The Third Wave

WORDS OF LOVE, WISDOM, HATE AND ANGUISH

The Third Wave

 

1
I woke this morning
Thinking of you
That is nothing new
I fall asleep the same way
The only difference is
Now
I am alone
When I do

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Alone

2
With the coming of the night
A great solitude engulfs me
My problems fade within the darkness
Moreover, quietness invades my soul
I know my problems will return
With the light of day
But for now
My mind finds its rest
In the searching of my soul
Thru its eternal play

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Solitude

3
Call us what you may
Call us what you might
We do not care
We know we are right
Take away our freedoms
Take away our rights
We do not care
We are here in spite

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Tea Party Chant

4
See the woman on the street
Walking as if she’s lost
Dressed in her fineness attire
She waits for her date
She will not remain there long
In the cold of that darkness

 

She knows not his name
Nor cares if she ever does
For she picks him by sight
A random shot
In the shade of night
Lust becomes the opportunity

 

For love
As false as it is
Its love offered
Taken
And then
Thrown away

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Street Meet

5
I find myself
Watching the new falling snow
Covering footsteps
Made by the people in passing
Of one anotherYet I still catch myself
Trying hard to see yours
I know
You walk this way
No more

 

Still the footprints are there
Buried beneath
The memories
Even as I wait for spring
To melt them away
They will
It seems
Always, be there
Imprinted on those
Sidewalks

 

That we use to
Genteelly walk
In those times of love
I long for the time
When they remain
No longer
On those sidewalks in passing
I long to see
New footprints
Leaving their imprint behind

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Sidewalks

6
What I have gained
From being with you
I could not say
However, any need
For knowing
Anyone other than you
Is what seemed
To have vanished
That I know
For sure

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Gained

7
Last night I had a dream
Or was it my fantasy running wild
It is hard to tell when it comes to you
For both seem to be reality to me

 

Let us try becoming part of each other
Without losing our selves
We both have done that before
That is the least that could happen

 

Yet we could be lucky
This time around
Find the language
Of love

 

In which to speak
To each other
This we can do
I know we can

 

While keeping
Our independence
It is what we have to do
If our love is to survive

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Becoming Part Of

8
My dear sweet friend
Please help me to understand
Why is it
That I care

 

Why is it
Me
That you have
Chosen

 

Why is it
That you care for in me
I am not sure that I understand
You

 

Your life
Your heart
Your inner workings
Most of all
Me

 

Why did you have to stare
Why did I notice your grace
Are you really everything
Are you everywhere
You seem to be

 

What is it about you
My dear
Are you truly there
Why is it I am so scared
If you are

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Why

9
Do you remember
When you said
Never let anyone
Degrade you

 

Do you remember
When life was not whole
I offered
The pieces to make it so

 

Do you remember
When you felt
I was the only one
Who supports you

 

Do you remember
When you hurt
I held you
Close and we loved

 

Do you remember
When no one understood you
I offered
A shoulder and ear

 

Do you remember
When you had a dream
We made plans
For that future

 

Do you remember
How lonely life can be
empty without me
Being there

 

Do you remember
Or
Have you
Forgotten

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Do You

10
Why do my fears haunt my soul
I ask you questions
All you say
Is that you don’t know

 

I need those answers
To my emotional cries
Yet all I get from you
Are those empty sighs

 

Let me help you thru this maze
If we are strong together
We will conquer the haze
If you only try

 

So I ask of you again
Are you lonely
Empty deep inside
Are you running and
Trying to hide
Do you want someone
By your side
Can you love me
With open pride

 

If I am not the one
To release this inner need
Please release
My mind of hope
That we may
Achieve something
At lease
Even if it’s to say
Goodbye

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Say Something

11
Be temperate
With my feelings
My fresh love
Treat me tenderly
Softly
Through caring hands
I need your gentle
Touch
To hear
Your soft voice

 

During those romantic talks
That takes place
In between
Shadowy flickering
Bordered by the dimness
Of a passionately lit Candle
At nights twilight
Burning to dawn
Are those moments
To remember

 

The ones shared
Between us
There has been many
Who did not
Understand
My needs
Wants
My desires
So please reveal
All your love to me

