A LOVE I CAN CALL MINE

No need to get depressed

on this day called Valentine---

just because I don't have someone

that I can call mine---

I will have to be patient

develop myself and take my time---

to find the love that I need

on this day called Valentine---

I'm in love with myself

to me that is enough

though I want someone to love me

I'll wait and won't give up...

DAY TO DAY

I do not want to just survive

and let my heart lead me astray---

I want to realize my dreams

by living life from day to day---

I desire to be a better person

to accept what is to become---

by choosing not to tell lies

or being better than anyone---

I have faith that the Creator

can make all my dreams come true---

by facing up to situations today

so, tomorrow will be brand new...

COLOR

I forgot to tell you I'm black

did you know or suspect?

or get that feeling from my writing?

what color are you?

I can't tell from where I'm sitting,

guess it really doesn't make a difference,

it just doesn't matter---

as long as we understand each other...

I WISH I UNDERSTOOD

I wish I understood why the worlds leaders

don't embrace universal brotherhood---

it would do the world a lot of good---

I wish I understood

I wish I understood what is wrong with the worlds leaders,

they should be spreading:

Love

Understanding

Compassion

and Kindness

this is the winning formula.

instead being the source of confusion---

and advocating intellectualism,

makes us a part of this illusion---

but, don't they know:

"contradiction causes confusion

and confusion breeds revolution"

I wish I understood why the worlds leaders

don't embrace universal brotherhood---

it would do the world a lot of good---

I wish I understood...

SOMETIMES

Sometimes

when I'm by myself,

swelling with serious thoughts

takes me to a strange place,

coming back from outer space

my memory, time cannot erase---

feeling like I'd been there before

trying to maintain an open door---

universally speaking

everywhere in my life that I've been,

I want to go and look again!

at all the beautiful places and spaces

life in time will once more begin,

sometimes

but not at all times

I want to live my life again...

GETTING ALL CAUGHT UP

Can't breathe

electronic, economic blues

got me all caged up,

lack of this and that

makes me view life

from the inside of a large vat,

same shoes and blues

left over from last week,

big question is:

"will I get the money it takes to eat",

walking---

ain't able to buy a car,

when I left high school

they said I'd go far...

TREE OF LIFE

On the tree of life---

I am but a leaf swinging in the breeze,

hanging on a branch---

waiting to fall to earth then, rot in the dirt,

returning to the sky---

becoming one with the wind to remember:

life will never end...

By Roger Steele

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