If you love me, I don’t feel it
one kiss does not seal it
I’m on my way without delay.
Only two drinks away.
Two drinks and I’ll be done.
These days are not much fun.
I remember we had a good run
but now I’m on my way.
Two drinks away,
I’m on my way
to circling the drain in the morgue.
I am really tore up
from the ground up.
I can’t find my path
from this alcohol bath.
Too many days
in a drunken haze.
Too many nights grieving
soon I’ll be leaving.
Two drinks are down
and now I drown,
circling the drain in the morgue.
A stubborn heart will stubborn be,
No matter what God’s word decrees.
Each time a stubborn man says no
The harder still his heart will grow.
The sun's harsh heat that melts beeswax
makes clay soil so hard that it cracks.
Whether to love God or to hate
the heart's condition will dictate.
God sent Moses to meet Pharaoh
And to tell him, “let my people go.”
Pharaoh’s proud heart caused him to say
"I will not, God, your words obey.
His idols held sway in his heart
So, Pharaoh chose to play the part
of "Stubborn Mule" that would not move
e'en though God would his power prove.
In Pharaoh’s heart, he was a god
So, he was not by God’s might awed.
Who is this God who was unknown
to make him let his bondslaves go.
So, Pharaoh made his own heart hard
With each refusal, it was scarred,
God gave him up to his own way
Not even He could Pharaoh sway.
If today you should hear God say,
“Turn from your sin without delay,”
Do not like Pharaoh proudly say
“God, I will not, your word obey.
Life for a stubborn soul is hard
Each foolish choice leaves their heart scarred.
The fight with God, no one can win
So, don’t let Pharaoh be your twin.
I Heard My Name.
I heard the vastness speak my name.
It told of troubled days.
In my eagerness to be here,
I agreed without delay.
Bursting through the veil,
I came to live this life.
Knowing that it held
my days of pain and strife.
Choosing my own path.
With lessons to be learned.
I come to this, my grateful heart
for that which I have yearned.
Strength of love, pain of loss.
In all things, equal measure.
The hate, the hurt, the anger.
The love, the joy, the pleasure.
I’ve lived it all, I’ve loved it all.
I’ve seen and felt so much.
The cold of the hardened concrete.
The warmth of the human touch.
The bliss of a newborn child
Or, the pain of a childhood lost.
For the love that I’ve been given,
I’d gladly pay the cost.
Now, my colors are fading.
My hair, it’s turning grey.
As much as I would like to,
I know I cannot stay.
Other journeys await me.
As my time comes to its end,
With me, I’ll carry you.
And, to you, my love, I’ll send.
Those we love don't go away
they walk beside us every day.
No matter what we do or say,
this feeling deep within will stay.
Our memories held dear portray
those special times that will relay
the bond we shared, to now replay
within our thoughts without delay.
When we are faced with the dismay
of missing them, with thanks, we pray
they walk beside us every day-
for those we love, don't go away.
That rolling road of the ocean
propelling you into daydreams.
I love beach life more everyday.
Skin smooth with coconut lotion,
that’s truly as luxe as it seems.
Grinning at the shoreline you stay.
Falling into such devotion
faces are lifted by sunbeams.
Heat’s fleeting, much to my dismay.
Charged current in constant motion,
glitter on the turquoise tide gleams.
Race the mavericks without delay.
Diving head first into a test,
I ride with joy on a wave crest.
Dreams will fade
As dreams renew
Rather be dead
Then alive be real
With age… I see my dreams die
Aged… I see new dreams arise
With time… never can I lie
Timed… am I wise?
And I let time carry me…
Sweeping minutes into hours away
Days and weeks hurry
Into months and years without delay
No longer can I…?
Can I do the things I no longer can
No doubt I will get by
By dreams I will find the end
Dreams will be new
Because I’m unwise to follow
I’m too alive to deal
For dreams to die tomorrow
Unbridled downpour of laughter,
flooded frizzy her hair will plaster.
Rays splash from within.
She embraces impeccable quirks,
fully aware of exactly what works.
Grin and rock that safety pin.
With eyes reflecting diamond skies
when she laughs she always cries.
Such charm should be a sin.
Beautiful in such an atypical way,
onlookers flock to her without delay.
A freckled glow on supple skin.
100 % chance when that giggle forms,
there’s a forecast of sunshine storms.
