It's Not Fair

It's Not Fair

I just met the love of my life,

My dream man, my knight in shining armor,

My hero

The most gorgeous man in the history of mankind.

He's everything a girl could ever want

Cute and funny, sexy and intense,

Silly and sober, talented and generous

To a fault.

He can fix any car,

A broken t.v.

A coffee pot, a computer,

A broken heart.

He's got a smile that lights up the world

Eyes you could fall into for days

A kiss that would melt steel,

An embrace that makes you feel safe in any conflict.

He loves me. He adores me.

He thinks I hung the moon

He has perfect diction, grammar, etiquette

And even uses apostrophes in their proper places!

He loves words and their origins

He doesn't waste time using foul language

Making himself look low class

He holds himself like the prince he is.

When I lie in his arms, I feel like I'm in Heaven

When he's away from me, I feel like I want to cry

When he says he loves me, I know he means it

When he says nothing, I still feel his heart.

It's not fair!. It's so unfair!

A man like that with so much to give

I want to spend my whole life with him

But I just found out he's got three weeks to live.

©By Voo

10/10/2020

Something Wicked This Way Comes (scary oldie from Voo's Vaults)

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

Something wicked this way comes

I can feel it in the air 

Something evil prowls the darkness

And the blind and deaf don't even care.

  

Something awesome in it's horror

Something shining but not of gold

Something monstrous in it's purpose

Something new but ancient, old.

Running slyly like the wolf

Gathering strength on silent feet

Searching for recruits for battle

Looking for men's hearts for meat.

Can you feel it in the heavens?

Can you feel it in the ground?

Can you feel it in your spirit?

Something wicked falling down.

Beware the prophet who preaches peace

Beware the teacher who teaches lies

Beware the beast who seeks the saintly

Devouring souls and closing eyes.

Something wicked this way comes

In dream and daylight, night and noon

Descending terror, pain and plunder

To darken the sun, shut out the moon.

Be not deceived, the day is evil

The star that falls is not a star

The days of peace are gone forever

The  earth has given birth to war.

©By Voo Shining Stone

Mar 3, 2017 at 12:09 AM

Moon of Red

Moon of Red 

Moon of red in a midnight sky

Omens of life sent forth to die

Cries of passion, cries of fear

Drenched in drops of rain and tear.

Where comes the night that has no day?

Whence comes what takes the dream away?

Who hears the voice of voiceless plea?

Which pours from lost ones just like me?

I ponder as I sit beside

The pool of tears from all who've cried

I wonder as I think on this

As panthers prowl and serpents hiss.

I do not know nor do I care

If there's a reason for me there

For reasons come with every task

And mock before you even ask.

The screech of owls, the rustling leaves

The sighing of the soul that grieves

The sounds surround me sitting here

And fill me with the feel of fear.

Higher now, the moon of red

Swiftly rises above my head

The air, electric with ethereal breath

Inhales life and exhales death.

And those who know the plot and plan

The few, the remnant of mortal man

Reach out to grab what's blown apart

And hold it tightly to their heart.

Trailing my fingers through the pool of tears,

I bend to watch my reflection appear

The red moon has tainted what in sunlight was fair

But alas, no reflection of my sad face is there.

Just a red moon, a red pool,

A dark sky of black

I'm afraid and I cry out

But get no answer back.

©by Voo Shining Stone

Oct  26, 2020

9:28 p.m.

Like Puddles On An Asphalt Street (An Oldie From Voo's Vault)

 

Like Puddles On An Asphalt Street

 Round and round this life, it goes

And where it stops, the Good Lord knows

Like puddles on an asphalt street

The silver water cool and sweet

Each tear that falls is gathered up

And safely stored inside His cup

And poured upon the soul's parched land

Where roses spring forth from His hands

Tears turn to rivers and then to tides

Of mighty oceans far and wide

And then are used to wash us clean

From the deaths of  our old dreams

Down comes the rain made of our tears

And down the drain go all our fears

Round and round this life, it goes

And where it stops, the Good Lord knows.

©by Voo

Aug 5, 2006

Rat In The Trap (Another Oldie From Voo's Vault)

 Rat in the Trap

The rat lay there in the trap

His beady little eyes imploring me

To let him go, his tiny tail twitching

His minuscule heart beating so hard the trap jumped.

