Day After Day,
Day after day,
Awake in new ways.
Hour after hour,
Cultivate your power.
Minute after minute,
Immerse fully into it.
Second after second,
Create the Present.
So day after day,
You find time to play.
How quickly
the morning
news
moves on;
the bridge
was last
week,
the earthquake
yesterday,
today
the eclipse
may trigger
Armageddon,
meanwhile
outside birds
are chirping,
flowers
are blooming,
and no rain
is forcast
today
or tomorrow.
Life’s not all fun and games, no sir -
even war games under the waxing sun.
Cock-a-doodle-doo day after day
as the ground gives way to waves.
And we wave goodbye, have another cry,
blame the other guy, don’t even try
to figure out the way to God’s heart.
After all, your god, is a god of war.
Whatever side you’re on, you figure
he’s on your side too. Zap that chap,
have no mercy. The nails had no mercy.
The thorns had no mercy. Christ’s blood
soaked the soil. We till and toil,
we live, we die - day after day.
she lived on the hill and kept to herself
and everyday came and went
with me wondering if i should go knock at her door
not today
not today
maybe tomorrow
AP: Honorable Mention 2023
Whoops. Mariners lost
again yesterday.
to God we would pray
make Mariners better play
do day after day
empty is each store
are not around anymore
rich replaced by poor
what we would suggest
have gained much growing unrest
failed to pass each test
threw curve with a spin
my Mariners lost again
when should win win win
Life is so precious
We live it each day
Yet little by little
It just fades away
From the time
That were born
Till the day that we die
Life comes and goes
And we watch it pass by
Does it cross your mind
How you spend your time
Are you helping someone
Are you loving and kind
Just be assured
There’s coming a day
When we’ll stand before God
Oh what will he say
Will he say welcome my child
Well done I’m so pleased
Enter into my kingdom
To dwell here with me
Those are the words
We all hope he’ll say
So share Christ with others
Day after day
You tend to say hurtful things,
acting like a soul possessed.
And try resurrecting fears
time has long ago repressed.
You can't relate to pity;
for bullies exploit the meek.
And it feels good to demean
those who turn the other cheek.
I see someone who's hurting;
using drugs to numb their pain.
And a sore loser in life;
treating winners with disdain.
The truth does not deter you;
whatever you do feels right.
But guilt gnaws at your insides;
and part of you dies each night.
You stand ready to attack;
pushing those who care away.
And start swinging at shadows;
striking out, day after day.
Day after day
And every night
Alone in the shadows
I lye here in bed
Slowly - dying
I close my eyes
To keep from crying
Cause I feel all this pain
But hold it inside
Cause I can not mend
All those wounds you fed
And all of those memories
Of you I wish to lose
Cause you drained me hollow
And left me numb
But living without you
I can no longer bear
An unsteady needle
pricks my fingertip
And all of those unspoken words
Are now written-to you
I feel myself weaken
As I stare lost in the dark
I watch it as it all fades away
And slowly I drift off
Cause I gave my life to you
And now I lye still
No longer breathing
I took my life away
Brought it to a bitter end
Becoming nothing
For you
day after day...it gets deeper and it's darker since you went and flew away
my most beautiful bird with rarest feathers
now you're flying with the wind...unafraid of stormy weather
now i long for the lies that spewed from your lips
i long for sweet sin where we'd both slide and slip
i long to take that treacherous trip where our blasphemous bed just bursts into flames
i miss you 4ever day after day
day after day...i search for you in shadows...where devils and demons light lunacy lanterns
i scurry and i scatter still i can't chase the confusion away
tick tock goes the clock as i'm time's mortal slave
i miss you 4ever day after day
day after day...now i visit your grave
bloody roses just wither...not getting better with age
i'm filled with remorse and i'm filled now with rage
like a sad sole survivor who won't pass away
maybe today will be the last day
in silence i suffer just meant for misery
i miss you 4ever day after day
Day after day, year after year
Through the laughter and the tears
The mud becomes comparable to the water
Mere substance suitable to asphyxiate
Gives the means to claim a place beside
The ones no longer here
And whisper in your ear
There’s no need to cry
No need to be afraid
