As i saw the world fall apart
I saw the flowers lose their
Spark i saw the water take
Over the flowers fall i saw
The world fall apart the
World lost it Spark
And when I thought of reaching the heavens,
I whispered, “How beautiful my life has been.”
And just before the light could take me,
a quiet thought arrived, “How beautiful I am.”
But as I gaze into the endless blue,
a heaviness clung tightly to my heart
a cry unspoken, yet so loud,
a silent scream, too loud for words,
too quiet for anyone to hear.
This is a soft place to fall apart
for the feelings I could not say aloud.
I write where my voice cannot reach
this is what remains when words fail me.
And in the end, my heart’s plea remains:
I will always remember how beautiful my life will always be.
I lay under a tree,
With no voice yet glistening with glee,
And then I see you come along,
And I don't know what to feel,
Your voice is so pungent,
That it always feels wrong,
Even when singing the words to a song,
But I don't know what to sing,
Because I sat there in solitude,
Just waiting for this foul mood,
To disappear,
To not retrace,
To sit here and mope,
Because I don't know how to cope,
But all I know,
Is you won't see me fall apart.
When things fall apart
They say two heads together are better than one
But I say two heads apart
Is worst than none
When the minds of the elite
Is far from their people
Is better to have no leaders
It been too long same stories
Same issues
Same situations in Africa
Always we never stop keep hoping
4years after 4years different
Political dramas
I wonder who keeps on deceiving who
Cos the master card is always obvious
When things fall apart.
Before we were working together
We were united
We worked together
We lived together
We ate on the same piece of bread.
There was nothing like racism,
There was nothing like racial discrimination,
There was nothing like segregation
There was nothing like tribalism,
But now that’s the way to go.
Where are our roots,
Where is the love for each other we had?
Where is the kindness we had?
Where are the beautiful creatures of God?
Those that treated each other with equality.
Please brothers and sisters,
Why do we separate ourselves?
As if we have not been together before,
But now we are no longer a whole,
We are pieces.
Lives fall apart.
("Eye of Newt", 2020, original encaustic)
All Things Fall Apart (aka Everything is Nothing)
All things fall apart
because all things
naturally self-destruct
as entropy exerts its shadowy force.
Order, or whatever we posit as non-chaos
is thus fleeting
held up by causes and conditions
that are themselves fleeting.
Thus the shadow of non-existence
permeates all form, all thought,
all notion of existence,
as its true nature.
All things fall apart
through self-destruction
because they never existed
in the first place.
What is this shadowy entropy?
A lack at the heart of existence
who’s existence can only be seen
in its fleeting forms.
And yet, forms arise continuously,
as merely labeled things
in ordered appearance
for our fleeting enjoyment and use.
The question then is,
“What is the creative force?”
Ah, the mystery of mind
vainly searching for itself.
(10/29/23)
Everytime you cry I slowly fall apart
By the way, can we ever tell they're the one
You're the pages from my past
But i want us to be in between, from the darkest hours to the lightest ones
I'm collecting all of the pieces through my gifted mind
Turn them into powerful voices you'd hear when you slowly fall apart
02/11/23
Told me you’re leaving
You don’t care if I’m breathing
How could love end so drastically
When it starts so fantastically
Over the course of a year
We move from laughter to tears
It still doesn’t feel real
You say “no big deal”
You’re all hollowed out
Nothing left to you now
Don’t respect love enough
To even talk about us
Let it all fall apart
While I was at work drawing charts
No sound did you make
Instead pulled a fake
Now you’re off on your own
So fine, be alone
Take her away!
O, what am I to do?
When she already has one,
how could her and I be two?
And yet she must have
some channel to my mind,
for she seems to speak in ways
that drive my reason blind.
Day by day the web spins,
wrapping softly around me.
And with every careless whisper,
I yearn to be less free.
It may not be her fault,
but if not surely then,
I've fallen far in love with her,
God only knows well when.
Yet tortured by her lips so cruel,
or tortured by my pining heart,
I know I'm tearing at the seams,
and I don't want to fall apart.
30 September 2019
If it faded with time
Why do I see your face so clearly
If our love has evaporated
Why do I feel the connection stronger than ever
Did you know that fear has the ability to make you shy away from the one thing you are suppose to pursue
If this is you walking away
Please take your memories with you
Please take the scent of your cologne as well
Please take all the gentle reminders of us with as well
I don't want to be reminded of what we had
I want to remember that I lived before you entered my life
I also want to stand tall knowing that love does not break you when it ends
It makes you remember that even if things fall apart
You can still stand up, put one foot in front of the other and still continue to live
©215003042018
R-ise of the morning sun
I-s beginning after the night;
Z-enith awaits the noontime to shine and burn so bright.
G-lowing gleams in the sky
A-re bringing pure delight;
L-ights in the blue lane
A-re setting things aright.
C-rimson warms your life,
Y-our soul and your heart;
A-iming to lift spirits high,
N-ever ever to fall apart.
N-ew dawn March twenty-eighth
I-s breaking without delay;
T-uesday morn has broken,
Z-enith meets your birthday.
A-ll shadows disappear,
N-ight raindrops do the same;
T-he sun above the line
I-s burning with flame.
O-bliterate the cold chill,
J-ust let the beacon warm your heart;
O-nce the sky gets blue, mist and fog fall apart.
H-ome of glorious bliss
A-ims to inspire your mind;
R-oof of heavenly grace
I-s making you feel so fine.
E-ternal home of glory
N-ever lets you lose the faith;
N-ineteenth day November, your birth seems so great.
H-ome of glorious bliss
A-ims to touch your heart;
B-ecause of wonderful abode
L-ove for God won't fall
A-part.
R-emain firm and confident,
O-nce the day turns dark;
M-ove on and stand strong,
A-s life is not a walk in the park.
L-et not your trust fall apart,
Y-ou must let it intensify;
N-ovember ninth Thursday, hope for the brighter sky.
A-ll you do is stay steadfast,
V-ile weather will later depart;
I-nstead of losing your faith,
L-et not your trust fall
A-part.
L-et not your faith fall apart,
Y-our hope must stay alive;
N-ew dawn breaks early Tuesday, giving you strength to survive.
V-ile weather may come,
A-iming to bring doubt and fear;
C-ease not to pray to God,
A-sking Him to let dark disappear.
L-et not your faith fall apart,
A-pril fourth foggy day;
N-either wane nor waver,
G-iving up makes you gray.
C-herish the lovely morn, make a brand new start;
O-pen your heart to God's word, let not your faith fall apart.
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