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She told me to let go it's not that I haven't tried
To get past all the darkness keeping me from the light
When I wake up in the morning before the sunrise
I'm still trapped in this nothing that I've kept inside
So don't be alarmed that I'll have to lie
When you ask if Im ok and I say that Im fine
It's to keep me from falling to pieces or falling too deep
To not see their dead faces when I go back to sleep
I thought it'd get better, but it only gets worse
And the older I get the more echoes are stirred
But please understand I need to clear the air
Free from suggestions and not living in fear
My first defense and armor are my skin and my bones
So I sandblasted my flesh then tore down the walls from my home
Now my friends and my family can see where I've been
I wear this all on my sleeve theres no need to pretend
I've battled addiction, myself, and the end
I fought with my demons, but I didn't win
If I ever felt peace that part of me died in sand
Trapped with the lives that I cannot give back
If you believed theres a Heaven than how would you feel
To know that nothing could save you from going to hell
I should have said this all sooner and made you aware
Because I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air

~ JJf ~

Tonight I sleep with dogs,
Laughter through midnight hour,
Darkness has got a price,
Listening to a swaying willow tree.



I'm sleeping with Charlie, Thomas and Bob,
Sweet scent from Jasmine flowers,
Shadows at my line of sight,
Hearing whispers spoken to me.



Watching K9s is now my job,
Until night shift is up and over,
Forget my worries and hunger pangs,
Tomorrow I sleep with dogs again.

In a sharp fresh breeze,
On a crisp Spring day,
Hand in hand in verdure stroll,
Under lush chirping trees,
Among flowering buds stray,
New birth, and new love to extol.

On a balmy Summer's eve,
When the butterflies dance,
In the meadow we fell warm and unseen,
Winsome kisses to thieve,
In mesmeric love trance,
Garments lost in the trampled green.

Gold Autumnal mornings,
Of yellow ripened corn,
Flowing like the amber of your hair,
I loved you all those dawnings,
As the leaves fell forlorn,
Your puckered lips an answer to prayer.

Icy moonlit nights,
Frostbitten fingertips,
From Winter's penetrating chill,
'Neath mystic starlight,
We tasted freezing lips,
Seasons pass, ....but I'll love you still !

Yes I'm feelin sad
Maybe even blue
as I sit and stare
I think of you
I need someone to care
Need a listening ear
I have this fear
It's a lot to bare
Pretending not to care
While shedding a tear
It's tearing at my heart
I feel like its being ripped out
No doubt
I was really trying
To make a new start
Will I ever find a man
Who I can
Love
Trust
even lust
Not have it all turn to dust

Staunch message to all, delivered with stealth,
A wise old proverb..."Your health is your wealth",
Terrified at the start, thought I wouldn't pull through,
Began penning a verse, for my pulpit adieu,
Bruised and depleted from chemo injections,
A pale hairless body fuelled naked reflections,
Such penetrating fear in my children's eyes,
As I hid the truth, in my happy disguise,
Strangely I decided for me I'd not weep,
Instead to find courage, my spade to dig deep,
Never to lose hope or Never to give in,
No more thoughts of ending, only begin,
Not 'till all glimmers of life have long ceased,
And my rancid remains lie a cold crawling feast,
Even then my spirit will survive in a poem,
My soul still intact through the verses will roam,
You'll never hear me whinge or show any regret,
Nor will I celebrate, if reprieve I beget,
Defiant yet resinged in ankle chains to be...
Always cancer's prisoner, ....but today I walked free !

Don't taste my lips
unless it's my lips you are kissing
don't pretend
i am the one you are missing
don't press them against mine
then pull away with a half distant smile.

Don't grip my hair between your fingers
unless it's me you want closer and near
don't whisper words of love and want
unless you know its me... not her.

Don't unbotton or undress me
don't lay your hands where i yern your touch
unless its me you are caressing
and not the one that didn't need you so much.

Don't lay me down beside you
to enjoy skin upon..against skin
don't wrap yourself or sink within me
if i'm not the one your really with.

Don't moan unless its our pleasure
don't... i can't take it anymore
i hear in your voice loud whispers of sadness
for her.. the one your longing for.

Don't.. i say this to you everytime
yet you convince me as you always do
not because you are believable
but because i long to be loved, by noone but only you.

The Spring brings things which the Winter witch stole...
Flowers soon bloom, bright colors unfold...
Trees resist breeze, and bring forth their fruit...
For your lovely lips to partake of...

The sounds of your heart are so doubly-sweet...
Natures heartbeat timed in constant repeat...
Recalling the days when you were so near...
Rhythmically wanting you here....

I need to feel your breath
upon my skin
to be the pillow on which you sleep
to hear your words of passion
you ask if I'm in love with you
I confess freely that I do
reaching and fading into you




If tonight your stars
doesn't shine on my bed
and all I see are passing cars
I'm still wrapped in the cocoon of you
tossing and turning in search of you
your footprints deep in my mind
slowly fading into you.


Clutching my pillow
sending you my love in the wind
fading into you like a shadow
seeking eyes that burn like embers
I watch the sunrise from my window
past the deep blue sea horizon
falling deeper in love
fading into you...

to let
a whole world
of great beauty
slip away
not catching
the outstretched hand
makes no sense
inside this mind

how dreams
meant so little
became tainted
outside normal reality
power inside love
will tear down
great mountains

rolling a carpet
of breath
laying it
down in front
weak within soft
tender touching emotions

hate exerts
itself powerful
over the meek
within love
throwing poison
into words
slicing the soul
creates a wound

Today I feel no joy
Nothing but a void
Where has she gone
I feel like this has been going on to long
My head hurts
My soul cries
I feel like I’ve died
I’ve cried and cried
My eyes are dry
when I close my eyes tight
I can see a light
I know I can’t walk towards that light
No,not tonight
I have to fight with all my might
I just want to sleep tonight
I’m so tired
My mind goes round and round
I feel like a clown
God
Please don’t let me drown