Best Song Life Poems
Tiny eyelids flutter ...
The orbs beneath, busy with their magical meanderings,
Monochromatic piano keys gently holding up your cherub cheeks.
I wonder, Squeaker, so close to the instrument ...
Do you dream of melody and metre?
Are your tiny legs yet dancing across a whimsical landscape,
Black and white cobbles underfoot -
While marvelous creatures tumble and play for your charms?
Or is it possibility and hope that hammer the strings of your heart?
Oh, my precious and darling little one,
How I pray for your life to be full and fancy!
How I hope that you hear the music of wonder and enchantment ...
The white, shiny tones of joy and love and beauty!
But I wish for you to know the black keys as well,
The sharps and flats of life and love,
The darker and more concerning harmonies ...
Only in moments, but enough so you'll know their importance -
So you'll appreciate the bright melodies all the more,
And learn that it's the balance and delicate interplay of BOTH,
That makes this song, Life, so exquisite - so priceless and amazing!
I wonder, what will your song be, my little one?
What pattern will you follow as you skip atop the keys of life?
Whatever your song, Squeaker, it will be YOURS ...
And it will most certainly be joyous ... and loud!
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Tell Me A Story 2" Poetry Contest
Brenda Chiri, Judge & Sponsor.
I’m too old to live out these songs I sing.
There has been too much pumped into these veins.
But if you remember how I was back in time…
Won’t you toss me a nickel or a dime?
I used to travel all around the world.
and I bought my condoms by the case full.
I stored all my cocaine in quart-sized mason jars…
in my yachts, jets, and fancy armored cars.
Man, those were sure some good old glory days.
Before I smoked and drank my dreams away.
When everything I touched turned into solid gold…
Back before the horse took away my soul.
You know that once the devil seals the deal.
There’s no way you can beg, borrow, or steal.
Another second of the fame that you ain’t owed…
No matter how bright the lightning you rode.
Chorus:
When I was on top, man I was the best,
I was so damned far above all the rest.
I’d give my life to have that spotlight once again…
Not outside on this sidewalk begging change.
Standing here playing guitar in the rain.
Your tracks may have faded away with time.
But all those old wounds that you left behind.
Left me with so much more to remember you with…
I can’t say that I thank you for the gift.
I wonder is there nothing left in me.
but the memories of what used to be.
and those sad dreams about how my life could have been…
Knowing I can never go there again.
Now I’m playing these old forgotten songs.
begging change from strangers that come along.
Hoping to get enough to buy a fifth of gin…
I lost my wife, kids, and even my friends.
So heed the words of this broken-down man.
Hold on tight to any dreams that you can.
Because once they're gone, they won’t be back again…
And you’ll find yourself outside, playing guitar in the rain.
(Repeat Chorus)
You know I could have been a rich man,
maybe a Hollywood movie star.
Or rocking out on some spot-lit stage,
singing songs and playing my guitar.
My fans would swoon and beg to touch me,
and they would tell me that I’m just grand.
But because of you, I’m all alone,
too afraid of failure to make a stand.
Chorus:
I don’t want you. I don’t need you,
not gonna stay here and feed you.
Because I have got a new plan,
I’m hiding here inside my sleeve.
Done with doubting and with lying,
with failing at what I’m trying.
I know I can do anything,
as long as I can just believe.
I have decided to move along,
stop lying here curled up on the floor.
Forget the past it can kiss my ass,
I’m gonna toss you right out the door.
Not listening to what you have to say,
you’re always telling me what to do.
Now get out of here and hit the road,
cause you and me are finally through.
Repeat Chorus:
So, if like me, you’ve spent all your life,
trying hard to make your dreams come true
But every time you nearly reached one.
Old Man Doubt took it away from you.
If you’re too afraid to start over,
and don’t know if you can dream again.
Don’t listen to what he has to say,
because Old Man doubt sure ain’t your friend.
Inspired by and based on L’Étranger by Albert Camus
I'm a stranger to you, even stranger to me
I'll pass you by like a memory
Of innocence and ignorant bliss.
