Never Say

 

Never Say

Never say that word again

The word I hate to hear

When you get bent all out of shape

And give in to your fear.

You know I’m here or you should know

By now through all of this

That I would take you in my arms

And soothe you with a kiss.

And even if I cannot be

With you when you need me

I’m still there in this heart of mine

I’d think by now you’d see.

That I would give the world to you

If only it were mine

And I would make you king of it

Beside me for all time.

This world is such a lonely place

And we all need each other

And I don’t mean to overwhelm

And I don’t mean to smother.

It’s just that in my heart of hearts

I feel too much to bear

And I know you feel too much, too

But you don’t want to share.

And how that scares me, how it hurts

To be shut out from you

When all your pain calls out my name

And I can’t comfort you.

I may not be a queen to you

And far from your ideal

But I am true and I love you

And all I am is real.

Can you not feel this hand of mine

Reaching in the dark?

That fire that blazed up long ago

Is down to just a spark.

The light has gone out of the world

Cause I can’t feel your love

And you won’t speak so I must seek

The face of God above.

On your behalf, more so on mine

Because I grieve for you

Pushing me out of your life

In all you say and do.

You said to just leave you alone

You said to go away

And all the sunshine left my skies

And became a cloudy day.

And you walked off and left me there

With nothing in my hand

And shouted as you walked away

Go find yourself a man!

Like you were not the man I love

Like you were not a man

Like you saw yourself as just a grain

In a universe of sand.

And you would never be much more

No matter what you did

No matter how tall you could grow

You’d be a little kid.

I wanted so to run after you

And show you, you were wrong

To ask you how I could sing again

When you're my only song.

But I just waited till you returned

And slipped back in the door

Knowing things were not the same

The way they were before.

You do not talk but you say so much

In your silence, there’s a din

Of alibis from a heart that cries

The word I can’t hear again.

I cannot stand the word Goodbye

It tears my soul in two

You twist it in me like a knife

And make me bleed with you.

And though I bleed, I do not leave

Or run from you for cover

Because I know deep in my soul

That we could heal each other.

©by Voo

A Tender Lie by Restless Heart

The Same Storm In Mine

  

The Same Storm In Mine

We recognized one another

The night we met

Though we had never met before

We saw in each other's eyes

The passion we craved

The wildness that was yet to be tamed

We felt our heartbeats slow

Then race

Then synchronize together in unison

And then the madness began

The indescribable madness of true love

The true love that only comes once

We fought like lions

And made up like lambs

But oh, how we loved!

Loved like the lightning loved the darkness

Loved like the thunder loved the roar

Loved like the raindrops loved the earth

Through days of war and nights of peace

Through cries of pain and love's delight

We imprinted ourselves upon pages of poetry

And then the world ended

As all worlds, they do

Created out of myth and longing

And you flew away on your invisible wings

Leaving Earth and the boundaries of time

Waving goodbye as our tears fell like raindrops

With the storm still in your veins and the same storm in mine.

©by Voo Shining Stone

Jan 3, 2021

5:15 p.m.

Gentle Storm by Elbow

oh, my my, what a song and video!

Moon Of Red

 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 the life, exhales the 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 in 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.

Darkness Falls pt 1

ust 16, 2019

Darkness Falls

Darkness fell way before the end of day

It was like night hurried to begin

And end the reign of sun and light

Because what they wanted to do

Could only be done under the cover of night.

They say man has no control over such things

But I don't think that's true

I think man can control anything he wants to

If he just goes to the right source.

And I think we all know who controls darkness

Not the one who loves the day, no, not him

But the source of darkness that was born of himself

Born from evil thoughts that germinated in a petri dish

And sprang forth fully formed and man shaped, though he was no man.

Man was fascinated when this being came on scene

And though his resistance was momentary,

Soon, his allegiance was made and switched from the One who loved the light

And given to the One who loved the dark.

And that is our backstory to this tale

A tale that may terrify, may enthrall and may immerse

You in waters so deep and black that even the blind avoid it

Not even knowing what it is or that it's there.

If you do not like the dark, 

Perhaps you might want to leave off reading further

And make your departure now while you still can

But if you are the brave sort, then read on, by all means.

We met on April 14th at midnight at an elegant formal party
On an ancient estate high upon a hill beyond a dense dark forest
Where no bird sang nor fox ran or bear prowled
We did not know our host nor did we know why we had been invited.

We were young and foolish and careless
As only the young can be as they explore the nooks and crannies of life
Tasting this, trying that, learning of love and lust
And what the finding and the losing of both can do to one's soul.

We were beautiful, still innocent, un-jaded
 By the hands of men and lecherous hearts
We still sang in the mornings and prayed in the evenings
Before we went to beds alone and dreamed of love and wanting.

We didn't know what lay before us or we would have never gone
No, that's not quite right, we would like to think we would not have gone
But we were too heady with anticipation of the ball 
And thrilled that we'd been asked.


We were like sheep to the slaughter led by our trusting natures
Because we had not yet discovered that there was any other kind
Our mothers had taught us to be obedient to our elders, kind to strangers,
And respectful of our betters and you were a good boy and I, a good girl.

There! The scene is set! We are at the ball in the dark castle on top of the hill
We are glorious in our elegant clothes and youthful faces
We are eager to raise our champagne glasses and eat our fill of feast
And wonder whose faces are hidden underneath the intricate masks.

We think we are so mature and worldly but we don't have a clue
And when that night is over, we will pray to wake up in our own beds
And find that it has all been just a dream
We will pray that we can forget and that God will forgive.


To be continued......................

I Can't Unlove

 

You Are The Reason
violin

I Can't Unlove 

In my life, I know and I can count

Men I've loved on just one hand

There are those I like and like a lot

And a lot that I can't stand.

But there are not many I can say I've loved

With all of my little girl heart

Because I learned real young that men can be mean

So I cautiously don't allow love to start.

I have run away from and I have run to

But I don't usually stay very long

'Cause most of the loves I thought were so right

Just turned out to be very wrong.

I really don't try to play hard to get

But most guys think that I am

I've just learned to see deep inside of a man

And quickly know if he's worth a damn.

But oh, the few that I have loved

I've loved with all my soul

And I've lived to please them with all of my heart

And make their joy my goal.

There isn't anything I wouldn't do

If I loved a good, sweet man

And I I knew he loved me true right back

And I felt safe in his hands.

I would climb the highest mountain

Swim the deepest sea

I would fight for him till my dying breath

If I knew that he loved me.

That's the kind of woman that I am

And I will be for ever more

But if a man unmasked shows another face

I will show him to the door.

For life's too short and death's too long

To live without true love

And there's no time to waste on Earth

Before you fly above.

But I have learned to live alone

When no true love can be found

It's best to live alone, I think

Than in strife and stress, to drown.

I've got a heart full of poetry

And my soul is filled with romance

And my body burns to love somebody

And to dance love's sweet slow dance.

But if I cannot find the man

That feels the way I feel

I will just live on without a song

If I can't find something real.

But I know there's something real out there

Because I've loved before

And I still love them though they are gone

When those ships crashed on the shore.

I can't unlove the ones I've loved

Though there have been so few

Once I fell in love, my heart still cared

Even when love came anew.

It's just the way I am, I guess

And you must believe it's true

And even though your love has died

I cannot unlove you.

You will be a part of my woman's heart

Till to Heaven my life I'll give

And even then on that golden shore

My love for you will live.

I can count on one hand those I've loved

The sweet and the not so nice

But when I think of you, sweet man

I know I'll count you twice.

©by Voo

May 29, 2019

12:07 a.m.

You Are The Reason




Can't Unlove You