I keep the House of Silence—
Its rafters built of Air—
The Relatives that visit me
Are ones I cannot share—
My Mother—Discipline of Snow—
My Father—Thunder’s Will—
My Sister—small Anonymous
That slip the windowsill—
My Family is the Province
Of rooms the Soul inspects—
Where Kin are stitched invisibly
By unrecorded texts—
What lineage I cherish
Is breath—returning, plain—
The Hearth that never asks of me,
Yet warms me—just the same—
So should they call me “Daughter”—
I bow—but keep apart—
For Blood is but the outer door,
And Silence—keeps my Heart.
Why run
Why fight
Hide in the dark
Ignore the light
Find shelter
Helter skelter
Embrace the pain
Let tears reign
Cruel sin
Don't give in
Hold yourself
Clutch your wealth
"don't let greed
Rule your need"
Don't care
Won't share
Breath in
With sour grin
Cover your heart
And keep apart
Now you're lost
That's the cost
Why run
Why fight
Hide in the dark
Ignore the light
Find shelter
Helter skelter
Embrace the pain
Let tears reign
Cruel sin
Don't give in
Sour grin
Breathe in
Don't let greed
Rule your need
Don't care
Won't share
Hold yourself
Clutch your wealth
Can't get near
You're full of fear
Cover your heart
And keep apart
Now you're lost
That's the cost
In a field of flowers you're the one
Who stands right out, I catch the sun
Reflecting off your pretty face
And onto mine, there is no space
That is too great to keep apart
This love I have that's in my heart
A love for you that no one sees
Invisible, unseen, like the breeze
Yet ever present like the tide
It searches for you far and wide
And when it finds you, day or night
Illuminated, clear and bright
Your face then shines washed in the beam
That comes from where I hope and dream
A romantic is just what I am
It's in my blood, my diagram
Is of a man, in hand a pen
Who writes you poems now and then
FRIENDSHIP
of FRED and ROGER
Free Verse
Like true brothers, for many years you’re friends,
From Calabarzon to Mimaropa regions
Sharing secrets, stories and laughters
The countenance of friendship forever.
Yes, you’re growing old and your hair is gray
But your hearts remain young
you share your problems without hesitation
That makes your friendship firm and no vacillation.
You’ve found more and more comrades
Everyday as you traverse in this world so dark
But a true friend is hard to find
It's like looking for GEM underneath the ocean.
EUREKA! EUREKA!
This is what your hearts shout out loud
Do not allow your friendship to be shuttered apart
Maintain this friendship until you breathe your last
BUT WHEN YOU FART PLEASE KEEP APART.
He-he-he-he!
Told to keep apart?
A poet during covid
we break all the rules;
Caressing you all night long
we can kiss you with our words.
No one is completely good
even a slightest bad lies with in self
that may be unaccountable
though one is compared with an elf
appreciate all for the good qualities
love and respect all with true heart
really all are helpless even somewhere indeed
never say anything bad of others keep apart
no bad vive will have any entry
if nothing said bad is seen as not sought
less hindrance will pave your way easy
ultimately good thought will be got
surely bad thought brings bad vive
though whatever they may be there
good thought comes from good thought only
with positive thoughts needs to take care
R-ed beacon early Friday
E-liminates the night;
N-ew dawn has broken,
A-iming to share the light.
A-fter the twilight is gone,
L-et the morn slowly break;
C-lear sky and white cloud
A-re mending the headache.
N-ice day twenty-fourth February
T-hrills your mind and heart;
A-nother warmth is felt,
R-aindrops keep
A-part.
I know the things and people keeping all
my spirit whole, the death of these
can only mean the death of me; the call
is blaring out the door, to me, to please
my appetite, I live to hear the sound;
the still is shattered from the note around.
The places in the country, lonely, soft
and full of crickets chirping, rabbits small
and nimble, sitting on a loft
It's here I may release the thickened wall.
The loft atop the log across the creek,
oh here the sorrowful, the deep and meek.
The people, mother, brother, friends and loves,
they all can calm my racing heart.
