Poetry of a Lifetime

Thursday, October 17, 2024

We Seek Perfection

With dreams that we build

With thoughts that are so skilled

We seek perfection

With ideas that we trace

With warmth that we embrace

We seek perfection

With words that we choose

With no thoughts to the truth

We seek perfection

We seek perfection in our lives

Perfection in all our tries

We seek perfection

It’s drilled into our minds

It’s drilled into our times

It is drilled into all our rhymes

In all we do

In all we see

We seek proof

That we are meant to be

More than we are

Our thoughts

Our dreams

Reduced

In nature’s fashion

We seek perfection

Until nature

Takes its toll

by Bill Ferguson

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

No Need To Explain

She rose adroitly from the waves

Water dripping from everywhere

A mermaid come to life

Strode up the beach totally self aware

She stared deep into my eyes

Told my fortune without a word

Slipped her hand into mine

Giving me a note that had to be heard

She wrapped herself in her shawl

Easily strolled far down the beach

Not a care in the world

Reflections until she was out of reach

I looked on in great amaze

My eyes shifted to shaking hands

No doubt she asked me out

Left a phone number to help me understand

I am but a simple man

A bit naive in my manner

When I looked at my hand

I already knew what would occur

So here does not end this tale

All questions raised are answers gained

My heart beats rapidly

Such a lovely girl no need to explain

by Bill Ferguson

Monday, October 14, 2024

Thoughts Are Free

There it comes

Open canyons an endless mind

Opens up

Warm weather push past summer skies

On the wind

Are you seeking what will you find

Rain forecast

Seeing more than you realize

Thoughts are free

You will be what you are meant to be

Thoughts are free

You will be what you are meant to be

Cloudless skies

Dedication is at its core

Feel the sun

Better to help to see the score

Drift away

Look forward to an endless sea

On the tide

That depends on what you can glean

by Bill Ferguson

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Doors

Doors open

Doors close

Some on the breeze

Some on the toes

Some sheltering us from the storm

Some braking us from our own harm

Providing pathways to a better life

Providing endpoints to a better night

Doors

Ours to choose

Doors

Ready

Win or lose

by Bill Ferguson

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Where Our Heart Does Lie

Suburban skies

Where people live

There are no fields of green

Cement dreams

And black tarred yards

Living outside their means

Tree lined roads

Under blue skies

Farmers fields uplifting

Deer eat greens

Rabbits scamper by

Fresh air is there gifting

In our need

To be modern

We transpose city skies

Removing us

In form and deed

From where our heart does lie

Fields of gold

Fields of dreams

Laid back and secure

Open hearts

Open minds

Where true love does endure

by Bill Ferguson

Friday, October 11, 2024

Choice

Choice is never about choice

It is not about wielding power

It is not about being in charge

It is not about determining a future

It is never about ‘the choice’

It is about the power to make the choice

An act so singularly important

Empowering the masses

With the concept of having some power

Having a voice

That may be used

As it is an option

In negotiations

As it is about

Being seen

As equals

Who have the power

And wield it wisely

by Bill Ferguson

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Thank You

Thank you

For the inspiration

Thank you

For leading the way forward

For showing me how it’s done

This is more than I ever imagined

This is more than I ever saw

Without you being you

I would be nowhere

Lost among the unknowing

Trapped with a vanishing soul

You woke up my heart

By presenting a better path

True to my calling

One I can call my own

by Bill Ferguson

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Can We Get Out Of Here

Self imagined follies

Lies become the truth

Rumours become platforms

Spreading across the land

Self anointed saviours

Playing with their words

Twisting menacing tales

To make their trumpets heard

Violence voiced to your eye

The sun continues to shine

How’d we get so mixed up?

Can we get out of here?

Problems where none existed

Made worse by their lies

The truth doesn’t matter

Beliefs they don’t apply

Always things are broken

They can make them right

How’d we get so mixed up

Can we get out of here

by Bill Ferguson

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Closed and Open Doors

One knows

The difference

Between

A closed door

And

An open door

And

When the time

Is right for each

by Bill Ferguson

Monday, October 7, 2024

Reasonable, Responsible, Sensible

The end came quickly

Or so I decided

When there is no will

When there is no insight

Or desire

Too solve an issue

Or even to take steps

To understand the problem

When there is no inclination

To take sensible

Responsible steps

To do what is best for

Those involved

One must conclude

That simply

‘Seeing how this plays out’

Is not a reasonable response

To anything

Ones involvement must end

There are more important

Things in life

To grapple with

So I walked away

Satisfied with my efforts

And disappointed that more

Could not be achieved

by Bill Ferguson