aware3 Poetry (16)

You've ran the distance, but you're still in the race
You stayed strong and faced, what you had to face
You held on tight, what else could you do ?
Even when there was nothin' more, worth holdin' onto
Those ones that you once thought, surely knew you best
Are now the very ones, who have put you to the test
So how can they profess to know you, at your core ?
When they don't have a clue, of who you are !
And there's nothing else, that could ever matter more
Than them not even knowing, who you truly are !


You always thought, somehow you could change it all
You kept on standing firm, when you only wanted to fall
You just held on, for what else could you do ?
When all you ever wanted, was a strong arm holdin' you
Those same ones you thought, that surely knew you best
Are the very ones, who can't see, your soul too needs rest
When they don't even know you, at your core
How can they ever really know, just who you are ?
And what else, could ever possibly hurt you more ?
Then them not never, ever knowing, who you are...


Yes, you went the distance, you've came so far
But how can they ever know, just who you are ?

Speak gentle words, so others will incline their ear
to better hear, the words you have to say.
Speak harsh or unkind words,
then surely, they will only turn away.

Please don't aim your words like arrows,
the sort, that so often wound the soul.
For words can make a loving, warm heart,
turn into one, that's icy cold.

For once words tumble off the tongue,
you can never, call them back.
Now just as deadly missiles,
they're launched only, to attack.

You can't control the words, that others may say,
but the words you speak, are always up to you.
Pray,that you choose each one wisely,
asking if it's good or harm, that your words will do ?

For words can either build a body up,
or tear a body, slowly down.
Cracking and crumbling the foundation of a life,
that once stood so firm, on solid ground.

Where is my child ?
I miss her, I miss her smile !
But I can't seem, to find her anywhere.
Is she lost behind, that empty stare ?

I search her beautiful eyes now, so very blue
I search for the soul, that I once knew to be so true
For the one I see, my heart does no longer recognize.
She has hidden herself, beneath a blurry, dark disguise, why ?

Doesn't she remember ? Oh, how can she not know ?
Just how very much, that she is loved and is needed so.
Why does she numb herself, to be as unfeeling as stone ?
How could she have forgotten ?, that she is never alone.

For she is connected, to that greater love so pure, so strong.
A love that would never leave her and has been with her all along.
It shines down upon her, as bright as the shiniest light, that has ever shone.
It surely wants her to know, that she is never alone !

It surrounds and follows her everywhere.
Believing, that the knowing part of her soul, still knows it's there.
So I'll have faith while I wait and I pray a mother's prayer.
Never wanting to ever think, what I know my heart could never bear.

For she has so very much to give, a most precious life to live and so much to share.
So many special gifts, of which she is not yet fully aware.
Until she can see crystal clearly, through unveiled eyes.
Only then can she know, that she already has the most greatest prize.

To again feel what is really real and know it's already her very own
For from the start, she became an integral part and not unfeeling stone.
Eternally connected to that greatest unfailing love and not ever, no never, never alone.
Never alone !

Submerged in shame in a sea of flames, she hears her people cries
As an angry sun rises up each day, against her blackened skies
A stunned world watches in disbelief, none believin' what is seen
All asking how could this happen, to that most beloved queen ?

In a watery grave around her, she waits now in grim despair
How will anybody save her ?, somehow we all should care
But she will rise again someday, like a phoenix through the fire
In a fortress befitting for a queen, built up strong and higher

For she will always be the queen of queens
Our lady fair, our New Orleans
Our precious home, sweet precious home
Oh mon Dieu... save our queen, Save our home, our New Orleans
Save our queen, our precious queen...our New Orleans

Tell me dear sister of mine, do you remember a time ?
When you and me, acting far sillier than even silly could be
Laughed so hard until one of us two, but dare I say.. just who
Wee Wee'd on the floor, of Corte' General Mercantile Store
Then poor old Ms. Maggie said " Oh dear me, someone must have spilt water."
Which only had us both laughing, even that much harder !

We laughed until our knees grew weak, we couldn't breathe, we could not speak
Teetering then on the brink of hysteria, was there ever a time when we felt merrier ?
Somehow we made it back home that day, laughing each step on the way.
We laughed through supper til time for bed, we couldn't sleep, so we just laughed instead.
When not even threats from our old Pop, couldn't make us want to stop.
So we laughed on and on and had we not conked out, we would have laughed til dawn.

