Friday, March 8, 2024

For Only You

Timeless is the night

There are many songs to be sung

So many details to be wrung

So much in life to be done

I’m glad at times like this

I see you standing there

In light of the moon

In the call of a lonely loon

In traffic midday noon

My heart longs for

Warmth as it seeks

Comfort in your arms

You may never know

How much you mean to me

My words can’t help you see

The depth of what I feel for you

Words you do utter

Sets my heart all a flutter

Reacting to you like no other

Moments captured

As candid photos

Living in my soul

I try to understand

Why I feel the way I do

You’ve captured something

On a level that

Takes my breath away

There is so much love inside

Being held for only you

by Bill Ferguson

Change

Life’s Change

Families change

Tastes change

Styles change

Climate change

Food chains change

Cities change

Landscapes change

Governments change

Friendships change

Everything changes

Why are we so afraid of change?

We change shoes

Change our clothes

Change our cars

Change our hair

Change our partners

Change our positions

Change locations

Change our hearts

Change our minds

by Bill Ferguson

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Advantages of Solitude

Often

We are informed

That we must look for answers

Out there in the world

Religious answers

Intellectual answers

Answers about love

About the things that interest us

About our soul

Often

The answers lie within

Lie within the questions we ask ourselves

Lie within the beliefs we hold

Lie within the examination of who we are

What we are

How we got here

What we accept.

It is in our solitude

That thoughts percolate

And rise to the surface

As we examine

Our world

In ways others do not see

In places where our creativity

Challenges our abilities

And allows us to draw conclusions

That are ours

This is what makes us.

We stand tall

When we are alone

We feel none of the encumbrances

Daily life inflicts

We are us only at those times

We are more

When we are alone

It is the real us

I can live with that

by Bill Ferguson

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

There Is Love

There is love

In the spring rain

There is love

With nothing to gain

There is love

When I’m with you

There is love

And love is you

There is love

On a winter's morn

There is love

Sweetly adorned

There is love

When I am with you

There is love

And love is you

Love is flowers on the trees

Bees buzzing all around

Love is the look in your eyes

And in your gentle sounds

There is love

On a summer's day

There is love

In the sun’s rays

There is love

When I am with you

There is love

And love is you

by Bill Ferguson

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Far Away From Here

I stood out on the street

I took in all the sights

The buildings were so tall

In the fading light

There was no real warmth

There was a decision not to stay

I’d rather be somewhere

Far away from here

I looked up to the clouds

I watched a jet in flight

There was a trail of smoke

As it flew out of sight

I’d follow that plane

Anywhere, anyway

I need to be somewhere

Far away from here

The road is long

And travel is far

It’s a place

To follow my heart

Turn it up

Turn it on

Turn it into something

That makes sense

Make it into something

I can be

Make it into something

I can see

Do you want to go there with me?

I moved on down the road

Following ancient trails

Searching for a path

Before the sun does pale

Looking for that moment

When life shifts into gear

I need to be somewhere

Far away from here

by Bill Ferguson

Have a Better Day

There are people

Who live in their dreams

And there are people

Who live in their schemes

And there are people

Who keep wondering

What will make a better day

There are people

Whose lives have been blessed

And there are people

Whose lives are so stressed

And there are people

Who can’t get themselves dressed

Searching for a better way

We can hope and dream now

We can create and conceive now

Something we can really believe in now

We can make our lives

Better in every way

There are people

With lots on their minds

And there are people

Whose minds are confined

And there are people

Whose lives are defined

By what others do say

We can hope and dream now

We can create and conceive now

Something we can really believe in now

We can make our lives

Better in every way

by Bill Ferguson

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Shakespeare In Love is a nice little romp in the what if category. It has enough charm to make it quite interesting. One night while I was watching it I was also reflecting on a discussion with a friend of mine when these words popped out at me. I stopped the movie and created the rest of the poem.

True Love Can Never Be Undone

In Shakespeare's verse there does remain

A romantic spirit of soft refrain

Where two hearts gather free and strong

Possessed of spirit, captured in song

To blend and join and meet as one

With fire so strong it blinds the sun

Yet soft tis as lambs summer wool

The cup runneth over, it is never full

One sound, one word, one simple glance

All can see the truth of romance

In evening skies where Venus does reign

On summer morns where sunflowers gain

Two hearts joined as one

True love can never be undone

by Bill Ferguson

Thursday, December 7, 2023

All The Answer

Allegory

Prophetory

Crisis upon crisis

Storytelling at its finest

Manufacturing advantage

Creating damage

In efforts to divine

From innocence to sublime

Tangled moments that induce a shiver

Failing to deliver

Subverting promises

Airing grievances

Deny, deny, deny

Until you are blue in the face

One only has to ask why

And you answer

Why not!

That’s all the answer

You’ve ever got