24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Don’t be in a rush on a Saturday cause every street is blocked with tape or cops yelling “go the other way”
Everybody’s grilling pretzels and water ice flowing lot’s of beer chilling
Kids running free playing ball jumping double Dutch even tossing the frisbee
Shakespeare in the park movies after dark jazz cultural festivals galore
Some people may love New York. It’s Philadelphia I adore
I’ll keep your tears close to my heart
I’ll wrap your tears away keep your tears
In my heart
Daddy’ Please don’t cry
Give me your smile that light up the world
Don’t leave me behind take my hand
With yours daddy
Daddy please don’t cry don’t leave me behind
I’ll keep your hand close to my heart you are my daddy
Forever
Need your smile to keep my heart and soul safe.
From all the darkness that is in the world
Daddy ‘Please don’t cry
A brave hunter from Thespias in Boeotia,
Who was known for his beauty.
The son of the river God Cephissus and nymph Liriope.
Narcissus fell in love with his reflection
Because of the beauty of his mirror image
And not realizing, it was just a reflection from the pool.
He stared at his mystical beauty of his reflection
Until he passed away with narcissism .
Storm came with no warning
Thunder follows lightning flash
Water falling,
With thunderous sound
Rocks applauding
their dramatic performance.
Sky is ocean
Thunder crashing waves
As above , as below
Same to same
Sky just kissed the Earth
The roll of the dice,
the flick of a card,
the beat of a heart.
Everyone knows, the house always wins.
Build your home the way you must.
Care not what others think,
because when it comes to games of love and chance,
luck always favors the bold.
this is so extremely raw
the fire god and me
basking in the afterglow
Authentic
VCS
Authentic in my pain
Authentic in my joy
Authentic in my love
It scares the evil away
When you pour your heart out
Every word
The anguish in your voice
Your love in your eyes
The delight of a birch bud
Glowing on your skin
It’s not the same
For frauds
When each lie accumulates in the
Blocks of caution
In their eyes
And being authentic
Hurts the world of betrayals
Authentic in my pain
Authentic in my joy
Authentic in my love
It scares the evil away
When you pour your heart out
Every word
I can’t be any other way
I can’t ever change
I can say my truth more kind
I can walk away
I don’t have to be cruel to be true
But I have to be true to each little cell
That pumps life into my body and soul
Because that is my spirit
Authentic in my pain
Authentic in my joy
Authentic in my love
It scares the evil away
When you pour your heart out
Every word
And that is me
Authentic in my pain
Watch my tears flow
My heart break and pour out
onto the floor
A thousand times the joy
Of the little things
And the big things too
That overwhelm and make me silent
In appreciation of all the beauty in the world
This is authentic
Authentic in my pain
Authentic in my joy
Authentic in my love
It scares the evil away
When you pour your heart out
Every word
Lots of times it hurts
It isn’t always pretty
It is always beautiful
Even when it’s hideous too
The blights are so much darker
The days are brighter too
My passion won’t let me
When my heart screams no no no
Authentic in my pain
Authentic in my joy
Authentic in my love
It scares the evil away
When you pour your heart out
Every word
Authentic in my pain
Authentic in my joy
Authentic in my love
It scares the evil away
When you pour your heart out
Every word
Timmy fell
He’s in the well
I can tell
By the smell
Must save Timmy
Must save Timmy
Must get help
Must get help
WOOF
Salmon swim loops
between you and me
through the river flowing,
dreaming us back to our home
where we meet before dawn,
one source, one being
one song.
Ithacan scheme glints on Ilium shore,
sun princess warns that inside
Sparta pines for his queen.