Long As old as you feel Poems

I can feel the fire burning inside me and the universe is pining after thee,  the heat is running all over the town and it has everyone spell bound;.

The boys are wetting their head...

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To my dear Mom,
I’m writing this letter
A lone entreaty to forgive my sins
So far what I misdemean and you wept mutely
Yet you never moaned and you never whomped
All the way you consoled by the warmth...

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you scream at me.
through dry wall the vibration
of your voice sends me into
a wide awake coma.
stuck between these four walls
keep closing in on me
no where to run you yell more.
my baby no born from my...

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When I gaze into her eyes, I see days that we could praise
Just the beauty in her face, her smile puts me in a daze
In my eyes, she's the best thing walking, honestly and simply
And...

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My words.
When I’m trying to sleep, my head is full of words,
With my head spinning, wanting them out,
So here I am trying again,
To find the words, so hear me out.
I’m shy most the time, keeping...

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by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015

I used to get my haircut, at the local RSL
Gunther was the Barber, he knew my hair real well
for 20 years he cut it, short back and sides or trim
whenever...

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Resolutions Contest
Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton

Some may take them casually
as the ball slowly drops,
other's take them seriously
as the flakes fall from the night sky...
So many resolutions on my long to-do list
how will choose my second chance?
Debating for...

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When love was innocently
given and this once gorgeous boy, merely fourteen,
choose a red-haired girl 
to be his special friend;
he offered her a smooch sweeter than honey, 
to find delight on her rosy cheek... 


She smiled...

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During the day I don’t think much about ghosts…perhaps by the sun I’m blinded…
but in the quiet ebony of the evening…I’m a little more open minded.

I awoke in the middle of the night…(when you’re older...

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“How old are you?” I asked a young girl wearing a birthday hat…
She held up two fingers and proudly exclaimed, “I am three!”
“And who are you?” I chuckled…She answered quickly, “I am me!”

Here I had...

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Turning fifty ain’t all that nifty,
You might as well be turning five hundred.
You start get shifty, thrifty and whifty,
And you don’t act as young as you once did.

You know what they say, the old cliché,
Age...

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Young:
                                  After...

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I picked up my old high school yearbook from on the shelf where it has stood for many years and when I opened it I thought…it smelled like childhood.

Browsing through its pages I found, much...

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Reaching for sanctuary in this unlit hotel, without electricity
Due to a storm, stuck here, in this bizarre circumstance
I precariously felt my way in the dark with a trembling hand 
I recognized the old smell and...

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My mama loved her yellow pills;
		she'd taken them for thirty years.
		Her outlook wouldn't be the same
		without them. They assuaged her fears

		and made her smile, although hard times
		throughout the years had come her way.
		"I wouldn't be...

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she considers herself the epitome of a walking riddle,
gentle by default but still lashes out bitterly.
she tries to understand the world around her,
but still feels like shes in a dream she can’t wake up from.
she...

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why do you think of suacide
don't you know people love you
and need you by their side
so many reasons to stay alive
my question to you is why do 
you want to take your life
life is what...

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It has been many Summers
Since I came into this world
My first memory as a child
Was helping my mother gather wood
So that the women could start the fire

I remember when they lined us up
To fit us...

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My eyes see further than the reaches of light
Deep beneath the surface of your pale optical illusions
And they are always looking and seeking
For answers

I hear screams from your silent voice
And I hear your racing heartbeat...

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Love don't live here no-more....





Us, living in a liar's grave.
We can't see no-more.
Once we spoke love words,
 we listen, we pay attention.
Now we are laying in a shallow grave.
Waiting for someone to be brave enough...

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Why is it, this heart of mine
                           Filled with...

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To hear the sounds that laughter sends 
Soaring beyond the earthly realms 
To taste the liquored lips of death 
And breathe my last shallow breath 
For one does not know of fear 
Until the wretched...

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They are going to put up the prices
But say we will hardly notice the cost
They plan to increase the standing charges 
But spread them out so we can’t see what we’ve lost

The standing charge it...

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Minutes turn into hours and hours turn into days,there is still no sign of you how did it end up this way, one day your here and the next your gone, i love when were...

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Hidden away on our lush verdant hills
are crumbling houses and derelict mills

These ancient buildings are tumbling down,
many people ignore them with a frosty frown!
 
If folks just opened their eyes and they weren’t so aloof
they’d...

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