Friday, July 20, 2018
why
why
i feel
words
from
within
need
so much
to be
written
i don't
well
know
yet
feeling
compelled
on to
paper
the
words
go
© 2017
Monday, July 2, 2018
gloomy rooms without a wall
gloomy rooms without a wall
a window a ceiling or a door
shadowy stairways that lead
neither up nor down to another floor
dark corridors that seem to lead
endlessly from corridor to corridor
i feel that somehow i have been
in this horrid place before
am i the doomed occupant or
just some unwelcomed visitor
what is it that i'm running from
what is it that i'm searching for
i don't seem to know at all and nor
can i be certain or even sure
that this is only a dismal dream
a dismal dream and nothing more
and yet whether i awake or sleep
what is it that i'm living for
is it not only to dream
and dream forevermore
of the one and only lovely one i love
that i will be with nevermore
© 2017
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
love
love
what of
love
love
i know
nothing of
i know not
the signs of
nor the designs of
the why for
the where of
how to try for
nor the the care of
i know not
how to begin love
nor be in love
never shown love
never known love
was never loved
nor ever loved
love
what i know of
love
is that i know of
no love
copyright 2017
what of
love
love
i know
nothing of
i know not
the signs of
nor the designs of
the why for
the where of
how to try for
nor the the care of
i know not
how to begin love
nor be in love
never shown love
never known love
was never loved
nor ever loved
love
what i know of
love
is that i know of
no love
copyright 2017
Thursday, May 3, 2018
were i but the poorest poet be
were i but the poorest poet be
with what words would i not
attempt to paint a portrait of thee
the bountiful beauty of your lot
with what words would i try to trace
every delicate delightful detail
and form of your perfect fine fair face
yet i fear mere words would only fail
to yield a picture of your perfection
wanting words would not but flaw
and blemish your beauty upon reflection
worthless words would not begin to recall
what God created with such grace
your most immaculate and so beautiful face
©2017
these things i know
these things i know
that love has left
and gone long ago
i have not the hope
for life nor love
i could never reach
nor ever rise above
these chains that bind
torment and torture me
hold me fast firm and confined
to my hideousness
and deformity
©2017
Monday, April 23, 2018
i set my sight
i set my sight upon a sparkling solitary star
shimmering silvery in a somber sky of night
fathoming it was far away much too far
still of all the stars shining most sublimely bright
brilliant beauty beyond my able reach to touch
sorrow and sadness are mine much way too much
© 2017
Thursday, April 12, 2018
a poet i am not
a poet i am not
nor could i ever be
i have not a poet's observant eye
with which to look and also see
i have not a poet's attentive ear
with which to listen and also hear
i have not a poet's predilection
nor talent to find the words to express
the overwhelming sadness of beauty
nor the beauty of tender sadness
nor the persistent longing inside
that leaves one so lonely and unsatisfied
where can one so base find words
to describe the unceasing sorrow
of love not requited and wasted youth
passing so swiftly into tomorrow
i have not the gift nor ability
to transform mere words into poetry
© 2017
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