I feel nothing every time we kiss
I feel nothing each day I'm alive
Nothing matters, we're all gonna die
When and how, I could not care less
I don't care for the life over which you obsess
It can be changed but should I bother?
This life is just like any other
So taciturn and disarrayed
Oh, didn't Mother die today?
Reflecting the sunshine on the blade of a knife
To turn away or to take his life?
I stopped to think as he hit the floor
His breathless body took four more
Now I'm being punished for refusing to lie
If my life is the price then I'll sacrifice
I am not like you, I refuse to pretend
And if truth equals crime then I will not amend
It can be changed but should I bother?
This life is just like any other
So taciturn and disarrayed
Oh, didn't Mother die today?
But I found myself in this nothingess
And learnt to embrace the indifference
The end is nearing but there is no pain
For some strange reason, I feel happy again
I'm a stranger to you, even stranger to me
My blind rage has washed me clean
Proud to say that in this life so absurd
I never belonged to your condemned herd
I could have changed it but I didn't bother
This death is just like any other
So taciturn and disarrayed
Oh, dear Mother, I'm alive again
Backyard Vacation
(Country, male vocal, speed/tempo in vein of Zac Brown Band's "Knee Deep" w/Jimmy Buffet)
When life’s hurdles got ya goin’
Around in circles without you knowin’
And it seems they’ll never end
I take a walk in my backyard
I like that it’s so large
There I look around and take it all in
Sometimes life feels strained
It shows us joy and sometimes pain
I’m here to tell ya a backyard can explain..
That just for a few minutes
So long as a hammock’s in it
Life’s trials can’t ever beat out a sunny day
I’m lucky got a few nice acres
Trees and a pond from our good lord maker
I’m thinkin’ it’s funny how it got this way
As I take in the view
And tell myself don’t be a fool
This feeling is what you never want to go away
Sometimes life feels strained
It shows us joy and sometimes pain
I’m here to tell ya a backyard can explain..
That just for a few minutes
So long as a hammock is in it
Life’s trials can’t ever beat out a sunny day
The beauty you’ll see offers a hedge
Like a tree’s reflection against the water’s edge
It’s a paintin’ you can see in your mind
It’s all a gift so enjoy the tryin’
Sometimes life feels strained
It shows us joy and sometimes pain
I’m here to tell ya a backyard can explain..
That just for a few minutes
So long as a hammock’s in it
Life’s trials can’t ever beat out a sunny day
Can’t ever beat out a sunny day..
Today I'm so happy
I got reason to shout!
Cause Jesus has opened my eyes to see.
I want to praise His holy name,
And tell the whole world about,
This new life that's living in me.
A new life is living in me.
The things of my past,
I no longer need.
Each day, He makes brighter,
My loads, He makes lighter,
He's the new life that's living in me.
My tomorrows, I'll face,
And not be afraid,
I've a friend that now walks beside me.
My strength He renews,
By this new life I choose.
Yes, He's the new life now living in me.
What if everything I imagined was more than a dream?
If metaphors meant to you, exactly what they mean to me,
And I know it's hard to believe, and I don't expect you to see,
That when I'm not scribbling on a paper, I feel like my life's on leash
But at least, just understand that all these words that I write,
Come straight from the heart, it's like I'm writing my life,
But this paper cannot withstand, standing under that light,
If I cover it with shade, the sun would still be to bright
But the only thing that matters, is that you learn to believe,
that what I write is my life, and it's the blood that I bleed,
My whole life I've been writing, taking in what I see,
I've adapted to heartache, coldblooded is what I've come to be
No need to go in depth, this stream is to deep to swim
You might get lost if I open the door to my life and let you in,
so for now I'll keep the key underneath the rhymes hidden,
You'll have to learn to read between the lines to get in
people grow up and live their life
feed their child and the wife
earn the money and enjoy lot
then what happens is they finally die
will you be the same
to earn name and fame
Or have thought of the other game
to give your life for others who are in pain
do whatever you can and never miss
to gain that happiness and ultimate peace
to help poor and needy think from heart
so that others happiness will be your lifes part
we are healthy and we are normal
but should live our life being abnormal
In a sense that u will not live like others
but to hold hands of all and make them brothers.
