My memories have all but faded
Somehow I still remember how much
Life had really meant to her
“To yearn or to long, which one shall it be?”
I know now that the stress on ‘yearn’ was not due to her accent
“Yearn for a living”
She always said
Million steps
Out the sunrise
Appears my lady
Style for grace
Dressed in lace
We come face
To face
What a surprise
I walk a million steps
Which turns into a run
Give her some time
Oh she so.... Fine
Love her..
Need her. Have
Some fun
Chorus
Supporting her dreams And never fade away
Until my dying day
To continue
Fade away
Fade
Away.
Long gone
Are the days.
Replying in my mind
Alone,
Where did they go
Our memories
My memories,
Our laughter
My laughter,
Our love
Is it still there;
Or like the wind
Came from nowhere and went nowhere
Just a simple fleeting moment of breeze passing through my hair.
Sunlight only on my skin for a moment before the moon comes out to vist us for the night
Only to be replaced.
Where did they go
Are they down there with you still
Or like smoke from a fire dissipate into the sky,
Becoming part of something larger
When I join you will our memories be united again
Or like the sun and moon always be close but never together
Fade away
Fade
Away
I don't live I just survive
on the edge of death and being alive
No sound do I make as its buried deep down inside
The happy face I have for the pain I hide
So alone in my own world is where I must stay
Until I am gone and the memories of me eventually
fade away.
Every day I fade away little by little, like a star lost in the vastness of the sky,
Silence becomes my refuge, letting calls vanish into the echoes of time,
I trace winding paths, avoiding encounters like a butterfly hiding from the wind,
And as my steps turn to shadows, I distance myself from familiar lights.
By the time they notice I've dispersed, I'll already be a dream unraveling at dawn,
A forgotten laughter, an ancient melody, a smile hidden in the corners of memories,
Their questions will float like fallen leaves: what was my laughter like? was the smile real?
Or was I just a reflection on the surface of a calm lake, a thought that vanished?
My soul dances on the edge of time, like a grain of sand in the hourglass of eternity,
I wonder if I've left deep marks or was just a breeze passing through their lives,
Who am I in the hearts of those who seek me now, an echo or a guiding beacon?
I retreat into my silent universe, a story written on the night sky, with undying stars.
Before I fade from existence,
Here is why I never resisted.
They fade away
Cold poems
Yellowed pages
Unread
Old warriors
Cold souls
Unsheathed
Blades dulled
Forgotten
Words
Buried
In tomes
Don't fade away like the stars do, each morning
leaving behind the winds of your stay
Don't leave this earth like a shooting comet, son
dispersing my grief over oceans of tears
Don't fade away by dawn's purple blush
leaving agape this hole in my heart
Don't leave just yet ....
Knock on my window, before you finally go
Written in memory of Vito Fundaro
who died suddenly in a work accident this week in Mtl.
Yesterday's heartaches fade away,
although memories tend to stay.
And though time cannot guarantee
to unlock feelings, it's the key.
Clinging to unreconciled fears,
you blame fate for your years of tears.
And erect emotional walls;
discouraging love when it calls.
Your heart choreographs each move;
as if love has something to prove.
And when doubt devastates your mood,
you get defensive and unglued.
Lovers give, as well as receive,
Hope's goal is to share, not deceive.
And you'll find your soulmate someday:
for love's out there heading your way.
a bright winter night
shooting stars faded away
~dressed in their splendor~
When was the last time i felt completely free,
who is this person staring back at me?
This is not happiness,
this is delusion,
I've dug a grave I'm sitting in,
you've made my life an illusion.
I feel alone,
but that's a lie,
I push people away,
I start to cry.
My will to live is slowly fading,
and everyone is always hating.
I think about you when I'm sad,
the thought of you,
it makes me mad,
you've taken my heart, gone with the day,
I'll watch until I fade away.
The beach has slowly eroded
Waves breaking further away
Creeping closer
The sand’s remaining grains
Tease my fragile fingers
Taunting the distance
Time’s tide rolls slowly
Chasing a sand crab
Looking for me
Swirling around my feet
It whispers “come”
“They wait for you”
I drift helplessly
Joyously
Into its abyss
John G. Lawless
©3/17/2023
Memories and impressions we think faded away
Suddenly strikes back as film-reel like sweeping flood
I sit dejected, tired at some aloof corner of the city
It feels as if all passers-by staring at me with ***** anxiety
Our persona is mirror image of how we think and act
Wrinkles on face carved by reflection of greed and passion
No external power can shape you towards pure perfection
Except your own moulding and self-analytical introspection
Emotions build an unseen tunnel between heart and brain
Only heaven knows how it flows out as poetry or lyrics
A new born appears in the world with loud weeping thunder
But alas, life leaves the worldly resort without a whisper
Thoughts refill my mind again,
To were I'm starting to feel doubts,
Doubts if I'm going to make it,
Or am I going to be left without,
I know I have so much talent,
But I just let it all get replaced,
If only I put it to good use,
And stop letting it go to waste,
All these poems that I write,
They just faded away each day,
Cause I'm afraid to show the world,
Afraid they won't like what I say,
How do I gain the confidence and,
Stop living in my childhood fear,
Thinking no one will ever like me,
How do I get myself in gear,
Someone tell me what I can do,
I don't want to lose my current fight,
Which road leads me to that place,
So I can show the world my talents light!
One Friday on that day
They crucified Him
They crucified Him
They crucified Him
My Lord, my Savior died for me, for me
Though His flesh cried
Though His flesh died
No, No, No, He didn’t just fade away
Cause a when the chief shepherd
He shall, shall appear, ye shall you shall receive, receive
A crown of glory, glory, glory (glory, glory, glory)
Hallelujah
The crown of glory shall not fade, fadeth away
Jesus is gone yet He’s here, you thought you killed Him
The crowns of glory shall not fade, fadeth away
Jesus the crown of glory
Shall not fade away
1 Peter 5:4
6/6/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
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