Music Appreciation
my hands on your curves
your neck stretching to my lips
I suspire, softly blow
you quiver, your chamber fills
you softly sound
I press your keys
and the tone of your being
fills my head as you
caress my soul
-J
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Month: January 2021
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Endurance
Endurance
Often, I question my survival
Madness dogs and I scurry for relief
My problems, high class
My mind, fragile and weary
I persist
Many so afflicted, my brothers and sisters
In silence they suffer
Ignorance, their salvation
as many do not realize
the battles and the defeats
they endure
They fight in desperation with courage,
courage they would deny
They feel overwhelmed and defeated
They endure, fight another day
A hopeful stalemate, their deliverance
Their life, worthy,
as their courage to press on Is heroic
They live as an example to the rest
Their significance, nil, but for the others
who admit no challenge or fear.
Strong are the weak when they fight
When they endure
When they conquer
When they overcome that which is inside of them
-J
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In Time
In Time
Time for remembrance
Time for elation
Time for forgiveness
and great exaltation
No time to journey
into the depths,
for I have awakened
Forty years since then
Now delighting in my old friends
My thoughts of them, often
Here again, at last,
and me, without a coffin
Like kids with allowance,
we run, jump
into each other’s arms
We grin, we laugh, as in the past
On weekends
we’re destined to have a blast
No sorrow, no pain
for I am now as I was then
To know that I was not abandoned
by time or distance or fork or bend
Alone and lonely, never again
Never again, a true godsend
Without a father, without a mother
You lift me up unlike no other
On our own in unison
we carry on just like we’re brothers
To know you now
to have known you then
My greatest joy is you, old friend
Fortunate to have come together
no matter what we all have weathered
Your story, mine, they’re meshed together
As one, we share our life’s endeavors
The joy, the laughter, not on our own
So let us travel, but not alone
To know that we’ve been friends forever
To cherish you without pretense
You thrill me like the best friend ever
Without you, joy is just past tense
But now you all stand before me
You cheer me on and don’t ignore me
The future holds a joyous end
Until that end, you’ll be my friend.
-J
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Adrift
Adrift
I’ve lived a life, full
exciting! turbulent! somewhat satisfying
Now, I grow old
I ponder and wonder
if I’ve outlived the worthwhile
and my days are slow
I look for a reason to go on
Find little satisfaction
as my days are routine and dull
I long for an embrace
a smile and another to relate to
Will these days, on and on
lead to joy, yet unknown
and fill this emptiness
I have grown to know
No plans, no ambitions
No clue as friends and family grow fewer
Each day, I pray
and know a loneliness that festers
In me, I know frustration
An ocean of hopelessness
where I drown in ignorance
My faith wanes
My fears ebb and flow
I go down for the umpteenth time
Help me, Lord,
trust that I will not drown but float
find a buoy in this sea of unknowingness
and drift until, once again, I see the shore.
-J