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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The Story Of The Storm

 














The Story of the Storm


I hear it now, the thunder roaring

Warning me of rain to come

Warning me of winds to blow

Waiting for you here at home


 I hold my breath, anticipating

Waiting for the drops to fall

The first hot hits of  lovely lightning

The violent wind to howl it's call


And where are you, my best beloved

In this prologue of gothic weather?

Are your ears tuned in to the thunder

As my heart aches to be together?


You know how I love the thunder 

And I've always danced out in rain

Never feared a lightning bolt

For it's a storm  that takes my pain


Look, the skies grow darker now

See the clouds scroll back to let

The rain pour down on dry dust as

I run out into the wet


Ah, there it comes, the  pouring rain

And here it comes, the wanting you

And there you are, the welcomed home

Into my hungry arms on cue


And the tale is told

And the deed is done

And the end finds it's place

In the sleep of the sun


But what of the epilogue

And what of the end?

When the storm has passed over

And has taken the wind?


Will we lie down in wonder

Or cower in fear

That the storm sought to keep you

From meeting me here?


For the same thing that l love

That I anticipate

Will one day take you from me

And that storm I'll berate


But of this we don't know now

And you will never see

As we lie in the aftermath

Of the storm, you and me.












©By Voo

June 12, 2017

5:22  p.m.


What Survives of us is Love repost

 






What Survives Of Us Is Love



When all is said and done
And all is done and dead
It’s not the declarations shouted
Or hard thoughts in the head

It’s not the way we walked
And not the turn we took
It’s not how much we spent on shoes
Or how fashionable we looked

It’s not how long we waited
How strong the stance we stood
How many days we held the fort
Wondering if we could

It’s not the might or money
Our fall or rise above
But when we’re gone, one thing lives on
What survives of us is love.


©by Voo
July 3, 07



    Love Can Build a Bridge

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Hope In small Things

 



Hope In Small Things


Life, like everything, goes round
On it's own terms
Spinning in invisible circles, moving
To unwritten, unheard music in God's head.

I guess I wanted it to be different somehow

For me to be somebody special
Like the people I see on the streets, maybe
Walking past me, talking to their friends.

I guess I wanted to know what it felt like

To be loved
To be treated every once in a while
Instead of tricked every bless'ed morning.

But nobody asked me

So I just make up my own life as I go
Music plays softly in the background of my soul
And sometimes I dance when nobody's watching.

I find hope in small things on occasion

Wisps of wonder, magic in motion
I thought someone almost smiled at me once
And I kinda smiled back behind my hand.

But it still feels like

I'm living somebody else's life
It's not working for me
Maybe it would work for you.

I'm not asking for the world

Just a taste of joy, a bite of happy
I could live on that for a thousand years
I could run off that till my feet fell off.

I'm starving to death

Pandering on these mean streets for love
Those hopeful moments
Come spaced farther and farther apart now.

But something inside me keeps whispering

Don't give up. Don't let this sorrow kill you
Keep looking for the small things that give you hope
For hope, like life, will surely come round again.

Oh, God, let it come round again.



©By Voo

December 30, 07