Mood Swings and Loud Music,
Presented in shadows and soft light
By
John Sams
Trails Of Conscience
Trails Of Conscience
Lead Me Here
To This Hated
Ugly Despair
Yesterday’s Joy
Seems But A Dream
Today’s Pain
A Harsh Reality
Pain Is In The Mind
Not In The Heart
Imagination’s All It Is
Tomorrow We Find Truth
The Dark Path
Into The Folds Of Darkness Fall
Those Triumphs Gained In Treachery
Revenge So Swiftly Gained
On He Who Lives So Darkly
Darkness Encompasses Thy Life
Evil Life For All Eternity
Soar
Look to the sky
And inwardly soar.
Reach for the outer limits
And find heaven.
Sing with the angels
And try to touch God.
Feel truly loved
And know the joy of life.
Begin Again
Sun breaks gently from slumber
And a new day arises.
Time to begin a new life
And forget the problems of the old.
Youthful idealism crumbled into reality
And life lost it’s virginity.
Now comes the time for understanding
And the chance for a new tomorrow.
Screams And Tears
Little Baby, Little Darling
Their screams running in the Night.
Oh, the Night.
Little Mother, Little Child
Their tears running in the Day.
Oh, the Night.
Big Thunder, Big Explosion
Their screams running in the Night.
Oh, the Night.
Dark Clouds, Dark Days
Their tears running in the Day.
Oh, the Night.
In The End
Yesterday I Saw
Today I Heard
Tomorrow I Tell
In The End I Know
Shadows Echo Forever
Memories run deep
Of the time and the place.
Pain stabbing sharp
At the wounds and the scars.
Slashing through the night
Into the dreams and the mind.
Seeping through the day
Into the reality and the life.
Shadows Echo forever
On the wind and the rain.
Mind conscious forever
Of the pain and the anguish.
Striking through the darkness
At the brain and the sanity.
Destroying in the light
Of the past and the present.
Written words tell stories
Of the days and the nights.
Unspoken words invite souls
To the heavens and the hells.
Conquering through sorrows
Of the present and the future.
Vanquishing through lies
Of the man and the soul.
Overwhelming
I Cannot Measure
The Love I Feel
The Desire In My Heart
The Need To Hold You
Homeward
Missing Those Left Behind
Remembering Many Good Times
I’ve Had Back Home
Wishing I Were There
Envisioning Those I’ll Meet
Contemplating Many Good Time
I’ll Have At Home
Wishing I Were There
Seeing Those I Know
Enjoying Many Good Times
I’m Having Right Now
Knowing I Am Here
Nature Of Man
In The Mists Of Time
Shadows Before My Eyes
Dance About In Mystery
The Secrets Of Mortal Men
History Of The World
Shrouded In Darkness
Knowledge We’ll Never Possess
Through Ages Into Eternity
Just An Emotion
It is Not Your Beauty,
There are Others More Handsome.
It is Not Your Personality,
There are Others with Better Disposition.
It is Not Your Laughter,
There are Others More Pleasant.
It is Not Your Touch,
There are Others More Soft.
It is Not Others I Need,
There is Only You I Love.
Once Upon A Day
Open Eyes To Light Of Dawn
Watch The Sun Rise And Peak
See It Fall As Sunset Comes
Witness The Night Sky Fill With Stars
Shut Eyes Against The Moonlight
Sleep Well Before Tomorrow’s Dawn
Tripping
He sits staring into space
At an infinite point of curiosity
Opening a hole in the universe
Taking him galaxies away
Showing him wonders no one else has seen
Hurtling forward and backward through time
Seems in the fabric of reality
Stealing his curious conscious mind
Mesmerizing his naïve hungry unconscious
Offering incredible knowledge
Secrets to undreamed of worlds
Revealing the mysteries of life itself.
Lover’s Holiday
Lover’s Holiday, A Toast To Us.
We Drink Deeply Passion’s Desire
And Slowly Unwrap Our Personal Gifts.
Coming Together In A Loving Embrace,
Our Lips Meeting And Telling Of Amorous Fire.
Becoming One As We Reach A Crescendo,
Ending At Pleasure’s Holy State Of Grace.
The Deep
Rolling, Endless, Deep And Dark
Home To Myths And Fantasies
And Undreamed Realities
Plunging To Unreached Destinies
Wide Mysterious Ocean
Kingdom Of Calm And Fury
Ruled By The Emotional
Great Neptunus Rex.
