The First
Wave
1
I see another standing
On the road of lost concerns
Where
My heart
My soul seldom desire
Its course
So
I
Need to know
If they will be willing enough
To
Keep on going
When the going gets rough
A cry
Of relief
Someone is there
They
Wait for me
Hopes
In the air
I see their hand
Reaching
Out to mine
Offering
To me
Their reason of rhyme
Yet
I have a doubting
Deep down inside
Of
A fearful moment
That I must hide
Nevertheless
Am taking their hand
Hoping to regain
That
Place, in this world
Where my sanity reigns
Where
Love found
Is
Its endeavor
And
The truth
Of that love
Is
Always forever
Therefore
For today
I stand
By their side
Walking
With them
Stride in stride
A lonely heart
Full
Of pride
Trying
Desperately
Only
To survive
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Road of hope
2
Some times
The distance
That you keep
Is difficult for me
To bear
Or even understand
All I can say
Is trust me
Believe in me
Moreover,
I will do the same
For you
Even if
To make you happy
Means to leave you
To yourself
Until you need
Me
I will
Tears in all
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Distance
3
To those that have enslaved themselves
To their own truths
You must reform
Or you shall never attain
The enlightenment you seek
Hence you shall walk
Aimlessly
In ignorance
With fear forever
While the elite
That have devoted
Their life to this
Braking of those chains
Are reaching towards
Their higher self
That is in all humanity
To be revealed in this world
This day
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Higher Self
4
Burdened by pressure
Obstacles become its hunger
Bombarded
Demanding
Energy drained
Tearing down
Your barriers
Restraining
Confining
Your flow of energy
Release your inner frustration
Clear your mind
Think of your future
Moreover
Try not to cry
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Pressure
5
It is declared
That when you become
Part of someone else
You sometimes lose part of yourself
And that’s the very least
Of what just might happen
More fortunate
Are those, that gain
A new language of love
Stumble on to a system
Not yet, taken
To heart
All this
While giving up
What Little
Independence
They have left
Between self
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Independence
6
Walk with me
Be quite
Speak not
A word
Listen to your heart
To those inner
Feelings
The ones
Seldom heard
Nor felt
And almost
Forgotten,
Do you hear me
There
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Hear me
7
Our eyes meet
As you crossed
The room
In the reflective light
Of the night
Sediment
Catching your present
Was by chance
It was that chance
I wanted
Waited for
It became
Our opportunity
Allowing us
That moment
We both needed
For
The world
Became known
To only
Us
That was
Just our first
Short-lived
Moment of
That night
The rest
Became
Those lasting memories
To be remembered
In moments of reflection
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Passing
8
If we be
As A poet
If we create
With each word
That we write
If our words
Take on the form
Of moments lived
Written down
If our form
Takes on a life
Of its own
Than
We are as god
Or
Is god
Really
The greater
Of the poet’s
In
Us
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Poet
9
Taking love in stride
Or
Taking love at all
I can accept
The fact
That love
Is love
However, I understand it
Not
Yet I found myself
Still accepting the chase
And
Wondering why
When I run slower now
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Chase
10
The clock of time
Wound but once
And
No one has the power
To tell just when
The hands of time will stop
At late
Or early hour
This is the time
You have
You own
So live
Love
Toil with will
And
Place no faith
In tomorrow
For than the clock may
Be still
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Clock
11
To need someone in your life
Is not the same as wanting them
For needs often are over driven by desires
Clouding the mind with an illusion
Whereas wanting shows a clarity of insight
In thoughts balanced by emotions
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Needs
12
In lands of emerald-green
Under a black velvet sky
She waits for him there
Hopeful and very shy
Will he return like the sun
To rise within her soul
Warming her heart
With his rays
Of a passionate heat
Rejoicing her soul
With his love
Comforting her mind
With his compassion
As with the sun
He brings to her
Anticipation
As the twilight
Of the dawning day
Shines thru
His shadow emerges
From the mist
Out of the valley
Of her despair
To the summit
Of her hope
To the passion
Of her
Love
She waits no longer
Her sun is rising, shining
Casting his shadow
Upon hers
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Rising
13
She woke this morning
With a smile upon her face
You know the one
I am talking about
The one that replaces
Loneliness
While
Offering a rebirth
To the soul
That comes
With
Loving or loved
Oh, how
I hope
She keeps it
There
It fits her
Well
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Morning Delight
14
Your appearance
Your words
Your actions
Are never greater than
Yourself
For your soul
Is your house
Your eyes
Its windows
Your heart
Its doors
Your words
Are the communication
To welcome all
That arrives
At the entrance
Of your being
To see
Your emergence
As the truth
To your
Existence
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Arrival Revealed
15
I celebrate your eyes
Because they looked
At me
I celebrate being
Lost
For the reason that
It let me
Stumble upon you
Because of you
I am no larger
Than my self
I am as big
As both of us
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I Celebrate
16
Once upon a time
Love set me free
After love had gone
I had merely myself
So, if I love again
I will share it with another
Until than my love
Lives alone
Because the lovers
I imagine
Are safer than the ones
I have known
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I Am Safer
17
Morning came again
Like it has before
Without
My awareness
To its
Rising
But tomorrow
I will be awake
For its presence
As it has
Often waited
For me and mine
For no one
Can kill
The morning’s light
Though sometimes the world
Seems bent
On trying
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Morning Light
18
Maybe there are no more doors
Needing opened
If that’s so
I’m glad that the last one
Opened to you
Your heart
Your soul
Most of all
Your trust
I love you
For answering your door
To my knock
Openly widely
To your heart
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Maybe