SAFE FROM IRONY

Safe From Irony

I'm sick of love, I need it so

It tries to stay, I make it go

It flings itself down at my feet

And gags me on it's taste so sweet.

I'm tired of dying, I want to live

I can't take anymore, I want to give

I cannot sleep nor close my lids

Don't wake me now, you never did.

If I could walk, I'd walk so far

Or drive myself there in your car

If I could fly, I'd fly to God

But I'm a dead man, made of sod.

Ironic things, ironic thoughts 

They don't come free, they must be bought

And bought with diamonds encased in gold

Exchanged and bartered by the soul.

The nights are days, the days are nights

And in our terrors we delight

The days are dark and fads that fade

And passed in secret masquerade.

You say you love me but you don't

You want to love me but I won't

I run in circles cloaked in woe

I'm sick of love, I need it so.

©by Voo

Jan 14, 2007 

10:48 p.m.

BODY SURFING ON OCEAN BEACH

Body Surfing on Ocean Beach

Look! A falling star, I said

And as you turned, my lips caught you

In the hollow of your throat

It was midnight and the sand was warm

The sky was clear, the wine was cold

And you were the sweetest dream

I'd ever had.

Listen to the waves, I said

And as you listened, I heard my heart

Thunder louder than the highest tide

The ocean behind you in the moonlight glowed

And you smiled at me

Sparkling like a diamond

In my lonely eyes.

The beach was ours

The world was ours, so it appeared

And hand in hand, we walked

Till midnight died and left a hint of dawn

And we laughed and laughed till the puncture wounds

In both our hearts were mended

And we walked on.

Look! A falling star, you said

And as I looked, your lips caught me

On the mouth, my hungry mouth

And devoured me with your wanting

Little white waves kissed our ankles

And we loved each other

Till the tide came in again.

©by Voo

July 29, 07

2 a.m.

                                                      Ocean sounds

FORBIDDEN

FORBIDDEN




You and I, we long for things forbidden
We long for love that never can be given
We yearn for dances in the dark of night
And feel the lure of love kept out of sight.

You and I, we need what's not conceded
We've heard the warnings our ears never heeded
And yet, our hearts, so lost in love's demands
Fell into love and took it from our hands.

You and I, we live in simulation
Of life and breath, yet live in stimulation
Of passing glance and touch of fingertips
And yearn in vain for brush of tender lips.

You and I, we pass on crowded streets
Surreptitiously, maneuver there to meet
Touch of hand and sigh and catch of breath
And then are whisked away to lover's death.

How long will this go on, I cannot say
So many years now, we have lived this way
So many nights we've cried until the dawn
And held to hope though hope in hope has gone.

You and I, of blood and creed apart
We feel no difference, bonded in our hearts
We see no ancient need to separate
But live in cruel abeyance to our fates.

My love, my love, my soul, what must I do?
My destiny was sealed when I saw you
My heart was given to that golden hand
And I became your woman, you, my man.

You and I, are promised to the others
But our two souls will never join another's
Our hearts are melded into shape of one
And so will be until our lives are done.

So in the marketplace, we steal a look
You drop a flower for me in a book
You smile a smile that no one else will see
And in your way, I know you're loving me.

My father meets your father in the square
And scowls, pretends, he doesn't see him there
Ancestral feuds thrive through infinity
And do not know they ended with you and me.

You and I. I love to say those words
I whisper to you knowing I shan't be heard
I hold you close to me and stroke your hair
Open my eyes and see that you're not there.

Tomorrow, we will meet again, I know
And watch till out of sight, then we must go
My father's hand will pull me from your path
But through our tears, in silence, we will laugh.

©by Voo
April 19, 2004

DREAMTIME AND TRUE

Dreamtime and True

Living lives in dreamtime

(This world, a shore of empty tides)

We think in terms of beauty

When our dreams and lives collide.

But waking in a dew filled dawn

We see ghosts among the mist

Night fades in shadows unadorned

With our faces dreamtime kissed.

We reach to catch that phantom

That our dreaming selves can hold

But eyes wide open cannot see

When passion turns to cold.

Were dreams to live in daylight

Were lives to live in dreams

Our hearts would know no difference

For the veil, it has no seams.

The human heart, a treasure chest

Full of jewels beyond compare

That in the light of life may dim

But in dreams shine brightly there.

Colors rage a thousand shades

Dream-colored and dream-hued

And though our lives seem gaunt and gray

In dreams we live the true.

©by Voo

Oct 6, 07

5:30 p.m. 

EARTHLY CREATURES

Earthly Creatures

We are earthly creatures

Marked by life

And slowed

By death.

We are lifted

By love

And downed

By reality.

Our lives

Are long walks

Through deserts

Interspersed with an oasis or two.

Friends are roses

Blooming along

The gray roadsides

That we stumble upon.

And families

Are usually people

That start out as friends

And end up as strangers.

Such is life

This thing we must do

As we search for meaning

And solace in the storm.

If true love comes

It comes as a surprise

And like children, we, without thought 

Rip open the packages.

The roads wind through mountains

And our eyes are darkened

By tears and rain and loss

And brightened in the moments of sunshine.

We are creatures

Like no others

We are not animals

No matter if we live like they.

We are men

Who walk upright

And seek to rise

While falling down.

And if, at the end of it all

We are counted worthy

To be adopted by heavenly creatures

We will adapt, though it will be hard, to joy.

©by Voo

05/10/08

1:24 a.m. 

                                                    Sometimes When It Rains......

                                                       by Secret Garden
                                            please play with poem.....