MY PRAYER

Protect all those 
That we love 
And hold dear
Help us to overcome 
The sum of our fears.
Behind every cloud 
There is a silver lining 
Teach us the way
And to appreciate  
how to find it.
May we realize 
That good times 
They don't always last
And may our tomorrows 
Be better than days past
Amen.

WHEN

When the stars
Fall from the sky
When newborn babies 
Cease to cry
When snowstorms 
Come in July 
When mockingbirds
No longer ask why 
When all tears
Miraculously dry
When no one will 
Or even try
...Maybe then i'll stop loving you!

FRIEND

You are
The brave one 
While i
cower in fear
You are
The strong one 
I can only count 
My tears
You are 
The wise one
I make the
Same mistakes over 
And over again 
But i am
The lucky one
I have you 
As my friend.

HUMAN

I use words 
As a shield
Does that
Make me
A warrior
I hide how 
I feel 
Does that 
Make me
A thief
I build 
Walls around 
My heart
Does that 
Make me
An architect 
I LIVE 
AND
I LOVE
Does that
Make me human?

FRIEND

Love has brought 
Me joy
Love has brought 
Me pain
Love has brought 
Me sunshine 
Love has brought 
Me rain.
Love has been 
A teacher 
Love has been 
A thief
Love has left
Me in sorrow 
Love has left
Me in grief.
Love has been
My beginning 
Love will be
My end
Love has been 
Many things
But love 
has NEVER been 
MY FRIEND!  

WHY NOT

I have 
No swagger 
I place 
No blame 
I take 
Each day
Cause none
Are the same.
I have 
No pretensions 
I call 
My shots
Others ask
Why
I say
Why not. 

HOW

How can 
We live 
In a world so cold 
A world where no one 
Looks out 
For the young 
Or for the old
Where people 
With nowhere to go
Sleep in the streets 
Where you don't 
Even care
And act like 
You don't see
Tell me how 
HOW CAN THIS BE?

AND

Sometimes love dies
And
There's no way
To bring it back
And
All you have left
Are the memories 
Of how it
Used to be
Of how you thought 
It would always be.
Sometimes what 
We want cannot be
For reasons not known 
And
Not understood.
The heart is
A lonely hunter
Fractured unsure.
And
...SOMETIMES LOVE DIES 

GOODBYE

I was so young
So naive
Thought your love
Was the reason
For me to breathe
Bought your lies
Each and every one
That you sold
Believed your words
All that you told.
I was young then
But not anymore
Leave your key
Shut the door
...THIS IS GOODBYE

THIS MOMENT

Today is all
That we have
So let's not leave it
Up to circumstance
Or to chance
Tomorrow is but
A promise
On the wind
And yesterday
Will never come
Back again.
Live your dreams
Don't let them
Wither and die
But keep them
In your heart
And always
In your mind
For this moment
Is all that
We have
A mere promise of
Fate and Circumstance.

DREAM

I see you 
In my dreams 
I touch you
In my consciousness 
I hear your voice 
Whisper in the 
Silence of night 
I kiss your lips 
Oh so gently 
I hold you precariously 
In shaking arms
I adore you
But only from afar
I love you 
But only in my dreams!

LIKE

Like a cool breeze
In summer 
Like an earthquake 
That no one
Saw coming 
Like a faucet 
That won't 
Stop running 
Like a child
At Christmas 
In need of a toy
Like love's
First kiss
Between a girl
And a boy
...I NEED YOU IN MY LIFE 

PRECIOUS ONE

My precious
Precious one 
Look at all the things
We have not become 
Used to love you
Maybe too much
But now i can't stand
 To even touch.
We promised forever 
Before family 
Before God
Had no idea 
That togetherness 
Would be this hard.
Now whenever 
We kiss 
I feel nothing 
But the need
To reminisce.
My precious
Precious one 
I guess it's over 
All said and done.

FORBIDDEN FRUIT

wasted all those years
cried all those tears
and for what.
a fool of my own making
yours ripe just for
the taking.
i should have
walked on by
but i could not
see that you
were not the one
for me.
even the angels
laughed from above
when i look back
it was never about love.
i just could not see that
YOU WERE NEVER EVER
THE ONE!

Bobbi Kristina

Didn't you know 
That we loved you
Didn't you know 
That we cared
Life can be
So cruel sometimes 
Life can be
So unfair
Your mom wanted 
What was best 
For you 
But you just wanted 
Your mom  
Now you've climbed 
That stairway 
To heaven 
With Whitney 
Waiting there
But Bobbi 
Didn't you know 
That WE
Loved you 
Didn't you know
That WE
Cared
But then again 
How could you?

DAYS GONE BY

I remember 
My first bike ride 
My dad stood and watched 
Filled with fatherly pride
I remember my parents 
Being so much in love 
It was as if their union 
Was blessed from above 
I remember the holidays 
At my grandparents home 
Family all together 
Knowing i was not alone
Money Cars Fortune and Fame
Are only to be cherished 
If you believe the game 
...I remember days gone by
Sometimes I laugh 
Sometimes I cry!