My soul, my lover with the air of doves,
my reckless woman who I keep apart.
Time like Tide, or so they say,
can wash all trace of things away.
But Time cannot wash from my heart
the aching left when some depart.
No Tide that washed upon the shore
could cleanse the wounds that time has bore.
The pain of loss of those held dear,
not Tide nor Time can disappear.
Yet with the ache, resides a love
that transcends all and flies above
erosion caused by Time and Tide,
in unison with those who’ve died.
So pain and loss go hand in hand
with love and comfort as we stand
alone, together, close but far,
for everywhere is where we are.
Time and Tide, or so they say,
can wash all trace of things away.
But Time nor Tide can keep apart
those Souls who share a common heart.
Ivor G Davies
The notes, oh the notes that soared above
The music to grab and hold the heart
A rhythm carried by the winds of life
Two things that cannot be keep apart
So feed the soul with music then
The sounds that bind us to each other
Spoken with unbroken line and phrases
Filling needs for self , for one another
In time the music will have a softer tone
But they belong together, hand and glove
The melodies will linger in each memory
Speaking softly..."If music be the food of love,
play on.."
"If music be the food of love, play on....."
Shakespeare, from- The Tempest-
Sinners, Publicans – Pharisees, Scribes
Unto neither of these could I ever subscribe
For I read of both groups in the scriptures each day,
And both make me feel to exclaim when I pray,
“God, I thank thee, that I’m not as other men are,
Like those sinners and publicans - God keep me far
From their damnable words and their damnable deeds,
And more so than this – Oh God, keep me free
From those gosh awful Pharisees - they above all
Are the worst kind of folks who are destined to fall.
But rather God keep apart from these men
And I promise that things will go on as they’ve been
Fasting two times a week, paying tithes of my gain
Doing all that I do, but I need not explain
For Thou knowest all this, and the time has come when
I must wrap this prayer up, and close with amen”
No, I’ll never be like anyone from those tribes
Not like Sinners and Publicans, Pharisees, Scribes
For I’m nothing like they. No, my time is well spent
Me, a just soul who has no need to repent
Reference:
Luke 18: 10-14
Luke 15:7
Neath the surface of the lake
there is a magical land
cool blue waters with a stake
of reeds and plants in the sand
Small silvery fish dart
prey for the bigger fish
careful to keep apart
not wanting to be bonefish
Follow them and wonder
what it would be like
to live here and ponder
on life while avoiding the pike
Here, even more, than on land
the rule is eat or be eaten
this is the real gangland
the lair of the mighty gudgeon
So, pause and reflect
life here in the raw
do not now deflect
else you end up in the jaw
The only thing that's sleeps next to me,
Is a pillow now and occasionally,
My daughter who climbs up into bed,
Softly on my chest just to lay her head...
She's the warmest thing that I ever feel,
So enormous without the sex appeal,
Just a 6 year old but she knows the needs,
Of her father that seems to slowly bleed...
She will tell me all of the sweetest things,
Giving so much love minus all the strings,
She appreciates all the things I do,
Which alleviates any pain from you..
Any moment you take advantage of ,
She will own it so I can feel what's love,
Never asking me what is in return,
It's the last thing that's ever her concern...
It's the smallest space when I'm in my bed,
So I pretend the pillow is her instead,
Taking up what room that is in my heart,
While the others use it to keep apart...
Terry
WWW.WhiteLionPoetry.com
My lady waits in yonder tower
Trapped, locked in the room
I will prevail, save her this night
Release her from her gloom
She calls to me, I hear her clear
As my steed approaches fast
The power of that lock and key
Cannot forever last
For I will break down the old door
It’s strong, but my will is stronger
As I will take her in my arms
And hold her even longer
No force, other than I will know
Just how to hold this maiden
For I will hold with lovers grip
To satisfy her cravings
Upon the morn, at dawns new break
When I let down my shield
She too, will lay hers aside
To taste of love so real
No castle made can keep apart
This maiden and her knight
For I will seek and find her heart
To provide her with delight
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