Poetry of a Lifetime

Monday, August 5, 2024

Losses

Blackened walls in broad daylight

Capturing sounds of long ago

Fields shielded from our sight

Roles in which we will never know

Names etched for all time

Families losses they do show

Shadows of a former mind

In silence the cancer grows

Freedom gained is freedom lost

The path of war is never true

One does pay such a cost

In those that we never knew

Schemers scheme and money is made

They sacrifice so little

To maintain their life

In a world soldiers rarely know

by Bill Ferguson

Pianos

Pianos reach out

Stroking my mind

Always playing

So hard to find

Fingers like keys

Splayed out keen

Not really saying

What it does mean

Effort out there

It could pretend

Much on my mind

I learned to bend

Carefully listen

She eases my soul

Held me together

I know my role

by Bill Ferguson

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Conformity

The easy way

Out

Stand alone

While others flee

Say sad words

Lack humility

Conformity may be logical

To some minds

But further definition

Will be fine

Is it just going with the flow

Or demonstrating what’s in the know

Is it sacrificing

Who you are

Or will you shine

Your own star

Conformity

It really

Your

Choice

by Bill Ferguson

The Plan

I am told there is a plan

That one has never seen

You must have faith I'm told

I know where that one has been

All the trust in the world

Ends up in one guys hands

Then we all have to pay

That is all he plans

Money comes and money goes

That’s all we ever see

Build us some larger buildings

Give power to the rich to be

And when all is said and done

The plan has fallen through

The faithful never move on

The plan has to be seen through

by Bill Ferguson

Saturday, August 3, 2024

Love Is

Love is loyal

Love is blissful

Love is security

Love is a lover,

Love is a partner,

Love is a companion,

Love is a best friend

Love is what is needed

Love is respect

Love is being in-sync

Love is a commitment

Love is a vulnerability

Love is equality

Love is patience

Love is growing together

Love is opportunities for growth,

Love is an overused word

Love is more than words

Love is beyond words

Beyond thoughts

Beyond meanings

Love is a place

Where the next level

Doesn’t exist

Love just is

by Bill Ferguson

Nuance

Just nuance

That’s all it took

The questions flew

Then there was the look

An understanding there was more

Was rejected by all in agreement

But the nuance suggested

There was more than it simply meant

by Bill Ferguson

Friday, August 2, 2024

Won’t You

Won’t you come take a walk with me

I’ll listen to your stories, ease your miseries

Hold you and hug you and leave you worry free

Won’t you come and take a walk with me

Won’t you come sing a song for me

There is strength in your voice, there are things I can see

In your words I hear what is meant to be

Won’t you come sing a song for me

Won’t you come walk here by my side

Sharing our friendship there are things to abide

Keeping comfort as in life we decide

Won’t you come walk here by my side

by Bill Ferguson

And It’s You

Well

I said well

As the sun shines brightly from above

You are my one true love

Of that I’m certain

Yes it’s true

There ain't no other

While I’m loving you

I’m loving only one girl

And it’s you

Well

I said well

The moon shines brightly from above

You are my one true love

Flowers and candy

Diamond rings

Loving the hugging

That these gifts do bring

by Bill Ferguson

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Tomato Tomato

I say graduation

You say meditation

Hesitation

Fascination

Intense vibrations

Anticipation

In preparation

There is a conversation

Looking for cooperation

While exercising your imagination

There is no indication of reservation

Simply infatuation

Leading to consolation

Maybe an invitation

Wouldn't that be a revelation

Maybe an indication of a celebration

With no consternation

But possibly indignation

Tomato, tomato

Potato, potato

It is never what it seems

by Bill Ferguson

Writing 101

Economy of words

Memorable melody

Rings true in your heart

Captures your imagination

States something you believe

Touches other people’s lives

Sense it when you hear it

Well crafted,

Easily memorable,

Universally relatable

A sense of authenticity

Fills us with joy,

Get us singing

Get us dancing

Bring us to tears,

Serve as a time machine.

Measures up

Descriptive

Emotional

Melodramatic

Filled with fun

by Bill Ferguson