Never mind that he had eaten all the cheese

And the chocolate and the cream

Never mind that he had gnawed my silk dress

And the dyed to match shoes that went with it.

For months he had terrorized the cat

Driven the dog into fits of anguish

Jumped over ottomans and eaten through walls

Undoing all the interior decorating.

I stood there staring at him in my victory

Remembering all the rat poison that he had left

In my best crystal bowls, in my coffee cups

Little revengeful surprises moved from under the sink.

He really was amazing, I gave him that

So resourceful in his will to survive and torment

Damn your rodent hide! I finally said and lifted him by the tail

Walked over to the house next door and threw him in the window. 

©by Voo

July 15, 07

"And stay gone, ya lil creep, unless

you want to be Rat Ravioli!!!"

"I kinda miss him.....he took all the blame for crap..."

                     

Bwahahaha !!!!!

I'll be...back!!!!!

New watch cat

who does dog impersonations

Megrrrowl!!

"I'm baaaack!"

"She does not see me..she does not see me...she does not...oops! She sees me!!!"

"Save me, Rubber Duckie!"

"Oh, I am sooo not falling for that again! Oh, look, cheese!"

"Curses!!!! Foiled Again!!!!!"

Meanwhile, a little homeless girl finds her way into the house

"Hey, Lady, will you be my mommy?"

"Well, of course, I will! Here, darling, have a Happy Meal."

(sorry, couldn't resist....so cute!!!!)  sigh............

Adversaries, Monkeys and BFFs

 

Adversaries, Monkeys and BFFs

Voo and Rose were frenemies

They hated each other's guts

One was brilliant to the brim

And one was just plain nuts.

One day outside a convenience store

They met up in the rain

Each one had come to buy a Slurpee

But both were broke again.

I tell you what, Voo, Roseanne said

As a toothpick she did chew

Let's me and you hold up this place

And I'll share the take with you.

And Voo said, Yes (a trusting soul)

And followed Roseanne's lead

At the sight of Rose, the store clerk fled

So nobody had to bleed.

They took the money from the till

Downed a case of beer

Filled twenty-five cups of Slurpee stuff

Till they heard the sirens near.

This way and that, the robbers ran

With coins a-plenty flying

Into a flock of proud peacocks

Who screeched like they were dying.

A fine mess you have got us in!

VooVoo to Rose then cried

Me?! burped Rose, It's your stupid fault

That cannot be denied.

They hid within the monkey cage

For they had run into the zoo

And no one there could tell the difference

Between the monkeys, Rose and Voo.

They watched as cops all gathered 'round

To question everyone

The kangaroo said that he'd seen nothing

But he said it just for fun.

The elephant said that he couldn't remember

If crooks had run in to the place

And the tiger thought that maybe they had

But he couldn't sketch a face.

But when they questioned the peacocks

So proud and loud and strong

They said that there'd  been at least thirty men

But boy, did they get that wrong!

All day they waited with baited breath

To escape that monkey's cage

And Voo, poor thing, she tried to pray

As Rose paced in a rage.

I never should have  gone in with you!

For a Slurpee we will fry!

Here, have a banana, Voo offered her sweetly

You're making the crocodiles cry!

Then midnight came and they crept out of the cage

And the zoo full of  snore and roar

Rose gave Voo the Slurpees and she kept the money

And the monkeys were loose once more.

©by Voo

for my old pal Rose Aiello

back in da day

(she was always messin' with me)

So yeah....

Ole!!!! Ole!!!!! She Dances

 

She Dances

She dances like the wave of an ocean

The touch of a breeze

Like a moonbeam in summer

Through the tops of the trees.

She dances like an intangible touch

With a tangible lust 

And for reasons beyond her

She just knows that she must.

The music is in her

Was born her birthday

She sees it in everything

And cannot look away.

Her feet fly like magic

Her hands bid you "come"

Her eyes see your soul

Wraps your heart 'round her thumb.

She dances like rose petals

Craving sweet morning dew 

She dances for love's sake

She dances for you.

