Can't Help Falling

 

Wounded Paradise

 

Wounded Paradise

Drunk on love,

Can hardly walk

With my eyes full of the sun.....

Stumbling down this hard dirt road

Like an outlaw on the run.

I didn't see it coming

I didn't know it's name

I didn't see what's left of me

Would never be the same.

Hard to know

When love is real

And when it's just real bad....

So worldly when it comes to that

So worldly, but so sad.

Her face was full of danger

Her lips were wet with dew

Her dark eyes told me silently

"I've been waiting here for you."

And so I fell into her arms

Her wounded Paradise.....

Drank until I'd had my fill

Of the sweetness of her lies.

Like an madness in the midnight

Like a dream about to end

Like a dying bird that's dropping

In a sea of drowning men.

She loved me

And she healed me

With a love I've never touched.....

Then she kissed me and she killed me

With a death I loved so much.

She's an angel and a devil

She's a heart about to break

She's a cool, cool drink of water

To a man with thirst to slake.

But when morning came,

She said to me

As the sun rose in the sky......

"You cannot stay, be on your way."

And she didn't say goodbye.

My heart filled with rejection

My eyes, with unshed tears

Once more a little boy unloved

Like I'd been for countless years.

I tipped my hat,

Walked out her door

Staggered by it all......

Walking, turning, hoping, hoping

But I never heard her call.

©by Voo

July 10, 2010

10:31 p.m.

                                                

For Sale

 

 

Stop This Insanity

Hedy Lamar the Beautiful Star

incredible song about Hedy by Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck

I was always fascinated by Hedy Lamar. The most beautiful woman

I've ever seen. (And a creative genius!)

Wheels

 

Wheels

You asked to hear my story and here it is:

My muse died in the year 1778 at eight o'clock 

'Neath the wheels of a wagon on a muddy dark road

I did not hear her scream but I felt her die

I felt her die because my soul sank into despair

And all my hopes fled from me and into ether

All the songs I'd never written, vanished

All the poems I'd never read, all gone and vanquished

All the dreams I'd never dreamed, died of their anguish

When the sun arose, the morning shined the news

And all the grimy townsfolk cried the blues

For there in tattered pieces, lay the muse

And I, in sorrow's cloak, and out of rhyme

Bade my horse go faster still than death

And on we rode through Time with bloodied wheels.

©by Voo

Jan 29, 2010

9:44 p.m.

                            Neil Young.....Dead Man theme song.....

love this song!!!

                                            Dead Man theme with Johnny Depp reciting poem

Wisteria And Ever Afters

 

Love Songs flute cover

Wisteria and Ever Afters

💜

Whenever I see wisteria, I think of you

You and that moon on the water,

The candle, the wine

And the gleam in your shining eyes.

How my heart raced like a Serengeti gazelle

Being chased by a lion

My mind kept telling me to run away

While my heart demanded that I run toward.

And so I did........that starry night

Falling into your arms, your eyes

My mouth devouring your mouth

With a new appetite that would never be sated.

You made that shy girl into a woman

That woman into a princess

And the princess into a queen

A queen that knew she was loved by a king.

I remember how our bodies fit together

Like puzzle pieces,

How the moonlight highlighted the sweat

Running down them like liquid silver.

My hair draped over your face,

 I bent to kiss you

With a kiss I had only just learned to kiss

As your fingers wound 'round my curls. 

I was suddenly afraid of the urgent sounds

That issued from my own throat,

The breath that went out of me

And came rushing back like a violent storm.

I remember you said you loved me

And I felt it with every fiber of my being

Even though love had ever been foreign to me,

It coursed through my body and blood like a fire.

Afterwards, you wove strands of wisteria

And placed the purple crown upon my head

You made me feel serene and regal as you bowed
And then again, like a wild thing in your arms.

And I loved you back. god, I loved you!
The touch, the taste, the sight, the scent,
The breadth, the length
And every inch.

In two day's time, you were called away
--Not that you wanted to leave--
But the way of war overrules the love of life
And does not care how an unscripted fairytale ends.

Every time I see wisteria, I think of you

Your lips on mine, the sweet red wine

The moonlight and the water

I was your queen and you were my king...........
And that night was our happy but brief ever after.

💜

©by Voo Shining Stone
*words*

Aug 23, 2020

3:15 a.m.

