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I AM Coming Home
When I did not want one
God gave me a man to love.
To believe in me.
To always be there for me.
To love me unconditionally.
This man was more than my husband
He was my friend
He was my companion.
He was the father to my children.
God showed us the way
For a wonderful life
He resisted
Satan came.
He tried to break our family up
But we bonded ever closer still.
Money problems
health problems
Satan was trying,
but our chance had elapsed.
His last breathe was taken.
He said GOODBYE to the earth.
HELLO TO GOD
God gave me a man to love.
To believe in me.
To always be there for me.
To love me unconditionally.
This man was more than my husband
He was my friend
He was my companion.
He was the father to my children.
God showed us the way
For a wonderful life
He resisted
Satan came.
He tried to break our family up
But we bonded ever closer still.
Money problems
health problems
Satan was trying,
but our chance had elapsed.
His last breathe was taken.
He said GOODBYE to the earth.
HELLO TO GOD
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Posted: Sep 2012
About this poem:
poem wrote the day my husband died
A late little note
Your love lived in every cell of mine
Our souls and genes still intertwine
loss of you nightmares crush my mind
no peace from them I ever find
When he scared you I felt your fear
if he came you kept me near
Protecting me from all his harm
his handsome anger, rage and charm
Such a little while together were we
just long enough to teach me, me
you taught me every word I said
the grief still screams throughout my head
In every way you put me first
gently corrected me at my worst
aware of your suffering waterless thirst
things left unsaid so full dam burst
Gone when I was so small and young
left out in the cold, my coat undone
by my beautiful, dreamy, temporary mum
You taught me all I know that’s good
would you know me now?
I hope that you would. x
Our souls and genes still intertwine
loss of you nightmares crush my mind
no peace from them I ever find
When he scared you I felt your fear
if he came you kept me near
Protecting me from all his harm
his handsome anger, rage and charm
Such a little while together were we
just long enough to teach me, me
you taught me every word I said
the grief still screams throughout my head
In every way you put me first
gently corrected me at my worst
aware of your suffering waterless thirst
things left unsaid so full dam burst
Gone when I was so small and young
left out in the cold, my coat undone
by my beautiful, dreamy, temporary mum
You taught me all I know that’s good
would you know me now?
I hope that you would. x
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Posted: Jul 2010
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War Costs
Gray clouds on blue sky
War traumas never do heal
The sun always shines.
War traumas never do heal
The sun always shines.
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Posted: May 2010
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The fire
Late at night,
By candle light,
My writings caught fire,
It gave me a fright,
I awoke in a crazed half drunken daze,
Staring at flames burning page after page,
The blaze was amazing but it didnt phase me,
I watched it for maybe a minute or two,
Unsure exactly of what I should do,
Call it a game and say "I am through"?
The longer I waited the more the flame grew,
Its true at the end we all must face death,
But I'm not going out like that...not yet,
Half boredom half regret,
The yellow-orange glow gorgeous like a sunset,
I extinguished the blaze,
like a cigarette in an ash tray...
By candle light,
My writings caught fire,
It gave me a fright,
I awoke in a crazed half drunken daze,
Staring at flames burning page after page,
The blaze was amazing but it didnt phase me,
I watched it for maybe a minute or two,
Unsure exactly of what I should do,
Call it a game and say "I am through"?
The longer I waited the more the flame grew,
Its true at the end we all must face death,
But I'm not going out like that...not yet,
Half boredom half regret,
The yellow-orange glow gorgeous like a sunset,
I extinguished the blaze,
like a cigarette in an ash tray...
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Posted: Jun 2010
About this poem:
I lost two books of my writings,a chair,my drapes, and some carpet...8:46 AM Revisited
As I drive my usual route to work,
I noticed the usual things:
Houses nicely painted;
Lawns green in spite of the drought,
Neatly mowed and groomed;
People alone in their cars
Staring blankly into the future,
Connecting only with the mechanical red lights
Which impede their progress
While working to keep them safe.
Then I see American flags,
Dozens, one on each fence post
Surrounding the Endicott Estate.
They wave in the strong breeze
Under ominous clouds
Which threaten the calm of
One of the last days of summer.
One flag has been shaken loose
From its tape mooring and
Hangs limply as it is tossed to and fro.
I resist the urge to pull over to the side,
Get out of my car and
Reposition it to be upright and tall.
Something inside of me wants
That imperfect image to last –
To recognize the vulnerability
Of even the most powerful
The most generous and showy -
To point out the dangers of
Arrogance and false pride.
It is 8:46 AM.
This moment is colored with tears.
***
If my world were to end today,
I would like to have given you a call.
I would love to have given you a hug and kiss
To tell you how much I love you.
The moment of silence is over.
Our future now begins.
May we be kind and loving care-takers
Of the Universe, each other and ourselves.