That’s how she’s always been.
75 years ago today.
On March 13 under the milky way,
I don't know if the canopy was gray.
But I do know that without delay and
with certainty, God had something to say.
To this world which is often clouded with
dismay, God delivered a pearl of great price.
She became like a treasure hidden in a field,
and gifted to our world to help us heal.
For many a year, this pearl through great
sacrifice has given herself away so that
Many others would not go astray.
Many lives were touched and tears were
wiped from their eyes as they were blessed
with a better life filled with blue skies.
.
(A lone voice whispers)
l still miss that sweet voice
Whose noise used to make my heart rejoice
But choices made need to be paid without delay
So the Big Old Church Book says
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Foundation of the piece.
The person who thought the grass was greener on the other side.
In their own tenacious way
Luddits creep out of dust
Forcing time to stand and stay
In the stales of past
They crimilalize in panic
Everything that moves
Passengers of ghost Titanic
Though the news we cruise
Prohibitions fall like leaves
In the August rain
There’s no air for me to breathe
Under luddits reign
So I violate their laws
In the modest way
Like a rebel with a cause
Acts without delay.
Traveling through the day to day,
there’s never a wrong departure;
Addicted to this groove I stay
alert for the next adventure;
Nostalgia alongside FOMO
I’m smashing the gas full throttle;
Holding on but still letting go,
seeking lightning in a bottle;
A backroad that leads you astray
can serve to keep things in focus;
With no compass left in dismay,
you argue with hocus-pocus;
It’s enough to bring vertigo,
my cup filled with just a pottle;
Holding on but still letting go,
seeking lightning in a bottle;
Seize the moment without delay,
pause briefly to smell the crocus;
Daisies and wild orchids at play,
hone in on your soul’s syllabus;
In search of a future flambeau,
missing out I won’t live to tell;
Holding on but still letting go,
seeking lightning in a bottle.
Fervid thoughts fill my heart as I sleep.
It overflows with emotions tonight
for a secret love I've kept fathoms deep,
avowed only in the Sonnets I write.
In poetry we share the flames of desire
and his arms tremble with the need of me.
Passion kindled 'til there's a blazing fire.
My whispers are sighs in an urgent plea.
I've pages of rhymes about love's yearning,
and dancing with him 'neath a pale gold moon.
I imagine his touch leaves me burning
to free my love from its confined cocoon.
Take wing, my heart and fly without delay
The secret long kept; I must now convey.
COMING GOING
to go or stay or runaway avoid delay of my being here of my being there of leaving now
wondering how of roundabout hereabouts of this residence a missing prescence in this
empty house in this empty mind of being unable to decide about coming home to go or stay or run away without delay with empty hands&of an empty heart
esoteric
intricacies-
mumurs assuaged
inspired by Samuel Beckett novel& poem 'Watt'
It was a Christmas outdoor Pageant
It was the performance of the Nativity scene
There was a Camel who was mean
The Camel didn’t want to cooperate nor associate
He went berserk and went wanted to attack all the onlookers
Suddenly without delay, the Camel observed the Doll baby Jesus
In the manger
An immediate pause took effect
To everyone’s surprise, the Camel kneeled to the manger
The Camel wouldn’t move and it was as if the baby Jesus informed the Camel to be still and calm
After a while, the Camel responded it was ready and it was like nothing ever happened
The Christmas pageant continued without any further problems
I and everyone witnessed this not being part of the show
It goes to show, miracles do happen
A camel can become humble
Warm heart can take effect
Holiday treat
Holiday breezes in the air
A true story beyond compare.
He took her there most days
They rowed out to his small yacht
They sat and drank take away lattes
She just cried a lot….
She was so full of sadness
Tormented by relentless fear
So very troubled
Her mind clouded and unclear
She liked it on the river
It gave momentary relief
Life seemed a little clearer
Though be it only brief
She saw them in the distance
Hoped they would come her way
Unbelievably without deviation
They were there without delay
Swimming underneath the small yacht
In water so clear and blue
So close they were touchable
He cuddled her and said,
“This is just for you”
The dolphins swam away….again without deviation
A direct path into the open water
She knew in her heart those majestic creatures
Had sought her…
The emotions they evoked in her
Mere words cannot describe
With heart and mind now smiling
She sipped her latte
And just cried….
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