Free Verse Poems (29,538)

Standing in a line
In a room full of strangers
What will I find
Walking through the door

Where are you now
My long forgotten dreams
All those sweet autumn days
Playing in the leaves

When memories come alive
Stirring images in our minds
Peaceful sounds of a shoreline
Skipping all those stones

Laughing in the breeze
Doing whatever we please
Singing a happy song
When its raining leaves

Nothing lasts for long
Is the title of this song
So put your mind at ease
A good life won’t displease

When you live each day
Rising up to do the chores
Like so many rolling waves
Washing up unto the shore

I don't know how it comes to me but surprisingly it's there
Words I see words I write and words I've got to share
I'll never be on a yacht just a little sailboat
And always a breeze that's only fair

It's never sleek never suave the captain never sleeps
He only takes a nap forgets where puts the map
And he doesn't seem to care it's just a little sailboat
And the breeze is always only fair

Looking up he sees the sky is blue
Looking down he sees a little hole and he needs a little glue
Suddenly the sky turns red so sailor beware
It's just a little sailboat and the breeze is always only fair

Her gentle fingers on my face
Bringing me to morning life
I need that kind of wife

I hope that doesn't sound selfish
And I would tell her I love her every time I hold her
And every morning after breakfast was over

I would sit there starring
At this wonderful light
I need that kind of wife

No words would be spoken and looks would be like a treasure
With a magical spell of everything that's right
I need that kind of wife

Just a little more coffee I'll be high as a kite
I'm getting older but I still need to see her hair fall off her shoulder
I need that kind of wife

Almost lost but for light of high moon
Reflects a sun still shining over sea
Drifting away dreams that vanish too soon
Fog burning off to a lessor degree

Silence is stillness in an early spring
A time when even the night creatures rest
Calming hours before the daylight bring
Gently the first breeze will blow north by west

Solitude spreads evenly like the dew
Quietly above does the mountain watch
Searching like eyes of a baby raptor
Gazing from a nest in its hidden notch

Soon a most beautiful sunrise will stun
Awakenning all where life has begun

she gave me rest
my cinnamon girl
in cushioned repose
telling me tales
tall
as the high masts
of the seagoing clipper
paintings
on her walls
every sailor
tethered there
on her long lines
Jamaica fare
steel drum and ganja
rhythm divine
in the darkness
she would whistle
the harder they come
the harder they fall
one and all

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If you want to fly,
Then fly
Only in your dreams?
Fly in your dreams, but fly!
If you want to love,
Then love.
No one to love?
Love yourself, but love!
If you want to sing,
Then sing
Only without words?
Sing without words, but sing!
If you really want to be happy
Then be happy , just be
If you want to forget,
Then forget
Close the door behind you
And leave.

Gotta have faith n trust the process
Especially when negativity gives the test
Fight that stress n depress n the undesirableness
With joy n happiness
But how?
When all around energy like bloodhound bringing ya down n bringing ya down
But is it bringing you down really?
Could it be that you and me let these things and people into our energy and allow them to infiltrate our heart n soul which breathes so much Love that that mistrust n unjust hurts so much that now you're down
Now you wear a frown
Rolls the eyes again
Let boys be boys n men be men
In these times of politically correct
Show some respect
For the girl woman lady Princess n Queen
Stars that shine on purpose n with mean
What's to come already has been
Back to how about this joy n happiness
Perception tweak to overstand this stress
It's not you it's them with their issues
Give them the smallest box of tissues
And wish for you
Yourself
A higher deeper perception
The stress is just a test to reveal some revelations
Always you
No other competition out here
Accept
Embrace
And learn to overcome your fear
Then you'll see clear
Exactly where is joy n happiness
The penny drop n you realise you pass that test
Next level please

Gotta have faith n trust the process
Especially when negativity gives the test
Fight that stress n depress n the undesirableness
With joy n happiness
But how?
When all around energy like bloodhound bringing ya down n bringing ya down
But is it bringing you down really
Could it be that you and me let these things and people into our energy and allow them to infiltrate our heart n soul which breathes so much Love that that mistrust n unjust hurts so bad that now you're down
Now you wear a frown
Rolls the eyes again
Let boys be boys n men be men
In these times of politically correct
Show some respect
For the girl woman lady Princess n Queen
Stars that shine on purpose n with mean
What's to come already has been
Back to how about this joy n happiness
Perception tweak to overstand this stress
It's not you it's them with their issues
Give them the smallest box of tissues
And wish for you
Yourself
A higher deeper perception
The stress is just a test to reveal some revelations
Always you
No other competition out here
Accept
Embrace
And learn to overcome your fear
Then you'll see clear
Exactly where is joy n happiness
The penny drop n you realise you pass that test
Next level please

Like chasing the dream
Or so it would seem
Always looking for an ends to this mean
Or is it a means to this end
Let my mind bend
Uncomprehend!
Flowing floetry
Rainbowing poetry
With an input of soul n heart to make this art
Spectacularly spectacular
Miraculously miraculous
Wonderfully wondrous
May these words read n heard not be kicked to the kerb but uplift us
From these depths of dirt n dust
When it seems no1ne to trust
You must
Trust
Your own instincts
Your own conscience
Your own soul
Always knows
When that wind blows be in the flows of darknesses glows
But what do I knows?

She was very intelligent
I was just an ordinary guy
She was beautiful and elegant
I was much too shy

Now I see how it has to be
I'll stop the prayers I started to pray
Though my intentions were tenderly
I'll be on my way

She was meant for better things
My life will always be the same
So sad goodbye surrendered to yesterday
I'll be on my way