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Saturday, August 10, 2019

LIKE A BABY




Like A Baby



touching you today with gentle hands 
I wanted to hurt you but could not
the pain of the memory twisted my heart into wreckage
 and made my beauty
unrecognizable to your indifferent eyes. 

you didn't even see me, then. I was merely a wraith
standing there in that doorway watching you
 slow dancing with a perfect stranger
I felt like a once welcomed kid looking in the candy store window
 now locked Keep Out!

 I didn't know quite what to feel or where to look 
or where to stand
your eyes caught mine and you gave a cold little smirk
 as the knife plunged deeper
and icy hot tears began to make their way
down my cheeks in betrayal.

damn it, I hated you then! 
I wanted to rip you to shreds 
and torture you and make
you feel the way that you made me feel 
but all I could do was watch you dance 
and cry like a baby.


©By Voo
Sometime ago


The End Of The Line





The End of the Line
.
.
I can hear it coming
But I can’t see it come
It’s coming straight on through the dark
And I’m waitin’ here at home.
.
.
A big black train, a nightmare
Coming down the track
It’s taking my soul on a trip
But it ain’t coming back.
.
.
It comes for those a’ dying
It comes for those who weep
For those who don’t know it’s the end
As they lay down to sleep.
.
.
But me, I know I’m dying
I’ve known it for some time
And I will ride that big black train
To the end of that old line.
.
.
And where that end is, I don’t know
But I hope it’s Glory bound
I ain’t got nothin’ here to pack
Lord, ain’t that a lonesome sound?
.
.
I’m just a hobo in this world
Not really known for much
But where I’m goin’ we’re all the same
No highs and lows and such.
.
.
My brother is the favored son
He’s tall and fine and proud
The squeaky wheel always gets the grease
And well, he squeaks real loud.
.
.
Nobody ever notices me
They won’t worry when I’m gone
I’m just a no-good lay-a-bout
That likes to ride and roam.
.
.
Well, here it comes, that awful train
So long, Old Pop and Mother
Say what?! I’m still here and alive
But the train done took my brother.
.
.
©by Voo
copyrighted
May 12, 2011

I Don't Believe In The Devil






I Don't Believe in the Devil



I don't believe in the devil.......
But the devil believes in me
I don't look into his midnight eyes
But in mine I know he sees
I don't care how he wears his hair
Or if he dresses in a little red suit
I'm not impressed at the size of his chest
Or the tip on his pointy-toed boot

Believing in him has a price
The rewards of which are seldom nice
And if you're tempted, you'd better think twice
Cause the Dude, he's destined for Hell!

I don't believe in the devil.....
But the devil hates my guts
He wants so badly for me to trust him
That he tries to drive me nuts
He slanders me and scandals me
And he insults all my dreams
But when I ignore his endless taunts
You ought to hear his screams!
I don't believe in the devil.....
But the devil believes in me

I know he's real, that's not the deal
But he's the Father of Lies, you see.


By Voo
sometime in the past
copyrighted

I DIDN"T LOVE YOU THEN





I DIDN'T LOVE YOU THEN




I DIDN'T LOVE YOU THEN.........
WHEN THE SUN WAS WARM
AND SHINING ON YOUR FACE
MY HEART KEPT IT'S DISTANCE
EVEN THOUGH YOUR HAND HELD MINE
AND KEPT ME CLOSE THROUGH
PICNIC, SAND CASTLE AND 
SUDDEN THUNDERSTORM
NOR WHEN WE RAN FOR SHELTER
LAUGHING LIKE CHILDREN.

I DIDN'T LOVE YOU THEN
WHEN THE MOON
BATHED YOU IN HER SNOWY GLANCE
LIGHTING UP YOUR SOULFUL EYES
AS YOU LIT A CIRCLE OF CANDLES
AND ASKED ME TO DANCE
IN THE FOREST
WITH ONLY THE SONG THAT BURST
SPONTANEOUSLY FROM YOUR LIPS
FOR MUSIC.

I DIDN'T LOVE YOU THEN
AS I READ VOLUMES
OF YOUR LETTERS FILLED
WITH PROSE AND PASSION
PLEDGES OF UNDYING FOREVERNESS
AND PAIN.....
I COULD NOT...
I WOULD NOT...
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
MY HEART WOULD ONLY BID ME RUN.

BUT TODAY IS A DAY I COULD NOT SEE
LIKE YESTERDAY WILL ALWAYS BE
THERE IN MY MIND
A MEMORY, CAPTURED, HELD IN HANDS
CLASPED SO TIGHTLY, THEY HURT
THE SAME HANDS THAT COULD NOT 
HOLD YOU TO MY UNFEELING HEART
BUT WATCHED YOU WALK AWAY
ALONE AND PUZZLED AT MY NONCHALANCE
I DIDN'T LOVE YOU THEN BUT.... I DO NOW.

MY LOVE, MY LOVE, MY EVER LOVE........
I DIDN'T LOVE YOU THEN BUT I DO NOW.



©BY VOO
NOVEMBER 2, 2006 
11:37 P.M.

Dancing With Your Ghost




I love this song so much