Laughter, To Somewhat Understand Just one thing
Aptly, Mastering Arts Learned So long ago with self control
Seriously, Eager Headstrong Tot, not so long ago that I rolled
Readily, Steadily Running After Every Grim thing I found
Evil, No I am inwardly still trying to fathom hallowed ground
Vicious demons rip and claw and tell me not to go
Ever present, I stop and grasp right onto God, but not for show
Raring to deliver, I stop and quiver, yell and shed one tear too late
Early in the morning, woke up and put on my shoes
Must be sliding down the old river now, paid my dues
I cannot fathom anymore or any less than before
Telling me now in my heart and in my chest, open the door.
N ight terrors through the room.
I reach for help but I find gloom.
G ive me a hand please.
H and me a prayer.
T ame this doubt that guides my fear.
T ell me everything will be alright.
I don't want to go to sleep tonight.
M y dreams are haunted.
E verything is so real.
T ell me what to do.
E xplain to me how to heal.
R ip this enemy from my sleep.
R aging restless night I keep.
O h rescue me from this day.
R elieve me from this fear I pray.
Let me fall
Let me pick myself up
Let me alone to learn
Let me see first hand
Just let me fall!
Let me have a voice
Let me scream
Let me cry
Let me hurt
Just let me fall!
Let me know pain
Let me feel it
Let me know it
Let me work through it
Just let me fall!
Rosemarie Schrock may 29, 2011
Last night I dreamed that I saw my grandfather.
He was at my doorstep and I didn't recognize his face.
I just wanted to feel his warm embrace.
I asked him: Who are you! and he told me his name.
My mouth dropped to the floor.
My emotions were at the door.
I was in shock and disbelief.
There was no time for grief!
We talked until the sky darkened.
Then he told me he had to go and I screamed no!
Please don't leave and please don't go.
He told me not to cry and to keep my head to the sky.
He walked down the road as, I waved goodbye with tears in my eyes.
Then all of a sudden I woke up and he was gone.
Then that's when I realized it was all a dream.
The sun within me reflects off the moon you hold.
Showering me with aura light and the true story told.
I must be the most powerful me
to allow you to be the most powerful you.
That is how unity shines in our harmonious flow.
Many divine elements of nature and earth,
sky and infinity,
bring us together on this present soul journey.
Beyond matter and time
we have always been of a similar kind.
Whatever body we have carried or dimension experienced,
our knowing has been vertical with spindled permanence.
Sewn and weaved through various soul needs
we meet on this earth and complete what we have agreed.
Don’t promise me the world
That’s not yours to give
Neither promise me forever
When all you have to give is today
Just give me your today
And all it encompasses
And should forever come and finds us here
Our mere presence would speak of our genuine love
~*~
©04/17/11 Audrey Haick a.k.a. Annalise Brigham
Great days, great nights gone away
Leaving behind their memories
Which relish me in some way
The anxieties and worries
Of the school days remind me a way
In which I used to live
The days are gone away
Now is the college life giving tensions and worries
And some scary movies…
And some little good ways
In which I remember god in hourlies
The days are gone…
The days are gone….
Leaving behind their memories…….
Frustration builds......
Awaiting my personal adaptation to life,
which has yet to be revealed.....
I stare into the mirror in search of all that is concealed..The reflection speaks to me saying if u can see me I
must be real...Then my mind interrupts and repeats, " Your truth has still yet to be revealed....
Things aren't always what is seen but sometimes is what u feel.....
Holding back one's true self from the reality of life,which is often cold and chilled...
But the realization!!! "of the lack of" life's adaptation!!!! Is what forces u deeper into yourself in search of "a
personal revelation"...
Opens your eyes to see.....
Life is what u make it, and it's "waiting for you to demonstrate through your everyday,exactly "what you need it to be".......
So adapting to life is the same as adapting to me...
And now that I'm revealed,Clearity is found, frustration is released in I'm FEELING FREE......
Words can’t describe
These feelings I’m having tonight
I’m broken hearted
Torn up inside
My mind is keeping me locked up tight
Money’s good and looks are grand
But chivalry is almost dead
What happened to the men of dreams?
Are they only in Disneyland?
Looked but will I ever find
A large enough plug for the hole inside
Hope and fear are lying on their backs
Just waiting for the next attack
They say the truth will set you free
But am strong enough to see
The real methods behind the madness at hand
At times like these is wish I was in Neverland
I’m down to my very end
Having burned away in the wanted land
I’d feel better if I curled up tight
But no, comfort is not there for me tonight.