 

That I see
In your eyes
Yet so timidly
In your stare
So please
Give it gently
Openly
Now
When I need it
The most

 

For I
Have been
Lonely
And
Empty
Way to long
That was only
Before you
Reentered my world
With your existence

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Openly

12
As I sit here
My thoughts
Are yours
To have
Can you hear them
I felt so empty
When I closed the door

 

Yet you opened it
Just at the right time
You held my hand
So very tight

 

We laughed
Talked into the night
I never thought
You would
Be the one
To liberate my heart
In the rising sun

 

I pray someday
You truly understand
You are all my dreams
In just one command

 

For I love you
With each
And every day
That is the price
That I shall pay
From Within
My Loving heart

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Dare I

13
Are lives having
Different stories
To be told
Although we differ as tellers
The meanings are the same
We loved
Loss
And
Found again

 

I thank you
For that moment
Of rebirth
That generated my soul
Restarting my heart
Moving my life forward
In your love
With your being
Into my existence

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Stories

14
In our silence
We speak
Of the unspoken love
And
Its strength
We share

 

We do not always
Meet
Each other’s expectations
Or
Always full, fill
Each other’s dreams

 

But much of the time
We do
That is why
We are together
I feel exceptional for my life
Since its been shared with you

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Silence

15
Trying hands of death, reaching into life
Trying hard to kill, its inner sight
Trying hard, to bring forth its fright
Trying hard, in the dead of night
Trying its hardest, in the morning light
Trying even harder with all its might
Therefore, what seems to be death’s inner plight

 

To Fine a soul to tear is loose
For its pleasure, is its abuse
Offering nothing for this use
Only its hate, can seduce
It will never offer a truce
Or accept any excuse
For your death is its only proof

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Proof

16
I find myself thinking, more about you
A lot more, then I use to do
I find it as refreshing, as a new falling due
It is those moments, what bring me thru

 

If the entire world of humanity, were made of glass
You would be the finest there was to be
If the sun and the moon forgot to pass
You would shine your brightest for all to see

 

A portrait could and would never show
The image of your inner light
No one would ever know
You are in my mind so bright

 

To measure the love
I have for you
Would be impossible
To ever do

 

Nevertheless,
I will try
How far away
Is the sky

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How Far

17
Each passing moment
Brings
Joy and love
In to my heart
For you have opened
My life
To my soul

 

Your inner strength
Moves me
And gives me
My inner strength
That is enough
For love with you
Seems
Simple and pure

 

I do not
Need you
Yet I do
Want you
Your caring love
Your gentle touch
Your open arms
Your trusting heart

 

Throughout your days
And
The nights that follow
May this thought
Follow you thru
I am in love
Moreover, it’s
Because of you

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Simple and Pure

18
Each of our lives
Has its own
Separate path
Yet we also share one together

 

And

 

When you are away
My love
There is emptiness in my world
Just a small amount
Measurable only in your
Absence

 

And

 

Never of your love
Well
Maybe a little bit
In my insecurity

 

And

Not of you
But rather in myself
That is only until you return
Then Those thoughts
Fade as fast
As they came

 

And

I wonder why
They came at all
Then I remember
I will always miss you

 

And

Together
Or alone
It is childish of me
Nevertheless
It is true
Because I love only you

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Its true

Reviews

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Very romantic...

[Alicia Schroeder]

This is beautiful and truly heartfelt.. A very deep write.. Love it !!

[olla]

very nicely done.. a good book for the night stand..

[Nautili]

" When you are away
My love
There is emptiness in my world
Just a small amount
Measurable only in your
Absence"

lovely words.

[Emily B]

your words are beautiful

[RainQueen]

i am going to have to reread this, likely again and again. What a sweet task. Your words, arranged elegantly. Images flashing out. Love, heartbreak. maybe-resignation. You weave in mass appeals with poignant, personal gems elegantly...It almost seems as if your work is a body of water. the "waves" in the title, the way you structured your stanzas, the ebbing and receding emotion in your tale...This is an intricate, intense, many-layered work, worthy of contemplation. thanks so much for sharing it.