Once upon a blue moon
I worked in public school
and it was scary.
So are great horror films.
I once felt that I was in one.
I got out, alive.
I told a previous running coach
whom I don't care to
filter truth from:
stop running in vicious circles,
and make running fun again.
Listen to 'Baker Street'
by Gerry Rafferty.
Watch the last scene
and the ocean scene
from 'McFarland'
the movie.
Cry a little
and run a lot
and live
when living is alive
and you mean something
(if only to yourself).
When the heart is open
And truth is in the eye
The mind depletes emotion's grip
Seeking reasons why
Thinking now of only you
Remembering good and bad
Knowing that you felt the love
I gave you all I had
When all years have blossomed
An the future is but a light
When laying still, almost in dream
Facing a dark long night
When, oh when, try to recall
The time and place, the feel
Never say if only I, could make this again, real
It was good, it was very good
As I lay upon warm earth
The path, the road, the way I chose
Was it best...one never knows
With shallow breathe and moisten eyes
The flashes of life, pass by
The only peace that comforting
Is the infinite depth of the sky
Guy McFarland Jennings
7/27/2015
The shape of a heart will change, not completely
But seasoned with the passage of time
Some will still love, but others will falter
But all say, it's so hard to find
The way, the walk, the road that one follows
The loving, the giving, the prize
If anyone says that their way was easy
Look close at their life for more lies!
Loving is work
And encompasses the soul
When the youthful years vanish
And the hearts turn old
The trials of a lifetime
memories...regrets
Hands held so tightly,
the mind soon forgets
The shape of a heart
will change, not completely
But seasoned with the passage of time
Some will still love, but others will falter
But all say, it's so hard to find....
Guy McFarland Jennings
2014
You served a very special time in my life
I needed you then more than you realized
You gave me strength and hope as I grew
You expressed your love openly
I drew you in, as though my last breathe
I lived on your smile...your presence was as nourishment
Your touch seemed as stroking the flames of a fire
Love abounded in my heart and head
Each day was dependent on thoughts of you
In time, we changed and became independent
No longer focused on each other
Life itself, became a distraction
We move apart sharing an emptiness
With only memories to fill the void
You became you...we both grew
Never really saying good bye...
Guy McFarland Jennings
2017
Do You Remember?
Do you remember "Spanky" Mcfarland on "Our Gang"?
Wasn't he talented, smart, and cute to boot?!
And how about Alfalfa, with his love for lil Darla,
and his hair shaped in a point?
One of a kind, and loads of laughs.
Such talent behind those pens.
And those were the days my friends.
And how about the"He-Mans Woman Hater's Club",
and the "Genie Lamp", which Spanky did rub?
One of a kind, and loads of laughs.
Such talent behind those pens.
And those were the days my friends.
What about Butch, Froggy, and Norm?
Petee the Dog, Buckwheat, Stymie, and Weezer?
Weren't we always excited to watch em'?
Viewing this Gang was such a crowd pleaser!
One of a kind, and loads of laughs.
Such talent behind those pens.
And those were the days my friends.
Copyright McCuen 2009
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