Now -- I am The Voice......................Now....... I am the VoiceThis summer night windBlowing messages From one city to another Messages of discouragementMessages of despairThis summer night wind Invokes images from my pastSuggesting that all will end up saddened Somehow fruitless and hopeless.....These messengersCut grass, moss and Tiger LillyThey brush my nose and lick my earsThese (though beautiful) are the liarsCarried upon this gale that once was a friendI face this squall (daring not to spit)Inside my mental barricadeI light a faith-candleQuickening my resolveThis fickle friend can't extinguish my faithThis fick
I smell The Scent of Our Past...............................I Smell The Scent of Our PastThis room I have revisited before closing....I smell the scent of our pastGrey flannel, cedar and old carsI hearStill, LongerSongs that bring back feelingsFeelings buried refusing to die (but must)A past rich in painDeep in laughterDrenched in sweaty fumblingsThe front seat of a sky blue OldsmobileNight timeI look upon faces (ours)Innocent, secure and happy (or were they?)Once smooth, carefreeNow lined, responsibleYou and your lifeMe and mine........a gental smileI wish you wellMay you find the peace that I haveMay you know the joy that
Kisses Like LifesaversIn this most humble stanceI appeal to your gentle sway Pretenses fall to the floorI am humbled by your inner glowI am moved by your eloquent wordsYou and you alone Carry my senses to placesUnimagined.........Your flesh absorbs this amber lightSinking, like water into thirsty soilRemembered kisses that taste like lifesaversI move toward youand you to I.....
You ----- A Frozen BreathYou, a Frozen BreathIn a most futile attemptI reach for you The you I once knewIn days that were warmerNights that were darkerFlesh that was more suppleI acquiescedThe loss of hopeQuicker than it seems Darkens my perceptionsEmbitters my dreamsI must release that ghost, that visageFor what once was found Now is lost, like a frozen breath uponA December's' morningHow does one hold a ghost?I know the answer and let you go.....
Dave
how to do a manipulation like that!...??