The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The Man That You Are

The Man That You Are

I don't know how to tell you this

Or even how to start

My mind is telling me to stop

So I'll listen to my heart.

You inserted yourself into my life

In a quiet, friendly way

Encouraging me to think more of myself

And adding some cheer to my day.

I didn't quite know what to think of you

You were different from all other men

So encouraging and kind with a deep profound mind

Looking forward and not where you'd been.

You seemed to be a wise man

And loyal, sweet and true

You broke down my walls of dark mistrust

And became my own "Guru."

But though I know you by your spirit

Mysterious you have remained

And I have come to this conclusion

That life minus you would just not be the same.

With you, I became my truest self

And not the woman I portray

To friends and family and fans

And passers-by throughout my day.

With you, I let my heart run free

Let down my hair and bare my soul

My wild and crazy, loving heart

That you make me feel is made of gold.

I like the me you saw in me

Unlike the me I always felt

Was inferior and nothing special

And doomed to play the cards life dealt.

I've seen your face a thousand times

On internet and laptop screens

That little "Mona Lisa" smile

That haunts me even in my dreams.

And I've done things with you in dreams

That I haven't done as yet for real

Because you've taught me to let go

And go with what I want to feel.

I've been so shut off from the world

From life in general and from myself

Compartmentalized all parts of me

Till I didn't know what parts were left.

You took a frightened little girl

Who hid in books and poems and prose

And brought the woman out in me

That blossomed like your red, red rose.

And though I may not ever see

You near me as you dwell so far

I want to tell you here and now

That I love you for the man you are.

And the man you are is wonderful

And the man you are is great

And the man you are is heaven-sent

And so worth a long, long wait.

I don't know how I know you

I just know I've always known

And that when I first looked in your eyes

My heart felt it was home.

I know I shouldn't tell you this

I think you'll be quite caught off guard

But I have to tell you how I feel

Which for me, is very hard.

But I hope you take these words to heart

And know you are my shining star

And where ever you go in this life, you'll know

That I really do love the man that you are.

©by Voo

February 13, 2019

10:53 p.m.

Love Was Our Alibi

Love was my alibi
by Kris Fogelmark

Love Was Our Alibi
(a true fable for the ages)

Love was our alibi
And our defense................
Even as the world spun backwards
And made no sense

Love was our reason
And our excuse............
Even as the stars fell down
When the dark sky set them loose

Love was our motive
And our refrain
Even as the sun's rays sputtered out
And drowned in rain

Love was our security
And our hope
Even as the bravest man cried
And said he could not cope

Love lifted us
When we had fallen down
Picked us up in hands of angels
As we lay on the ground

Sat our feet on solid rock
Until we knew
That I could walk again
And run to you

And as I ran
I saw the darkness flee
For light shone there before you
As you ran to me

And as the world around us
Crashed and burned
We knew we could rebuild again
From all we'd learned

The long long days of solitude
Were now gone
And once again our hearts
Had found their home

But we were captured then
We couldn't stay
But pulled off of the Earth
To a vast place far away

The dark ones that held us prisoner
Looked and sighed
And acknowledged we were guiltless
As they cried

Our crimes were thrown forgotten
In the sea
They could separate us no longer
You and me

For we had earned our entrance
To Heaven's gate
And proved ourselves steadfast
As those who wait

To once again, unite
In love's embrace
And see at last the joy
Shine on the face

Of each of us
The criminals, once named
Who dared to love
When love was to be blamed

They had brought us to the judges
Of the skies
And demanded to be told
Our alibis

And as we stood, in chains
With quivering lips
They questioned us with words
That felt like whips

But we could not defend
Ourselves with lies
We hung our heads
And said," Our alibis

Are only love
And love alone, it's true
It is the reason for all things
We do"

And to our shock
We watched in awe, aghast
As our chains fell off
And we stood free at last

The judges smiled and nodded
As we knelt
In one another's arms
As Heaven wept

"You've learned the truth of truth" they said
"To live
And learned so well
Your freedom we must give"

"How few of men
Have learned the reason why
For life bestowed
And lived beneath the sky"

And the dark ones flew away
To others find
That did not know the truth
In heart and mind

They could not deceive the ones
That knew the Light
And walked in it
And not the evil Night

For only love is answer
Good enough
To every question asked
And to rebuff

Love, alone the reason
For it all
For every rise to summit
And to fall

Love, alone can mend
The shattered heart
The stopping of it's beating
And it's start

For man was made to love
And then to die
And take his treasures with him
Past the sky

To give them to the One
Who made it all
Who made the ear
To listen for His call

For no other reason
Will He justify
The things you do on earth
Beneath the sky

But only love can free you
From the cell
Of selfishness and sin:
Your self made hell

For Heaven knows
What you must learn in time
That love must be the motive
For your 'crimes'

These crimes that are no crimes
Except to man
Who thinks he holds the world
Within his hand

But his hands are empty
And his heart and eye
And he will not accept love
As a reason why

But to the One who made
The sky and sand
It is the only reason He made
Man

To love and learn to love
Before he dies
And for every act he does
And all he tries

The motivation of his heart
And soul
To love and be loved in return:
His goal

What's done in love, pure love
Is not a crime
And will be thus rewarded
There in time

(So let our story teach you
Of this truth
And let our joy and glory
Be your proof

This book of truth you read now
With your eye
Will set you free if
Love's your alibi

For no chain can bind you
When love has freed you thus
So take our hands
And run there now with with us

To Heaven where there is
No shame to bear
And you breathe in love and joy
Like it was air

And we will look on Earth
(Our former ground)
And watch the lost still seeking
What we've found.)

LET LOVE BE YOUR ONLY ALIBI
and though man and devil
can not understand
God will and those He holds there
In His hands............
💖