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EMANCIPATION PART 1 ( 1949 )

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Bare skeletons now etched against a dark and somber sky

Which cannot hide some vital truths life’s weakness will deny

Though trees are not the like of man the semblance there is real

For trees are home to living things that breed and grow and feel.

And thus we look into the sky for guidance of some sort

Wherein exists one simple rule that cannot fade this thought

There is no justice only something close to compromise

That tempers what has been false suicide and loves demise.

Chaos and disorder these are our lonely heritage

There rising with painful woe to leave behind our bondage

And wasted days within a world in which we’re judged by time

With fit and sleek accomplishments of our respected clime.


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Freedom, Loss, Respect, Trust

EMANCIPATION PART 2 ( 1949 )

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Seeing in the distance clearly

Future bought on terms too dearly

So dismal are hopes that echo

In some shadow of time ago

To free each lover of this care

While nature may that course impair.

Last remnant of deserted whims

When concert played among her limbs

A loud and far too vibrant call

Descending with unwanted pall

Upon one holy truth denied

That scope and mystic need implied

There dealt a blow that carried dread

As all her aging children fled.


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Freedom, Loss, Respect, Trust

EMANCIPATION PART 3 ( 1949 )

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They left her on the edge of space

To seek another resting place

Avow that sweet is freedoms cry

Yet truer still than words imply

To careless cast off bonds is wrong

For chains of love to life belong.

When caution seals our tongue in cheek

Some prudence tells that pride is weak

Hours and minutes however lost

With wishing can our strengths exhaust.

Small matter from whose lips it’s heard

I’ll never comprehend this word

For freedom simply means to me

To flee responsibility.


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Freedom, Loss, Respect, Trust

WASTE ( 2013 )

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There is so much love and there’s so much hate

It occurs to me that the hour grows late

And the world grows cold in its need of haste

As we ignore how much it’s laying waste

To our hopes, our joys and moderate ways,

With not one thought to the ending of days

We’ll seek answers there in the mystic deep

Because in our dreams even dragons sleep !


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Disappointment, Failure, Loss, Waste

PURPOSE ( 2013)

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Within my heart there is this hole

To fill its void becomes my goal

What shall I do if efforts fail

I’ve tried my best to lift the veil

That weighs so heavy on my chest

I cannot spare one moments rest

Until I give this empty space

Some purpose that will chance embrace

All those I’ve loved and I am sure

That without God there is no cure !


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Faith, Hope, Loss, Love

REGRETS ( 2013 )

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I met a boy I know not when

So long ago remember then

How is it that I can’t forget

Within this life a deep regret ?

I’ve turned a corner in my mind

While searching but I cannot find

The special closeness that we shared

And like most hopes were unprepared.

We did not meet, no not today

As other strangers had their way

And yet the past is always there

It mattered not  how much we cared.

In all our dreams it’s far too late

No matter then how long we’d wait

The sadness that I can’t deny

We never got to say goodbye !


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Foolish, Loss, Weakness, Youth

SADNESS ( 2013 )

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The shades of night fall oh, so silently

Upon the dimmed remainder of each day

The telltale shadows here reminding me

Of another time and another way.

There was a place so far and long ago

Perhaps one might believe it never was

I lost my heart I prayed it did not show

Sadness follows loss, it quite often does.

This heart of mine that never fret a fear

May chance survive intact with small success

So full it cannot hold another tear

Or find a love it can at last possess.


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Alone, Loss, Memories, Past

ANNA ( 2013 )


ADIEU ( 2013 )

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I am so sad I’ve lost a friend

Much too soon for ones life to end,

Seems time had only just begun

Replete with love and joy and fun,

And now to bid this last goodbye

Ere the angels teach her to fly !


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Death, Hope, Loss, Prayer

SENSELESS ( 2013 )

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The winds of war blow harsh and shrill

To pierce the heart with their bone chill

Battles fought without thought or care

While wars are waged by those who’d dare.

Fear that’s wrought upon the living

Small time spent in kindness giving

To save the world and aid the meek

The peace of God has none to speak.

There to some end that one can’t name

They kill the young, the old, the game

Both sides lay dying in the street

Finality which tastes defeat,

The sense of it one cannot see

Oh war, where is thy victory ?