How Can I Tell Her It’s Over
How can I tell her it’s over
How can I tell her we’re through
How can I tell her the love is gone
And that now I’ve found someone new
I don’t want to see the hurt in her eyes
I don’t want to cause her more pain
But we’ve lost the spark we once had
And I don’t know how to explain
We’re just not the same two people
We were children when we met
With stars in our eyes we were married
And those years I’ll never regret
But Life has a way of intruding
And the years rolled by in a blur
The children now had their own lives
She thought life was over for her
Refrain:
How can I tell her it’s over
How can I tell her we’re through
How can I tell her the love is gone
And that now I’ve found someone new
How do I erase the memories
Of the life that I once led
I thought we’d grow old together
But I’ve found someone else instead
I’ve found a new love to cherish
Who makes me happy again
There’s just no use pretending
This life I just can’t maintain
Refrain:
How can I tell her it’s over
How can I tell her we’re through
How can I tell her the love is gone
And that now I’ve found someone new
How do I not break her heart
When I tell her I’ve found someone new
Copyright©2011 Beatrice Boyle
(All rights reserved)
Just one look you make my heart fly, with your deep round eyes darker than the night sky,
Just one touch,
Sweet life giver, make me run like a river, burn like a fever, just one smile can make me run a mile,
Cos baby, baby, baby, you’re here to simplify my life , you’re here to amplify my soul, baby you’re my life and baby you are my goal..
Don’t deny my love, I can see it in your eyes,
I`d give the world to be with you, I`d give the heaven in the skies..
I love you so much baby, I `d even let you win, but I can’t let you go,
Cos to lose you would be sin
Cos baby, baby, baby, you’re here to simplify my life , you’re here to amplify my soul, baby you’re my life and baby you are my goal..
Just one look you make my heart fly, with your deep round eyes darker than the night sky,
Just one touch,
Sweet life giver, make me run like a river, burn like a fever, just one smile can make me run a mile,
Cos baby, baby, baby, you’re here to simplify my life , you’re here to amplify my soul, baby you’re my life and baby you are my goal..
Now you feel so bright yea you feel so strong
but did you know that I knew you all along
that you were faking, (poo)-taking, halfbaking all that weed that you were making
When you gonna give it up?
No no no no can't get enough
The fad says you can't give it up
no no no it's just a scheme, throw that (poo) up
Your listening to reggae in your pad
oh what, like I care if this song makes you mad
when I call you out on your (poo), just quit, but instead you take another hit
When you gonna give it up?
No no no no can't get enough
Ska music ain't about smoking green
no no no but you think it makes the scene
(trombone and sax lines)
(slow crisp upstroke)
Smoked it all away again. Smoked your life away
Smoked it all away again. Smoked your life away
(Back to original 3rd wave punk)
Now you don't know (poo), yea you really lived it
But did you know that you were wrong, yea I knew it all along
That you were faking, (poo)-taking, halfbaking all that weed that's got you flaking
Down like rain again
come what may again
come let's play pretend m'friend
that all this mess never did begin
Down like rain
this life stain
though life is pain
i must refrain
that I never cried so loud or bled so proud
for an ideal that fell down through a cloud
but never, ever, say that i won't
no i won't
be just another face in a crowd
stand up, stand proud
and shout it out so loud
that tomorrow
won't go
unheard
You once told me that you loved me, so why did you have to leave?
this love thing can be something beautiful, or it can turn around and bring you falling
to your knees
I told you that i loved you, but you were'nt able to see
So you decided to make new changes in your life for the future that did not include me!
