Long Schrank Poems

“Act of God”

 Past all understanding somewhere deep within,
 A desperate need to realize something must begin,

Can't touch it with your finger, you must sense it with your heart
 Life’s lessons take a lifetime few...

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“Looking for her”

Wearied by this journey long, so many times so hopeful wrong
When will I find that soul so pure, she’ll become for me a wanderers cure

I feel you out there seeking me; do not...

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I’ve journeyed to the highest peaks to glimpse beauty vast below
To gaze upon the Arch of earth, still higher one must go
I looked suspended from this world, the vistas I could see,
Behind me were the...

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“The Empath”

Fighting the darkness such a futile desire
It was I that once asked that my heart might inspire
Wanting destiny altered..refusing to see
Deluding oneself leads to vast misery
I asked understanding the deep mysteries of time
I have...

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“Fond Regrets”

When I think of all I had and lost I wonder how it’s true
Did I have a thankful heart back then grateful for what I knew?
I was loved so deeply then, I could not...

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Farewell my Angel

 
She fell so far then out of sight, she lost all hope embraced her night, 
she could have been all that I saw, held firm her faith and gained it all.
My hopeful...

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Where is my Beloved?

 

Fighting dark specters and deep resignation

Only hope in your love is my soul’s preservation.

Just one thing I desire and she’s calling me still,

With her heart full of dreams, all I long...

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“The fool”


I am the fool, who holds so fast, to dream a love forever lasts
And if a fool then I just need just one my soul mate seeking me. 
She’s too a fool to think...

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To wonder, to wander, to embrace all ones fears
Tho I stumble and stagger still i stand all these years
Tho i'm tempted by safety I know it's a lie
I'll find strength from just somewhere till the...

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“Un conditional”  


To know this love of ages sung I make my true admission 
To seek and find such beauty rare a love without condition.
 
Born within the souls of men a longing to...

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Beyond Unspoken

Beyond all fears this day must come, she dies my end as well. 
Was it just a glimpse in time; a dream a magic spell
Arrested by your vision pure from lost begins, awoken.
You were...

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"The seeker"

Born into mystery, fears turning to sin
I searched east and west then for answers within
for the place of true knowing was never in sight
So I starred at the darkness knowing not who to fight
Can...

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“Tomorrow”



Can’t see the path before me, I’ve done all that I must
Fond memories playing in my mind, I pray for faith to trust
Can joy be in my future or only in my past, I’ve known...

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Take my heart
 
 
Friends tell me I should guard my heart
Lest once again it's torn apart
But if I hide my heart from thee
When you look whom will you see? 
If you look into those...

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"thoughts of you"


I loose myself within your eyes; the nights wear on no place to hide.
I want to rest but cannot sleep, my love for you so painful deep.
I want you back but this can't...

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