Come two faced Janus, lie to us
Bring me to your door, and leave me ambiguous
A sane drunk in the roads middle
Between prophecy and history
The present stands on a griddle
Full of rational ambiguity
We are burning now
Who dream of a happy new year
While to the bottle bow
Seeking anesthesia from old despair
Oh, fallacy of a pagan lore,
Jekyll Janus, will you be also door
And prophet? Mask in the dead history
And usurped memory,
The earth will spin and a new year starts
Around the sun again as youth departs.
So usurper of Mars and Venus, faked
Jupiter, how can you begin
Anything that you cannot create? Wake
Not the ire of the true God to such sin
Yet I must bid you come despite
Since your name on the first month hangs so tight
To our meaningless wisdom and days
A subtle ferment of surreptitious praise
January, new month of beginning
How do I, like you, find new meaning
Or fresh faith for fractured flesh
Recovering youth and dreams I fled?
Speak not! my soul in a new dimension thresh
You affirm the truth sealed in my head.
Boy you started off rough
I just knew getting through would be tough
There were more highs than lows
I paid the price for wrongs I chose
Although the road was sometimes bumpy
Something always made me smile when I was grumpy
For a whole year I stood on my own
Focus and drive was my chosen zone
Persevered through it all
Was lifted up each time I’d fall
I made plans and dictated commands
How they came to be… even I don’t fully understand
With each new obstacle or battle I faced
Wisdom and courage I embraced
I’m reminded of those who were by my side
Those who gave me comfort as I cried
Those who gave me inspiration
When my world was filled with endless frustration
Those who reached out to lend a hand
When my life had severe demands
As this year comes to an end
I reflect on mistakes and vow to make amends
I’m thankful for the challenges both good and bad
Grateful for the struggles I’ve had
They all define me and make me whole
Push me closer to attaining my goals
This year was better than the last
Next year I’m sure will be a blast!
Lay
**For Royal Trevino Happy Year! Contest
*4th place win
I sit here at home
Thinking of you
Thinking your near
Pushing away my fear
Fear in, your not near
Looked out my window
You disappeared
Left in the wind
Deep in the fog
Made me a fool
A fool in your hand
You want me to understand
Understand your lies
The fire put in my bed
The rain in my home
The poison in my food
I never pushed away
Gave you to the wolves
Never locked the doors
Or put you on the floor
I gave you the cord
I gave you the key
I gave you the beat
I gave you all three
Unwrap the cord
Use your key
Listen, heart beat
Listen
I was a fool
In love with you
In love with my boo
In love with my fool
That fool in the wind
That wind in my hair
So scared
Scare to feel, true love
That fool in lies
In so many lies
Lies on true love
True love, so lost in the wind
Blowing many lies
Lies, causing me to cry
Cry, cry and cry
Until the wind stops
Stops blowing my way
So true love can tell, no more lies.......
Sleep does not come easy as it use too,my dreams are long and scarey,where have my
pleasent dreams gone,dang I feel so alone!God look down on me from your throne!Life is on
edge and at night I do threat about everything in my life cause it is full of pain and striff!
Slleep does not come easy anymore and America is not the great whore!Abba let thou spirit
come apone me and let my mind be free so I may sleep tonight underneath the stars and
the moon light!Sleep never comes easy for me!
Just to the gate, Lord
thy own wait
in prayer's tranquility,
some answering to so abate!
My conscious level of irrate
Oh, Lord, thy patience reinstate
that Faith could help me so innate
to open wide, Lord, not in fate!
As thy own mercy, cleanse my weight
of life's dull burdens,
to the gate
a humble vestage, not ingrate!
Not overbearing, filled with hate
or pitious, selfish thoughts of great!
Just to the gate then let me wait,
a child of God, in hopeful rate!
In piousness, but not sedate
or repressed logic, fill-in, late ~
forever, living as thy mate
Just to the gate, Lord ~ to the Gate!
Dear Luna, where have you been?
I dreamed a thousand times of your pale beauty.
Now, you return with stars upon your cape,
Flaunting your mysterious ways before me.
I'm mad in love with you, dear Luna,
The most beautiful of all the evening ladies,
That entices broken souls such as I.
Take my hand to walk with me through life.
No? So, I hear you say as you withdraw,
Pulling clouds about you to hide your face.
My path the darker now without your love,
There's no solace for me at your rebuff.
A whisper plays softly across a gentle breeze,
“I will not change my ways, though I favor you the most,
I am a wanton lady on my trek, following the sky.”
Then, she glanced my way again, and winked into the night.
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