Tis.....

What I think of...
What I dream of...
What I pray
I'll find the way of...
                                  Love.

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Where Have You Gone, Amelia Earhart?

Where have you gone, Amelia?
Where have the wild winds taken you?
The fates are crying gently
To see you sail into the blue.
You were the news we longed for
From dawn to setting sun.
The world is waiting, watching.
Amelia, where have you gone?

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Hustle * Bustle * Push * Pull

The ever changing skyline of the city by the bay
Is a fascinating creature and a challenge every day.

The people and the bustle and the hustle of the rush
In the ever moving, pulling, pushing, cramming, crazy crush.

It's enough to make you crazy; to push you to the brink.
It can grind your brain to sausage; Drive a sober man to drink.

But the millions seem to love it,
And they come back every day.
They swarm in from suburbia
Like sheep who’ve lost their way.

They do their little daily tasks
To serve their fellow man,
And when they're done they run for home
As quickly as they can.

But that's the way things happen;
The way it's always been.
The winners wind up losers.
The losers seldom win.

So, we feed the social creature
So as not to make us lazy,
And we come back to the city
For our daily dose of crazy.

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The Miracles of Life

Ours is a memory of sweeter days gone by.
Days of lilting laughter; nights to make us cry.
Memories of growing up in harmony, through strife,
Learning through experience the miracles of life.

Miracles of "laughter" and good humor that we share;
"Faith" and "hope" and "charity";
The things that make us care...
"Compassion" for our fellow-man, and with the one above...
"Friendship" lodged with "loyalty". "trust" begetting "love"...
"Aspirations" giving rise to even greater change.
While "health" will bear our burden,
And "truth" will hold the reins.

And all of these are miracles.
Each cause has its effect.
And every one will follow one,
And each one will direct
Us as we make our way from dawn to dusk.
They give us our direction;
For each one has a special link...
A valuable connection.
And when they come together
To form that special chain,
It's a band that can't be broken
And no mortal can explain.

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All Your Sweet Love

All your sweet love
You give to me.
Heart filled with passion
So heavenly.
Safe in your arms
I long to be.
Now and forever
You give to me
All you sweet love.

Two hearts together
Beating as one.
Arms to enfold me
Awaiting the dawn.

All your sweet love
You save for me.
We'll be together
Eternally.
Always your love
I vow to be.
Now and forever
You give to me
Your sweet love.
All your sweet love.

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ROADS

ROADS            BEFORE

   ME.

ROADS BEHIND

ME.

ROADS TRAVERSED.
ROADS UNTRAVELLED///////////

SO MANY PLACES TO GO>>>>>>
SO MANY WAYS TO TRAVEL ########

BUT THE ROAD THAT I FOUND LEADING TO YOUR HEART

IS THE MOST TREASURED 

            PATHWAY

OF MY LIFE

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Isn't It?

Helping me
Helplessly.
Help, lest we fail.

Needing me
Needlessly.
Need we prevail?

Arrogance drives
While ignorance strives,
And love merely dies.
What a pity.

However we long
To never be wrong
And always be strong...
If not witty.

It must hold true.
We must carry through.
We need to have love...
We must have love!

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Autumn Leaves

The most beautiful sight this world will see
Is the autumn shades of a leafy tree.
Yellow, orange, red and gold;
Their colors stand out so gallant... So bold.

The autumn tree stands straight,
Stands tall...
Turns away none...
Offers shelter to all.
Until cruel winter winds,
The sleet, the snow
Make waste of the colors
That so brightly glow.

But I'm not downhearted, not filled with dismay,
When cold cruel winter chases autumn away.
I know the spring blossoms
And warm summer rain
Will bring autumn leaves
Back to me again.

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Acceptance

I waft a sigh,
Suppress a cry,
Considering alternatives.
This one, that one, which one
Holds the recipe acceptance gives.
Must I seek to die to find
That Xanadu where comfort lives
Or is there something in between
Where hope can breathe
And life forgives?
Acceptance is the thorny prize,
The brass ring on the carousel.
The more often we can grab it
The less likely we are bent to fail.
The process may be fraught with doubt,
Denial and anger too may follow
And pride may tend to overstep
To make decisions hard to swallow,
A step away from yea or nay,
A courtship of insanity,
The last step in the grieving process,
The first step toward humanity.

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The Willows Again

I feel so lonely deep inside.
I want to see the willows again.
I used to wave as they waved back;
Or were they waving at the wind.

They were so graceful swaying there,
Bending down and sweeping low.
The gentle breezes in their hair...
They love the breeze you know.

I remember the day as I lay in her shade...
The sky was sinking ...red and gold.
When suddenly I turned my eye
In wonder to behold
A sight I'll not forget
If I lived a thousand years.

Silhouetted in the sky,
An eagle sweeping slowly 'round.
The beauty of that moment was
The greatest I have ever found.

The sky...
The eagle...
The willow...
And me.

Standing.
Flying.
Waiting.
Friends.

We captured that time and made it our own.
Oh! To see the willows again.

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The Long Way Around Is the Sweetest Way Home

The long way around is the sweetest way home,
Or so I've heard country folk say.
No matter how far you may wander or roam,
The long way around is the sweetest way home.

