What am I doing?
I'm waiting to die.
My years are behind me
So, don't ask me why.
When I was young,
It was often said,
You're never too tired;
You can sleep when you're dead.
Now that I'm old
And ready to rest,
I trust in my savior.
My Lord knows me best.
I've journeyed for miles
And the years have flown by.
I leave a life well-lived
So, there's no reason to cry.
I'll stand before God
When he calls me home.
Pleased to wrap up
My life with a poem.
Reaching further into my soul,
I'm releasing control.
Flowing with the whole,
Rolling where it wants me to go.
Because I know there's more,
To this story I explore.
I feel it deep within my core,
Stored information.
Creations radio station,
Release your expectation.
This is your souls vacation,
A higher education.
Creations place to play,
Interacting with itself all day.
Always creating another way,
To experience and enhance,
Staying to advance.
Another chance to try,
Another reason to cry,
No need to ask why,
Knowing you never die.
This body designed to thrive,
Adapt and survive.
If you're breathing,
You're still alive,
To drive Atoms and molecules,
Giving the cues to heal you.
I was under a tree.
He told me one thing.
Whisper, whisper.
On that bus.
The four leaf clover.
On the seat next to me.
I found him in the field, field, field…
Yesterday, my mom threw that old pizza away.
She threw away the box.
So I wished for more.
My four leaf clover and I.
There’s not much reason to cry.
But still, I decided to anyway.
Even though the clover will pay.
Bringing the pizza back to the car.
He used to live in a field very far.
We parked in the spot too long this time.
He promises to pay the fine.
I used to read under that tree.
Until a clover said to me.
He told me that there’s nothing better than being plucked from the ground.
So I did, even though there was an ominous sound.
I was under a tree.
Then I picked you.
She lived in an Edenic world, a paradise,
this child-like virgin of only sixteen years.
Moonlight glowed in her virtous blue eyes,
unaware that life could fill them with tears.
A budding beauty whose petals were tender,
and fragile were her wings, not yet able to fly.
Fallen from grace when she chose to surrender,
for the loss of her purity, she had reason to cry.
Robert Frost wrote, 'Nothing Gold can Stay.'
His metaphor for innocence is a poignant line.
Whether her naivete was given or taken away,
it can never be restored. For it, she can only pine.
Child-like she will be no more; as a plucked flower
whose petals have fallen. Lost are her angelic wings.
No longer an innocent maiden kept in a castle tower.
'Oh, to be a child again,' the mournful song she sings.
DON'T CRY ANY TEARS AROUND ME
Don't cry no tears around me
As I passed away and now I'm finally free
You won't see me anymore
But this soul of mine will always soar
So please don't cry any tears around me
I will always be around you
And I will be with you, and see your life all the way through
I will always bring you that special light
During the day or night
I will always be part of this earth
So please have no more concerns
So please don't cry any tears around me
Someday you may see me up in the sky
But please there is no reason to cry
Always keep great memories in your head
I will always be with you right to the very end
So remember when tomorrow starts without me
I will always be with you guarantee
Each of the man-made public disruptions,
Experts say is an unforeseen crisis;
But since they profit from planned destructions,
I am begging you, please don’t go cry sis.
They pre-plan cruel war in people’s back yards,
Wrecking mayhem with killer devices.
Though news says it appeared out of the blue,
It’s their plan all along, so don’t cry sis.
And since war always spurs on inflation,
That is where central bank’s paradise is.
Their fiat money increases with death;
So who’s the killers? For them don’t cry sis.
If the U. S. dollar’s on its last leg,
Then falling empire’s use many vises.
Like foresaid war, division, chaos, hate,
If we learn their ways, there’s less need to cry sis.
And since lately there’s high interest rates,
Countries can’t afford paying debt prices.
So they’ll fool us to fight their dirty wars,
But they’re not worth the fight, so don’t cry sis.
So if we read and learn from history,
And don’t show up for their ginned-up crisis,
We’ll remember we’re one big family;
And that joy, is the reason to cry sis.
