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e-mail : info@rainbow-warrior.co.uk

WITHOUT !

(A Poem For Hanae) xxx

LOVE WITHOUT CONDITIONS
TAKE WITHOUT HARM
GIVE WITHOUT COST
SHARE WITHOUT GREED
CARE WITHOUT LIMIT
HURT WITHOUT HATE
AFFECTION WITHOUT MOTIVE
MERCY WITHOUT DEBT
DEVOTION WITHOUT EXPECTATION
TOLERANCE WITHOUT JUDGEMENT
CHERISH WITHOUT PRICE
SELF WORTH WITHOUT PRIDE
WORSHIP WITHOUT SHAME
APPRECIATION WITHOUT OBLIGATION
SYMPATHY WITHOUT PITY
KINDNESS WITHOUT BOUNDS

© G.Pope

FUMING AT TIMES
 
AWFUL FEELING...

YOU EVER GET FED UP ?
WHEN IT ALL FLOWS THICK
FAR TOO FAST
SO IT MAKES YOU FEEL SICK
THINGS TURN RED
EVEN THOUGH THE SKY SEEMS BLUE
YOUR HEARTS SKIPS A FEW BEATS
THE WORLDS LIKE POO
TREMBLING AND SEETHING
JUST SIT AND STEAM
DREAM FOR WATER
A CALM RUNNING STREAM

BUT YOU SHOUT AND SCREAM
YOU DON’T STAY COOL
BIRDS FLY AWAY
AND TEARS BREW
NO EXPLANATION
WITH NO REAL REASON
HURT JUST SPREADS
LIKE A POISON
YOUR MAD CAUSE ITS THERE
IT WASN’T MEANT TO HAPPEN
IT JUST STARTED WITH A FEELING
YET THERE’S NO UNDERSTANDING

ITS ALWAYS THE SAME QUESTION
WHY ?
ALWAY  THE SAME ANSWER
NO CONTROL ...


 © Jessie.Pope

This poem and others - along with some of her Artwork can be found at
http://tankgirl91.deviantart.com/


THE GIVE AWAY !


ALL OF MY LIFE I HAVE WAITED FOR THE SUNS RAY
A LIGHT INSIDE LIFE TO TAKE ME ON MY WAY
I DON’T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS DAY
AND EVERY BREATH I TAKE, I GIVE AWAY

WE'VE GOTTA TAKE THE BLAME
AND COVER OURSELVES IN THE SAND
NO MORE TO DESIRE
WE WALK ON THIS EARTH
JUST LIKE THE FIRST STAGE OF MAN
SO MUCH TO AQUIRE
WE’VE BEEN LOOSING TIME
RUNNING AWAY FROM THIS LAND
COVERING FIRE
IF WERE GONNA LAST
WE GOTTA MAKE UP A PLAN
INFLUENCE AND INSPIRE
HOW LONG BEFORE IT’S ALL TOO LATE
WHAT TIME IS THE DAY
WE GOTTA SHARE ALL THAT WERE GIVEN
OR BETTER, GIVE IT AWAY
YOU WANT A RAINBOW TO SHINE
YOU GOTTA MAKE SUN AND RAIN
NATURES LIVE WIRE
WE COME FROM THIS EARTH
WERE ALL GONNA GO THERE AGAIN
LIKE A MOTH TO THE FIRE

WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WERE ALL GIANTS
BIGGER THAN A SKY
BUT WE GOTTA COME BACK TO OURSELVES
BEFORE WE KNOW HOW TO FLY

ALL OF MY LIFE I HAVE WAITED FOR THE SUNS RAY
A LIGHT INSIDE LIFE TO TAKE ME ON MY WAY
I DON’T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS DAY
AND EVERY BREATH I TAKE I GIVE AWAY

© S.Watts

 

FOR ALL TIME !

(A Second Poem For Hanae) xxx

LIKE THE SUN AND RAIN
LIKE THE STARS ABOVE
FOR ALL TIME
YOU HAVE MY LOVE

HOW DEEP IS THE SEA?
HOW FAR IS THE SKY?
FOR ALL TIME
LOVE WILL NOT DIE

REMEMBER THE EARTH
REMEMBER THE STARS
FOR ALL TIME
BIRDS, BEES AND FLOWERS

THROUGH HEAT IN OUR HEARTS
THROUGH HEAVENLY SPACE
FOR ALL TIME
THIS IS OUR PLACE

©G.Pope

 

NATURE SEAT !

