Thursday, April 18, 2024

A Jazz Club

Soft intonations

Filled the bar soaked room

Seeking affirmations

Not a moment too soon

Calling out loving sounds

That did not sound like love

Lifting spirits

Guided from above

Gentle whispers

Over well tended drinks

Voices differ

About what people think

Jazz like sounds

Seeking to explore

Mind wide open

Stepping through the door

It was only a moment

Then it was gone

The words carried

Weight from then on

Momentum building

From that one piece

It was something

No one could ever believe

by Bill Ferguson

The Adventure Is Slipping Away

Night time thoughts

Challenge an empty mind

Rustling new ideas

That need to be defined

It is in quiet moments

When we ponder our fate

Wondering

If we have left it too late

The adventure is slipping away

Minds grow feeble

Can’t find the words to say

Bodies weaken

Til they’re simple shells

The adventure keeps slipping

Slipping away

There is no looking forward to

A better day

So many stories

Songs that need to be heard

So much sharing

Love in every word

Precious moments

Feel them slipping away

Silent tears

Each and every day

by Bill Ferguson

Because You Love Me

It’s in a scenic place

It’s written all over your face

Smiles among the cat tails

A grin that never fails

I’ve seen it

Many times

It is clearly defined

It stays within the lines

When you look at me

Baby I can see

What the world is suppose to be

All because you love me

Lifts me on a cloudy day

It catches my breath I’ve got to say

Fills me with a ravenous need

I am willing to concede

I’ve seen it

Many times

It is clearly defined

It stays within the lines

When you look at me

Baby I can see

What the world is suppose to be

All because you love me

by Bill Ferguson

Are You With Me?

Freedom

Inclusion

Growth away from

Societal delusions

Seeking answers

Building a new life

Changing old habits

Growing to make it right

Building an aura

Creating a sense of mystery

Exploring now options

Fulfilling inner destinies

Conquering thoughts

Never meant to be share

Becoming so

Much more aware

Living life

With intensity

Accepting conclusions

Moving away from density

Encouraging solutions

A new way for people to see

Can you be there?

Are you there with me?

by Bill Ferguson

Music

A diorama of sound

Supported by a steady beat

No vocal gymnastics

Echoed on repeat

Building

Steadily

Towards

Lyrical surprise

Filling emotions

Tears

In the eyes

Music lives on

The strength of the sound

Rooted firmly

On solid ground

Pounding footsteps

The heart does beat

Fulfilling life

It’s complete.

by Bill Ferguson

The Key

Glasses down

Point of contact

Discovering

Internal flame

Prodding moments

Black to white

Internal dialogue

Where thoughts are tamed

Don’t let the words

Deceive you

Don’t let the heart

Decide

Seeing is all

That matters

Insert the key

Turn aside

Open heart

Wonder often

Confusion

Has its own cost

Outlast silence

Cast a spell

Seize the moment

Nothing is lost

by Bill Ferguson

In Creativity

I’m just waking up

Opening my mind

Seizing the moment

Working out just fine

Grab a coffee cup

Settle on the bench

Playing with the keys

Feeling heaven sent

And the words flow

And the mind is free

It is time well spent

In creativity

Exploring problems

Exploring my life

Finding the patterns

Creating designs

Looking for the answers

Looking for words that rhyme

Searching through the masters

Inspired frame of mind

And the words flow

And the mind is free

It is time well spent

In creativity

by Bill Ferguson

Clinging To A Dream

There are moments

Of utter futility

Where thoughts fester

Like boils on my life

And there are moments of

Respectability

That cut me like a knife

There are moments where

Sense is lost

Waiting to be found

There are moments where

Seas are tossed

Among winds that do abound

But I am clinging to a dream

Fashioned in my life

I am clinging to a dream

That everything will be alright

I am clinging to a dream

That happiness will be found

I am clinging to a dream

That everything will be sound

by Bill Ferguson

Something New

Slow it down and be aware

That you have moved from there to here

Feel more eager to finally share

Visions from your dreams

Once where your heart was quite young

You often became quite undone

Always moving on the run

Full of empty schemes

But now you’re in a different phase

Wishing things you could erase

Finding things you had replaced

Or so it really seems

You have grown up to be you

You laugh you smile you have made do

You always looked for something new

You still wonder what it means

You have grown up to be you

Still a wonder still in tune

Wiser and lovelier too

You really are something new