Dying Love
There
she stands so bold and strong protecting her young,
With
the shadow of the trees in her eyes.
As the
little buck plays as adventurous as he can be.
As he
goes along in his new found home.
They
can take her life, but the dying love,
Her love
will always be.
She
never thinks of her life, only of her young.
Even
if she did die, life will always be a sacrifice worth it.
So it
may be, and for some that’s life, but not me.
I could
not have taken her life that chilly day in spring.
Even
if I was about to die myself.
To take
(a life) her life would have been a tragedy I could not bear.
And that
love of hers would have been lost.
To leave
her young all alone.
And
so I’ll see her some other day.
And
so I’ll see her some other day,
And
for her dying love I’ll hold,
A little
respect for her that day.
May
that love for her always be.
By David
Gates, November 14, 2001
Just One Nip
I drank
till morning light,
And
the stillness was broken by the early light.
I aheard
each hour echo in my head.
Please
help me to my bed.
The silence
was broken by the hall clock.
I hid
my face, I even held my breath.
As I
fell I said “I’m not trying to wake the dead.”
I just
held my head.
I thought
I was dead, when I saw a ghost.
It frightened
me the most.
I’m
not the best host.
And
I did not understand the ghost.
I try
to hold on to my bed,
But
round and round I go.
Like
sometimes like a side show,
You
don’t know where the wheel will stop.
I hope
I don’t get busted by a cop,
Then
the silence was broken by the hall clock.
And
around and around it started all over again.
David
Gates, November 14, 2001
TO BE ALIVE INSIDE
As my
heart quickens its pace. I can see the love on your face.
I find
It’s time to share my space, for that love I can’t replace.
I find
it’s hard to give my love and heart away.
But
that love I can’t repay.
To share
something in life like love,
Is as
the flower in the spring.
As the
music is played another day,
We can
only hope and pray,
The
band we heard and the loved we shared,
Will
last one more day.
TO LOVE SOMEONE
In hammering
a new way in life,
We hammer
out the love we feel inside.
We become
hollow and shallow inside.
But to
reach out in the darkness and take hold of my hand,
Because
your love will set me free.
That
love will wash the bitterness from my past,
So my
live may last.
If you
dare love is to be shared.
Love
is the fresh air in all old friendships.
When
you love someone, you don’t stop giving.
When
you love someone and you care.
Hammering
that new way in both of your lives,
Don’t
forget them, because they need love to.
WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
Even
though we are poor, we must endure to the end.
Your
heart is like a window with bars on it,
And
as many scars that number the stairs.
But when
you see the light, life will change you.
Love
will see you through.
And
the end will come and peace will be done.
And
then you will see how much I care for you.
And
if you take that chance,
you
will see how much you mean to me.
I love
you, but the word love is so lonely without you in my life.
And
God only knows what I would do without you.
And
so I want you to know how much you mean to me.
I pray
each and every day,
That
our love will stay,
Until
the end of our days.
ALL AROUND
As I
am standing here looking down,
At all
the paper on the ground at what used to be.
As one
building goes up one must come down.
A sadness
sets in and you feel all alone.
Your
heart breaks when it’s one of your own.
You
see things you just can’t believe.
And
then it gets worse.
All around
on the ground you see,
Heroes
and saints, but then they don’t come home.
In the
window you can hear their name.
Do you
want more destruction and pain?
But at
times there is know other choice.
They
say a hero is born every day.
But
they have to understand
That
a hero must make that last stand.
To give
what is lost, or that giving hand.
Helping
someone is part of the master plan.
The love
in their hearts cannot be weighed.
As I
stand here looking down,
I can’t
believe all the hate and destruction people have.
For
what you may ask? God only knows.
David Gates, November 14, 2001