FATHER

The first deep voice 
That we heard 
The one 
Who could 
Stop us in our tracks 
With just one word 
The one 
That we would run to
When mom did not understand 
The one
Who protected and guided
With just the touch of his hand
The one
Who rocked us on his knees 
The one
Who shares his advice
Who inspires us 
To grab for our
Dreams in life 
The one 
Who keeps us safe 
From all evil things 
The one
Who shows by example 
What it is to be a man
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

FOUND LOVE

If you never
Give up hope
Or lose faith
If you treasure
Warm memories together
In a sacred special place.
If you never
Ever doubt
The power of romance
If you are willing
To step forward
To take a risk
Or take a chance.
If you never
Put your dreams
On a shelf
If you have been
Blessed in life to find
Someone of like heart
And of like mind
Then know
YOU HAVE FOUND LOVE!

DON'T

Don't know
That i
Dream
About you
Don't know
That i'm
Nothing
Without you
Don't know
That i
Pray for
You
Don't know
That i
Would
Slay for
You
Don't know
That my
Love
Is TRUE
Don't know
Cause you
Only exist
For YOU!

FAIRYTALE

You gave me 
All the things 
I needed 
Faith Hope Love 
But i just 
Could not 
See that
Life is never 
A fairytale 
Most endings 
Are not happy 
You see 
There are
No more 
Pages left 
For me
To turn 
No knights 
In shining armor 
No damsels
In distress
...There is 
Only my heart 
Laid bare
Before the throne.  

CRY

In my darkest imaginings 
I never imagined 
You gone 
Never imagined 
That i would 
Need a 
road map 
To find
My way
Home 
To find
My way
Back to
ME 
In the darkness 
Of my 
Darkest night 
I never imagined 
That i would 
Sit alone 
And i
Would cry!

WAITED

I should
Have waited
Before i gave
My love to you
My heart to you
My soul to you
I should
Have waited
Until i wasn't
So vulnerable
Until God
Deemed you worthy
I should have walked
Not rushed
Heart first
Head last
...I should have known
That you were
No GOOD

JUST

Just want you 
To know 
That always 
You are in
My heart 
And on
My mind
Every day
And all
The time 
Left wondering 
Why i wasn't 
Good enough 
Why you ran
From my lips
Ran from  
My touch. 
Just want you 
To know that 
I am still 
In love
With you 
No matter 
Where you go
Or what 
You do
...You are in
My heart FOREVER 

PIECES

Pieces of me
Scattered on 
The floor 
My faith alone 
Could not 
Keep you 
From walking 
Out that door.
Pieces of me
Now blown
In the wind 
Try as 
I might 
I just 
Cannot pretend 
...that you ever really loved me!

PRISON

In a prison
Of my own making 
The world 
Was mine 
For the taking 
An innocent child 
With worthy dreams
But nothing in life 
Is as it seems.
Took a wrong turn 
Along the road 
My God 
This child feels
So beaten and old. 
Removed the handcuffs 
Unlocked the key
Stepped into 
The sunlight 
In search of me!

MISS YOU

I look for you 
In the rays 
Of the sun
I hear your voice 
In the rustle 
Of the wind 
Been so long 
Yet still 
I pretend.
Memories i
Cannot escape 
Trying to find
Reality when my 
Very existence 
Is fake.
So many things 
Echo thru
My mind 
But i do hope 
My love 
That with time 
You find what 
You've been 
Searching for 
...cause baby i miss you 

THE COST

You don't realize 
The pain or the cost
How much 
I have suffered 
Or how much that 
I have lost.
Cause lovin you 
Is never easy
All things come 
With a price.
But then again 
I never expected 
That the sacrifice 
Would be all mine. 
Thought we were 
In this together 
That you would 
Be there 
Thru stormy weather.
But you left 
As did the sun
Now i am
The only one 
...Standing in the shadows 
Of love.  

REALITY

In this reality 
Where life 
Is its totality 
Where we remain 
Frozen 
By the same 
Fears
That we had 
Before 
Afraid of the 
Unknown 
And to walk thru
That door 
Where enlightenment 
And uniformity 
Are one and
The same 
Could it be
That sunshine 
Mixed with rain 
Will lead us home
Again? 

REFUSE

I refuse 
To give up
Or to 
Give in
I refuse 
To let go
Before it 
Begins 
I refuse 
To fall down 
Without a fight 
I refuse 
To make excuses 
Even though 
I might  
...Not win

LOVE IN THE ASHES

If i could unspeak
The words that i said 
The words that made
You turn and leave 
Would i welcome 
You back 
With open arms 
Or would i realize 
That love
Never returns 
From the dead 
That there was
And will only be
One resurrection 
...will i learn 
To leave love 
In the ashes 

BROKEN

All the love 
All the things 
That we shared 
Woke up this morning 
And found that 
You weren't there 
Guess it's best 
That i learned now 
But it doesn't ease
The pain 
Lord somehow 
Help me to 
Make it 
In spite of myself 
Thought we were 
FOREVER 
But alone
Here i stand
A shell 
Of what i used
To be
Alone for the 
World to see 
...I'm BROKEN