Born
Live
Die

Breathe
Eat
Move

Labor
Love
Like

Follow
Lead
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Start Say Stop

Something is missing
Something is not right
Something calling me
Most every night

Begging with questions
Begging my tired soul
Begging while praying
Out of control

Wishing for the past
Wishing for the pain
Wishing to move on
Washed in tear stains.

Rage has exploded
Rage has been let out
Rage has subsided
Beyond a doubt

Calm has entered in
Calm has come again
Calm has become peace
Now discipline

Gentle is the day
Gentle is the night
Gentle is the way
Love the delight

The seering presence arose
Clouds my mind
Warms my soul

Leaves my logic in chaos
Gives new eyes
Lets me see

Should I play my piano
Strike a key
Let it go

Should I sing a melody
Soft and low
With a moan

Should I paint a masterpiece
Feel my pain
Brush a way

Should I write a play or poem
Tell the truth
Cry alone

Should I make my own small path
Live new dreams
Move ahead

This seering presence arose
Forcing life
Down my throat

Angel of darkness
Angel of light
Dark drama pending
Start of a fight.

Need only silence
To stop the right
Whisper a half truth
The humans fight.

Vigilance needed
To right the wrongs
Blessings not curses
Sung in a song.

Nether world twilight
Confuses the mind
Seemed like a good choice
Until entwined.

Sword of truth blazes
Darkness dispels
True words are spoken
Demon in hell

On earth is standing
Angel of light
Relationship formed
End of the fight

An old feeling arose
I almost let it go
Not wanting to get close
Steeped in tales of woe

Something in those dark eyes
Calmed all my fears inside
Released my battle cries
Scar torn heart modified

Suddenly words appear
I replied without tears
He seemed truly sincere
With motives sure and clear

I found to my surprise
I answered with delight
Became so energized
Dreamed of love at midnight

Caught in the twilight's gleam
Of love's impending flight
Drops twirled into a stream
And danced into firelight

The light waved with no sound
As it seeped, softly down
Into my mind's playground
Formed into a vict'ry crown

Door closed on an old love
At last I was unbound
Became a turtle dove
Purring up and around

Wanting to mate for life
No more alone at night
Sharing kindness and strife
Infinite and finite

An old feeling arose
I almost let it go
Not wanting to get close
Steeped in tales of woe

Rain

Misty gray black skies
Jagged flashing light
Roaring, rolling sound
Gusting wind pushes
Trees sway and swish round
Anticipation
Cleansing waters flow
Parched ground drinks it in
Comfort while storm grows
Wind steadies and moans
Climax has arrived
Relaxation starts
Water now subsides
World is birthed renewed

Missing someone today
They desperately needed to play
They needed to know that was okay
Missing someone today

I entered the pond today
Watched the circles around my legs
Drank the cool water and lay
While fawns pranced and reneged

Suddenly in the morning light
A glimpse of movement caught my eye
As dragonflies took flight
In the topaz blue sky

Purple as grapes they arose
Watched their courting dance unfold
Circling, circling in the cosmos
As life began again without control

Here I lie dreaming dragonflies
A glimpse of life unsupervised
Hoping that before my eyes
I see the beginning of paradise.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
Mohandas Gandhi


I will not love again
I will not be your friend
I will tear you apart
To reflect the shattering of my heart.

I want to be alone
I want to wail and weep
I want to loose my soul
And put myself in HELL'S hole.

I do not wish to feel
I do not wish to discuss
I do wish to RAGE
And start an eternal rampage

I have to live again
I have to find my way
I have not seen the light
And all I seem to do is fight

I must begin again
I must find new friends
I must not go back
And I will put away this maniac

I will love again
I will have a romantic friend
I will accept some saving grace
To reflect you have finally been replaced




The ultimate compromise is a surrender.

I talked to an old friend today
Visited memories along the way
Listened to her new found pain
And spent the time keeping her sane


Endless questions of what went wrong
And how to begin her new song
Swirled like leaves in wind strong
But the heart wished to prolong.

Why is it so hard to let go
When you are betrayed by a beau
Your head says love's fatal blow
But your heart says love will grow

In the confusion and the change
Life must be rearranged
It waits not for the broken heart
But pushes forth a counterpart

There is no peace of mind
Only undoing the combined
Providing respite and kind
By stopping the decline

Somewhere in the mist
A small important spark exists
That will help one persist
In looking not to reminisce

I talked to an old friend today
Visited memories along the way
Listened to her new found pain
And spent the time keeping her sane