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Defeat, Loss, Peace, War

ESCAPE ( 2013 )

PAST IMAGES ( 2014 )

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If love had arms, I’d clasp you close

Unto my heart and then disclose

The passion that we never knew

Just lingered there and grew and grew.

It simmered on the edge of fate

It flourished soon but came too late

There never was one chance that we

Would spend our lives in parity.

But that was oh, so long ago

Who can remember, who will know

Sometimes a breeze caresses me

What is it that I cannot see ?


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Acceptance, Loss, Peace, Truth

HOMAGE ( 2014 )

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When I remember yesterday

So long ago and faraway

I chuckle and I laugh aloud

(Between just us or in a crowd).

We had such fun both you and I

All through those years before goodbye

A mother and her child were we

Who lived in peaceful harmony.

Along the way we both grew old

Still sharing stories to be told

I hope you know how much you’re missed

And what I’d give for one last kiss !


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Honor, Loss, Love, Mother

SEPARATION ( 2014 )

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I felt the rain come rushing down

So hard it forced my tears to drown

And wash away to have no place

Here in my hollow lonely space !

The tears are old, the rain was new

Reliving days when we were two

Together on life’s crowded road

A hectic pace with heavy load !

Sometimes the things we don’t control

Perhaps deserve a lesser role

Since we are blinded by the past,

Know that some loves can never last !


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Blindness, Failure, Loss, tears

TIME’S UP ( 2014 )

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The time has come, the time has gone

The time is now to voice alarm

Our world has changed make no mistake

No time is left to catch a break.

The days grow short, I fear the count

With each new moon the totals mount.

When will the clock that ticks away

The hours and minutes of each day

Declare that life is just pretend

And moving closer to its end ?

I do not know, I wonder why

Can it be worth another try ?


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Chance, Hope, Loss, Waste

PRAYER OF SILENCE ( 2014 )

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Another day dawns full of light

To breach the stillness of the night

Under the clouds of starry sky

While angels weep and brave men cry.

Pray for silence of noise and din

Our worlds are suffering within

What words have I to offer you,

Oh Lord of all, this can’t be true !

What evil deeds are flung about

By those who claim to be devout

If this is life for fellow man

There’s no escape, no other plan !

 


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Loss, Peace, Sadness, Truth

SILENT REQUIEM ( 2014 )

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These prayers are for those sad of heart

With grief for they who sudden part

Each hero’s death too high a cost

Who guides their way among our lost ?

While heroes live in memory

Such memories are never free

Their price is great who knows how much

What tears we shed or hearts we touch ?

When will this sacrifice be done

How long before the battle’s won

Ask God, please help our treasures save

How many more must greet the grave ?


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Death, Failure, Loss, War

HAVE WE THE TIME ? ( 2014 )

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What madness here that I can see

With strength that overpowers me

And grows intense as days go by

To watch our freedoms fade and die ?

Where is the world that I once knew

Its courage strong, it’s values true

While shadows fall upon the thieves

And on the streets the poplace grieves ?

This country that we love so much

Suffers greatly from Midas’ touch

When will this deity be gone

Have we the time to wait that long ?

 

 


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Ambition, Deception, Failure, Loss

DADDY DEAR ( 2014 )

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Sixty-five years ago today

My father died, he passed away

We did not know if we’d survive

How would we keep ourselves alive ?

It wasn’t easy I’ll tell you

But we were strong and made it through

It’s true to say that I’m the last

With memories of that sad past !

Such feelings one can never share

Perhaps you know if you’ve been there

So long ago it’s like a dream

That wakens with a silent scream !

He missed it all, the laughs and sighs

The joyous days, the sad goodbyes

How many times I’ve wished you here

My heart still aches for Daddy dear !

 

 

 

 

 


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Forever, Loss, Sadness, Tragedy

LOST YESTERDAYS ( 2014 )

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Some memories I can’t retrace

They’re part of this my final race

Like thieves that scampered into night

Whose victims never knew the right.

The aged man the sweet-faced boys

Who filled my days with endless joys

Their names leap off my secret page

Now I have reached declining age.

Amid the faces I have kept

Are tears I’ve hid and never wept

While time each lonely fragment keeps

My heart recoils and weeps and weeps !

I prayed I might amend my sight

To never face that lost daylight

I could not bear those days again

That patient silent waiting pain.

 


Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES Tagged: Loss, Remembrance, Silence, tears
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