Two Worlds Collided

 

A Dozen Rubies

A Dozen Rubies


A dozen rubies fell to my feet
Scattered by your hand
You'd come to ask me for my love
And proclaim yours for me and
A thousand diamonds promised me
When promise I had made
While the topaz sun high in the sky
Burned us in the shade.

The grass an emerald shade of green
Lay below your feet and mine
From crystal cup we two did sup
The aged garnet wine
Grapes in clustered amethyst 
You fed me from your fingers
And kissed the residue away
While afternoon did linger.

With silver tongue you spoke the words
My sweet heart to seduce
Like opals changing in the light
The outcome to deduce
Your turquoise eyes lit up with joy
Every time I smiled
I teased you with my pearl white hands
And we waltzed a little while.

The blue sky turned to jasper
Then agate, then sapphire
We lay and watched the end of day
As the sunset turned to fire
The dozen rubies crushed beneath
My onyx colored hair
Then I saw the black lies in your eyes
Carefully hidden there.

You did not know that I could see
The truth there in the man
(No precious jewel can buy my heart
From yours or any hand)
In twilight's hue I turned to you
At the sun's last golden glow
Your jaded eyes full of surprise
As I softly told you....... no.

©by Voo

Jan 22, 2005

Beautiful In The Dark

 

Beautiful In The DARK

(Sometimes the things that are beautiful in the dark

Can be so ugly in the light of day

Blinded by the need of the human heart

Sometimes the things we take the most for granted

Can mean the most when they go away.)

I stand here on this white sand beach

And watch the turquoise tides roll out to sea

I think about the silver moon in your eyes

And how your lips felt when you were loving me.

I l listened quietly to your soft sweet nothings

But honestly I didn't hear a thing

For words to you were lies to make me love you

So when the phone rings now, I let it ring.

You know how good strawberries taste on your tongue?

How champagne's bubbles tickle as they rise?

How rainbows disappear and appear like magic?

That's how love is brought to life before it dies.

A beautiful thing that's sweet when it shows up

So full of joy the heart gives it reception

There on the dance floor, street or garden path

But with the dawn, the heart sees it's deception.

Why must it be so in this earthly life?

Why must we wait for Heaven's joy to trust?

Why must we long for love with all our souls?

When the love we think we've found proves made of dust.

Love should be found in the golden light of morning

In a garden full of fragrance all around

Clearly surmised without shadow and apprised

To be what builds us up, not let us down.

I've seen love's face and I've seen the face of lusting

I've felt both pure intent and midnight's grasp

I've loved and lost and loved and learned a lesson

I've known the grief of loss when love has passed.

How foolish is the heart when night has fallen

When the eyes see lies but the need just does not care

And the void of the soul to be made whole grows wider

When you awake and find there's no love there.

Awakenings are stunning and despairing

When you've not yet learned to discern the shade from spark

And you see in clear light an ugly thing revealed

That you thought was simply beautiful in the dark.

I was naïve once long ago and yesterday

When I still thought you beautiful and fine

But my eyes couldn't see what my heart wouldn't see

Till I woke up ..............

Opened my eyes and found that I was blind.

©by Voo Shining Stone

1/23/2022

11:11 p.m.

All My Love Comes Down

All My Love Comes Down

 

  Soundtrack...Van Morrison
                 Listen To the Lion  👄

💗***************** A  V💗💗 Creation**********💗

  My My My by Johnny Gill

Somewhere Between The Stars

put on full screen

Beware The Kitten's Claws

 

Beware The Kitten's Claws 

(The Enigma of Love)

Love she is, a red red rose

With thorns within her leaves

Perfumed coverlets on graves of death

Left there by the left one that grieves

Love she is, a sparkling wine

Waking feelings asleep that wait to be woke

Intoxicating inhibitions to rise up and flee

Birthing passion and poetry that wait to be wrote.

Love she is, the sweetest thing

And the saddest thing of all

The cold of Winter, the heat of Summer

Spring's bloom and the decay of Fall

Love she is, the tiger's wildness

The soft and playful paws

The kittenish purr wrapped up in fur

But beware the kitten's claws.

For love she is, a two-sided thing

She gives and takes away

With such tools employ, she'll bring you joy

And then leave you where you lay.

How do I know this tale of woe?

This mystery I speak of?

This gift of Heaven oft tinged by Hell

My friend, my name is Love.