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Eternity blurs into one numb purgatory
Only discernible when clarity returns
Releasing the pain of hitting the bottom
The empty bottle falls, shattering on the floor
Leaving a slight resemblance of the remains of your heart
Time after time, end after beginning
Nothing left to take away the rest
All that remains is just enough to torture
Sunrise after sunset
Doesn’t matter much now
It’s not as bright as it should be
Could never feel as warm as it used to
Darkened portrait of the soul
Half-empty landscape of the life
That once was a life
To life
To give
To share
To die for
As I reach for these stars
And as I seek these seas
I wonder if I could have seen
What you had truly meant to me
When I first saw your face
When I looked into your eyes
I wished to never leave this place
I wished there were no lies
And as I walked across these blue seas
I knew what you had been to me
I wished that I could swim
Instead of following the winds whims
As I finally let go of the need to sway
I knew I’d be with you day after day
Our love may have ripples but those ripples die down
They may come back but that won’t bring me down
With you being you and me being me
We settled at the bottom of the deep blue sea
Day after Day, Father I question my life
Where I wet went wrong will it ever be right
Will I rise, Will I fall?
Stand tall..........Continue asking, but I'm knowing only God know
Growing up in the repping "hard knock",I never knew nothing too much about drugs
My only concern was making my money and running these streets as a thug
Instead of my daddy talking about the birds and bees,
I always talk to murderers and the G's
Walking the streets coldness grew inside me,
but on the real I ain't really trying to hurt nobody
Temptation is keeping me steadily going under
And I wonder, if I could make it through the thunder
Enough with pointing the blame, cause I done caused so much hurt and pain
to some that ain't deserve a thing,If I could change that, it would all be rearranged
But what's done is done and I paid the price
and now I'm like, Help me Lord, to better my life, my life
Just give me the chance to prove the world that I can be the man that I am
And I plan, on keeping it realer, really slow and steady
The shadow in your eyes
the darkness your disguise
let the people see
the beauty that is thee
your smile brings me to life
makes nightfall turn to light
and day after day after day after day
my shadows fly away
Dont let them compromise my faith
for the sake of private conversations
hold me in your arms
and bind my tears till the end of time
then day after day after day after day after day
the flame will not die
it burns for you
whispers in the wind and raise the tempo of the rain
are we purified will we ever be the same again
open your flaming heart
and set your true love free
a lust filled homicide
and truefull lie
but was it ment for me
Dont let them compromise my faith
for the sake of private conversations
hold me in your arms
and bind my tears till the end of time
then day after day after day after day after day
the flame will not die
it burns for you
There’s places and faces where I’ve never been
some of them laughing and living in sin
Some of them hurting from being alone
And the places seem part of my own
The rhythm is flinging these words in my head
Against walls that refuse to be bled
Riding on nightmares through darkness and blight
Then lazily cruising in dreams
In this odessic searching
For reason for being
Nothing’s as bad as it seems
But on turning away
In my off handed way
I’m so tempted to say
Another could view it as fey
Another attempt at explaining my motives for living and writing about it
Day after day I sit alone
In silence I feel deepest sorrow
Remembering the love you have shown
And wondering if I will feel it tomorrow
Night after night I lay in bed
Crying myself to sleep
Listening to the doubts in my head
Feeling loss so steep
Knowing I haven't lost you
But knowing the distance is killing me
Not knowing if it is killing you too
Just feels that you have abandoned me
Feeling all alone without you
Crying and weeping
I feel so vulnerable without you
Spending my days sleeping
I wonder where you are
I long to be next to you
Wishing on the brightest star
Hoping that you're wishing too
I just want to be in your arms
Gazing into your eyes
Relaxed by your charms
The two of us caressed by the skies.
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