BECAUSE OF YOU

Because of You

There are days when roses seem sweeter

The sun shines brighter

And the roads you walk on

Rise up to meet your feet and glide you along.

There are nights when the moon sings

And silver stars shoot across the celestial canvas

Birds stay up just to croon you lullabies

And the world is a sweet and jubilant place.

I never knew that place before

I never felt like I could touch the heavens

Dance on daylight and run with the rain

Until now, because now, there's you.

All you have to do is smile

All you have to do is reach

All you have to do is be

And Earth becomes Eden.

If I could write you a love song

All the lyrics would be 'you'

If I could paint portraits

All the faces would be yours.

If I could write you a book

All the stories would be unending

If I could inspire you with dreams

All the dreams would come true.

For these are the things

That you've given to me

These are the joys

That now decorate my days.

Because of you

Because of you

The sun shines brighter

Because of you.

©by Voo

Feb 24, 08

Sweet Baby by Prince my fave by him

If I ( a spur of the moment nonsense write that means nothing and everything)

If  I

If I knew what I never have known

I would go where I have never been

If I saw what I haven't yet seen

I would finish what I couldn't begin.

If I could taste what I've never eaten

I would smell what my nose never knew

If I could touch all the clouds in the heavens

I would sip and would sup on the blue.

If I felt all the feelings that fill me

I would run with the feet that can't stand

If I slapped everyone that needs slapping

I would slap all the faces of man.

If I loved all the people that loved me

If I kissed all the lips that kissed me

I would dance in the dark with myself and my heart

And I'd diss all the ones who dissed me.

If I counted to ten in the morning

I would add all the numbers so bright 

If I poured the sun out on the sadness

I would cover the ground with the night.

If I had all the money I don't have

I would spend all my money on you

If I sang every love song not written

I would know if those love songs were true.

If I flung my poor heart in the ocean

It would swim in the deep with the fishes

If a poet could be, I would write poetry

But I'm not but that's what I wishes.

©by Voo

Jan 30, 2018

10:45 p.m.

SITTING IN SILENCE TOGETHER

Sitting in Silence Together

Sitting in silence together

We shared our aching hearts

She with her unanswered questions

And me, knowing not how to start.

I wanted to comfort and love her

And she needed comfort and love

But I knew that what she was needing

Could only be sent from above.

I prayed to be His willing vessel

His hands and His feet on this Earth

But how do you speak to the grieving

Who'd lost what she'd found at that birth?

I searched for correct words to give her

I fumbled for just the right touch

I just needed to make her feel better

But my human words didn't help much.

And then I heard the Lord say to me:

Just be and I will do

Just let her know she's not alone

And I will work through you.

And so I sat there, silent

And let HIm speak through me

Let Him touch her like I could not

And see what she only could see.

Sometimes it's best to do nothing

Sometimes it's good to be quiet

Sometimes just to be present is loving

And shines like the sun in the night.

And so we sat in the silence

Grieving and asking our whys

And though I had no counsel to give her

She thanked me with love in her eyes.

©by Voo

  10:25 p.m.

Oct 8, 2013

Leslie, R.I.P. darling

You're with your daddy now

and whole

Dance With My Father
by Luther Vandross