Last Liked Ballad Poems (501)

I met her
in the winter
in a bar
upon the hill

when the dark
was carved by starlight
and the moon
had paid the bill

I stepped in
from the wilderness
from the howling
wind and rain

I was weary
from my journey's
around other
people's pain

"you are bearded
broad and ugly"
said the prairie girl
in fright

not one
for moralising
we shared our bones
that night

I told her
of my story
from the famine ships
I came

in a world
of madness hunger
where I killed men
to my shame

corruption
took our homelands
our humanity
and our dead

I hated a world
that priced our lives
in the currency
of bread

I left her
at the dawning
as a coyote
fought the moon

one night
was our forever
she'd be over me
by noon

my journey
is a lonesome one
thrown far
by a devil's hurl

so I bellow
out two fires
for the prairie
and the girl

she was crying
in the sea
unloved and worn
she spoke to me

her heart and boards
were long ripped out
her diesel engine
left in doubt

yet I heard her
heard her true
in her estuary
of blue

I spent a fortune
on her hull
I slept beneath
the dawning gull

weeping wounds
carved by years
open sores
wept salted tears

a friend helped me
with her coat
a rising tide
lifts every boat

and I rescued her
that year
out of wet rot
out of fear

yet twas she
who rescued me
with my work
upon the quay

less days
to think of you
my retro thinking
hours few

the odd bewildered
passerby
would enquire of me
"Why?"

this dishevelled
bearded man
eating something
from a can

I thank the thousands
that walked past
who saw her place in life
as last

they failed to stop
and read the signs
they saw no beauty
in her lines

across the universe, again,
all by myself, almost unreal,
angels apologize, at my most beautiful,
atmosphere;
barely breathing, better than me,
beyond the call, blurry,
bring me to life, broken,
burning in the skies;
castle of glass, chances, changes,
chariot, chase this light,
clouds, collide,
come a little closer;
day after day, deep inside of you,
disconnected, do you remember,
dreaming with a broken heart, driven under,
drops of Jupiter;
electrical storm, empty spaces,
end of the world, everything burns,
eyes open;
fade into me, fall to pieces, far far away,
feels like tonight, first day of my life,
follow you, follow me, for reasons unknown,
forgiven, not forgotten;
get to you, give me a sign,
go the distance, going home tonight,
goodbye for now,
goodbye to love;
heart of stone, heavy in your arms,
helpless when she smiles,
here and now, here with me,
here, there, and everywhere,
hold my hand, how you remind me,
hymn to her;
I belong to her, I finally found someone,
I love you, I miss you, I need you,
I will be here for you, I will come to you,
I will follow you into the dark,
if I could turn back time,
if wishes came true, if you only knew,
in a little while, in your eyes,
it ends tonight;
just between you and me,
just like heaven, just say yes,
kiss;
last to know, leave out all the rest,
let her go, let me kiss you,
life goes on, lightning crashes,
listen to your heart, losing you,
lost in paradise, louder than words,
love letter;
making love out of nothing at all,
maps, marooned, maybe tomorrow,
minute by minute, misunderstood,
my immortal, my sacrifice,
my world;
never surrender, never tear us apart,
no expectations, nothing to lose,
now and forever;
one step up, only in dreams,
open your eyes, other side of the world,
over you;
paint my love, patience, perfect,
pieces, please forgive me,
powerless, promises, quicksand,
quietly;
reach for the sky, read my mind,
real love, receive, rescue me,
return to innocence, right here waiting,
road to our dream, rooftops,
running to a standstill;
said it all, sail to the Moon,
same mistake, save me, save you,
say hello, sea of love, second chance,
secretly, send her my love,
she talks to angels, signals over the air,
silver and cold, sleepless nights,
slowly slipping away, so far away,
some say, someday, something more,
somewhere only we know,
speechless, starlight, still in love with you,
stillness of my heart, surrender to me,
sweetest thing;
take a picture, take me away,
through glass, time for miracles,
to be with you, to the end, true love waits,
try again;
unconditionally, under the bridge,
under the Milky Way,
undiscovered;
waiting for a girl like you, we can last forever,
when I look to the sky,
when love and hate collide,
when the stars go blue,
when you close your eyes,
where are we now, where are you going,
wish you were here,
with a smile, with arms wide open,
within me;
you and I, you and me,
you and your heart,
you found me, your guardian angel,
your love.

Stay home
Don't look for fight
Stay home
Make it alright

Stay home
Jam when daylight
Stay home
Chill the night

the cafe was closing
and the air was darker
than age
Mary was fixing
her order
and her world
had become
like a cage


will you still see me
on Sunday?
will you wear that dress
and look nice..?
but you know
that a question
ain't a question
when you
got to ask it twice..

and the sparrows
still play
in the cornfields
where we used
to make love
and you'd sing..

ain't it funny
how something
is nothing
when nothing
was once everything?

I drove down there
around midnight
past farms
that seemed
to be free

but I knew
one day
that I'd buy one
and that
would be the end
of me

talk of music
and college
of dance halls
lawyers and gown
but it's hard
to dance with a roughneck
when a banker's hand
owns town


she was getting tired
of me
my work, my car
and my dark
and I looked to the heavens
for answers
and saw nothing but stars
and a lark

"I heard she married a doctor"
my friend Dave
did say
later on

and I smiled
like it meant
nothing to me
and got sick
when I knew
he was gone

now the sparrows still sing
in the cornfields
neath the mountains
where she
used to sing

aint it funny
how something
is nothing
when nothing
was once everything

and her car, her car
is a dream.

I came from the sea
I came from the sea
is that woman still there
does she still wait on me?

I toiled on the sea
I toiled on the sea
until I took a man's life
who tried to take mine from me

I fled the sea
I fled the sea
and hid inside the bark
of a lonesome tree

until lonlieness
of the mind and heart
did lead me to a door
I didn't want to live
inside a tree anymore

I knocked on a door
and her eyes met mine
and two more below in furs
that took chase
against some distant noise
that wasn't mine or hers

the clock above the mantle
swung its arms around the hours slow
as if by chance
the golden bars
had never been aglow

and as days came and went
as tide outside the door
her loneliness wed mine
and was no more

alas fate did intervene
a year inside our faithful dance
some off duty cop
sniffed something off
at some off duty dance

a smile upon a face
that had never seen a smile before
and my hand in hers
too much for this neighbour to ignore

he made the call and suddenly
all my world
was framed by iron bars
assorted lawyers.. judges.. cars

my story was spun on the lips
of legal spin
how I had killed a man
and robbed him of his kin

his blade to my neck
neither mentioned or reffered
but justice was seen to be done
and thus.. justly served

she waits in dreams
with the boy who calls me fondly.. dad
the only time of love and peace
my madness ever had

Unseen
Silent your there
Can't be seen
You wander
You lurk
Victims you seek
The weak the volunable
The sick
Victims of all to the ends of earth
From victims breath you lurk
You don't care
For your the killer of the weak

Can I then take the pain?
Will I be more stronger then?

Do you remember,
It was your promise 'til for'ver?

It's still you I'd call,
Over and over I'd fall.

Can't wait 'til night,
To hold you tight.
Dreaming of you,
Seems like no clue.

But everyday,
I'm making way.
I hope you feel it deep,
When you go to sleep.

In distance,
Like no assurance.
But still falling,
Cares and keep believing.

That's no ordinary love.