©by Voo Shining Stone

10/6/2020

The Raven's Laugh .............. A Poe-esk write

soundtrack

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The Raven's Laugh

The raven laughed

And flew away

But came to me

Again, next day.

I didn't bid it 

Come to me

But still it came

Though stealthfully.

Sitting on 

A snowy bough

Peeking in

My window now.

It sat there watching

 Half the day

Not even cold

Drove it away.

Watching, watching

As if a spy

The bird with malice

In it's eye.

For from a dream

The thing had come

A living nightmare

And I, it's home.

For many nights

I'd fairly screamed

To wake myself

From what I'd dreamed.

Such bitter sorrow

Such sorrow felt

To see that grave

On which I knelt.

My own true lover

My only love

Blessed by the stars

And sky above.

Blessed by the Blesser

Of all things true

I'd prayed so long,

He'd sent me you.

Such happy days,

Such blissful nights

Till jealousy made

Wrong things of right.

And anger stole

My joy from me

And made me into

Your enemy.

We fought like tigers

And we fought well

Our lover's Heaven

Became our Hell.

You ran away,

I brought you home

I locked you in 

That place alone.

With one small window

To view the world

That could not save

My dark haired girl.

But every day

A raven came

Through snow and sunlight

Moonlight and rain. 

And sat there watching

You through the glass

Till you had withered

And from this life, passed.

I buried you

In a grove of green

Far from the city

And thus, unseen.

But I did not know

Till many days

That one had witnessed

My wicked ways.

That cursed raven!

Your only friend!

Perched by the window

Where it had been.

Covered now

By bricks and mud

To conceal the prison

Of your innocent blood.

And then the nightmares

Began to come

Would not relent,

Leave me alone.

All night in terror

I cried and cried

Dying over and over

As you must have died.

My beautiful lover,

Gone without trace

While your guardian raven

Laughed in my face.

Laughed like a human

With revenge in it's heart

Piercing my soul

With each screeching dart.

And then it was gone

And I didn't know where

How, when or why

And I didn't care.

I found a new lover

With long, jet black hair

Face like an angel's

So sweet and so fair.

Some might call her strange

Some might call her weak

Because she can't laugh

Nor can she speak.

But sometimes, I confess

I wake up in fright

To find her just watching

Above me at night.

I ask her what's wrong

She shakes her dark head

Then violently loves me

In our old hand carved bed.

That is carved with two hearts,

Rambling roses and lace

The moon and the stars

And your pretty, dead face.

(I love my dark and silent lover
With a heart still torn in half

But last night I woke in feathered arms
And I heard that raven laugh.)

©by Voo Shining Stone

Sept 13, 2020

2:33 a.m.

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So help me!!! As I was just now posting this.... A crow or raven right outside the window of this room...laughed Haw Haw two times!!!! It freaked me out!!! What are the odds of that happening!? Never see them around here......spooky!!!!! 👻

The Wrong Road To The Right Place

The Wrong Road To The Right Place

Whistlin' in the dark

As I traverse this here dark road

This road that ain't found on no road map

Nor on no piece of paper

Nor drawn on a napkin by a "greasy spoon" waitress.

No, this road don't rightly take you no wheres

Didn't start no wheres and who but God 

                      Knows where it ends..................

I don't. Or I didn't.

I just closed my eyes as I stood there

At the fork in the road and threw a stolen rose

Over my left shoulder

                 And it fell to the right............

And that is how I ended up

        On this here dusty road tryin' to get to Heaven......

Honk HONK!!!! Get out  of the road, you OLD fool!!!!

(Some kid feeling his oats in his daddy's car, I reckon)

NO.....some wanna-be gangster boy from up North

wantin' to mess with somebody out here on these back roads.....

What am I lookin' for?

    You tell me........boy!

You're the Son of A Gun askin' the questions!

I didn't ask you nothin'

And I reckon that's what I 'll get.....

Story of my life.....Always nothin'!.

The Bible says: You have NOT

  'Cause you ASK not............

But I don't know what to ask fer

(I don't want to get...smited) (SMOTED?) Kilt...

Lord, I don't know....God always uses such BIG words...

My brain can't hardly ascertain the little ones

Like thee and Thou and How Now Brown Cow....

Oh, wait! That ain't scripture, is it? Or is it?

