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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

I Followed The Moon




The Heart Within
by Peter Gundry



I Followed The Moon


I followed the moon to find you
For the moon knew where you did abide
In a forest of green that was hidden, unseen
With no door to let me come inside.

Your feet left no tracks on the soft grass
I could not follow you on the trail
I could not discern for I had not yet learned
All the secrets that you kept so well.

You came to me in shadow one bright night
When I was there weeping alone
Lying in a field of moon flowers
With a young heart that felt made out of stone.

All of my life I'd felt lonely
And thought  that I always would be
Except for the man in the moon, my one friend
(For I thought that the moon followed me.)

And you sang to me while I did sleep
Lying on that ground
You caressed my face with tender grace
And then left without a sound.

I looked for you long after that
And called for you to hear
But though I could not see your form
I felt that you were near.

Sometimes I heard you singing softly
In the whispers of the leaves
Sometimes I saw you clear as day
In the branches of the trees.

At night I dreamed of your bright eyes
Watching in my room
But when I opened up my own,
Saw nothing but the moon.

Sometimes I felt you touching me
Kneeling by my bed
Raising my face for your kiss
Your hand upon my head.

Sometimes you did much more than touch
Sometimes you deemed to linger
And wrapped me in your arms so tight
And round your little finger.

And I began to crave that touch
And hunger for that bliss
And I became a woman, lost
With each beguiling kiss.

For many nights you did not come
Not even in a dream
And I went mad with wanting you
And holding back my scream.

And then one night with second sight
I knew where you might be found
I slipped out of my window
While the moonlight lit the ground.

And I followed the moon as it hurried ahead
In the sky toward the forest so dark
Ignoring the danger, the beast and the stranger
As the hunger led me by the heart.

I followed the moon to find you
Not knowing if man or a ghost
Awaited me there in the green forest lair
Nor if you'd be a welcoming host.

And when the moon had come to rest
I stopped underneath it's glow
Wondering if I'd lost my mind
Because I didn't know.

If you were real or phantom
If you were myth or man
And I cried and cried there in the dark
Until you took my hand.

'You came to me!" you softly breathed
"Your love has set me free!
The curse is reversed and broken
Because you came to me!"

And you covered my face in kisses
And looked into my eyes so deep
"Until tonight I could only touch you
There in the world of sleep."

"Your love has given me flesh and form!"
You cried with human tears
"You do not know how long I've waited
For all these lonely years."

"I followed the moon to find you." I said
"With my heart full of doubt and of doom 
But is this tale of yours true, my love, who are you?"
And you smiled, "I was the man in the moon."





©By Voo
October 2, 2019
2:38 p.m.



Friday, April 21, 2023

Send For Me

 







Send For Me


I felt you today
Standing there on the city street
Dodging between raindrops
And pigeon feathers
You gulped your lunch
And turned to
hurry back to work
Or something resembling work
When something caught your eye,
And then your ear
As a wisp of music wafted above the noise
Along with a scent of perfume
And the glimpse of black hair falling over a shoulder

It made you catch your breath
And for a moment you just stood there not breathing
With a lump in your throat
And your heart pounding and breaking
Yet feeling alive for the first time in a long time
It was exhilarating and exciting
It was wonderful
And frightening
And I know you thought of me
Like I'm thinking of you now
Didn't you?





©Voo Shining Stone
April 21, 2023
12:23 a.m.





Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The Songs And Raps Of Ike....

 

















I Stand Accused



 
I Need To Belong


Thanks To The Fool



You Make Me Live


 
    
    Brand New Me



 
 
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight



 
     A Few More Kisses To Go



I Love you, that's all


  
Ike's Rap 3 Your Love is so Doggone Good (edited)


Believe In Me




Just the Way You Are



Ike's Rap Help Me Love

 
  
Nothing Takes The Place of You























P.S.

 

All In the Game    

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

A Dozen Rubies

 


A Dozen Rubies




A dozen rubies fell to my feet
Scattered by your hand
You'd come to ask me for my love
And proclaim yours for me and
A thousand diamonds promised me
When promise I had made
While the topaz sun high in the sky
Burned us in the shade.

The grass, an emerald shade of green
Lay below your feet and mine
From crystal cup we two did sup
The aged garnet wine
Grapes in clustered amethyst 
You fed me from your fingers
And kissed the residue away
While afternoon did linger.

With silver tongue you spoke the words
My sweet heart to seduce
Like opals changing in the light
The outcome to deduce
Your turquoise eyes lit up with joy
Every time I smiled
I teased you with my pearl white hands
And we waltzed a little while.

The blue sky turned to jasper
Then agate, then sapphire
We lay and watched the end of day
As the sunset turned to fire
The dozen rubies crushed beneath
My onyx colored hair
Then I saw the black lies in your eyes
Carefully hidden there.

You did not know that I could see
The truth there in the man
(No precious jewel can buy my heart
From yours or any hand)
In twilight's hue I turned to you
At the sun's last golden glow
Your jaded eyes full of surprise
As I softly told you....... no.



















©by Voo
Jan 22, 2005