Free Verse Poems (29,538)

IN THE RAIN, NO ONE SEES MY TEARS. DURING THE NO ONE SEES MY FEARS. AT NIGHT MY EYES ARE WIDE OPEN. FOR ALL MY FEARS COME TO LIFE. MY HEART IS TIGHT. IM ALONE IN THIS FIGHT. EVEN A CROWD, IT'S JUST ME. OUTSIDERS SEE IM FINE. DARKNESS KNOWS AND WAITS FOR ME. FOR IT THE TRUE ME....

I’m just sitting here
Waiting for the tide
Knocked off early
No place I’d rather hide
There’s a howling easterly
Whitecaps everywhere
But it’s very soothing
So I thought I’d share
I’m perched on driftwood
Ten feet long
Surrounded by a forest
That doesn’t belong
Coal ships sit
Thirty miles out
All in a line
Waiting for a shout
There’s people riding
And walking along
The harbour wall
It attracts a throng
The sea is
A deep blue green
And far too the south
The coal terminal can be seen
Kite surfers enjoy
All that they can
Billowing coloured sails
All part of the plan
There’s a race happening
Along the beach
As the dad chases
Kids out of reach
Lifesavers are packing up
It’s time call it a day
As the ink just falls
From my pen today
I’ll just sit
For a little longer
Enjoy what’s left
To make me stronger
Drink this beautiful
Part of the world in
To soothe the soul
And polish my grin .......

The winter of my childhood were
long, long seasons. We lived in
three places - the school, the church
and the skating rink - but our real life
was on the skating rink

(Shows a kid on a toboggan sleigh riding
A kid and an adult ice skating and
Four kids playing hockey
With a snow flake and a pine forest
In the background

(Spock and Bones are sitting in Spock’s quarters as Spock tries to teach Bones how to meditate by focusing the mind through the concentration on the flame of a candle).

Bones: “Ok Spock lets mediate”

Spock: “It’s meditate doctor”

Bones: “I don’t care lets just get started”

Spock: “I suggest a more relaxed approach to allow yourself to fully engage in the process”

Bones: “I am relaxed”

Spock: “I’m merely suggesting a more holistic approach”

Bones: “I’m holistic!”

Spock: “I said holistic and not ballistic doctor”

Bones: ‘a joke Spock?”

Spock: “a comparison”

Bones: “damn it man I have better things to be doing than sitting on my hooch staring into a candle!"

Spock: “It is a flame doctor”

Bones: “Its insane!”

Spock: “The flame represents a controlled subatomic influence. It can settle a mind and achieve a state of equilibrium”

(Bones blows out the candle)

Bones: “how’s that?”

Spock: “shall I light it again?”

Bones: “not unless you want to be set on fire!”

Spock: “I fail to see reference how that would that help the situation?”

Bones: “It wouldn’t Spock but it would be damn funny!”

Spock: “perhaps another time?”

Bones: “not in this life!”

(Bones gets up but trips on a bag falling to the floor)

Bones: “damn it Spock what’s a bag doing on the middle of the damn floor its illogical!”

Spock: “spares doctor”

Bones: “of what man?”

Spock: “candles”

Bones: “you arse!”

Spock: “indeed!”

‘Friends’

Kirk: “we can count in the dark Spock but did logic form in the dark?”

Spock: “a fascinating question captain”

Kirk: “one you can answer?”

Spock: “perhaps”

Kirk: “It has been a great journey Spock I’m surprised were all still friends”

Spock: “it is not just what we have captain but also what we lack that makes us friends”.

Kirk: “how do we measure such a thing Spock?”

Spock: “each according to their own gifts Captain”.

Kirk: “acceptance”.

Spock: “precisely”.

Kirk: “your logic is your gift Spock”.

Spock: “of friends there are none better”.

Kirk: “none but one”.

Spock: “indeed”.

Kirk: "to the journey shared my friend"

Spock: "a gift in the moment"

She's talking to people about me
There's not much anyone can say
Perhaps she will find I've been sad for a long time
Ever since she went away

Now the weather is colder here
Smoke is rolling from chimney tops all around
Even though the sky is clear
I know that wintertime will surely get me down

I awoke this morning and saw the sunlight for a moment
How suddenly the sky turned to gray
She's talking to people about me and they whisper
He's been sad a for long time ever since she went away

Is it crazy for me to ask god to keep me young
Till I find someone new perhaps today
But who have I been looking for
Ever since she went away

Standing on the waters edge, thoughts jumbled mind
Seek answers to questions, in the jumble try to find
Do you need too, or is the reason so obviously clear
Maybe you can't accept, from those you hold dear

Red flags, we all sense them but try to ignore
Until the dawning moment, we can do no more
To bury and consider, a reason that is safe
Instead of acting quickly, close an open gate

Did you wait for peace of mind, to overcome
When a relationship is toxic, commonsense wrong
Still hope burns strong, yet doubts take control
Time to accept, bring peace to your inner soul

Life sends us tests that attitude can over come
Yes health can be a factor, far worse for some
Then there is romance, to add to the pot
Love is important, but first join all the dots

Someone you can rely upon, at anytime
Sadly we never know, when life is fine
Time is the answer, there is no race
Spending time together, a foundation base

Devotion comes in many, shapes and forms
For some it is a birth right, gifted when born
Others find their true love, a soul mate too
It's what many search for, and can come true

Yet whatever the journey, to do your very best
Some are not keepers, compare as a guest
Also with health problems, they come and go
Supported with friends, is better than a foe

Select those around you, with the best of care
When you need a friend, real ones will share
Highs and lows, will be eased you'll see
Finding special people, caring is the key

To learn from life's hic-cups, a bonus of sorts
Means silver linings are a gift, isn't bought
I was lucky, finding special people that cared
Time they gave freely, and happily shared.

Is that a relationship gone sour ?
Just going thru the motion of a good wife,
A hard working woman and a loving mom,
This is who you are at the moment.

Many hidden talents ,
Pretty secrets buried ,
You are more than a woman ,
You are a Super human !

A mind to speak of substance ,
You can't take any nonsense,
Straight as an arrow and true,
You chase away all the blues .

Feisty and honest your motto,
Your mom brought you up right,
A lady, friend and comforter,
Thank you for being Special .

I got a call from my mom
Three of them
I was out trying to watch the sun set
I couldn't because clouds were near the horizon
I couldn't get a hold of her
I went the next day to see what she needed
Money
I knew where the money she had went
Her grandson had gobbled it all up
The drugs, the cigarettes, fast food every day, trips all over
She loves her grandson
Enough to exclude all the rest of her kids, grandchildren, and great grandchildren
I don't know how long she can keep it up
Are there loans against the house?
How far in debt is she really?
There are plenty like her in the same situation
I call it stealing
Others might call it elder abuse
Either way, it sucks, big time!