| My Poetry 4 |
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| What Are Friends For ? They're there for you when you're down and out You're there for them when they are in need Friends keep the sanity in this insane world Loyalty can grow from friendship's seed When life gets bad and your spirits are low A friend can bring a smile to a sorrowed life But when your friends forsake your heart Their spiteful words can cut like a knife When the time to amble on shall pass Don't say goodbye and tear your soul apart Just leave quietly and remember the good times And try to forget the pain of a broken heart The pain will always linger though The sorrows will never fade away You will always remember the hopes and dreams To try to build your faith each day There will be a time when the faith is gone And the hopes begin to fade from sight The dreams become a silent sunset To give way to a cold and lonely night The north wind comes in with a biting chill As frost descends upon the land Old man winter attacks with a vengeance To match the emotions that make their stand The winter sky echoes with the outcry of silence As it covers the ground with a frigid blanket of white It shines with an eye numbing fury As the sun bares its ever present light The pure white landscape lends a darker shadow though To a mans negative emotions within his heart A spectral vision of hopelessness and anxiety To invite a loveless sorrow to take part He stands there as he sheds a single tear All alone with no one to see him cry With wordless lips the truth is known For he cares not if he will live or die 'Death can be a comforting end' becomes his somber thought As the emotions of chaos invade his soul His heart quivers with a torrent of despair As lack of love and loneliness take their toll He brushes winter's fury off his faded blue machine The freezing cold matches the icy gaze in his eyes He starts up his beast to warm its metal heart While he remembers false friends filling him with lies It makes him wonder about his life If friends are really needed at his side He settles down in his seat to think While tears become companions on this lonely ride He cruises down the highway without a care Forsaking the friends he left behind The further he travels a shadow falls Across the memories within his mind Time has no meaning as he rides on The black of the highway matches his soul His heart has vanished from within Leaving a shell around an empty hole Happiness is lost to him for awhile Loneliness has become his future friend He can't help but wonder though At what will happen in the end A question nags at the back of his mind About what the future has in store An empty path lies before him with a mere inquiry Which simply put is… What are friends for? Copywrite 1993 david m maynard |
| Stefanie There was a time not so long ago At a place not so far away We were just friends though Until that fateful day… We were friends when time took its toll Things had changed so very much The love grew within the soul At the least little touch When our hearts truly met I took heed When our lips touched I knew The want had now become a need The burning within my soul had grew We shared our thoughts and love A love that was not meant to be A dark cloud hovered above A cloud that was killing me At that time she could not be mine For she belonged to another I swore our love will ever shine But I wondered if we'd be together Then the fateful day came at last A choice had been made So it had come to pass The killing blow was laid She said she had made a choice And she bowed her head With sorrowed eyes and silent voice "I'm sorry." Was all she said The damage was done and it was complete The love had fallen from my heart The marks upon my soul were deep My thoughts had strayed far apart Later in time after the wounds had healed And our love was a simple memory These thoughts within my mind are sealed These thoughts of Stefanie. Copywrite 1988 david m maynard |
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