His ancient eyes and wicked grin
Makes others want to gaze within
His demons deep not hidden well
His broken smile a subtle tell
His pain is masked with playful charm
No woman safe – each one disarmed
They want to hold him feel his fire
Burn in the rage of his desire
The walls he built too tall to see
The truth behind his mystery
The empty vessels in his bed
Have empty hearts and empty heads
He wants true love that will sustain
To eclipse the darkness of his pain
Every story reads the same
Between the lines they read her shame
That woman should have left that man
why couldn’t she just make a plan?
If it was me I know I’d leave
– Hide in secret – make believe
If it was me he wouldn’t dare
– Her bruises stark on skin so fair
If it was me I’d make him pay
– Just be sweet – no fights today
Another night so filled with rage
What else is new? Just turn the page
That woman stayed – his battered slave
And now their picking out her grave
Remember me please for I was once here
And you held me close to calm all my fear
Remember me please for I knew your smile
When your gaze held me long and I’d stare for a while
Remember me please for I knew your heart
And it took me in, right from the start
I remember you, the first human who cared
And I’ll never let go of those moments we shared
Forget the tears that you cried because I had to go
But remember you loved me, always let it show
While I may not remember my steps over that bridge
I carry on with my journey across this great ridge
I’ll remember your kindness in this happy place
And know you’ll never forget my sweet gentle face
For all of those we couldn’t save
We held you close and we were brave
For all of those whose time had come
We gave you hope where there was none
For all of those who couldn’t stay
We let you go and then we prayed
For all of you who had to cross
We felt the sadness of your loss
For all of you who now are free
Forever in our hearts you’ll be
The poems bleed
Out from my pen
Dripping drama with every word
Like a surgeon’s bloody scalpel blade
Dragging its way
Through the dissection of my dreams
Or nightmares
Scars may heal
But the wounds of these words
Reopens and bleeds
Every time they are read
Isn’t that just like you
To stand on the bridge you are burning
Isn’t that just like you
To break all the rules you are learning
Isn’t that just like you
To wait for pity to rain from the sky
Isn’t that just like you
Wanting someone to wipe the tears that you cry
What if you weren’t like you
What if you started anew
What if you took a new path
That wouldn’t be just like you
Damp and worn rubber
Turns against the long stretch of ashphalt
That snakes out before you
The windows are down
And your senses are overwhelmed
By the crisp early morning summer air
Your body longs for the soft warm rumple
Of the blankets you left behind
And the mind races
With anticipation of what lies ahead
And what you leave in the rear view mirror
As the landscape grows wilder
So do you, and so do all your distant dreams
It is something that you keep
It is something that you give
It is something that you fill
Every moment that you live
You wish you could do more
But the hours do not last
The piles just get higher
Each day becomes the past
The clock seems to be spinning
Out of control – there is no end
It is something that runs out
With each moment that you spend
You want to get it back
All these minutes you have spent
It is something that you’ll
And never know just where it went
Renegade Angel
Saving souls is your plight
In sadness find joy
In darkness find light
Renegade Angel
Your wings show their wear
Fight for the freedom
Of the ones in your care
Renegade Angel
You can’t save them all
But Renegade Angel
You can always stand tall
For without all your love
Just imagine the sorrow
You give them peace
And you give them tomorrow
He stood staring into the bleak beyond
Of a cold Alberta winter
And the barren and lonely field that stretched out before him
He felt the pain before he heard the sound
Deep cracking bone and torn ligament
The world went dark
He awoke staring into the deep abyss
Of the shelter he managed to crawl to
Deep damp and murky, just out of reach
Of those savage human hands that chased him there
So many nights before
He limped up and out of that life
Into a strange new world
Where savages were kind, food was abundant
And worry was a thing of his past
For one final moment he smiled and stared into the endless abyss
Where a warm and glowing bridge was just beyond his reach
He took his first steps without limp or pain
And danced merrily up and over across into the great beyond
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