Somewhere there’s a
sunflower poking out from
the corner of a concrete
barrier, going unnoticed
by everyone except
myself.
And it makes
me wonder:
They say when
you fall in love with
an artist, you
can never die.
But what
happens when
an artist falls
in love? Do
they continue
capturing futures,
or only retrospective
moments?
Time is an old
concept—or shall
I say, odd?
Because
I see you in soft shadows
and storefront glass, in
wilted flowers I forget to
water, in poems that
end.
I used to paint what
might be, but now I
only trace the edges
of what has been.
They said that love
would make my work
eternal. But no one told
me it would make me
feel so unfinished.
Oh, and
that thing I
asked about
the artist?
You can forget about it.
I think I’m starting
to care less and less
about him.
Somewhere there’s a
sunflower poking out from
the corner of a concrete
barrier, going unnoticed
by everyone except
myself.
And it makes
me wonder:
They say when
you fall in love with
an artist, you
can never die.
But what
happens when
an artist falls
in love? Do
they continue
capturing futures,
or only retrospective
moments?
Time is an old
concept—or shall
I say, odd?
Because
I see you in soft shadows
and storefront glass, in
wilted flowers I forget to
water, in poems that
end.
I used to paint what
might be, but now I
only trace the edges
of what has been.
They said that love
would make my work
eternal. But no one told
me it would make me
feel so unfinished.
Oh, and
that thing I
asked about
the artist?
You can forget about it.
I think I’m starting
to care less and less
about him.
Some days are Mondays
But most of them were Fridays-
And then Saturday
You will never know anything,
Thinking you know it all
The sweet scent of daisies,
Will always change in fall
The meadows one day,
Will turn to forests
The forest one day,
Will turn to a plane
The water thrown up,
Will always come down
Something which came,
Will one day go away
You will never know all of it,
Because somethings always change
Somethings you will never know,
So simple...yet so strange
Somethings can never change
If you love me thank you
It doesn't matter if you hate me
This is not my fault I tell you once again
I just can't change who I am for you
Even doe you hate me
Truly this is not my problem
Don't forget that I never chose to be born
In a world that refuse my growth
Denied me my mind
Intoxicated my environment
I never made a world of wars
I never invaded another man space
I just want to live my life peacefully
In a world full of pointing fingers
Accusers of my mistake
Blind to my humanity and good
Life is what it is when you are
In a world of corruption
I never instigated non
I was not in the tables of there rules
Am just a mere writer
You cant stop my pen to bleed
Despite you hate me yet
My pen will always bleed
Cos in this world
Somethings can never change
Spotlight snow day;
Hot pink summer sun a blazed;
~
Wild huckleberry sweet N sour alt;
Dessert drought very, very, very, hot;
11-22-21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
Something showing
Outside inside
Birdhouse bathhouse
Baseball horse stall
See food sea food
Oh-look cookbook
Eggshell upstairs
10/25/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
~ Ants are scurrying so very very busy;
Heading to and fro;
Racing backwards and forwards;
Walking racing running towards;
Working, gathering, their wares;
Searching for something’s them ants?~
10/23/21
Grook Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
You may think
That it all started on a wrong foot
As the saying goes
You may start to wander
That maybe it was the foundation
As it is always is to blame
It makes you think
Limitations are there for a reason
Grasp for air
But do not take a step back
What is written cannot be erased
Find yourself
Breath, release it
Heal and heal your soul, then let go
Somethings never change….
Some people can love you,
To the core, unconditionally…..
Together in hardships,
Hands and souls meant together…
With a bond of love and care,
Promises remains true….
With hands together,
We grew together…….
And acted like ladder,
Mutually for our personal dreams…
Walked together, to feel better,
But never gets seperated…..
She might see mistakes in me,
But never wish ….
To stay away from me…….
We run together in darkness,
To admire the sunrise together…….
We both are like north & the South,
Poles of the magnet…….
May be opposite, but stay together………
Some things are beautiful
Some things were meant to be left naturally
Nature's Way to be left alone
As a child at play
God's flower mirror so sweet engender are the pedals so warm and and re-entered in this cell glows
With the waters flow the Peaceful Valley grown
The green fields of grass eaten by the calf
The cattle roam who runs in the herd
Together they make the soil turn into mud
Peaceful Waters run amok with the waters flow
The Peaceful Valley grows
The green fields a grass eaten by the calf
Who runs in the herd together they make the soil turn into mud
Peaceful Waters run
With the waters flow
The Peaceful Valley grows
The green fields of the grace eaten by the calf
The one in the mud of the herd together they make the soil turn into mud
Peaceful Waters Flow some things are beautiful
Some things are meant to be
3/25/74
Written by James Edward Lee 1974, 2019©
Somethings in your heart;
Imagine a tender voice;
A comforted hurt
A longing pause
A soothing ah;
So comfort me again;
Allow me to enter in;
Show me your feelings;
Somewhere is here and now;
I believe in all that's wow!
Actions speaks, word intrigue me;
Absolutely;
A hurting pain;
A long lost gain;
A quick pause
Again a soothing ah;
So comfort me again;
Allow me to enter in;
Show me your feelings;
11/27/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
I've seen them come
I've seen them go
I've seen the needle
Take another soul
I've seen the vacuum
I've seen the hole
I've seen things
I'd rather not know
I've seen them beg
I've seen them cry
I've seen them lose
I've seen them die
I've seen broken mothers
Wonder why
I've seen it all
Through tear-filled eyes
I've seen the needle
I've seen the cost
I've seen it all
Through thickened walls
I've seen men when
They take the fall
Get up again
Then do more
I've seen them do
Without a doubt
I've seen them cut
Their clientele
Treat them worse
Then they would a dog
Send them to hell
With Fentanyl
I've seen them come
I've seen them go
I've seen them beg
For another dose
And when there's nothing
Left to own
I've seen them die
All alone
What to do about nothing
When somethings come into view
I look and see the somethings
That nothings are somethings true
Written by James Edward Lee Sr.2018©
4/19/18
You make me smile
for a long, long, long while
You give me goose bumps
As my temperature rises up
I'm so ashamed will you forgive me
If I ask you your name
your personality floats like the clouds above the trees
Somethings about you makes me smile
I feel as though I could walk seven miles
Somethings about you makes me smile
You make me wanna devote
The rest of my life to ya
You make me smile
As my temperature rises up
You give me goose bumps
Somethings about you makes me smile
I feel as though I could walk seven miles
Somethings about you makes me smile
Somethings about you makes me smile
12/30/17
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
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