A Broken Family

For many months we’ve grown apart

we’re not where we should be

Inflicting wounds at every turn

a broken family

Each day another raging storm

we both look at the door

Barrage of accusations made

the fabric rips some more

Our souls are wounded deep inside

a crack can now be seen

There isn’t very much that’s left

this all seems so obscene

We’ve got to try and work this out

I know that love’s still there

We’ve got too much invested now

I know we both still care

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JeDonne

How beautiful you look tonight

against the setting sun

No greater vision have I seen

so lovely my JeDonne

A golden silhouette I see
now captured for all time
Like photographs we look back on
forever in my mind

An artist would give all to see
what I behold right now
He'd know it was a masterpiece
if he could paint somehow

JeDonne it seems the sun now waits
refusing to depart
How glorious and wonderful
you even stole his heart


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Endless Nights

Endless nights I wait alone

your letters keep me sane

Never dreamed we'd be apart

oh please come home again

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Father And Son

He came into your world

at just the perfect time

His eyes were fixed on you

the cries you didn't mind

His mother was so proud

an heir to keep the name

You bragged to all your friends

life never was the same

He watched you every day

quite often mimicked you

The words you chose to use

he often spoke them to

And now the son is grown

his ways are fixed and firm

A child he soon will have

his ways that child will learn

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Restless

Tonight the ocean seems uneasy

the waves they lash the shore

It seems that something made you restless

the sounds relenting roars

The moon above shines down so brightly

I pause to take it in

The rushing water turns to foam

retreats then comes again

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Jenny

So many years have come and gone

since last I saw your face

The wounds you placed within my heart   

are scars I can't erase

For years I tried to understand

just why you let me down

I wondered  what was in your mind

and why you fooled around

There is no anger anymore

the time has eased my pain

You've always been a part of me

in loss or when I gained

Oh Jenny I believe you're near

I sense you more and more

I know that you are waiting dear

to see me through the door

Oh what will we become my dear

when both our spirits free?

Will we be lovers as before

throughout eternity

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Stop The Madness

The stores are closed

our homes for sale

we sink into the mire

The credit cards

are all maxed out

our situation dire

Our college grads

so much in debt

and many have no jobs

Our very best

who once stood proud

now work with cleaning swabs

Awake oh Giant

come to life

let's stop the madness now

We have to find

a better way

and bring us back somehow

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Time

I'm fleeting ruthless and unkind

Don't let me get inside your mind

I cant be seen by mortal eyes

I often catch you by surprise

You try to measure who I am

I'm not your ally or your friend

As years go by a wrinkled frown

You try in vain to slow me down

I set the boundaries strong and true

A finite period just for you

So who am I who undermines

I am the keeper known as time

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