For Philip

Sweet little boy with those yellow-green eyes

Blonde hair and that cute dimpled chin

I've got a half-century of memories to share

But I'm not sure just where to begin

I didn't know what I was missing

Until I laid eyes on your face

Part son and part brother, a part of my soul

That nothing can ever replace

So, I'm looking for rhymes with some reasons

Not sure where to start or to end

Love never dies, but I know in this life

That I'll never see you again

All around me the world doesn't notice

That everything's been rearranged

But they can't see the pain or the hole in my heart

That my world is forever changed

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Babel

Things have never been better

Things have never been worse

In the land of the blessed

Being led by the cursed

Put your faith in yourself

And your trust in a few

Keep looking for light

And you'll find what is true

So many false idols

And fools on the hill

Driven by greed

And their own need to kill

Our ancestor's dreams

Where people live free

They're trading them in

For the profits they see
In ivory towers
Surrounded by gold
Selling their souls
As their bodies grow old
I will stand by their graves
On the day that they die
And nobody will mourn
Nobody will cry

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Metamorphosis

I was just a wanderer

A soul who'd lost his way

She was just a ray of light

That brightened every day

Wasn't looking for a lover

So afraid to make a friend

Afraid of starting over

Afraid to lose again

She gave me hours of her time

I shared with her my soul

Her smile healed all the pain inside

Her kindness made me whole

The more we met, the more I loved

The further my heart fell

Afraid that I might scare her

If my feelings I did tell

But over time I wore her down

She saw my heart was true

And realized no other love

Could love her as I do

So now my heart belongs to her

My love, my soul, my life

She is my world, my everything

My best friend and my wife.

The Road, Part Two

This road has led me places

I might wish I could forget

A million miles and sleepless nights

That left my pillow wet

Broken bones and broken hearts

Wrong turns along the way

Regrets and disappointments

That haunt me till today

But every time I stumbled

And each time I got burned

Was one more chapter in the book

Another lesson learned

A fool in foolish company

With nothing much to gain

Trying to find remedies

To somehow ease the pain

But then I came full circle

To a place lost in my past

And found what I’d been searching for

A love I know will last

 I’ll never walk alone again

 Beneath that heavy load

And I will treasure every step

Beside her on the road

Gratitude

Not a day goes by that I don't think

How much my life has changed

My clouds replaced by rainbows

My heart's been rearranged

The darkness I had known so long

Has given way to light

Your sweet love brightens every day

And comforts me at night

I'm not sure what you love in me

But grateful that you do

Your heart is like no other

And my heart belongs to you

If we make it to a hundred

The time would not allow

To repay all you have given me

But this I promise now

To love you like no other

Beside you every mile

To try to keep you happy

And always make you smile

The way each time you look at me

That takes my breath away

A love that fills my heart with joy

And strengthens me each day

Resist

Let's not make it great again

Let's not chase that lie

Singing songs of freedom

While letting children die

Proudly thumping on your chest

While putting others down

Doesn't make you great

You pathetic little clown

You're threatened by so many things

To me it's very clear

You're an angry little coward

And you live your life in fear

The bile you spew is putrid

Your words are filled with hate

We need to stop your evil ways 

Before it is too late
It's not enough to grumble
We have to share the truth
And get some friends to join you
In the nearest voting booth
For history will judge
If we all turn a blind eye
And we'll share in the blame
If we don't care enough to try
To be the voice of reason
When reason is so rare
And build a better nation
Where its people always care

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Five Years Ago

I couldn’t see five years ago

Where I would be today

What little I could count on
 Had begun to slip away
One door closed behind me
And it tore my world apart
But then another opened
And she walked into my heart
How could I ever dream of love
Beyond a fantasy
Lost inside her loving eyes
Her smile all I could see
Much more than simply wonderful
This Angel made me whole
Mending this old broken heart
She soothed my aching soul
And now my love has given me
A joy that fills my life
She's all this man could ever want
My lover and my wife
Five years ago my world was dark
With hope nowhere in sight
But now her love's light guides me
Even in the darkest night

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