I noticed the usual things:
Houses nicely painted;
Lawns green in spite of the drought,
Neatly mowed and groomed;
People alone in their cars
Staring blankly into the future,
Connecting only with the mechanical red lights
Which impede their progress
While working to keep them safe.
Then I see American flags,
Dozens, one on each fence post
Surrounding the Endicott Estate.
They wave in the strong breeze
Under ominous clouds
Which threaten the calm of
One of the last days of summer.
One flag has been shaken loose
From its tape mooring and
Hangs limply as it is tossed to and fro.
I resist the urge to pull over to the side,
Get out of my car and
Reposition it to be upright and tall.
Something inside of me wants
That imperfect image to last –
To recognize the vulnerability
Of even the most powerful
The most generous and showy -
To point out the dangers of
Arrogance and false pride.
It is 8:46 AM.
This moment is colored with tears.
***
If my world were to end today,
I would like to have given you a call.
I would love to have given you a hug and kiss
To tell you how much I love you.
The moment of silence is over.
Our future now begins.
May we be kind and loving care-takers
Of the Universe, each other and ourselves.
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Posted: Sep 2010
About this poem:
In honor and memory of all who sacrifice for a better world. May the travesty of the twin towers remind us of what evil can do when it is not countered by love.
dead reckoning
does any god permit the dissent of his prodigal people
with banished love forever, never to be returned to us
or are we always allowed forgiveness and mercy
mercy given to raging anger and blind ignorance
were ancient gods just, or just like us
should Zeus condemn the player or the game rules
is Sisyphus forever rolling toward eternity
rocked to hardened endless toil of futility
is any god a forgiving god or merely blood lust
is god of man in man's image or man his creation
do any souls know better the value of another
or even of themselves what can be offered
the endlessness of dying is circled into life
but is man allowed wanton strife of another
or our purpose more perplexing to ponder
can we know a peaceful life arcs peaceful end
love and hate balance all to be shown
without the hate, how can love be known
can both have a place at the end of the line
so with dead reckoning we sail to entwine
© agoodguy2have 2010-10-10
with banished love forever, never to be returned to us
or are we always allowed forgiveness and mercy
mercy given to raging anger and blind ignorance
were ancient gods just, or just like us
should Zeus condemn the player or the game rules
is Sisyphus forever rolling toward eternity
rocked to hardened endless toil of futility
is any god a forgiving god or merely blood lust
is god of man in man's image or man his creation
do any souls know better the value of another
or even of themselves what can be offered
the endlessness of dying is circled into life
but is man allowed wanton strife of another
or our purpose more perplexing to ponder
can we know a peaceful life arcs peaceful end
love and hate balance all to be shown
without the hate, how can love be known
can both have a place at the end of the line
so with dead reckoning we sail to entwine
© agoodguy2have 2010-10-10
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Posted: Oct 2010
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I miss you, big Bro
Today I thought of you,
actually, I do every day.
I know your still with me,
like you have always been.
you saved me from bullies,
when we were quite young.
you would walk me home from school,
even though your friends made fun.
when we got older,
we would double date.
then exchanged information
which would deceite our dates fate.
the first motorcycle you owned
in your short life,
would take us all over
the countryside.
When you got married,
I told you to wait
but you were in love
and it was too late.
you were so happy,
with your three children.
but then she betrayed you,
nobody knew what was happening.
then came the phone call,
I will never forget,
Mom said:"I am so sorry,
but your big brother, he is dead."
the doctors said it was your heart,
I felt so guilty, I couldn't save you,
and I knew, your broken heart was
what ripped us apart.
I really, really miss you...
RIP Wolfgang
May58-Oct95
actually, I do every day.
I know your still with me,
like you have always been.
you saved me from bullies,
when we were quite young.
you would walk me home from school,
even though your friends made fun.
when we got older,
we would double date.
then exchanged information
which would deceite our dates fate.
the first motorcycle you owned
in your short life,
would take us all over
the countryside.
When you got married,
I told you to wait
but you were in love
and it was too late.
you were so happy,
with your three children.
but then she betrayed you,
nobody knew what was happening.
then came the phone call,
I will never forget,
Mom said:"I am so sorry,
but your big brother, he is dead."
the doctors said it was your heart,
I felt so guilty, I couldn't save you,
and I knew, your broken heart was
what ripped us apart.
I really, really miss you...