Oh Sister isn't it so very nice to know, how much we have matured since then ?
We certainly wouldn't ever dream, of acting that silly again !
No, no not you and oh my definitely never me !
Or Would We ? Ha Ha... Ho Ho... Hee Hee Hee...

When we were kids, you were always around
You were the one boy, I hated most in town
It seemed you always, liked to follow me
For making me cry, made you so happy
So when it rained and I couldn't play
You'd laugh so hard, I'd have to say
You came around, to chase the sun away
Cause you know, I never liked a rainy day

Then we grew older, and fell in love
The sun was so bright, up above
I didn't mind, having you around
You were the one boy, I loved most in town
But then one day, it began to storm
I looked around, and you were gone
I found the note you wrote, sayin goodbye
I got so mad, that I started to cry

Oh well now, isn't this just like you
Seems you always, liked to make me blue
Why'd you leave, and chase the sun away
When you know, I've never liked a rainy day
Oh no, I've never liked... a rainy day

The first time I saw her, I couldn't believe it was true
A perfect pink pudgy lil angel, with enormous eyes so blue
This precious lil creature, lying right here in my arms
Endowed it does seem, with all of heaven's charms

Surely I must be dreaming, for how in this world ?
Could she really be, my very own baby girl ?
So completely amazed, and filled with pride and awe
For a more beautiful child, I had never saw

Now gazing down upon her, surveying what was there
A tiny dimple in her chin, a crown of shiny golden hair
Just a chubby cherub, with only the slightest lil nose
More soft and as pink, as the petals of a rose

Poking two tiny fingers in her mouth, with one small sigh so deep
She drifted off then, into a most angelic sleep
A baby girl angel, surely sent from above
A most special gift just for me, that I will cherish and love

In my eyes, You can be anything,
a Poet or a King.
And though yet a Babe, so very small,
You are the very center of it all.
In my eyes, the sun surely rises-up through you,
as you greet a world so new.
And with each passing day, as I watch you grow,
I pray somehow, you will always know,
In my eyes, you shall forever be,
a most amazing, accomplishment to me.

Say friend, don't I know you ?
You've been, around here before.
But now, come to think of it
I can't place, just who you are.

But you sure seem so familar,
Say now, don't you know me ?
Yeah, friend I'm sure I know you,
So, tell me who could you be ?

Or, maybe you just remind me,
of this old pal of mine.
Someone, I have needed,
to have a talk with for sometime.

But he never really wants to hear,
what I've got to say.
So, he just tries to ignore me,
hoping, I'll soon go away.

And friend, I must tell you,
You're not looking so well.
Not, to put you down none,
But you're looking like hell.

See how your hands keep shaking,
while you're holding that glass.
Friend, you sure could use a shave,
Say when have you eaten last ?

Hey friend ! Can't you hear that bartender ?
Shouting it's closing time !
I'd like to hail us a cab,
But, you've spent our last dime.

You keep sitting here, just drinking.
Don't you care, about nothing else ?
Please friend won't you look at me... I'm talking.
Or can't you bear, to even... take a look at yourself ?

I sat, and I waited so very patiently,
for the life, I had envisioned for me.

Only by chance, to at last realize,
that it would take more than patience, to win that prize.

For the time for some action, was long over due.
And that sometimes, Impatience is...a far greater virtue !

Let me remember, that I am love
It's what I am created of...
For long before I came to be, this same someone I know as me
I was woven into, a glorious mystery...
Like golden thread, so very divinely spun
Then entwined into the Wholeness, of that greater One...
Just as a tiny raindrop that's drawn, out from a great vast sea
Though separate, an infinite part of...
That most magnificent tapestry...



written: by aware3 (07/18/08).

Oh morning breeze, You gentle tease,
How delightfully sweet you are.
You've lifted me, to heights of fantasy,
I feel as though, I could soar.

But here I sit, so lazily dreaming,
caressed in your cool loving arms.
A most willing prisoner,
Held captive, by your charms.