in the
near darkness
of your divine mind’s
slow deterioration
I now and then see the light which once shone there
Lilac lavender leaves fluttered ethereally
over the smooth sea of the placid lake.
A shimmer of light shone over the calm waves,
as they rolled silently and collectively
towards the sandy shore now lit
by the rising of the amber full moon.
Wave after wave composed
a lyrical enchanting melody
played by the rising orb.
The leaves formed fragrant shapes
emulating the grandness of the scene.
In the gathering darkness two lovers
heard the alluring symphony
and felt each other entwined
in a dance of love as the moon
in a dreamy crescendo shone
brightly evermore.
Until the eclipse took place.
Then it hummed no more that night.
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shone the bound
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The dirt underneath the angels
manicured digits
evils at the bank
saving grace
no one left to thank
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not a grunt
Thankless
Think less
no one seen
my be
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coming soon
Way To Success God Had Shone
Instead of being bare to the bone,
And also by myself and left alone;
Bothered being;
Not worth seeing;
Wish way to success God had shone.
Jim Horn
A star shone bright in Eastern sky
two thousand years ago
as angels sang their hymns on high
to let the whole world know.
They sang their praise, their greeting bring
as bells in heaven start to ring
They sang their praise…
They sang their praise
to Jesus Christ the Savior King.
A star shone bright in Eastern sky
while shepherds in the fields
watched o’er their flock with mindful eye
as good news was revealed.
They heard the hymns the angels sang
down on their knees the shepherds sprang
They heard the hymns…
they heard the hymns
as bells in heaven softly rang.
A star shone bright in Eastern sky,
gave signal to the world
that Christ child lie in crib nearby;
the future was unfurled.
He came to earth amid the din
and mankind’s journey did begin
He came to earth…
He came to earth
to save us from our deadly sin.
December 5, 2018
At eighteen,
I thought that I could write my way to heaven
I’d waltz right in, announce my name, and sit
down on its throne
At twenty-five,
I sat in jail to rot in isolation
my freedom gone, my will deformed,
but worst of all alone
At thirty-five,
I thought that I could write my way to riches
the screenplay bombed, all doors were closed,
and wounds there freshly mined
At forty-eight,
I met a man who told me I was lost
“By Looking Out The Words Won’t Come,
Your Truth You’ll Never Find…”
By fifty-five,
my path was set—all trails converged as one
the entrance closed, the exit marked,
a road of denser stone
By sixty-eight,
all verse within, the lines reset to music
the darkness gone, my words set free
—all light now heaven shone
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
The heavens cheerfully shone
As the sea was completely torn
Love was perfectly shown
But dreamers have sadly gone
Only the surface has been known
I lie back and think of her
Wishing my days were younger still
And the light that shone
In her eyes still did so for me
Do you think of her decision
That she made to go when
You wanted her to stay forever
The years have passed slowly
But I remember her still
And the way she looked
At me when the morning sun
Still shone for me.
© Paul Warren Poetry
It was one of those days
Summery haze
Little girls and boys out to play
It was the day the sun shone
It was one of those days
Lovers gaze
All the grown ups smiling
It was the day the sun shone
It was one of those days
Bluebells and Waves
Shining glory
It was the day the sun shone
It was just one of those lazy hazy days
It was the day the sun shone
Awoke by the coldness of the night
there it is nothing to be seen
you are alone in a rescue life boat
temperatures falling cold’s really keen
Can’t remember much how it happened
the cruise ship must have became a wreck
thankfully at least I am still alive
nothing more to do but look for a speck
It must be night as it’s so dark
nothing else to be seen in sight
but then suddenly the light shone
my hopes raised see something bright
Maybe I’m close to shoreline
could it be it’s a lighthouse
a safe anchor for my soul
oh feel brave again I’m no mouse
The comfort a light does bring
just like how it dispels the dark
suddenly hope rises to flood your soul
how it all looks now see I no shark!
(Just some thoughts on being lost at sea and hoping for a light! )
Sheathed in holsters from fire to ice,
holding burning through the freezing oceans,
and freezing through the blazing skies.
The pain I have felt, from these scars,
these past horrors, from the beginning
these are my stars,
my freezing oceans and burning skies,
and I let them shine with you,
I let them shine with no one but you.
See my flares lighting up the pitch black sky,
dyes of red, yellow and blue all calling out to beckon you.
My dear I bow before you a man who is torn in half,
ripped apart from his other half, without you,
let me join, so we together can light up the pitch black sky.
Blissful light, truest love,
fiery warmth all stemming
from the healing, I get from you.
Ripping lies, tripping highs, missing ties,
these are here to give me truth peace
and closing my loose ends,
my loose ends all tied up in one loop,
locking back up, turning to,
and starting each day with you.
Call me loudly, hug me tightly,
kiss me one more time.
Let me love you.
Trust me, when I say I will marry you,
listen closely as I preach my undying love for you.
So call me in the pitch black night,
and the blindingly bright day,
hold me in your fear, and hold me in your tears,
let your dreams tell of my feelings for you,
so you know you can let go with me.
Hold on to the love you know,
so you can speak, so you can seek,
so you can leak out the truth in your mind,
so you can say I love you too
Sheathed in holsters from fire to ice,
holding burning through the freezing oceans,
and freezing through the blazing skies.
The pain I have felt, from these scars,
these past horrors, from the beginning
these are my stars, my freezing oceans
and burning skies, and I let them shine with you,
I let them shine with no one but you.
See my flares lighting up the pitch black sky,
dyes of red, yellow and blue all calling out to beckon you.
My dear I bow before you a man who is torn in half,
ripped apart from his other half, without you,
let me join, so we together can light up the pitch black sky.
Woods Shone White In the Moonlight
The woods shine white in the moonlight, with
Smells and sounds drifting through the night
A shift of moonlight illuminates the shivering leaves
As they spin and turn hanging tightly to its branches
Pools of shadows cast across the ground
Giving the whole place a haunting feeling of dread
Silence starts my heart to pound fast
Numb with fear, I draw my knees up close to my chest
Resting my hand upon my knees, laying my head down upon them wearily,
Hearing a sound, I freeze drawing a short breath, then rise to my feet to see
Moving cautiously, branches creak and leaves rattle in flight
As a sharp breeze springs up slicing through the autumn night.
Hiding from the faint glimmer of the moon keeping in the shadows
Hoping that the blackness around me will leave soon
Weak with fear, tears trickle down my cheeks as the night dies
The rising sun brings streaks of blue skies and prayers of thank you
12/24/2015
Sun shone again.
When the tears refused to fall,
And the sun decided to shine,
The rain would not fall,
Coz the sky was a big blue field.
Her dams were all dry,
Like wildfire the warmth spread,
The pain in a heart… a distant ache,
‘Twas blurred under the blanket
Of renewed hope.
Withered hope watered to life,
By all the love heaped upon her,
The smiles around her all true,
Chasing away the gloom and urging her to rise.
She held her breath and waited,
For the tears to fall yet again,
But fall again they would not
The sun in her life dried them up.
She tried to shield her eyes from the glare,
But it just shone on and on and on,
Into her cocoon of tears she could not enter
And all the corners of her life were lit up.
Eventually the tears were buried away,
Painful memories a distant past
Her present a warm place to be
Full of life and new colors all bright.
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