RIP Wolfgang
May58-Oct95
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Posted: Dec 2009
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thinking of my brother who passed away at 37Friendship Lost
harsh words piercing my soul
two decades of trust lost
disappointing loyalty
hurts my heart
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tears of grief in my eyes
trying to forget secrets
thoughts of betrayal
enter my mind
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racing heartbeat in my chest
listening to the voice within
forever gone friendship
marks my soul
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two decades of trust lost
disappointing loyalty
hurts my heart
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tears of grief in my eyes
trying to forget secrets
thoughts of betrayal
enter my mind
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racing heartbeat in my chest
listening to the voice within
forever gone friendship
marks my soul
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Posted: Jan 2010
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the pain of loosing a best friendif only
i see your face, your eyes gaze
and know there's a heart just below
that's broken beyond any
words that i can key here
the downturn of lips and
slant of wrinkled eyes
furrowed with sorrow says
all that your heart can muster
to pump up your flushed cheeks
against the realities of loss
with futures uncertain except for
the loss of the past...
fresh, wet, blurry, as
near as self is to self
if only i could wipe your soul
like a pair of grimy glasses
with a fresh handkerchief and
gingerly slide it before your eyes
so tomorrow came with colored clarity
time...time...only time will show you
© agoodguy2have 2010-04-23
and know there's a heart just below
that's broken beyond any
words that i can key here
the downturn of lips and
slant of wrinkled eyes
furrowed with sorrow says
all that your heart can muster
to pump up your flushed cheeks
against the realities of loss
with futures uncertain except for
the loss of the past...
fresh, wet, blurry, as
near as self is to self
if only i could wipe your soul
like a pair of grimy glasses
with a fresh handkerchief and
gingerly slide it before your eyes
so tomorrow came with colored clarity
time...time...only time will show you
© agoodguy2have 2010-04-23
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Posted: Apr 2010
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most of us have felt it...all will at some time.Mary's Faults
I sit staring out my window reviewing my life that has passed me by without life outside even noticing I exist.
I sit up sleepless and this pain fills my heart as I think of everything that I caused by letting down my guard in a area I should have never let myself venture.
I fell In Deeply and took greedily a Love that could never be mine and I allowed it to take me to Places that I believed were forbidden because these places belonged to another.
I cradle myself in a ball and whimper like a saddened child feeling my sentence of my broken heart being crashed against the Reefs of a Swollen ocean of despair.
I Cannot Blame anyone but myself my loss blinded me to grasp out into the darkness and pull in some light but somewhere I forgot to use my senses and to look out for the undertow.
This Light was a Brilliant Beautiful Being he Truly did fall as deeply but his hulls were beaten and leaked as he coasted with no sails to give him direction.
He only knew one way and a change of wind could sink him for he could not accept a new Sail because he didn't know how to steer it.
He was a Wonderful man I will always be thankful but his ship is calling and he will rest his hull in the Murky Waters and throw out his life line.
I lay here in my own misery and I have no one to blame than myself and wait for God's mercy to free me from this place of self Pain and to give me strength to face my weakness of Loneliness and except Mary's faults and Imperfections.
I sit up sleepless and this pain fills my heart as I think of everything that I caused by letting down my guard in a area I should have never let myself venture.
I fell In Deeply and took greedily a Love that could never be mine and I allowed it to take me to Places that I believed were forbidden because these places belonged to another.
I cradle myself in a ball and whimper like a saddened child feeling my sentence of my broken heart being crashed against the Reefs of a Swollen ocean of despair.
I Cannot Blame anyone but myself my loss blinded me to grasp out into the darkness and pull in some light but somewhere I forgot to use my senses and to look out for the undertow.
This Light was a Brilliant Beautiful Being he Truly did fall as deeply but his hulls were beaten and leaked as he coasted with no sails to give him direction.
He only knew one way and a change of wind could sink him for he could not accept a new Sail because he didn't know how to steer it.
He was a Wonderful man I will always be thankful but his ship is calling and he will rest his hull in the Murky Waters and throw out his life line.
I lay here in my own misery and I have no one to blame than myself and wait for God's mercy to free me from this place of self Pain and to give me strength to face my weakness of Loneliness and except Mary's faults and Imperfections.
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Posted: Apr 2010
About this poem:
First I must tell you all I was widowed last year and watched my partner pass away suddenly without notice in my arms. It looked like my world had ended I grew very depressed and could not control my emotions. I started playing a online game silly to most but believe it or not many adults do this to escape their daily reality to get some relief. Thats when I met Terek who listened to me and soothed me with his tender words and he was so understanding. Months past we grew closer online as friends and he would soon be in my town on business so we planned to meet for the first time to have Dinner together. When we met our romance began maybe on my part because of my need to be held to feel loved and secure at that time but it blossomed into something special he would drive 14 hrs to see me and stay a few days he spoiled me I spoiled him but he was married unhappily but that fact remained he belonged to another.I was feeling very fragile I had recently broke up with him. I broke up because I didn't want to be the other woman anymore and this was the first and last time it will ever happen. Don't look at us like were evil because neither of us meant to fall deeply as we did. He is very unhappy where he remains and yes I believe every word he said for good reason. We go on broken hearted and stay intouch maybe some day he will find the strength to get out of where he is but I can't sit and wait as long as I know he belongs to another I must go on but I am Thankful they he woke me up enough to know it is possible for me to love again.
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