This is a recurring series featuring five poems all written within the same calendar year. They capture a sense of what my life and mind were like at a certain age and show the evolution of my life, mind, and writing style. Things changed beginning in 2007. I was staring down 30 and began working on ebooks. Eventually, this led to 9 published books. It meant that my poetry days were far fewer. That said there are still some great works to share.
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Lennon
I’ve got too much love for one heart to hold.
Got so much love with nowhere for it to go.
I’ve got so much love that it brings me down.
Need to find me someone to help me spread it all around.
Everyone is standing at my door, still waiting for what I am going to say.
Everyone is waiting for karma the instant the moment has passed away.
Everyone wants to knock me down because I colored outside the lines.
Everyone wants to pick me up to help carry on the word,
take and receive in kind.
Pacis quod diligo. Pacis quod diligo.
I got too many dreams for one mind to hold.
Sleep on the floor of the church and let God handle some of the load.
Speaking languages unknown, I’ve got light in my hands.
I’ll eat the fire and drink the wine to help you understand.
Don’t worry about me momma, I’m going out to save the world.
Don’t worry about me baby, you’ll always be my little girl.
Don’t worry about me people, you’ve always had the power.
Don’t worry about me, found solitude in the golden tower.
Everybody wants to hold you now because I couldn’t hide my anger anymore.
Everybody wants to know me because I couldn’t hide my pain anymore.
Everyone wants a little piece of me,
because they believe my mind’s gonna set them free.
Everyone has taken all of me, dust to dust, let it be.
I’ve got too much love for one heart to hold.
Gonna shout for love, gonna shout for peace.
I’ve got too many dreams for one mind to hold.
Gonna whisper in your ear and reign hell like a beast.
Pacis quod diligo est solus via.
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Smile Again
Lady take a walk with me,
I see you’re hurting way down inside.
Baby come and talk to me, we’ll find a place to hide.
Let me believe in you when you’re filled with doubt.
Let me give all I have to you when you’ve gone without.
I’ll hold you when you cry
and wipe the teardrops from your eyes.
Take your hands when they are shaking and mend it when your heart is breaking.
I’ll give you my life and my love, be all that I can be,
to be the one to make you smile again, the one to make you happy.
Lady let me hold you,
keep you warm until the hurting subsides.
Baby let me know you,
open your heart, and let me inside.
Let me lose myself in your eyes when you’re by my side.
Let me travel with you down the road and help you change the world in time.
I’ll miss you while you are away
and treasure you every day.
Take your hands when you’ve been alone and guide your way back home.
I’ll give you my life and my love, be all that I can be,
to be the one to make you smile again, the one to make you happy.
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Give In to Love
Let your heart beat out of control.
Let that shiver get deep down to your soul.
If they’re on your mind every moment of the day.
If their image paints your dreams at night.
There’s no need to worry if you’re okay.
You can let the feelings wash over you like you know they might.
You can keep on believing, send thanks up above.
You can let go of your inhibitions and give in to the love.
Let their touch send you shooting like a star through the sky.
Let their breathtaking beauty bring that tear to your eye.
If you can’t deal when they’re away, if sometimes you can’t find the words to say.
If you’re always looking when they step out of sight,
if you’d give up a thousand tomorrows to have them here tonight.
There’s no need to worry if you’re okay.
You can let the feelings wash over you like you know they might.
You can keep on trusting that they were sent from above.
You can let go of your insecurities and give in to the love.
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Branches
The forest thinned out around me.
My withered branches still reach toward the sun.
Change it blossoms up all around me.
My sturdy roots cannot be moved by anyone.
Nothing prepares you for the way things are gonna be.
My withered branches come together in prayer toward the sun.
The stars overhead, diamonds pile up all around me.
Bright enough to light the way to move for everyone.
The valley stretches out before me.
My weathered branches yearning to be free.
The winds picks up, pulls the thoughts from my mind.
Step by step to the valley floor to the river wild strong enough to leave it all behind.
The ground grows closer, time like rope pulling at me.
My weathered branches turn to ash in a glow to set my soul free.
The forest blossoms up all around me.
At peace, in pieces, last branches still standing.
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