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Sunday, September 29, 2019
The Blue Vineyard of Voo Shining Stone: I'LL COME IN STORM CLOUDS
The Blue Vineyard of Voo Shining Stone: I'LL COME IN STORM CLOUDS: I'll Come In Storm Clouds Hear the rain Fall on the glass Small wet drops Now coming fast. Hear t...
There Is A Spring Inside of Me
THERE IS A SPRING INSIDE OF ME
THERE IS A SPRING INSIDE OF ME
ONE I COULD NOT EVEN SEE
ONE I COULD NOT EVEN FEEL
BUT NOW I KNOW THE SPRING IS REAL.
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN IN MY SOUL
OF SILVER WATER THAT TURNS TO GOLD
THE SOURCE IS GOD, THE VESSEL, ME
AND POURING FORTH NOW FOR ALL TO SEE.
THERE IS A LOVE THAT BRIGHTLY SHINES
HERE IN MY EYES AND IN MY MIND
AND I GIVE BACK WHAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN
AND FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF WORDS TO HEAVEN.
THERE IS A HOPE THAT ONCE WAS PALE
AND FEARED THE PATH WOULD LEAD TO HELL
BUT NOW I JOY AND MY SOUL SINGS
MY GOD HAS MADE ME A LIVING SPRING.
©by Voo
MAY 22, 2004
4:50 P.M.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
THE FALL DOWN DAYS W SPOKEN WORD VERSION
And now in the fall down days
Of my solitary heart
I sit reading in the corner
Of a musty library
Drinking tea and watching spiders
Spin their silvery webs along the shelves.
It's always raining outside
And the west wind whispers my name
Ever so softly
There's usually a book of poetry
Lying in my lap
Maybe even one of mine from ages past.
Celebrity is a heady thing
It raises you up and pulls the rug
Out from under you
Just when you get comfortable
And think they really love you.
Everything that goes up
Must come down
Fame and fortune, life and love
Dreams and spotlights
Soft rain and music sounds
Monday, September 2, 2019
LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO RAN
Looking For The Man Who Ran
The stars were so bright
And the moon so full
I swear I could see the cactus
Moving surreptitiously
Across the red desert floor.
One last bite of hard bread
One sip of lukewarm water
A bit of prayer
And I snuggled down against the cold.
The neighing of the horse
Woke me from a dreamless sleep
And I lay there underneath the sky
And thought about your face.
Traveling’s never brought me
Closer to you
Searching has never taken me
To the place to which you ran.
But I keep riding
I keep looking and I keep hoping
Up every steep green mountain
Down every low lonely valley.
They say you killed a man for me
But I don’t know
I’ve never looked at other men
Though maybe some have looked at me.
There’s never been room inside my soul
For anyone else but you
And your quiet ways
And your laughing eyes and quick hands.
The horse looks at me with pity
Turns his back and flicks his tail
He knows I’m thinking about you again
And he’s sorry he woke me.
A soft cool wind sweeps by, caresses my skin
And I burrow deeper into the blanket
And fall back to sleep
Dreaming that I hear footsteps
Walking toward me in the starlight.
©by Voo
June 9, 2007
1:30 a.m.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
FOOLS ON A GRAY AUTUMN DAY
Fools On A Gray Autumn Day
Standing here in the silence of a gray, lackluster day
We briefly glance into somber eyes, then turn and look away
You clear your throat and smooth your coat
Your body blocks the sun
I wait to hear your footsteps retreat; I expect to hear them run
But they don't walk and you don't talk
No words spill from your mouth
But heartbeats break the silent roar
That the heart cannot pour out.
Your big hand reaches for my small
That's buried in my pocket
And with the other I undo the clasp
On the sterling silver locket
That holds the picture of the love we shared until today
I put it in your empty hand and still I do not say
Unsaid words that serve no purpose; for they cannot change a thing
And the unshed tears bring no release but blind us by their sting.
Goodbye, it is a joke and lie, it expresses no sincere thought
For what is good about the bye? Just another moment bought
An autumn leaf falls on your shoulder from an almost barren tree
And I think the bright red leaf is you and the barren tree is me
We watch a V formation of snow geese on the wing
Flying through the skies above to find another Spring.
One last throat clearing, one last hand clasp
Your lips meet mine once more and last
The saddest smile I've ever seen touches your eyes with tearbright gleam
Hands pull apart, eternity ends
Eyes close on memories of there and then
We walk in different directions now and don't look back, somehow, somehow.
The tears held back, now fall like rain down heartbroken faces that drown in pain
And each, we shout unsaid words then and hear them stolen by the thieving wind
At the edge of the park, I think I'll turn to see if you're there ( I never learn))
I pray that you're running on swift feet to me but I never turn and I never see
And you walk on toward the ocean of blue
And wonder if I am now running toward you.
Your heart beating fast as the locket you grasp
With it's picture of you and of me
But I'm walking and crying and waiting for you to follow
As the locket is thrown into the sea.
© by Voo
November 19, 2005
3 p.m.
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