When I was much younger than I am today
My time was too precious to flitter away.
I rushed and I hurried at work and at play
Until one day I heard a friend of mine say,
"The long way around is the sweetest way home.
You see things much better that way."
No matter how far you may wander or roam,
The long way around is the sweetest way home.

We'll stop on the way
Just to savor the day,
And we'll watch and we'll listen
To what people say.
We'll smell all the roses
And not be alone.
The long way around is the sweetest way home.

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She

The world is wonderful today.
The sun is shining in the sky.
The clouds are few and fluffy white
And you are by my side.

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Merry-Go-Round

When you came into my life
I discovered how good life could be.
Before I never realized all the emptiness in me.
But now my life is a carousel
Made for just you and I,
And we will ride on our merry-go-round...
We'll never touch the ground...
Until it's time for us to say goodbye.

And I hope that goodbye never comes.
I'll pray 'til the day I die, goodbye never comes.
We'll never be lonely.
We'll never be blue.
We'll ride on our merry-go-round
'Til all our dreams come true.

Please, don't ever doubt me by asking me why.
But as long as our love is free, it never will die.

So, darling come to me now
And discover how good life can be.
There's no need for us to ask how.
It's easy to see
That our life is a merry-go-round
Made for just you and I.
And we will ride on our merry-go-round,
We'll never touch the ground,
Until it's time for us to say goodbye.

And I hope that goodbye never comes.
I'll pray 'til the day I die, goodbye never comes.
We'll never be lonely.
We'll never be blue.
We'll ride on our merry-go-round
'Til all our dreams come true.

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Seasons of Love

As the piper pipes...
And the songstress sweetly sings of love...
And the lilacs fragrantly bloom in springtime...

As the crooner croons...
And the lovers love in sweet loveliness...
And the summer breezes blow gently through her hair...

As the songbird sings...
And the jesters jest so jovially...
And autumn's myriad of colors glow in the sunlight...

As the strings play...
And the distant drums fade in the sunset...
And the gentle snow makes barren a host of color
And purifies the earth in a cloak of white...

As my love for you...
As I live for you...
As I long for you... My love.

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Star

A star sits up in the sky
Looking down at the universe
In awesome wonder.
It never says a word,
But peaks its head
Out of the dark shadows of nothingness,
And sits
Winking at the magnificent beauty of earth.
A star is a very peculiar thing...
Whereas we go to bed when the dark comes,
And wake with the light,
A star does just the opposite...
For it is very shy.

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Rain

The rain is coming down outside,
But I ain't gonna run and hide.
I'm standing in the pouring rain,
But if I really had a brain,
I'd turn and go inside.

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Limericks

Bingo is a game for fun.
Mingo was an Indian.
Hapless... Hopeless...
Smoking dope is stupid.
Eat a bun.
Fingers point. "Shame, shame" they say.
There's got to be a better way.
Be nice. Think twice.
The spice of life is
Making hay from day to day.
It's time we all got serious.
It tends to make me curious;
The way we waste
Our lives in haste
Just simply makes me furious.
So, eat a pickle, pucker lips.
Twist and shout and shake your hips.
But don't dismay,
Another day
Will come your way like passing ships.
We meet. We talk. We pass the day.
We try to find that golden bay
That lies serene
A golden dream
To come and sweep our hearts away.
If you don't find your dream today,
You simply choose another way.
You scratch and bite
With all your might
For what is right to do and say.
You keep your dream deep in your heart
To feed and nurture from the start.
You watch it grow
Until you know
You've made it. You're a part.
So, don't go giving up on schemes
Though disappointment sometimes seems
To come your way.
You'll find someday
You've realized your dreams.

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Someday I'll Write You a Poem

Someday I'm going to write you a poem.
You may not know it at the time.
It may not have a scheme or rhyme.
But nevertheless
I'll try my best,
And someday I'll write you a poem.

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Harvest of Stars

On a wondrously warm silent evening
With the galaxies flaunting their wares,
I stare at the diamond light beaming,
Forgetting all worries and cares.

And the starlight beams down to caress me,
And it cradles the world near and far;
Smiling sweetly and softly above me
As I reap a harvest of stars.

Hello, is there anyone out there?
Are you asking the same thing of me?
If so, are you wearing my blank stare?
If not, then the show is for free.

So, I'll stay here and gaze at the heavens,
And think about life up on mars.
I'll dream about going there someday
As I gather my harvest of stars.

My friends say that I 'm just a dreamer;
My eyes trained too much on the sky.
But my heavenly infatuation
Is a fact that I just can't deny.

So I'll stay here and gaze at the heavens,
And dream about life up on mars.
I'll dream about going there someday
As I gather my harvest of stars.

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Flower

In the

Mist---------------------------------------

There

  grows a

Flower.............

That

Glistens

With the

Sparkle

Of dew drops

***a beacon***

In a world of

Darkness.

       

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Light

Light!  Bright.
Light? Right.
Right bright
Is bright light.
Sun? Fun...
Funny sun
Is bright light.
Light? Good...
Good would be
Bright light.
Light? Right.
Keep your light.
Shine it bright...
It's all all right
In bright light.

