Poetry

Scenic routes
Parlayed with angry bouts
Flooded winters with summer droughts

Calm winds
Soothe the fire within
Religious chants versus solitary hymns

Silent nights
Reaching audible heights
The blind woman visiting historic sites

Solid persistence
Met with stronger resistance
Old age faced with eternal existence

Serene waves
Conquered by enraged slaves
Only met by land to fill their graves

Woeful elation
Brought on by liberation
Willfully trapped in a free nation

“There has been an accident.”
To family the officer explains
While volunteers below
Scour the sea for remains

Searchlights bounce off waves
As debris floats by
Fog begins to move in
The rescued in blankets, dry

Weary, a man rests on his knees
Aglow with red and blue light
He holds his head and weeps
“Why” he asks the night

Like angels they have fallen
From 40,000 feet above
Where they have just departed
They will soon return with love

As the plane neared earth
A mother recited a psalm
What started as fear and anger
Will end in peace and calm

A man cries frantically
The rest understand their fate
All will fly to heaven
For none are filled with hate

Mothers hold their children
And take their final breath
Truth has entered in
For there is life after death

Thoughts float through my mind
Drifting like a boat through time
I feel like a clock without hands
Or a bell without a chime

Late nights I hear the city breathing
What am I here for when am I leaving
Alone I ask the dark a question
I need an answer give me a reason

Like so many men before me
How long can I suffer for only glory
I wish upon my death
More is remembered than just my story

Now looking to God high above me
Do you hear me, do you still love me
I know I haven’t been a perfect child
But on my arrival will you still hug me

You haven’t always been by my side
Many days alone I’ve cried
But I won’t forget what you’ve done for me
I’m still blessed from when I almost died

As I feel, I will leave, alone
Striped of my body, as a man I’ve grown
Happy I will be, on the day
my memory is etched in stone

The progression of thought
The progression of time
I once was lost
But now I’m blind

Is it better to see?
Is it better to feel?
Through the pass of time
I’ve lost what’s real

Searching for answers
Searching for clues
I try to be perfect
But what’s the use

I see what is right
I see what is wrong
But the road often traveled
Takes much to long

I’m anxious for love
I’m anxious for life
I’ve been enraged
But never do I strike

I need to feel peace
I need to feel calm
I need inspiration
To keep me strong

I gather my strength
I gather my things
As I embrace all
That my life brings

Why do people do what they do?
And what drives them to do it?
…. I wish I knew.

Why do people act the way they act?
And what goes through their mind?
…. I wish I could track.

Why do people say the things they say?
And do they mean it afterwards?
.… I wish it weren’t that way.

Why do people feel the way they feel?
And is anger stronger than friendship?
…. I wish I knew the deal.

Why do people live the way they live?
And why don’t they consider others?
…. I wish I could forgive.

Why do people write what they write?
And why are they braver with a pen?
…. I wish everyone was polite.

Why must things be this way?
And why do they not change?
…. Day to day I continue to pray.

Why do I get along better with a stranger than I do with a friend?
At what point in my life does making ends meet end?

Why am I lonely surrounded by a mass of people I know?
Why do I feel the emotions but feel I must not show?

Can I ever be certain that my love is more than lust?
Why do I let myself go around people I do not trust?

Why do I end up at the same place that I start?
Why can’t I display the vast feelings of my heart?

How long do I try before deciding to end my dreams?
Why does the world look more open than it seems?

Why does the past always look better than the present?
But why do I remember that while living it, I resent it?

Why do my thoughts eat at my insides like a cancer?
Why does it seem impossible to find the right answer?

When I look back
And see what I’ve done
I long to hear songs
I’ve long since sung

Playing in the water
Dancing in the rain
I had life. For it was
A Life without pain

I watch the weather
And the days change
I become trapped
In my perfect cage

I move through life
While I look ahead
I dream awake
As I lie in bed

What will happen
What will I become
Through my trials
I will not succumb

I must be successful
In my never-ending quest
I realize now I was, am
And will be blessed

I wrote this hoping that you might read it.
I have never met you, but I hope to soon.
I’ve dreamt of you often but not often enough.
You are everything I’ve always wanted.
You are an angel, a goddess and a princess.
Your smile makes my day perfect.
Your eyes say the world to me.
Your laugh is a siren’s song.
Your touch heals my deepest wounds.
Your voice soothes my sorrow.
Your scent is that of a spring day.
Your beauty is unparalleled.
Your imperfections make you perfect.
You make my life worthwhile.
I will not be afraid to love you.
I will open up my heart to you.
I will share my life with you.
You enchant and entrap me.
You are my everything.
You light my world.
Please let me know when you get this.
I love you.