Adrift in dreams while romance reading
Asleep e're night shadows began creeping
She lay puddled in moonlight's rising tide—
Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' at her side
In reverie, Elizabeth stood on the misty moor
for what seemed to her a lifetime of waiting
Held her breath when in front of her he stood
Sighing as Darcy brushed a gentle kiss on her lips
You thought that I’d be weak, one easy to subdue
You wove your web of lies and never followed through
But in the dark, I swam the depths none other could withstand
I fought for love, I fought the pain with bloodstained, aching hands
Through the dark I held him, but at dawn he slipped away
The warrior fought against the night and left to meet the day
But for his love and for belief, I’ll swim the sea again
You cannot comprehend the light when all you love is gain
I’ll rise from dust and flame, you cannot keep me down
A thousand drops of rain can force a man to drown
A churning sea of love and pain will seeth behind my eyes
You can try to stop me but man can't hold back the tide
One school shooting in Alabama
And another in Louisiana
Here's a protest in the park
That's gone on and on past dark
There's an angry rising tide
Demanding gun-violence to subside
Courage and Change ~ Where Are You??
(Ooh, Ooh, America: Wake up!)
There once was a climate change doubter
He really was quite a shouter
Until late one night
The high tide just right
Found the beach house he loved under water
24 December 2015
Thousands of people
out in the street
Voices cry out in
the chill autumn air
They are crying out
for better government policies
which hopefully will be a healing balm
for the public's wounds
Speakers ascend the platform
their words strike chords
in the hearts of the assembled masses
You may believe what you want
but take note of the crowd's demands
They will affect
your life and the life of your loved ones
A rising tide will lift all boats!
I can’t erase or even hide
All the things I feel inside
Each time I look at your brown eyes
And quiver with such pride.
For even though these tears I’ve cried
Spilled for you, I smile wide
Each time we fight for one another
Against the rising tide
Of life. Simply put, the world outside
Won’t allow a love untried
And of the love I have ignored,
This one can’t be denied.
We’ll wait until the waves subside
And the tears of life have dried
To love each other with our best;
Hand in hand, side by side.