And Love I am and Love I'll be

Until the end of days

An enigma even unto myself

And no man can learn my ways.

A rose with thorns, a life with death

A wine that reveals your deepest flaws

A tiger, exciting and a kitten, enticing

Who will love you and sleep with your heart in her claws.

©by Voo Shining Stone

May 10, 2021

8:42 p.m.

People Like Us

 

People Like Us

There  is no reason to try, you see

For people like you, for people like me

We reach and we reach but we never get far

Above us are dark skies with no shining star.

.

Dreams are just wishes that never come true

For people like me, for people like you

And wishes are wisps that blow quickly away

Like the darkness of night overtakes the bright day.

.

Love is unattainable, not maintainable or true

For people like me, for people like you

It matters not if we're witty or blessed with fair charms

We cannot find a way to make love dance in our arms.

.

Happiness is fleeting like white clouds in the blue

For people like me, for people like you

A mirage in the desert, an oasis that appears

Then dissolves when we reach it in a rainstorm of tears.

.

I've never known or understood it

Why this happenstance should be

Why poets die a thousand deaths

And true loves rarely see.

.

It's like we have to pay a price

For every verse and rhyme

The beauty we put on the page

That will never fade with time.

.

There's no heart like a poet's heart

No one feels what we feel

We love so deeply there is no end

Be the subject false or real.

.

I wish I had the answers, all

And that enlightenment could see

It would change the lives of  every poet

The people like you and me.

.

Till then we'll write in our solitude

No shared passion, no bliss or it's fuss 

Sweet words to be quoted in the wooing of others

But with no happy endings for people like us.

©by Voo Shining Stone

Nov 20, 2020

7:38 p.m.

That Night In Hot Springs In The Rain...a true story told in prose form..........

                               

Gentle rain sounds

Play both at same time. Adjust volume to taste

That Night In Hot Springs In The Rain

I had to get away

And get away I did

Drove to Hot Springs and got a hotel

Ordered some pizza

And tried to watch some tv.

But I was bored

So very bored

And it was raining a sweet Spring rain

Yeah, rain has always

Made my blood run hotter

And my feet want to get loose and dance.

I got all dolled up

In a black jumpsuit of spandex

Curled my long hair

Put on perfume

And silver.

Drove the streets of that town

Looking for a place that was alive

With music and men

Some place or cool scene

To let off some steam.

The high end clubs

All seemed too dull

Though I was dressed in a "high end" way

But there was nothing in any of them

That made me want to stay.

I was about to give up on the whole idea

When something shiny caught my eye

I pulled over into a parking lot

Surveying the neon lights

As the rain fell gently 

 And Phil Collins sang "my song."

It was a biker bar!

(You know the kind)

The kind you see in movies

With Hondas and Harleys parked there everywhere

And men all dressed in black leathers.

I was terrified

(But so enthralled)

For I'd never darkened that kind of door

But I was bored and feeling dare devil-ish

And my body was just starved for dancing.

I checked the rear view and tousled my hair

As "Hold On My Heart" played on repeat

(You know sometimes when you get obsessed)

And you just wanna hear that song?

Well, hold that image in your mind....

I walked in like it was a movie premiere

And the crowd held it's collective breath

No exaggeration, I kid you not

(But I was scared too death!)

Yeah, me, the girl you think you know.....

I was scared too death!

But I made my way through

The whistles and smoke

And found a place to sit down

Looked around to see if I was the only girl there

And I was but for some Motorcycle Mamas..

Then the beers started coming

(And I do not drink beer)

And the boys started swaggering

And making boy noise

But I didn't look up and meet anyone's eyes

(Though they all seemed to be willing toys.)

After two or three beers

I was losing my shyness

And feeling my boldness

And losing my blues

And began looking 'round 

For a partner to choose.

And then it hit me:

The wildness

(You know that wildness)

And I tossed back my hair

Oh no, not that!

Oh, yes, I did!

I tossed back my hair

And got to my feet.

Downed the last of that horrible

Horrible beer

And then I kinda lost what was left of my mind

Grabbed me a startled cute guy by the collar

As Def Leppard started screaming out "Sugar."

 "Come here, boy, let's dance." I said

And all eyes glued to us

(Well, mostly on me but.... you know, you know 😉)

The cute guy ate it up, grinning like crazy

And didn't put up much of a fuss.

To be continued....................(maybe)