Giving Rise To Tales Of Creatures
Tales Of Living Winds And Waters
Lacking A Knowledge Of Everything
Our Imagination Is Allowed Free
Other Realities
Through High Valleys and Onto Low Peaks
Thoughts and Emotions Collide with Reality
Thunderous Results as Plates of Subconscious Shift
Throwing Sanity and Stability Into a Deep Rift
There to Linger Until Reality Can Come to Reason
The Lovers
Through the ages
We have been lovers
From Anthony and Cleopatra
Samson and Delilah
Romeo and Juliet
To Bogey and Bacall
John and Jackie
Charles and Diana
When lovers meet
And fall in love
We are there
Our love will spread
Through eternity
And then beyond
Lovers of destiny
Destined for happiness
Despite the plans of fate
Opposite Spectrums
Heart and Soul,
Love and Life.
Pain and Sorrow,
Hate and Death.
Goodbye
Shortly now, I die.
In the coming of death
I see at last my release.
My life has not been
Of any circumstance or worth
And my death
Can only be the salvation
That my soul has sought
For many years to reach.
Sweet salvation move quickly
And let me feel sorrow never again.
Sweet salvation
Show me the light to beyond,
Show me the way to final release.
Adieu, adieu…
Intimate Secrets
Night Brings Secrets
Of Body And Mind
Born From Love and Dreams
Released By Intimate Passions
Wishing On A Star
To Be A Man
Of Riches And Wealth
To Never Know
The Sorrows And Pains
Of Poverty
To Be A Man
Of Health And Hapiness
To Never Know
The Various Sufferings
Of Illness
To Be A Man
Of Wisdom And Intelligence
To Never Know
The Complete Helplessness
Of Naiveté
To Be A Man
Of Integrity And Solemnity
To Never Know
The Overwhelming Guilt
Of Treachery
To Be A Man
Of Fortitude and Strength
To Never Know
The Dependent Need
Of Wishing On A Star
A Thought
Night is the Shade of Day
And Death is the Absolution of Life.
Love Eternal
This is the zenith
The height of love
The clouds below
And only heaven above
We were way too young
And love won’t last, they said
Now many years later
We’re more in love instead
Holding each other
Throughout the night
Our souls entwined
In the daylight
‘Till death do us part
Is too short for us
Our love cannot die
Though our bodies must
Soulmates in the hereafter
I will know you
And you will know me
Even when our bodies are new
Femme Fatale
Wretched And Broken,
His Spirit In Tatters,
The Man’s Future
Lay Shattered
Beneath Her Icy Speech.
Her Hard Coolness,
Her Calm Calculated Laugh,
They Told Him
He Had Been
But Never Would Be Again
The Company Man
Self Adjusting Silly Fop
Sitting In An Office Chair
Posing Importantly
While Playing Impertinently
At Games of Solitaire
His Status At The Company
Was Long Ago Forgotten
Though When In Doubt
His Tenure Is Assumed To Be
As Old As Dirt Itself
He Keeps Papers Piled High
In Neat Stacks Upon His Desk
Moving Them At Intervals In The Day
So No One Really Suspects
That He’s Outstayed His Usefulness
His Pending Retirement Is Assured
His Gray Hair Must Make It So
Though No One Knows He Retired
Several Long Years Ago
And Now He Just Goes Through The Motions
Infinite
Outer Limits
Of Man’s Existence
Into A Child’s Drinking Cup
May The Entire Content Flow
Though Nothing Remain Behind
In A Desolate Universe
Inside The Mind To Wander
Indefinite Into Infinity
Part Of Me
How do I Live Without You
How Do I Let Go Of Your Memory
How Do I Survive The Tragedy
When You Are No Longer Here
I Didn’t Know It Was Forever
I Didn’t Say I Loved You
I Didn’t Know We Were Out Of Time
When We Kissed Goodbye
I Can Still Hear Your Voice
I Can Still Feel Your Touch
I Can Still See Your Face
When I Turn Over In Our Bed
You’re Not Gone In My Heart
You’re Not Gone In My Soul
You’re Not Gone In My Mind
When I See You In Our Son’s Face
I Will Live For You And Him
I Will Survive Somehow
I Will Never Forget You
When You Are Still Part Of Me
The Art Of Poetry
Give Me A Clean White Sheet
A Blank Canvass For My Thoughts
Hand Me A New Full Pen
A Vessel For My Soul And Heart
Sit Me In A Comfortable Chair
A Receptacle For My Limp Body
Allow Me A Quiet Uninterrupted Interval
A Blank Mind To Feel The Moment
Burned Meat And Stale Beer
Burned meat and stale beer
A perfect combination for the mood I’m in
Lazy and movin’ slow
It’s a weekend afternoon
After the night that followed
The morning that I lost you
And all I can seem to feel is relief