you could never in a million years know the pain that i have felt
although we do not control the hands of cards we're sometimes dealt
I think i dreamed of you too much, you married and had a child
I screamed in agony, from the loss of love, that i will someday get over, although it
may take a while
I didn't know the man i once believed was my perfect soulmate,
would walk away and not return which eliminate our fait
At times i feel my life has a big gap in it, but i can understand why
because the greatest love i've ever experienced somehow had slipped right by
In remembrance, i think of our Destiny, that did not make it here
I was so lost and hurt back then when i realized you no longer cared
But things happen for a reason, although we may not totally agree
After all these painful years i've lived, still, "Your love is all i see"
Please do not misunderstand me, i am now learning to be a soldier of Christ
I've made some mistakes but only to learn that some things must be sacrificed
I used to wonder if you thought of me just as much as i thought of you
I hate the way that our Love Story Ended, but love still awaits for me and i am ready
for a new love that's true
If i had known that you would be gone i would have kissed you and gave you a loving hug
but sometimes we just have to go through a few things in life even if it means losing
the one and only man you thought you'd ever love,
I hope that you are really happy in life with all of your decisions,
I wish that we could have ended up happily ever after, but the reality of this was only
one vision.
The resonance invitation does my intention deliver…
Discover your prince; your best friend, your knight…
Say yes to your dream; your wish, your desire…
Flow with the nudge coming from within…
Allow your greatest love experience to begin…
You are the Goddess, priestess barer of life…
Wholly complete this universal wife…
Gazing through your eye window caressing your soul…
Gifting unto you my cosmic song of enchantment…
Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa Say So Hung…
Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa Say So Hung
With certainty, confidence, certitude and concivtion…
Free from limitation, inhibition or angst inclination…
My love is resolved, courageous with Assurant solution…
Present moments of our togetherness beaming blissfully the radiance of light…
Knowing this feeling of united union repose; fused are the two flames, behold their might…
You are the Goddess, priestess barer of life…
Wholly complete this universal wife…
Gazing through your eye window caressing your soul…
Gifting unto you my cosmic song of enchantment…
Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa Say So Hung…
Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa Say So Hung…
From across the universe have I journeyed, guided directly to you from your hearts essence...
When life blesses me with your presence, I am consumed within the timeless vortex of the original emotion…
Piercing my being you’re spiraling has bloomed in me the white lotus
Illuminated; floating above the realm of fear… I am prepared to experience your affection…
Walking alongside your path the devoted life companion…
My simple request; merely holding your hand with passion…
You are the Goddess, priestess barer of life…
Wholly complete this universal wife…
Gazing through your eye window caressing your soul…
Gifting unto you my cosmic song of enchantment…
Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa Say So Hung…
Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa Say So Hung…
The human being…
Who is worthy to bestow this title or its meaning…?
Mortal beginners naming us damned sinners…
Begotten is this son; created in the image, the human being the Holy Grail…
Inquisitions; manipulations cloaking divine knowing with a consuming veil…
My soul sings the truth of your wisdom…
Joyous the song of the kingdom…
I breathe you in from the breeze; touching your essence communing with trees…
I have been alive here before…
Sailing the seas while walking the shores…
Feeling the wealth of love and life all the while considered poor…
Advance intuition understanding the power of cognition…
Focused attention paired with reasoning, will and concentration…
Abilities from the divine; creating the human magician…
Thwarted from dogmatic idiocies…
Perception of proper perspective; Cloned are individual and collective frequencies…
Reality manifesting from our visuals and emotion feelings…
Hence the need for spirit based emotional healing…
My soul sings from trusting your wisdom…
Joyous the song of the kingdom…
We have been lied to about god, now is my own divine conceiving…
I breathe you in from gratitude, giving and receiving…
I have been alive here before; making green tea, cleansing soiled floors…
Feeling the wealth of love and life all the while considered poor…
I am that I am…
Spirit, light and matter…
Free to be me; using my inner eye to see…
Living from passion love and enthusiasm…
Remaining unattached to the created human cataclysm…
My soul sings from knowing your wisdom…
Joyous the song of the kingdom…
Individualized drops of the divine ocean
I breathe you in from making sacred loves unconditional devotion…
I have been alive here before; walking on water, pray believing…
Feeling the wealth of love and life all the while considered poor…