Poetry of a Lifetime

Friday, August 16, 2024

Danced Into Fire

It was a warm summer night

You were chancing a dance with me

If this did work out right

Romance waited at the seams

There was fire in your eyes

A grand thought had sprung to life

Enhancing the smile on your face

Your hand warm in mine

All night long we danced

Danced deep with desire

Murmuring sweet words

As we danced into the fire

A glance that was exciting

It advanced my beating heart

A brand that was so inviting

Fanning what we did start

by Bill Ferguson

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Whispers In The Night

Sisters whisper in mid flight

Sleight of hand does not make it right

It festers softly to the core

One might wonder what’s in store

Back door whispers in the night

Gaining strength in their might

Thoughts cavort urging more

Itching moments to ignore

Can’t believe the situation

Mounting misinformation

Dream of things moving on

Having to live with the con

Sister’s whisper in mid flight

Continuing a path they crave

Believing in their might

No life is worth this kind of fight

by Bill Ferguson

Crawling Up The Hill Blues

It may be a second

It may be an hour

It may be a lifetime

I want to crawl up that hill with power

I got me the crawling up the hill blues

It may take some time but that’s what I’m gonna do

It may take a while

I may be crawling blind

There may be some problems

I want to work through it with my mind

I got me the crawling up the hill blues

It may take some time but that’s what I’m gonna do

I wish that there was

A straightforward strategy

Under my will power

I’ve gotta take the steps best for me

I got me the crawling up the hill blues

It may take some time but that’s what I’m gonna do

by Bill Ferguson

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

The Saddest Blues

Oh the things I say

The things I see

The way ideas

Are always coming at me

I am at the bottom

I’m looking up

Past the floors

Filled with other people's stuff

There are some days

There are some more

I get so tired

People knocking on my door

I wish I had

Minimalist views

So much in the world

Seems to be such bad news

I’m talking paying heavy dues

The no good saddest blues

The worst things in the world

Become my point of view

by Bill Ferguson

Cool Breeze

Cool breeze

Coming over me

There’s a cool breeze

Coming over me

Turn my attention to detail

Mama let me be

Cool breeze

I need some

It’s a cool breeze

Refreshing outcome

Give my heart and soul

It’s been quite a run

Turn up

Turn on

Reach inside

Find me some

A cool breeze ripples

Brings the crowd

To their knees

A cool breeze tipples

Makes the band play

On and on

A cool breeze makes me

Want to be more awesome

by Bill Ferguson

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

A Life I Have Lived

I walk down

Empty streets

Listening for

A heartbeat

Cold winds

Begin to blow

As I walk

Far from home

I’ve lived my life

I’ve live it well

So many to stories

That compel

Take me up

And back again

Loving a life

That remains

Oh a life I have lived

Oh what a life I have been given

Lived my life

In summer breeze

Capturing

All my needs

Warm winds

Boosted me

Filled me up

So I could be

Warm hearts flowed

All around me

Giving love

So I could be

Love is gone

Much too soon

My love could

Fill a room

Oh a life I have lived

Oh what a life I have been given

by Bill Ferguson

Thought Police Never Bend

It’s interesting to see

Others expectations

Of what life is supposed to be

Each so different

So special so unique

Until the day comes

When they attempt

To impose them on you

The thought police

Never bend

The thought police

Never bend

As long as you are bending

They want to be your friend

Then they wonder why you are strange

For all their attempts to rearrange

How you are

Supposed to

Act and see

Think and feel

So I wonder what is the deal

Why the control

Exists and never ends

Thought police never bend

by Bill Ferguson

Monday, August 12, 2024

Sleep Is On My Mind

My brain’s keeping me awake

Too many thoughts I’ve to partake

Making me wonder if it will

Ever just shut itself down

From its attempts to astound

I don’t know what is in store

I know I need to sleep some more

It’s always good to get some rest

Helps me to be at my best

Instead of feeling confound

Think about some minor things

Like why Saturn has all its rings

A question no one is aware

Does it even have a spare

Out there just hanging around

Sleep is on my mind

Too many thoughts in my head

Keeping me awake instead

Alarms go off and I feel so tired

Always stuck in a mire

Get to work it goes bad

I feel I’m being had

Head back home get into bed

I’d rather be here instead

Sleep is on my mind

I fall asleep at odd hours

I am a slave to its powers

Once I took a nap on a train

Somehow I ended up in Spain

No cure for a lack of sleep

Sleep is on my mind

by Bill Ferguson

Railroad Blues

Baby went joy riding

Down the rail

Baby went joy riding

Down the rail

Now my baby

Can’t make bail

Saw her just the

Other morn

Saw her just the

Other morn

With new baby

Just been born

It was mine

What she said

It was mine

What she said

I know a line

I’m being fed

She looked at me

Said baby please

She looked at me

Said baby please

Can you put

My mind at ease

She took a train

Late at night

She took a train

Late at night

Watched her go

Out of my sight

by Bill Ferguson