You heal me with Your delight
You led me to the mightiest light
I took my last breath and bite
I took what’s mine and made it alright
I’m sorry you’re moon doesn’t shine bright
Like my sunshine all through the night
Tonight, I took my last bite
I’ll eventually make it to the light
The final countdown of plight
Was such an incredible sight
I took flight like a bird tonight
Not everything is black and white
I often dream of you time and time again
I’ve been a sunbeam in your eyes Your pupils are a flick of a black-inked pen
I have seen the truth behind the lies
as I took my last bite, my last bite
Into your apple of avarice delight
She's so high
Higher
I fall to pieces
Crawling
Hanging by a moment
Its the end of the world as we know it
I miss you
In the end
A last resort
Nothing to lose
A lonely day
Its been a while
I'm in too deep
I stand alone
Lost
In the meantime
The last fight
The final countdown
No more sorrow
Nobody's listening
One step closer
One last breath
One week
Only happy when it rains
It's how you remind me
But I'm rusted from the rain
Sad but true
Say something
Send the pain below
Shake it out
Smile and wave
Somewhere out there
The sound of madness
But I'll leave a light on for you
Nothing else matters
Just let it be
Love means
A-Never having to say you’re sorry
B-Leaving the toilet seat up
C-Tug-a-war
D-Going on a safari
Hate means
A-Holding up a knuckle sandwich
B-The final countdown
C-Stealing someone’s lunch money
D-Having a murderous twitch
Lukewarm is not
A-Half-hearted
B-An ice cold bath
C-Tepid
D-Life uncharted
A kiss is
A-A prelude to making love
B-A peck
C-French
D-All of the above
Cupid is
A-A cube
B-A straight arrow
C-As cupid does
D-Test tube
In Paradise by the Dashboard Light, why is the guy singing,
“Praying for the end of time?”
A-it’s where a light shines
B-Forever happiness
C-So I can end my time with you
D-Where there’s more fruit on the vines
2/13/2023
The Final Countdown
I watch Countdown when on tv it comes
for the chatter the conundrums and sums
Sad to see presenter Nick Hewer go
he has been a delight on every show.
Susie is magic with words she's so sound
second to none with her verbs and her nouns.
Rachel who's truly a tremendous whizz
to sum it up she's an arithmetic.
Brilliant with the guests, Nick brought out their best
with his good humour, kindness and respect
So off you go with a big cheerio
you have been loved much more than you could know.
Enjoy what you do, wherever you go
and do it with your usual gusto.
16th June 2022
Gradually I realise my dream is near fruition
Reaching for my suit and boots I pop his note next to my heart
Each and every hour, minute, second, every heartbeat
As I glance over my shoulder a kiss I blow ~ I love you so
The day has dawned the sky is clear my smile it spreads from ear to ear
Elevator rises like my spirit, like my soul
Shouts of jubilation folks I pass ~ thumbs up through glass
Cautionary measures, last minute checks, all set to go
And then the final walk we’re all strapped in they lock the door
Panic passes fast as final countdown reaches zero
Explosion - screams below ~ but smiling souls in space forevermore...
Written 12th January 2020
Contest Great Escape
Sponsor John Hamilton
N/A
Contest Strand Select 11
Sponsor Brian Strand
3rd Place
She walks star naked amidst the midnight suns
A voluptuous Venus with bouncy buns
Descending the salacious staircase with loaded guns
Causing cosmic explosions a Super Nova of Megatons
A cybernetic seductress within our virginal view
Exposing raw prowess without missing a screw
The comets do celebrate as she walks askew
Strutting the staircase serviceable upon queue.
Oct.09.2019
NUDE - descending a staircase
Sponsored by: John lawless
Music by...Europe
"Final Countdown"
With a male virtual voice
N/A for contest
Israel and Palestine duel, as Iran pulls the strings
Abiding under the rule of the Country with the wings
As Russia looks down Turkey is twisting in the wind
All seeking one crown or just the chance to rescind
As Trump stokes the fire, Maduro concedes to Putin
Netanyahu's situation now dire, separation so thin
And as China stands by harvesting lands procured
Isis continues to try yet no land has been secured
With Libya falling apart as the Sudan follows suit
Each actor and his part following the precise route
Just as the Bible had said as it all falls into place
Man would rather be dead than accept God's grace
Watch that eagle with wings, watch what he'll do
The deal that he brings a peace deal made for two
Then after three and a half years as the Bible said
Realizing their worst fears those of the living Dead
Ezekiel 38
Luke 21:28
When you see these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
Birds in midheaven flying all around
Soaring high then gliding down
Gazing with hunger upon the town
Instinctively knowing up from down
Observing unbridled spiritual breakdown
White horse and rider with august kingly crown,
Bright white, bloodstained flowing gown
To all birds an invitation did righteously resound
A great feast of kings and commanders showdown
A feast of strong and great after the takedown.
