At my first sight of him,
I saw such a benevolence,
the Cuban youth with mocha skin
and bright root beer-brown eyes,
he only loved me,
I, a frivolous woman.
He was nineteen, I was twenty-two,
his steadfast devotion of heart,
my UK heritage fire.
How I wish I could send him a message
through the timelessness of poetry,
breathed into his dreams by an angel,
to say, when I think of us forty-three
years ago,
I sing a song of the sea.
We were U.S. Navy recruits in the
challenges of boot camp.
He thought my plain looks were
beauteous,
he, so serene and gentlemanly,
what a man should be.
He gave me an engagement ring,
when we graduated that hot
Orlando, Florida day,
the loving man too good for me,
how I hurt his truest of cherish,
he only loved me,
the woman of a thousand fragments.
Not long after he went out to the
vasty romantic sea,
I wrote him ending our engagement,
I never saw him again.
The years a flash of decades,
that brought my sorrow in tidal waves.
When I set sail in my elder's nocturnal
sleeping sojourns,
I think of him as my memories soar
as if an oceanic bird,
and awake-
to sing a song of the sea. ~
what words strums the ages
to resound from echo to echo
that eternity may recall it's
rhythm
and lovers
with appreciate it's
rhyme
then even in boredom
might they speak this as great
and labor
to understand
separating facts
from fiction
combinations of
style and music
might they rehearse to
be perfect
and make all satisfied
the role of
leading person
to sample the ages of thyme
Through the wind
Through the flood
You are my shelter like a real man should
Through the fire
Through the flame
It ain’t fair
I feel no heat-you shield me
I feel no fire related pain
You are the driving force
God put in place
For me to reach my potential
At a faster pace
And blessings exponential
With you I’m in my happy place
When you don’t make me mad
But you almost always make me smile
And I’ve learn to share my space
With the world’s best, sexiest companion
if she understood his full evilness
in his utter selfishness
would her love for him wane
if she discerned his mysterious self
hidden away quite nicely
would she take love and run?
ice-cap head
smoky mouth
red charcoal feet
My Fiance Visits My Father’s House
The two Gibraltars in the yard
never were delivered.
They have always been there.
The twenty years I lived there,
the neighbors never said a word.
Their shrieks would shatter both
if they could see them.
The redwood fence my Father built
is tall enough to cover his.
It will be tall enough, he swears,
for me to cover mine.
My father says before he dies
he’ll sell his own Gibraltar
and leave the house, the yard,
the redwood fence to me
to guarantee that I keep mine.
Donal Mahoney
My Fiance Visits My Father's House
The two Gibraltars in the yard
never were delivered.
They have always been there.
The twenty years I lived there
the neighbors never said a word.
Their shrieks would shatter both
if they could see them.
The redwood fence my Father built
is tall enough to cover his.
It will be tall enough, he swears,
in time to cover mine.
My father says before he dies
he’ll sell his own Gibraltar
and leave the house, the yard,
the redwood fence to me
to guarantee that I keep mine.
Donal Mahoney
Trudging threw darkness i past threw the light.
Running from violence, my fiance's delight.
As i turned on the light fear grasped my sight,
i fought with my will power and i fought with my soul
i collected my strengh its time to let go.
I grabed my babies and run for my life,
i'm running from my fiance but heavens in sight.
I did'nt run for ever,i never lost hope.
The love from children kept me this sane
but the momories of my fiance still hold my pain.
Angels heal heart break while spirts guide me threw the light.
A new home im happy because hope has my hand.
Faith is my religion,familys my heart.
They lead me from depression to a new found self.
Now iv found my self, me at last.
Tests take forever they lead us astray but familys a tower, strong and its safe.
he will never find me now i've changed my name
May this piece of art live in thy heart and soul for eternity
I counted the days, the minutes, seconds even until this day
For as long as I can recall, you have been my sight
I have wept over thy love, and I would gladly die for your well being
You once testified to the chant of the stars, for they sang my name unto thee
Called me your star, your sun, your all
Flattered I was and am, only you can complete my emptyness
O' love of mine, moon of my night, light of my day
I promise you to always love you and be your rock as best I can
You are my everything, I will love you for the rest of my days so help me God.
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