Lola
Lola is the name of a woman I have just met
She is very familiar of my work as I always bet
I know she likes gospel music as she sings to set
Lola transcends my mind because I often let
She is very intelligent and gives advice to vet
I know I like her very much but she doesn,t want a pet
Lola is her name and her children offer her my debt
She is wonderful like a cherished person should always get
I know she has the brownest eyes of which I often look at and yet
Lola is her name and I feel wonderment in her company but we never ever really met.
froth breathes effervesce into daydreams, you caress - - -
i await silent lullabies,
fluently becoming myself as you become…
PERFECT
solaced by the strong of heart;
breathless from resonating
echoes of impulse,
forever needing your fingertips
frilling down my barren nape-
the softest kiss you’ve ever kissed,
and
the brownest eyes you’ve ever seen;
demure as a fawn in late spring,
whisped away into your reverie mist
aurora hues of poppy fields,
your touch as vibrant as Dali-
your skin beautiful,
but
not as beautiful as your essence;
the fervor of your felicity feeds my fire-
as we immerse under the sheets in desire
froth breathes effervesce...
into daydreams as we coalesce
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12.25.19
THE FLOWER THAT fails TO BLOOM--
...looking out into the garden;
seeing nothing but brownish hue;
petals wrinkled and misshapen;
What am I to do?
Broken steams...
Brownest bulbs and petals;
Burn a blazed withered summer swoon;
At the flower that fails to bloom;
7/15/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019
"What does the future hold?", said he.
"I do not care for things long past."
"Ah, but who is to say?", said she.
"It is written the die is cast."
"I see a lass with brownest eyes -
"A sad, sad face from long ago.
"I see the tears from hearing lies
"And asking why she loved him so."
"I see eyes of the palest blue
"That stare afar, but do not see.
"Lips that should smile but never do,
"Hoping that love will set her free."
"Ah, but then there are eyes of green!
"A look I have not seen before!
"I see the future - it is mean.
"And death is what I see in store!"
"The woman is with child, my son.
"Her anger curls a strong man's toes.
"If you would live then you must run -
"You have not seen these kinds of woes."
They say the border was too far.
A green eyed storm swallowed him whole.
He is buried where others are
Who lie deep with a tortured soul.
A green eyed son was born that Spring,
A model of Law and Order.
But deep inside there is some "thing"
That pulls him toward the border.
5-30-18
For contest Poetry for the Sake of Poetry
For John Lawless
Chloe
Chloe's are the smallest hands
smaller than the hands e.e. cummings gave the rain
Melting the snow of my white glove
together we look out over the white domino tombstones
Chloe's are the brownest eyes
Wet and sad like a spaniel dogs
Tracing the shiny brass buttons on my uniform coat
Chloe is to young to understand why i clench her hand tighter
each time the guns fire for her Daddy
To young to hate me for not saving him.
I looked above the other day.
I know that I am good and ready for a change.
Why can’t I catch up with life?
It’s getting ahead of me.
I run like the wind, as it chases the brownest leaves on the trees.
Where can I turn?
Girl i ya unsure,the way i be sometimes
but dont u ever just relax,u the only one on my mind
with nobody else,why would i ever be?
because u my soul mate u already showed that to me
i love your eyes,brownest in summertime
u knowing just what to doi,to get you to smile
no more jealousy,only kisses in my favorite way
Nowadays,sad to say,everybody want to breakaway
nothings gonna make u fall from heaven,angel
nothing gonna ruin your day,sunshine
cuz if u do your part like ive done mine..
we should be just fine.
Cant I just hold u close,stop being strange
Insecurity,gotchu actin this way
Your hair turns gray,you have bad days
im still gonna stay,aint gonna change
you told me once before
almost to the door
you wanted something more
and i wasnt providing babe
because i was just getting close to your heart
back in those days i was inside it babe
now ive decided babe
nothing gonna make you fall from heaven,angel
nothing gonna ruin your day,sunshine
cuz if u do ya part like ive done mine
i can guarantee,
well be just fine.
You can only just tell
The goodness that shines from within
Coming from the brownest eyes
to the touch of the golden skin
Each day is like a new surprise
Given to a hope that this may not end
And all my blues are left to the skies
Leaving more than enough smiles to lend
My mind sways to a brand new beat
As she dances with a soul she never did know
Only God knows why the two did meet
Or if a planted seed was meant to grow
or remain in the moment of the heartbeat
Within the blessings of her Beautiful Soul....
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