Wish to see a world with more love and compassion
May love be the new fashion
Where every ones fate
Is not hate
Everyone wearing a smile
Cause it is the style
It is contagious after awhile
People willing to give a helping hand
Cause helping others is what they understand
See someone hungry they should be fed
And not get looked down on instead
With love in everyones head
Life will shine
Won't you be mine
Hope will come back
With love on the attack
No one would ever be hurt
People will be curt
Life will have meaning then
Back when
If you love all
Hate will fall
Life would be a ball
Life
Would have no strife
Together we would walk
Always have someone in which to talk
Never alone
Cause love is shown
Hearts are forever grown
Not for hate
Can't have that fate
But love
God above
Life will reach so far
Getting rid of the scar
The world will reach a new high
If no one had a reason to cry
Standing as one
Love will have won
Peace will rule
When compassion is the tool
All life will smile
And after awhile
Hate would fade
New waters we will wade
Everyone makes the grade
Hate is for fools
When love rules
There is no such thing as time
Only stacked moments and bundled thought
I live in a world hung in emptiness
Where sight is few and far between
It’s night, the brook babbles with no audience
The crickets chirp for the moon
I hear the tree frogs song
There is no such thing as time
I would guess it feels like wind
Or the speeding and slowing of heartbeats
Still I see nothing
My woe knows the worst, however
There is no reason to cry when I cannot see my fears
There is no such thing as time
Therefore no such thing as life
So if life does not begin, it never ends
Keep quiet, there’s no reason to cry
I wish I could be your candlelight tonight
Shelter me with no regrets, can’t deny
You are my nestled lullaby, so darn bright
Keep low, I’m trying to be good to you
I wish I can believe in myself once more
Tattered and torn to the point of turning blue
You were my lover of the past to the core
Fight on, shine on
Do what you can to survive till dawn
Shine on, shimmering sun
Do what you have to do to move on
Worry not and know, you are beloved
Cry, then fight on till dread is gone, one I adore
Worry less and show the tears you shed
Cry, then fight on till the sun shines no more
Taking my time through the struggles I face
Trying hard not to bow out in disgrace
Thinking how can I still win this race
Time keeps coming at me
While I try to stay free
Looking ahead
Time gets me down Instead
Fighting my demons inside
The pain and confusion I can barely hide
Times I gave up and cried
Sat there on the ground
Cried without a sound
Thought I couldn't go on so long
Was wrong
So many a time
Couldn't make sense out of lifes little rhyme
Love, lifes only crime
The battlefield, my mind
Nothing left there to find
Writing my pain
Keeping it plain
For all to see
Nothing is free
All them good things that be
Come and go
Just so you know
What do I see
What was left behind was me
The stain
In my brain
No reason to cry
Life never tells you why
Then you die
Time keeps on going
Your stain keeps on growing
I don't know
I forgot to grow
Does it show
On the Jewish calendar, Tisha b'Av is the saddest day
We don't even smile, say 'Hi' or 'Good morning'
For when those who spied out the Land spoke untruly
The Lord gave the Jewish People fair warning
"You say that here in the desert you choose to die
My promise to lead you into the Land, you defy"
'By my word,' the Lord thundered
'I'll give you reason on this day to cry!'
And that we all know is why
Flames shot up from our Temple so high
Darkening Jerusalem's tear-streaked sky
exposing sins, once hidden, to the naked eye
______________________________________________
'Tisha b'Av, a day of fasting, sackcloth and ashes, begins
at 8:17 p.m. Chicago time Wed., July 26 and ends at
8:57 p.m, Thursday, July 27.
Stars in the sky- I;
No reason to cry- I;
Know my worth – I;
Stand above the earth I
I am more than mere dirt;
I am a traveling energy,
Complacency
I am God particle
I am energy All
In sky I am a star
In the sky I am all
I’m in awe
Stars in the sky- I;
No reason to cry- I;
Know my worth – I;
Stand above the earth I
I am more than mere dirt;
I am a traveling energy,
Complacency
I am that I am ever so comfortable
My life indelible, so incredible I am
7/26/23
Written words James Edward Lee Sr.©2023
Wishing upon a star
Distance seems so far
Miles ahead of me
To far to see
Dreams that are on their way
But meant for another day
Heart longing for affection
But feel I need protection
Love given to fast
Doesn't seem to last
Lessons of the past
Is it worth the pain
The stain
Lost in what to do
Will love grow
Cause I don't know
The pathway is unclear
I fear
The future is left unknown
The pathway lies yet un shown
Over grown
Eyes that are blind
See Only what's been left behind
Not what lies ahead
May fill them with dread
Would you still go
Still grow
Follow a path no one else wants to try
I may just fly
I may just cry
Time will tell
If I did well
Long as you give your best
You pass the test
If you didn't try
Then you have reason to cry
Wishing upon a star
Distance seems so far
Miles ahead of me
To far to see
Dreams that are on their way
But meant for another day
Heart longing for affection
But feel I need protection
Love given to fast
Doesn't seem to last
Lessons of the past
Is it worth the pain
The stain
Lost in what to do
Will love grow
Cause I don't know
The pathway is unclear
I fear
The future is left unknown
The pathway lies yet un shown
Over grown
Eyes that are blind
See Only what's been left behind
Not what lies ahead
May fill them with dread
Would you still go
Still grow
Follow a path no one else wants to try
I may just fly
I may just cry
Time will tell
If I did well
Long as you give your best
You pass the test
If you didn't try
Then you have reason to cry
...... Here I fly ....
Do you know why
Have no reason to stay
Going home today
Lighter than air
Not a care
Cause I dare
Yesterday lies behind
Tomorrow is out of mind
What lies ahead
The love I will be fed
Flying foward
Ever towards
Past the horizon I go
It's all I know
Past the clouds in the sky
So high
.. I fly ...
A never ending flight
Beyond sight
Like a bird flying free
How that would be
Break earth's binding tie
So high
I dare to fly
... Set free ...
What wonders I see
Flying beyond tomorrow
Towards the land of no sorrow
Towards my new home waiting
Cause I didn't spend my time hating
My soul is now free to fly
Never to die
... No reason to cry ...
My wings are just carring me home
Done is my time to roam
Past what lies behind
Cause I know what I'll find
Peace of mind
So I fly
.... Ever so high ....
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