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Signs of Spring

The blue jay laughs at the young termite
Who tries to cut down the great pine tree.
   The wind sighs through the thickly needled pine.
   The lilac's fragrance is one of a kind,
   And the quiet spring rainbow smiles down at me.

The showers come softly, soothing and quiet.
The sweet shrub in the meadow grows wild and free.
   The wind sighs through the thickly needled pine.
   The lilac's fragrance is one of a kind,
   And the quiet spring rainbow smiles down at me.

Daffodils smile sweetly as they rise to kiss the sun.
The dogwood flaunts its' stately ware for all the world to see.
   The wind sighs through the thickly needled pine.
   The lilac's fragrance is one of a kind,
   And the quiet spring rainbow smiles down at me.

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Calendar

Three hundred sixty five partitioned units...
Partitioned to twenty four.
Multiplied by seven...
Divided by twelve or more
Or less or in between,
Except for one that's never seen,
But pops up each second even year.
All this makes a calendar.

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Such Is the Plight of Man

Flowers in spring prefer growing in crowds.
They seem a sociable cult.
But flowers can never grow on a cloud
With any successful result.

A cloud is unstable, acceptive to change.
They lose their bearing to the wind in exchange
For a free-born spirit to stroll 'cross the blue
To wherever the wind wants to carry them to.

But flowers are stable, their roots need the soil.
They reach for the sun. They labor and toil
To free their roots from the bonds that confine;
To rescue their souls, deliver their minds
So that they too may fly where the free wind may bid;
To see what's to see; to shout it out loud;
I'm free, I'm whole, my bloom is unhid."
...But a flower can't grow on a cloud.

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Patience Is a Virtue

@%#!*t5w

Blankety blank  blank
Dad-blame, carn-sarn
Heck and gosh almighty.
Blow you top and you'll feel better.
That for sure alrighty.

It makes no difference whose feelings you hurt...
Makes no difference who you treat like dirt.
Just stomp on your friends and your brother and all,
Or anyone else who stands too tall.

It's fine to stand up for what's right I should think.
It's fine, but no need to make such a stink.
Because patience is a virtue you can't overplay,
And something we all should practice each day.

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I Think I'll Live Forever

I think I'll live forever;
See no reason why I shouldn't.
I argued with a fellow once   
Who told me that I couldn't.
"You've got to die", he said to me.
"It's all a part of living".
It seemed to me a dumb remark,
But I can be forgiving.
No need to make a big "to do"
About a small request.
I'd like to live forever
And I plan to do my best
To make it just as far in life
As possibly I can.
If I don't make it,
I'll live 'til I die,
And take it like a man.

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Just like a boy

I've never seen more
And I've never seen less
Than a wee little boy
Make a great big mess.

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Worry

Worry  worry
Hurry scurry,
Makes you seem
All in a flurry.

Makes you feel bad,
Wears you out.
Makes you almost want to shout.

We all have problems...
All worry some,
But worrying about things
Won't get them done.
So
Think out your worries.
Find out what's wrong.
You'll find that your worries
Will soon be gone.

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Fire

Sitting by the fireside...
Much too cold to go outside...
Watching the wind thrust forth and back...
Fighting the pine with a whip and a crack...

     "Pop" the fire bursts onto the hearth.
     The flame sings "crack" and "crackle" again.
     The tall smoke rises into the skies
     To be toppled by the wind.

But the fire is confined, its anger is stored
In the corner of light it supplies,
Until its anger consumes it in flame,
And thus in defiance, it dies.

But it sings in its anguish,
It longs to be free.
To those who confine it, it longs to decree
Its terrible force, its unleashed power,
The sorrow it leaves as it starts to cower.

     And I think...
Is not this the story of men?
To live, to grow stronger, to fight to the end,
And on leaving leave sorrow
That grows less each tomorrow.

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Madness

A madness of perplexity

Is what this 

World

Looks like to me.

Right and wrong

Are all the same;

Depending on who runs "the game".

Anarchy rules supreme in my mind***

Leaving

All

Sense

Of 

Logic

Behind.
I become a giant.
Ibecomeanelf
I search and I search,

But I can't find myself.

I live and I learn...but get nowhere.........
But when I'm gone, will anyone care?
Will the world go on?

It survived before...

I'm sure when I leave

It 

Will

Do

It

Once

More.

This "madness" is not an obsession with me
For these thoughts are only a       

  drop in the sea.

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To Be a Man

The noise outside is silently growing
To fill the room with emptiness,
And the problems of the world
Ride through the air of time and mind
To rest on the shoulders of each and every man.

To take them seriously:
To make him thoughtful,
To make him concerned,
To make him forlorn,
To make him belong.

To take them lightly:
To make him thoughtless,
To make him discerned,
To make him cajoling,
To make him trivial.

To be a man; to be a part
He must lend a hand; must give his heart.
For he who is careless is nothing but wrong,
And he who is thoughtless can never belong.

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Think

That little thing inside a person...
        Conflicting right and wrong...
        Distinguishing good from evil...
        Turning desire into achievement...
        Transforming guilt into restitution...

A conscience.

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