for personal reasons of my own I  request that four of my most recent poems be removed from the  hello poetry ,take your shoes off ,I close my eyes thinking of you,willowdon,t weep for me, I won,t cry any more,all of the rest of my works will remain for all to enjoy.

I am a long way from my home packed up   in a old suitcase all that was mine in order to roam not happy in that place not even on any day took few keepsakes of memory to help me roll to many years wasted there tongue silent as a mouse unable to speak or really defend myself in my father's house left mama behind she just wouldn't leave thinking about her now tears stain my face with grief  but catching this moving train was the only way my soul would ever find relief that's why i  am  a long way from my home speeding tracks are rolling away from my old past  maybe in the next city waiting sunshine will pour on my life at last i am a long way from my home to many years wasted as quiet as  mouse unable to speak or really defend myself in my father's house i am a long way from my home

so very tired of dreaming the same old tired and mournful listless dreams since you've gone keep wondering just why this sadness won't let me be come back darling and make me glad I know  our time together wasn't all bad want you need you by my side when good need your hand to hold ,when not your words add fuel to my soul want you need you by my side when disappointment blinds the way please be a loving guide since fate married us clouds of gray have turned to blue since you left this man all there ever is  lots of aimless wondering to do don't let me have to show up for unhappiness roll call depending on your restored love to never cause this heart to fall  want you need you by my side when disappointment blinds the way please be a loving guide

let us soar up high to different colored mountains you and I where birds create new songs to us to sing near the base of clear running springs we'll bid both tears and sorrows a happy goodbye take time to wander down flower scented pathways and if you're feeling beautiful like you look which is fine take  your shoes off love and stop filling up my mind after we've gone to life's end of the line we'll stand and wonder at the mountain of time than sail away on a sea of love blown by the soft winds of rhyme let me escort my love through unknown places where love is sweet and sublime take your shoes off honey and stop filling up my mind

Heaven created you within its doors just so you'll know  I'm only yours aware of this my heart feels the need to stay please understand the words I share I close my eyes thinking of you and when this dream of mine comes true I see me walking so close to you my loyal kiss will meet the test  all my senses welcome each caress heaven sent its very best  I'll close my eyes to all that's gray if you're not here to share each day and though each moment that keeps us apart memory locks you tightly in my heart laughing and talking sharing the old and the new I 'll close my eyes thinking of you I'll close my eyes to all that's gray darling if you're not here to share each day and though each moment that takes us apart memory locks you tightly in my heart laughing and talking sharing the old and new  I close my eyes and think of you

willow don't weep for me though these tears are falling reach out soft branches like a long awaken dream holding ever so tenderly I stand before with no sorrow or pitiful plea these tears are free like the river of love flowing inside endlessly romance knows where I love and will take a  chance on me whisper to each waiting ear that love has not been unkind don't need a willow dropping tears or feeling sad as can be my heart is brave for every searching eye to see willow just cry for yourself don't forget to moan and sigh  let shadows hide in the night's darkness but willow don't weep for me

I  won't cry any more over my troubles shutting the door to the things that can't last no more chasing false dreams  they won't turn my senses  away again vanity is a thing of my past said I won't cry any more over sad yesterdays things have been difficult enough in letting my self go I won't be swayed by dreams of greed destined to crumble at the breaking of the day  I won't cry any more confusion had me wrapped up in chains lost and alone dirt on my once good name but time has set me free I can tell the world that joy  spreads its sunshine I see  and I won't cry any more