do

And with the Death of our Christ for
Everyone in the world it was revealed
To all each man woman and child
With his stripes we are healed

God Bless everyone!!!
Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright 04/21/2019
All rights reserved

Edge Of Twenty One

   Standing on the edge of sixty
Looking at life still ahead of me
Looking back at what I left behind
Is almost impossible to see

Oh the stories I could tell
About so many crazy, crazy nights
But if I did, they’d probably arrest me
And throw away the key and my rights

Still cannot explain the morning I woke
Up from sleeping in the women’s room
To the sound of some girls screaming
Thought I was dead and sealed my tomb

One of those wild nights still in a haze
Escaping from the grips of the beast
My life hanging in the balance
Between living and being deceased

I don’t know how I ever survived
And those days are long, long gone
Sometimes though I still think about  
Standing on the edge of twenty one

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 03/01/2020
All rights reserved

Like Dracula


   Take a look inside your heart, search
For any speck of love that remains
You can take the hate and throw it away
and break away from your chains

Somewhere there’s got to be
Something there to remind you
Of a heart and soul that you left
Somewhere far behind you

The damage and suffering came to
You on your journey through life
But the damage and suffering doesn’t
Have to be a continued strife

Know this deep down in your heart
The darkness fears the power of the light
So it’s time to rise up to the challenge and
Find the strength from inside to fight

We have the freedom to choose
We can Love or we can Hate
We have the power and it begins with
Each one of us, I pray it’s not too late  

We can’t be separated by minor differences like the black widow and the tarantula
We’re all humans and a spider is a spider
Know the dark fears the light like Dracula

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright © 09/25/2020
All rights reserved

Midnight Train

  The moon is full but it's
Hard to see it's light
For the fog is thick
As it settles in for the night

There is an erie feeling
And a strange silence
Most stay indoors
With little defiance

Legend states that when
the fog is thick, moon is full & bright
Death comes as you hear
wolves and train at midnight

The legend they say is true
And very,very disturbing
The innocent becomes prey
It's really quite unnerving

So death is surely pending
Hear the wolves howling
Time stands still in the woods
Now hear them scowling

Those whom disregard the warning become the slain
in the fog hear the wolves and whistle of the midnight train

Written By:Chuck Kean
Copyright 09/26/16
All rights reserved

The Voice Within

    Sometimes in a whisper, sometimes in
A scream, I hear the voice within
Sometimes in the light, sometimes in
The dark, speaking like a kingpin

The words echo, from my dark past
It’s an evil voice, this voice within
Alcohol became a friend of mine
A bottle of beer, a bottle of cold Gin

Sometimes it’s a constant ringing
This strange voice within
Pitching itself between that
Of a Mandolin or a Violin

It’s mean and it’s ugly
This voice within
I believe the Devil would say
It’s his favorite immortal sin

It’s ironic that the hot and fiery
Burning of this voice within
Can be so very, very cold
Even too cold for the mighty Quinn

It use to control me but God is
My most powerful indomethacin
And though I still hear it, I just don’t
Listen to the voice within

Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright 07/03/2020
All rights reserved

The Master And Me

      It’s a miracle that I am still alive
Fighting against all odds and the Masters jive
My bracket is dead but I still breathe
As we come to the end the battle continues to seethe

With every ounce of myself I will give
As the Master must die for all to live
I’ll apologize now if I should fail
I’ll take this fight to the darkest debts of Hell

I understand that I am not wise
I have never tried to deceive with a disguise
I am battle tested and battle weary
I fight without a formula or scientific theory

There is no way to have a full proof battle plan
You just have to stand toe to toe,man to man
Find the heart to rise higher and higher
And fight Fire with Fire

I know that all of my warriors have died
I’ve grieved and I’ve cried
Their lives lost,in vain I vow this not to be
As we fight on it’s down to just the Master and Me

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 04/08/2019
All rights reserved
Basketball Bracket battle last year
Against one who calls himself Master
Because he has won so many times
I was the victor in the end!!!

Snake

       A snake slithers across the ground
It is a predator without any feet
By flicking its tongue it picks up chemical
Information from its preys heat

A snake can be harmless and pretty
However most think they are hideous
Some have a vicious poisonous bite
And are revered as being devilishly devious

Certainly a creature of evil and when
It comes to snakes we have a since of fear
A good life lesson we are taught
If you see a snake to just stay clear

This world is full of people and some have
A strange charisma and are quite mystic
They can be cruel and selfish and
Take on a snake like characteristic

Some people rob or **** or ****
And some view themselves to be supreme
Others bully and enjoy your pain
And others take pride in their scheme

With some it’s easy to see the obvious
Others it’s harder to see their on the take
Just remember the serpent is the Devils
Pet and you must beware of the snake

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 06/19/2019
All rights reserved

New Angel

                      Someone you love
                   Has just passed away
                            And for you
                      It’s a very sad day

                    As your heart breaks
                        You feel the pain
                     The hurt is constant
                    Your tears fall like rain

                          Now you wonder
                      Will the hurt ever end
                          You feel the void
                        The loss of a friend

                        They say that in time
                          Your heart will heal
                           But they can’t feel
                               What you feel

                     God may have taken them
            But he’s covered you from every angle
                      Because he just gave you
                                  A new angel

                       Written By: Charles Kean
This poem was self published in a book with the same title in 2009. It won me
The editors choice award. God Bless!!!

Feather Or Brick

          Life it can be light or heavy
You’re the only one who can pick
Troubles can float away or they can
Hold you down, Feather Or Brick

There’s so many mean people
It’s enough to make you sick
You can brush them away or carry them
On your back, Feather Or Brick

Take your addictions and blow them
Away with the wind, habits you can kick
Don’t let them be the reason you fall or
Part of your wall, Feather Or Brick

The Devil is like a Magician
He’s always got a trick,
You can push right through or let it
Stop you in your tracks, Feather Or Brick

Your a candle burning Bright, don’t let
The every day burn you to the wick
Burn it away instead of it smothering
You out, Feather Or Brick

Written By:Charles Kean
07/10/2025

We Are Healed
  
        
     With a Star in the night over Bethlehem
And his birth it was bestowed
And after a life of love and miracles
Into the city of Jerusalem on a Donkey he rode

Soon he would be beaten and whipped
To the point of being near dead
They made him carry his own Cross
And placed a Crown of thorns upon his head

Nailing Spikes through his hands and feet
They secured him to that Cross
His life they would take and the world
Would all know of his loss

For all of the worlds sin was placed upon him
And even after everything he was put through
He spoke Father Forgive them
For they know not what they do

And with the Death of our Christ for
Everyone in the world it was revealed
To all each man woman and child
With his stripes we are healed

God Bless everyone!!!
Written By: Charles Kean
Copyright 04/21/2019
All rights reserved

Picturesque Moon

  Tonight is still and silent except for the
Sound of crickets and an occasional breeze
Walking alone on this deserted road,a smell
Of manure made me break the silence with a sneeze

Though I'm feeling sad and depressed
I feel this eerie feeling of peace
It seems that time is standing still
And the beating of my heart will soon cease

For tonight she left me and I felt an instant
Burst of a piercing pain
As I continue to walk now
It has begun to rain

I cannot imagine my life without her
As I wonder if the Sun will rise Tomorrow
I look to the sky and pray the Lord
Relieve me of my sorrow

With all my faith I know I'll be alright
But that time couldn't come too soon
And as if to say I love you he parted
The sky to reveal a picturesque Moon

Written By:Charles Kean
Copyright 07/10/2017
All rights reserved