Best Hopelonging Poems
Perched on an altar of stone,
Enduring the weather of time.
She waits...
A marble heart laments,
Sorrow...forever etched...as,
She waits...
Her eyes filled with a glimmer of hope,
Embracing her lonely stand.
She waits...
Immortal expressions of yearning,
Shaded by the garish sun...as,
She waits...
For a moment...happiness embraces her,
As she gazes at a seagull on her arm...while,
She waits...
Facing a familiar horizon,
Profound longing radiates the cold sea...as,
She waits...
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Inspired by the Statue of Opatija
The cock of day crow over johncrow mountain
Sun come bright
Like Jane and Louise shine eye girl
And light
Just drop from heaven like ripe breadfruit
I pull the darkness from my eyes
And look and see only one thing on my mind
Always like bulla cake and pear
Always like coconut run-down and corn dumpling
Always like bammy, fish and irishmoss
My heart hungry like a jackass groan
I love you ackee and slatfish
The culture like a hook in human flesh
Making genes only the limit of the mesh
I love you sweet potato pone,
Lord, I cry for a kiss, oxygen from a wish
You indelible in my head like a Christmas dish
But I groaning for something different
Something that no cock can crow away
Something the same night and day
Something smooth as otaheite apple juice
Tart as pineapple and sweet
It is my custard apple memory
A tropic fire in my bones
A writing I can't rub out
Indelible thoughts of you
Like cock crow clocking in my brain
A dream swimming in the delirum of pain
I love you like swallow love the rain
And here I am waiting for you
Long morning light
Here I am longing for you
To come online
And as the time goes away
The pain grow big like root
Dig up my bowels with wondering
Lean me on the crutch of constant praying
Indelible you
Indelible pain
Indelible prayer
Indelible love remain
I wait for you
here inside my heart,
every moment,everyday.
With longing eyes,
with burning lips,
with trembling heart beating fast,
i wait for you.
You will heed my call.
You will hear my plea.
You will appear in my dreams,
and make them rosier.
I wait for you.
Like the monsoon and the rain made for each other,
i wait, i wait, i wait.
I’m here
Just shout, say, whisper,
Even think My name
I’m waiting
For that very moment
To release all power your way
More power
Than the forces
That seek to steal your soul
More power
Than addiction,
Suicidal thoughts,
And physical afflictions
I’m here
Just shout, say, whisper,
Even think My name
I’m longing
So to set you free
From all your tears and pain
Jesus! Jesus!
Call My name
All dark will fade into bright light
Jesus! Jesus!
Call My Name
I’ll save you from eternal night
Form:
Broken by their word
you try, oh, try to fly
you are but a caged bird
who looks longing to the sky.
Kept under lock and key
your freedom denied
oh poor little birdie
so many rules you must abide
Where will you hide
when there a four walls cutting your flight
your wings left untried
will your soul survive this blight?
She broke your bonds
little birdie now fly free
to her words your heart responds
Fly free out of this doomed city
Healed through her love
set free into the blue sky
now soar high, go above
fulfill your desire fly, oh, fly sky high
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