Thursday, April 18, 2024

State Of War

Hard times

Dust and delusion

State of war

Peace and prosperity

Anti intellectual

Let’s party

Let’s dance

Let’s have fun

Timeless romance

Mindless and free

Pensive thoughts

Outside boundaries

Psychedelic moments

Minds did scream

A return to nature

Positive phoniness in degrees

Political season

Was it a dream

Growing tech

Growing minds

All reduced

To money in time

Inner peace

Harder to find

I’d love to change the world

But I wouldn’t want to change you

by Bill Ferguson

A Love Fest

Intense

Mingling

Of magic

When two or more

Minds meet

As equals

Sharing thoughts

Sharing music

Becoming one

For a moment

A love fest occurs

And growth

Begins

by Bill Ferguson

Just Being You

In the moment

Amidst isolation

A dream occurs

As a small thread

Tying reality

Together

To give meaning

And purpose

To one’s life

In the moment

Amongst constant

Relocation

An idea grows

Spreading wings

Seeking shelter

Percolating

Discovering

And through this

A longing

A need to belong

Points to other

Salient needs

Developing

With intensity

Just being

You

by Bill Ferguson

On Being Creative

No fantasies of grandeur

No wild hopes and dreams

Just seeing stepping stones

Accepting what I need

Doing it because I could

I needed something to do

I used my creative talent

To create something new

No it wasn’t easy

I enjoyed it all the same

Took each step slowly

Leaping forward when it came

Within a short while

Supporters settled in

Believed in my world

Urged me to formally begin

And then a break came

As I suppose it should

One day at a time

Showed that I was good

And when critics battered

Pounding at my door

With their bruised egos

Asking what its for

I kept on going

Smiling through my gain

My life was taking off

They remained the same

by Bill Ferguson

When They Fade Away

In the age of the internet

It is too easy

To look around

And see pictures

Or hear music

Of days of yore

And wish for something simpler

And for something more

Contemplative

That challenges our minds

As we look at the life

We have defined

Instead of a sense of wonder

We relish what was in the past

Holding up shining examples

Of how things do last

Instead of accepting something new

Something deep and full of meaning

Dollar signs got in the way

It became so demeaning

Few do things because they can

Everyone expects rich pay

Not satisfied with what they are doing

When they fade away

by Bill Ferguson

I Live Only One Life

(And It Is All About My Needs)

Out of key

Out of tune

Not coming in on one

More jazz than rock and roll

Forging my own way

Down a dusty road

Sitting a spell

To ease the load

Not asking for things that I need to do

Not living a life that has been defined by you

I live only one life

And it is all about my needs

Once there were men throwing boatloads of cash

I said save your money you are acting rash

I get along just fine without you keeping time

Don’t you try to read my mind

I live only one life

And it is all about my needs

Once someone said

What aren’t you more like me?

I laughed and laughed and said

That’s just what this world needs

Everyone can’t be the same

There is more than one epic game

I live only one life

And it is all about my needs

by Bill Ferguson

Waking Up

Sometimes we have to wake up

Our thoughts

Our thinking

Ideas are run up the pole

Removed

Taken down

Replaced

By newer thinking

Come on now

Everything changes

Everything moves on

Replaced by newer

More vulnerable

Strategic

Concepts

It's how we grow

It's how we see

The larger picture

It's how we build

Newer parts

Of our lives

by Bill Ferguson

Never Let You Go

There are words I would like to say

Words of great depth and feeling

Words that reach out and touch your soul

But you’re not here

Anymore

So now

I keep them inside

Where the warmth of your live lies

Forever in my arms

Forever with feeling

I have loved you so much

That I could never

Let

You go

2024

by Bill Ferguson

Friday, March 8, 2024

There Are Roads

There are roads

To ease on down

There are roads

To lie down on

There are roads

That challenge my mind

There are roads

To be defined

There are roads

Where one can visit

There are roads

Where one can exist

There are roads

Where one can be blessed

There are roads

We see fully dressed

There are roads between here and there

Roads that lead us to places we’ve never been

Are you ready?

by Bill Ferguson

Memories

Snowflakes are falling

Laying a blanket on the ground

Hushing all the noise

Silence is so profound

You could walk away

That’s not what you are going to do

Just a little while closer

Just to be here with you

I’ve got your memories

They are all here with me

I’ve got your memories

For when you leave

Promise to come back

When you get a moment in your day

I will spend some time

Thinking of things to say

While words may escape

Floating as if I hadn’t been there

I am all around

I will make you be aware

I’ve got your memories

They are all here with me

I’ve got your memories

For when you leave

Every night you cry my name

Life will never be the same

I am glad I meant that much to you

Two people in love now feeling blue