I tried to love you,
But you made it harder every day
Cheating, lying and pissing me off
The weeklong business trips
With the studs in the office
The weekend days in the office
With the honeys in the secretarial pool
Equal opportunity screwing
With everyone but me
Beatin’ my own meat waitin’ on you
A constant state of betrayal
Taking it’s toll on my heart
Left me depressed and hating life
Looking for a permanent solution
You just laughed
And called me weak and pathetic
Grinding me beneath your heel
Friday morning you came home
Friday afternoon you left
I tried to drown my misery
In Michelob and grilled steak
I burned the meat
And then passed out
Dreamin’ nightmares of you
Now it’s Sunday afternoon
And my Cowboys are a mess
I’m left to ponder life
Eatin’ burned meat, drinkin’ stale beer
Lover’s Promise
Dear Lady Fair As I Learn Your Every Wish
It Shall Become My Greatest Desire
I Shall Give You Diamonds
I Shall Give You Pearls
You Shall Have The Sweetest Chocolates
You Shall Have The Brightest Roses
I Will Wrap You In Silks
I Will Set You Up In A Palace
I Shall Carress Your Body
I Shall Kiss Your Lips
And My Heart Shall Be Forever Yours
Long Distance Love affair
Hannah Jane sat alone
Her thoughts drifted
Carrying on the waves
To here and there
She thought of him
And of their time together
Memories lingering long
On his soft caresses
She could feel him
As their lips met
Memories strongly felt
Of his tight, warm embrace
Jaycee across the miles
Felt her body press to his
Feeling her every thought
And silent pledge of love
Too long they have been apart
Separated by cirmustances
Tomorrow they will be joined
And forever live as one
Lost
She thought she thought for herself,
But in reality, her thoughts were his thoughts,
Her identity created and mandated by him.
Now there is nothing of her and everything of him.
But, now he is gone and with him goes her.
She is lost in the world, looking for guidance,
Needing another to think and make decisions for her.
She stands naked at the mirror and thinks it odd,
She sees nothing she can truly identify as her.
Perspective
Held in suspension between reality and fantasy
Somewhere in the early moments of dawn
Holding on to the dreams of the subconscious
Slowly giving in to the call of the conscious world
Do you know the difference between the two worlds
Soft light and shadows playing against a faded backdrop
A full bright palette of blazing color in bright sunlight
The difference of a Van Gough and a crushed velvet Elvis
Your perspective is all the difference between the two
Do you dread the call of your conscious mind
Do your dreams measure up to waking day
Your perspective tells the tale of your reality and fantasy
Why Are We So Wrong Now?
Yesterday seems like ages ago
You told me you had changed
And that I hadn’t
So you had to leave
If we were so right back then
Why are we so wrong now
You said the first sign it was over
Came when I didn’t remember your birthday
But you never gave me a chance
I had that evening planned
It was going to be a wonderful surprise
When I got home the locks were changed
And my clothes were on the lawn
You said the second thing
Was when I didn’t want children
When we met I told you I was too old for that
I didn’t want a teenager at fifty
When I wouldn’t have the patience for it
You heard the ticking of your body’s clock
And suddenly I didn’t understand you
If we were so right back then
Why are we so wrong now
You said the final straw came
When I wasn’t even looking
You told me you had met someone else
And that he remembered everything about you
He said he wanted lots of kids with you
And that he swept you away
I remember when I was everything to you
And you were the sum total of my life
If we were so right back then
Why are we so wrong now
You
You are my faith in life
The one thing I cannot do without
With you I can move mountains
Or change the river’s course
You make me whole
You are my sustenance
And I will always need you
Like the air I breathe
Like the water I drink
And like the food I eat.
You are the fabric of reality
And you are my focus
When I stray to far to fantasy
You pull me back
And you balance me
I promised you that I would
Love you forever
And I truly shall
For without you
My life cannot endure
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