Saturday, August 31, 2024

Far Away Elsewhere

 

Far Away Elsewhere 


Clarets are warm and clear

Bouquets may just endear

You sashay for others dear

Far away elsewhere


I need something less complex

Move me away from this mess

Success is when you are 

Far away elsewhere


Caches to be cleaned out 

Entrees gone without doubt

Soiree’s without a pout

Far away elsewhere


Some set a higher bar

A thrum without a scar

A hum from where you are

Far away elsewhere

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Tender Is The Night

 

Tender Is The Night


She whispers

Scenes playing

Soft and gentle 

Feeling so right


Tender is the night


Lightly she touches

Shock waves send 

A searching look

That shows insight


Tender is the night


Inaudible sounds

Music heard

Deep and heartfelt

A brand new light


Tender is the night


Early she calls

Swishing her hair

Warm and inviting

Clearing the air


Tender she listens

Inviting

Open moments

Feel so right


Tender is the night

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Friday, August 30, 2024

Where Does Life Ever Go?

 

Where Does Life Ever Go?


Time has brought me here again

Wondering where it all began

Searching high and searching low

Where does life ever go?


First you’re young, then you’re old

Once were sad, now you’re bold

You reach out, pull back in

A holy life, a life of sin


Build it up, tear it down

Love in silence, built in sound

Say some words, take them back

Believe in peace, under attack


First in love, first in fame

Some do win and lose again

Build in thought, then negate

Seeking power, seeking rebate


First you crawl, then you run

Built in sadness, built in fun

Minds are hurt, then at ease

Planned out full, then released


Expanding middles, pushing edges

On the ground, standing on ledges

Building up, to let go

Words are said, thoughts unknown


Time has brought me here again

Wondering where it all began

Searching high and searching low

Where does life ever go?

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People Be Talking Anyway

 

People Be Talking Anyway


Something to be said

The way that you walk

When you cross the road 

You make people talk

That’s alright

That’s okay

People be talking

Anyway


The way that you dress

You look real fine

When you cross the road

People lose their minds

That’s alright

That’s okay

People be talking

Anyway


The people that you meet

The way that you talk

Anything that you do

Will make people squawk

That’s alright

That’s okay

People be talking

Anyway

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Ode To 1960

 

Ode To 1960


You could hear it in his voice

Raising octaves

Moving mountains

Creating caring

Making you believe

In lost loves

Heartbroken 

Lonely times

He was your friend

Singing hours on end

Always there on demand

Spinning tales

In haunting tones

Touching everyone all alone 


I miss those quiet times

Where his song was all

That was on my mind

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Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

 

Where Have All The Heroes Gone?


Heroes come and heroes go

As of their own accord

Until we apply new standards 

That sew some discord


You can’t compare the past

With what we would do today

The embodiment of our lives

Doesn’t work in yesterday


As heroes they stand alone

For all that they qualities they possess

The litmus test of centuries

How they performed under duress


No one would hold up

To a standard so strict

That there is no appeal

Where have all the heroes gone

No one is that ideal

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Your Love Is True

 

Your Love Is True

Love is here

A love so true

A love I need

Built with someone like you


Love’s lessons

Have been sent on their way

Love I need is here to stay 

It is a brand new day


Love’s lessons 

Have washed over me

Opened my eyes 

Helped me see

I feel the love

Coming from you


Yes your love is true


Warmth of heart

Warmth of word

Warm with feeling 

It’s taking me to


Love’s lessons 

Have washed over me

Opened my eyes 

Helped me see

I feel the love

Coming from you

Yes your love is true

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It Couldn’t Make You Stay

 

It Couldn’t Make You Stay

I moved mountains

I wrote this song

Tried to see

What went wrong

It couldn’t make you stay


I rode the wave

I stood up for you

Tried to be

Did what I could do

It couldn’t make you stay


Hearts on fire extinguish with time

Set new rules to be outlined

Speaking words told one story

Certainly not a blaze of glory


I held your hand

I touched your heart

That made us

See a spark

It couldn’t make you stay

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Two Sides

 

Two Sides


It was Wednesday morning

It was 3 am

A fox went by the window

A coyote screamed here I am


While there may have been silence

It demonstrated lack of faith

There was a constant worry

A look for a collective save


Oh in the silence

A mind may not abate

Thoughts of constant borrow

Thoughts arriving way too late 


As they search for a solution

An end game is not in place

Some players are not worried

It will not affect their fate


The paths they have chosen

The worlds they do inflate

The need for no attention

The need no one can relate

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It Wasn't You

 

It Wasn't You


Whose expectations are on your mind

Whose thoughts are being defined

Whose ideas are being assigned

Is it you?


Who is being maligned

Whose ideas a being declined

Whose words are being confined

Is it you?


What is being outlined, 

What is being streamlined

What is being aligned

Is it yours?


What have you designed

What have you refined

What have you enshrined

Is it yours?


If I had been Inclined

I would have combined

I could be been behind

It wasn’t you


I can’t be unkind

 I have to be resigned

In order to remind

It wasn’t you?

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