Deep As The Rose Is Red

I'll give you my heart; I'll open it up,
Will you listen to its small still voice?
For soft and quiet my heart will speak
To the one I'll call my wife.

Did you hear it dear? Did you listen well?
Do you understand what it said?
For deep is the love that it speaks to you,
Deep as the rose is red.

So, take my heart and treat it well
And forever in this life,
Come walk with me, your hand in mine,
The one I'll call my wife.

Cry Of The River

There in the trigger Of Africa's gun, Lies a giant river Rich in culture and wealth. There's a loud cry From that river For an answer Why she ceased to flow There's a loud cry From that river Why she is Now filled with tears. There's a cry From the fishes, That has nothing Nothing else to eat. There's a cry From the river Drenched in her own Fishes blood. There's a loud cry From the river That has no where to flow And her pride lost long ago. There's a cry From mother fish That just lost Another fry. There's a cry From the river That has been abused And caged. There's a cry From Nigeria For a reason How she became this. There's a cry From the people Whose pride Are battered and shatterd. There's a cry From the river Asking how The rain never falls again. There's a cry From an old mother Who has just Lost her last child. There's a cry From this poet For a reason Only heaven knows.

Toheeb Tiamiyu

Knew ways to know one another

When we die it is over, but the soul's life of life goes on for an infinite existence, still most of us return to be born right here on earth or in some worlds in some other universes that are very similar. Most will continue their destructive abusive patterns. For what, for more way for the races to abuse one another, yes to know one another and love one another. New ways to abuse each other, yes and knew ways to care for one another, as well as to appreciate one another.

Michael Kavuoti

From Galaxy To Galaxy

FROM GALAXY TO GALAXY

From Galaxy to Galaxy
We will never go-
However we dream of distant stars
They'll never be our home.

Shalom Freedman

Red ten

Crimson, pillar box, fire station
Breathe deep, keep counting, Seven
Terracotta, flame
Five, exhale, Four
Sunset, sunrise, buttermilk
Two
Marigold
One...
Burnt Umber
Keep breathing...

Anna Watson

An Ode to Belle

This is Belle's story
An ode to Cab Sav
Tick, tock, tick, tock...ad infinitum
O woe is me
Crash, bang, wallop
Where are the drugs?
Six empty bottles
Black hole...

Anna Watson

Sunday Dinner

The heart
The soul
The beat
The moan
The depth
The groan
Shout
Scream
Cry
Wean
A word
A cry
A hug
Serene

Anna Watson

Carol

I'm not a nasty man,
I'd never hit a girl!
I'd never snitch on anyone,
nor dirty wash unfurl!

But Carol seems to change all that,
I often pull her hair,
I shout at her quite loud at times,
but Carol doesn't care.

I kick her out of bed at night,
And slap her bottom good,
Whenever she doesn't do what's right,
and I know she really should.

I tell myself the day will come,
When she'll jump at my command,
And I won't have to punish her,
and make her kiss my hand.

But in the meantime try I will,
Her bruises will all mend,
'Cause after all, it is often said,
'A dog is a man's best friend! '

Stan Cavanaugh

Love Is ...

Love Is ...

Love is the greatest feeling,
Love is like a play,
Love is what I feel for you,
Each and every day,
Love is like a smile,
Love is like a song,
Love is a great emotion,
That keeps us going strong,
I love you with my heart,
My body and my soul,
I love the way I keep loving,
Like a love I can't control,
So remember when your eyes meet mine,
I love you with all my heart,
And I have poured my entire soul into you,
Right from the very start.

- Meghan -

Never Have I Fallen

Never Have I Fallen

Your lips speak soft sweetness
Your touch a cool caress
I am lost in your magic
My heart beats within your chest

I think of you each morning
And dream of you each night
I think of your arms being around me
And cannot express my delight

Never have I fallen
But I am quickly on my way
You hold a heart in your hands
That has never before been given away

- Rex A. Williams -