DOWN BY THE OAT BARN
DOWN WHERE THE OLD CROWS WEEP
I’D CLIMB UP HIGH IN TO A TREE
WHICH HELD A PERFECT SEAT
I SIGHT MY OWN MIND AS I SAT ON THAT OLD OAK
NOTHING TO SPOIL THE WAY I LOST MYSELF
IN NATURES THROAT

OH! I WAS JUST TALKING IN TO NATURES BREAST
SOFT CONVERSATION
SWEET COMFORT UP IN NATURES REST

DOWN BY THE OAT BARN
YOU’D SMELL THE GRASS SO SWEET
WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT ONE DAY THEY’D
TAKE AWAY MY NATURE’S SEAT
DOWN BY THE OAT BARN
THAT’S WHERE I’D WATCH THEM MEET
THEY’D CONGREGATE THEN SING A PRAYER
THEN EAT, THEN BASK IN SLEEP
AND FROM THAT OAT BARN
I’D WATCH THE DAY GROW WEAK
HOW COULD THEY TURN A DREAM OF NATION
INTO PATH SO BLEAK

I’D WALK AROUND UPON THEIR WILDEST DREAMS
FROM RIGHT UP HIGH I’D SEE THEM NOT SEE ME

OUT IN THE OPEN
TWO WAYS OF LIFE COMPETE
I SAW THE NEED FOR ALL TO LIVE
GIVE WAY TO WHITE MAN’S GREED
DOWN BY THE OAT BARN
THEY FOUGHT IN FIELDS OF WHEAT
THERE’D BE THE COWBOY
THERE’D BE THE INDIAN BEAT

THEY CAME BY NUMBERS INTO NATURES REST
NO CONVERSATION, JUST GUNSHOT
INTO NATURES BREAST
GONE IS THAT OAT BARN
GONE IS THAT NATURES SEAT ALL GIVEN WAY TO BITTER GROUND
WHERE ONLY DEAD MEN SPEAK.....

©S.Watts

 

Hidden Darkness

Emptiness beneath the stars,
Such a simple hide away lie, you wish to know,
Trickling blackness washes over.

Soaring like kites, just try to catch me,
They’re the Gulls screeching for their daily nose, and
Pickings of what’s left, of yesterday’s tipped troth.

Rushing, Blinding, Then hiding, In thousands,
So Tonight the moonlight screams
While tomorrow the fresh disappears,
Like old fruit into old ground,
The willows aren’t what they seem,
You’ll only see me stood tall.

Can’t breath
Can’t see
Can only feel,
While they hang low, drooping into crashing shadows
It’s numb, like a broken puzzle.

These silver floods cushion a dream
This darkened sunlight has mirrored her fall

© Jessie.Pope
This poem and others - along with some of her Artwork can be found at
http://tankgirl91.deviantart.com/

 

DAY AND NIGHT !

(A POEM FOR DEE)

ADVENTUROUS TRAVELLER DEE,
CAME ALL THE WAY FROM THAI.
CAME TO ENGLAND TO LEARN THE TONGUE,
NOW HOME TRYING TO REACH THE SKY.
DEE SHE DOESN?T SLEEP AT NIGHT,
SAYS ITS MUCH TOO HOT.
I SAID A MAN WOULD MAKE THIS RIGHT,
SHE SAID "I'D RATHER NOT".
HER HEART HER SOUL AND BODY HAVE NEED,
THAT ONLY LEAVES HER MIND.
TO REACH THE SKY LIKE THIS "GOD'S SPEED",
FOR SHE IS NOT UNKIND.
HOSTESS AND LOVE WITHIN HER SIGHT,
SO SHE CAN PLEDGE HER TROTH.
SKY BY DAY AND PEACE AT NIGHT,
I HOPE DEE FINDS THEM BOTH.

©G.Pope

 

SERIOUSLY SENSITIVE !

{A POEM FOR MARY}

TO THINK OF EVERYBODY'S NEED
AND FIND NO PLEASURE IN SELFISH GREED
FOR GENTLE MARY THIS IS SO
I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU GO

MARY CAME AND EASED MY FEARS
I WAS HOME ALONE WITH POURING TEARS
I WAS FEELING DOWN AND LOW
I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU GO

TO FIND A HEART SO PURE IS RARE
HER HAPPY SMILE IS GOOD TO SHARE
I'VE FOUND A FRIEND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW
I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU GO

I PRAY HER JOURNEY'S SWIFT AND SURE
HOME TO THOSE WHO LOVE HER MORE
FOR GENTLE MARY MAKE IT SO
I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU GO

©G.Pope

 

GAIA !

