what of the seed perfumes the form of the
bud  the color of her petals her flow through
the cycle some wisdom or design
has to be in the manifest depth of that circle
creating a seed once more to shed light on a scented perfume
tall the flower grows in total beauty, you say
it is intangible where the design emanates
but riddles are for man to unravel
in all his sciences prose and poems
and for all the life's cycles
what we discover and decide usually leads
to many amazements

The world rushes by through my window
I try to capture each glimpse in my mind
How can I save the small wonders I know
If the scenes come just as quick as they go

I watch it all pass in the distance
Wanting to spare these memories for you
But futility holds with resistance
And those things slip away in an instant

What is it worth if I can't have you here?
Beauty is dull and amazements are cheap
Nothing can matter when my heart isn't near
I'd trade all these sights for you to appear

"These are the days of miracles and wonders and don't cry, baby, don't cry..."

I wanna tell you that you're looking like a movie star,
But somehow I know that wouldn't get me too far.
I'm wishing on a burning hot star and don't mind don't mind, no.

You've got an action that makes me wanna split,
I don't really care too much how you get it.
I'm an eagle with white hair and whatever eyes so baby I'm flying, flying for all the wise.

I miss you but I can't stop complaining,
The overt arrangement is lightening my usual basement.
It's okay I'm sure somehow just sometimes I meet French girls and kinda stare and mutter in amazement.

These are the days of cold slick thunders and big fancy boats that don't have a gun.

These are the days of punch bowl amazements and I know you're having fun!

You asked me, how I'm going to love you more?
How?
And when I'm going to give you more.
When?
And I just say be patience.
And be surprised.
All my amazements will come in time.

Why show your hand?
When the surprises won't be a surprise.
Everything, I do.
Everything, I promise you will shock your mind.

To the point, you'll be wondering where it coming from?
But it will be delivered to you with love.
Be patience.
Just be surprised of the love I'm giving to you at that time.

Be patience.
And take it it.
This love is coming from your best of best friends.
Which is me.

grown from the amazements of tender years
playing sandbox barefoot innocence to
physiques capable of reproducing
desires changed along that course
we grew in stature
sometimes remorse
all along that fruitful way
the one thing that remains is you
that five year old full
of mysteries and thrills
of new senses touches sights
that seem to get harder to find
as the years go on unwinding
from our given spool
it seems comes
a movie forseen
when you look back
into that myst you once were
not knowing
exactly when
it was you changed
grew into today
had the senses to look back
sitting now alone
in your editing room

Outside of the Golden Gates
someone left a basket with
a tea towel and a note in
American English which
read, " For Pete's Snakes ".

Before anybody was allowed
to open it, God, who was down
the back of Heaven, had to be
consulted, in case it might be
***** trapped.

Jesus! he exclaimed, to all
their amazements, especially
Mother Theresa, who was the
one that noticed it, on her way
back from a dance in Limbo

She said it might be a present
from Kofi An An who, according
to the new arrivals list, was still
in Purgatory waiting for a transfer
when a space became available.

Little is said of it on earth, but
not everyone who makes it past
the Golden Gates are guaranteed
to be left there, the yellow and red
card system applies there now also.

Your eyes are so serene green,
a supreme stream of careening dreams,
a flawless forest of glorious poetica,
starry art mesmerizing my heart,
so attractively gripping,
leading me into your destiny
of fascinating amazements.

Yes, God has made his presence known in my life, from my childhood mysteries,
and wonderment, he was always omnipresent, both in my heart, and the world around me.
Even as I aged, he was always there, when I first really looked at girls, for the first time;
I couldn't believe, for so long, I had been so blind, to not see such beauty that was always there around
me, but now I see, a brand new world for me to explore, with new challenges, and amazements
galore. With the Lord there, whispering in my ear, just keep your faith, and love in your heart,
and know we will never be apart, and it's no mystery there's so much more in the world for
you to see, with a smile on his face he said, just follow me!

                                                                           Kelly McManus