Birds in midheaven flying all around
Soaring high then gliding down
Pleasing the rider of supreme renown
Gazing with hunger upon each town
Great Evening Meal's final countdown
in confrontation
forces of good and evil
the final countdown
--------------------------
11th February, 2016
Contest ~ Haiku 102
Sponsor ~ Nathan D.
Placed 4th
Happy Last Year
As the clock strikes twelve
And a new year begins
I know that in this hell that's my life
My last year alive creeps in
You all don't know, all living in hope
I hope that this year will bring you great joy, keep you whole
But I know I'm spiralling down at a pace
The end must be nigh just give me some grace
The final countdown on my ticking clock
Is racing, the end of my life stepping up
I don't want to feel like this constantly down
My heart can't take the feeling it's dragging the ground
The voice in my head tells me get in the car
Just drive to the sea and carry on in far
Or down all those pills that you have by your side
And end all your sadness while you're still alive
Happy Last Year...
Anything you asked for, it was done.
Just had to say my name.
I did it for love, while you were just playing games.
Little did I know, a pawn in your show.
Played my part well, always do and never tell.
Back Burner
Behind the Door
Under the Bed
Pick you up off the Floor
Other side of the Curtain
Lifting you up to be more
Whatever you said I believed.
No matter how many times you deceived.
I will never again do the things I did for you.
The final countdown of compromise finally in view.
You took my dreams, and made them yours.
Kept the walls but tore up the floors.
No longer taking my part in your play.
Far all that I have given, silence is all you say.
Your life is only because of me.
I played my part then fought to be free.
Now on the outside of your cage.
I take the forgiveness and leave the rage.
We are God’s People; His Servants of Righteousness
Let us control our tongues; guard our hearts carefully
His Word contains everything we need for Godly living
Let us spend time with Him; seek Him most prayerfully
We are in the last days; the final countdown continues
Let us work diligently; persevering with eternity in view
Laying aside that which serves to hinder or distract us
Acknowledging Him in all our ways and in all that we d
Twist the truth
in what I say
Tick ,tick it is a matter of time
Hiding the truth
With each movement tick ,tick
Getting closer
to the final countdown
Tick ,tick the pressure
It is building
Getting closer
to the truth tick, tick
Saved by the bell
I did not explode
Biting my tongue
words held at bay
You would not like
what I have to say
It would strip
you to the bare bone
Your ugly lies
When the ticking stops
Nasty words,
nasty deeds
Will have nasty
consequences
I hold my tongue
as its not me
Your coloured coded lies
they hurt deep
Hacking away at my brain
Your ugly words
releasing the pressure
The release of you
So that I do not explode
I never dropped
the bombshell
You did
All the time
I was sitting
on a time bomb
I sat and watched you
Explode into lies
Only now
I found the truth
Along Came Polly and Final Countdown
are the two movies I have seen the most
both movies make me smile without a frown
I don’t watch movies that have any ghost
Along Came Polly is underrated
I think it’s funny and it’s really good
my two top movies are unrelated
and both of those movies I understood
The Final Countdown brings back memories
of a time when I was a younger man
when I’m watching that I relive glories
most memories I’ve tossed in the can
one’s a comedy the other’s sci-fi
nobody ever have to ask me why
The end of an era has come and gone
Right before our eyes;
With the man who first stepped on the moon
Having said his last goodbyes.
While tens of thousands of engineers,
Scientists and lovers of space
Helped lift him up and get him there,
No one else can take his place.
From his childhood to the final countdown;
Separation to “The Eagle has landed,”
There was something unique about Neil Armstrong
Who never once felt lost or stranded.
While planting America’s Stars and Stripes
And walking in lunar dust,
Not hardly for himself alone
But for every one of us.
Seemingly, so long ago
But then again, not long at all;
America never felt so good
And we all walked ten feet tall.
When Neil returned
The fires burned inside our homes and hearts;
As the promise of a new age dawned
We believed in a brand new start.
From earth to sky we’d learned to fly
And Neil Armstrong took us there;
First of his kind to sail through time
And walk where no one else dared.
The end of an era has come at last
As time and history march on;
And some men’s marks are made to last
Not least of all, Neil Armstrong’s.
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