UNDER AN OAK TREE IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
I’LL RECEIVE YOUR ENERGY AND GIVE TO YOU MY BLESSING FREE
BENEATH THE SHELTER OF YOUR LOVING CANOPY
I WILL BE IN LOVE WITH YOU YOU WILL BE IN LOVE WITH ME

THE PASSING OF TIME WILL SEEM ENDLESS TO ME
YOU AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL TREES
BENDING SO EFFORTLESSLY

OH! GAIA, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO I AM
SHAME ON US - WE’RE LOST WITHIN OUR JEALOUS LOVE
THOUGH NOW WE MUST TRUST YOU ABOVE ALL

BESIDE A WATERFALL IS WHERE YOU’LL HEAR MY CALL
GIVING ALL MY BREATH TO YOU YOU KEEP FLOWING LIKE YOU DO
AND IN THE WHITE NOISE I WILL LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE
SPEAKING OH! SO RIGHT TO ME TELLING ME NOT TO DECEIVE YOU

OH! GAIA, CAN YOU TELL ME OF THIS PLIGHT OF MAN
YOUR SO HUGE_ HOW CAN WE NOT BELIEVE IN YOU
YET STILL YOU GIVE YOUR MORNING DEW

CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE WE MIGHT THEN SOMEHOW KNOW
WE HAVE TAKEN ALL YOU HAVE IT’S TIME NOW TO GIVE BACK
OUT OF THE VOLCANO YOU MAY SPRING LIFE UNKNOWN
MIGHT WE THEN CEASE TO BE UNDER YOUR GREAT OAK TREE

OH! GAIA, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO I AM
SHAME ON US ! WE FORGOT YOU IN ZEALOUS LOVE
OH ! GAIA IS THERE TIME FOR ANOTHER PLAN
YOU ARE THE FUSE
ONE DAY WE MUST GIVE BACK TO THANK YOU

© S.Watts

 

UNTITLED END !

FROM ALL THE TROUBLES IN MY MIND
THE PROBLEMS FROM THE PAST
MY FRIENDS I CAN COUNT ON YOU
OUR LOVE WILL ALWAYS LAST

MABYE I'M OLD AND YOU ARE YOUNG
I'M SORRY FOR THAT PAST
I HAVE TRIED TO DO MY BEST
NICE GUYS FINISH LAST

MY HEART JUST CAN'T BREAK AGAIN
JUST DEATH AND THE OTHER SIDE
PAIN AND GOD IS YOUR PROBLEM NOW
FROM MINE I CANNOT HIDE

PERHAPS ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL WAKE
AND WE'LL ALL BE REBORN
ANOTHER LIFE ANOTHER TIME
THE REAL THING NOT LOVELORN

SO FIGHT YOUR BITTER WARS, MY FRIENDS
SING ALL YOUR SONGS OF GUILT
AND BLAME ME AND THE OTHER MAN
OR DROP YOUR HATE SWORD HILT

© G.Pope


THE PRIZE !

WHETHER YOU ARE RIGHT OR WRONG,
IN THAT PERVERSE OFT SUNG COURT SONG,
OUR KIDS DONT NEED THIS ADVERSITY,
THE ONLY OUTCOME ENDS TRAGICALLY.

MOTHER BLAMES FATHER, FATHER BLAMES MOTHER,
SNIPING AND SHOOTING - DESTROYING EACH OTHER,
IN THE MIDST OF THIS HARSH BATTLEFIELD?
CHILDRENS' MINDS MINED, WILL NOBODY YIELD?

SO BURY THE PAST, PLEASE LET'S MOVE ON,
WE JUST NEED TO SING A NEW SONG,
WITH KIDS HEARTS AND SOULS AT STAKE,
JUST HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?

A GOOD FRIEND ONCE BARED MY SOUL,
SAYING KIDS WELFARE - THAT IS THE GOAL,
THEIR HAPPINESS COMES FIRST - REALISE!
AND DONT TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE PRIZE....

© G.Pope

 

Sleeping Beauty
(A poem for Lyndon Duke)

I lie here beside you
I hear you breathing
It’s gentle and soft

I can touch your face
Yet you still sleep
So still and peace full

I whisper in your ear
Although you don’t stir
I know you hear

I can smell you
Your scent is sweet
It seems so strong

I feel your hair
So soft
Around your face

I watch you sleep
So peaceful
It makes me feel calm

I place you a kiss
It’s as if you smile
I hold you…

 © Jessie.Pope
This poem and others - along with some of her Artwork can be found at
http://tankgirl91.deviantart.com/

 

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