Shoot! I don't know nothin. I'm half heathen, I guess

But I AIM to make HEAVEN my HOME!

WHERE AM I GOING?

   you just full of questions, ain't ye???

Dang fool Yankee!!! (sotto voce)

You don't hear me goin' off half cocked

Askin' you jack! 

                  Mostly, 'cause I don't care

And secondly, 'Cause I don't CARE!

I got enough problems fer the both of us 

                     Plus everbody in WhyNot, Mississippi  

Damn! I sure could use me a good ole cold drink!

You got a RC cola on ye? Or an Orange Crush?

Pepsi???! Damn, son, we don't drink no Pepsi down here!

Might as well drank swamp water......Pepsi!!!!!  Goll durn...

Hey!! HEY!!!  No use gittin' all riled up about it!!!

What you doin', boy???? CALM THE HELL BACK DOWN!!!

What a little feller like you doin' with a BIG ole GUN like that???

Naw, I ain't gonna be quiet! Naw, hell naw! Didn't yore Pa told ye

Not to point no PISTOL at nobody lest you aim to....to.....

No..............I can't help ye with no gas money....

I ain't got no Money, son! If I did, you thank I'd be out here

 hitching in this here hot sun tryin' to find my way to Heaven? 

                                    Nooo...not that HEAVEN.......!!!

Heaven, Alabama. Where the purtiest girl in the Whole WORLD live!

You got a girl, son? Anybody on Earth love your sorry ass?

No..no..I didn't mean nothin.....Just talkin'. 

No need to get all bent outta shape.........

I done tole you I ain't got no Money! I can't give you Nothin'  but ADVICE!

C'mon, man......Don't do me that a way...I ain't lying'. I try not to lie......much...

I wants to go to HEAVEN one day. (I just don't Want to go right NOW....

you know what I'm sayin?)                Quit that now! That hurts!!!

No need to kick a man when he down!!! Lord, have Mercy!!!  Here...Here..

 I got a five dollar bill here in my shoe...You can have THAT. Just don't hurt me. 

No...I ain't got no MORE...

I ain't got nothin' but some Juicy Fruit gum I'm saving fer supper.

What??? 

You gonna take that too? Well, if that ain't a damn cryin' shame...! 

 I bet yore Mama sure would be proud of you 'bout right now, wouldn't she????

No, no, not trying to talk about yore Mama! Not meaning no 

Dis Respect to nobody.... let me go now, boy..I gots to git on down this here road

fore it gits too DARK to see...LET ME GO NOW!!!! Dadblame yore hide!!!

No, I won't tell noBody...I promise.  I won't report you to no POLICE... I won't TELL,

I swear to GOD....let me go NOW.....I won't.......

                                                      BANG!!!!

LORD GOD, son!!! You didn't have to do THAT!!! Why You want to KILL some old

NOBoDY like me???? I didn't mean you no harm....here, take this JUICY FRUIT.

Take it! You wanted it a minute ago! Here, boy.......

A little blood won't hurt ye.... I don't need no gum where I'm goin'...

                                           Where am I Going?????              

WHY.....Heaven, Alabama, OF COURSE!!!! Where my girl at....She waitin' on me down there.

She been WAITIN' a long TIME.  She love me, she says last time I seen her. 

I love her too, I shorely do!  Hot damn! She gonna be happy to see my ole raggedy butt!!!  Hee Hee

LORD..it shore is Bright out heres. I can't hardly SEE, it so BRIGHT. 

What's goin' on here? I feel like I'm fadin'.....jest fadin' away....

         right here in this dirt with the Sun in my eyes.......

Where you goin', BOY???? Come back here!!!! Why you runnin???? 

THEM ain't nothin' but angels.....

 Them ain't nothin' but.......................ANGELS....????!!!!!   Lord God....

Come to thank about it...I thank that ole rose fell to the LEFT! 

I should a done took that OTHER ROAD.................................

         I don't thank this 'un is goin' to Alabama..........

                                                      no, sir....not to no Alabama.........

                                     Not to no Heaven...........Alabama.....
                             Not to no...........................................................no

©By Voo Shining Stone

August  16, 2019

4:22 a.m.

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