The World Of Poetry From Within The Shadows

A desired rose

Such silky petals with such colour to match,
Reaching for the sunlight you let your beauty show,
Glowing you are to be the most dominant of colour,
So attractive you are being of such splendour,
Such a sacred bloom you have oh how special you are,
Nothing short of a miracle I see within you,
Even with your horrific thorns you still stand proud,
Crowded or quite alone you manage to attracted everyone's attention,
Standing out you do so proudly with no shame or fears,
Appreciated you are by all as you make them feel so good,
So grand inside when they see you,
Nightfall is approaching and I know you have to leave,
If only for a moment you where there,
You made that much difference to those that came across you,
Just by being as lovely as you are,
Again I shall seek you and we will hopefully meet again,
Someday together we shall be again oh precious rose.

A destiny for eternity

A destiny finally meant to be,

Setting from the love of my heart to fly free,

My hopes and dreams of us together have opened up the door,

No longer do I have to sit in the darkness of the shadow,

The time has come for me to stay,

Why and how I am unable to neither understand nor say,

My heart is now yours and for my sickness your love is the cure,

My belief and faith has brought us together you can be sure,

Together we can live in a harmony,

You and I together,

We are destined for all eternity.

A fight for love

I stand and fight for my survival of new destiny,

I have come this far in search of peace for eternity,

Persuasively I proceed throughout my anguish of forgiveness,

The sword of life I carry close into battle against the evil of darkness,

The thoughts of my past are held within and are drawing near,

I shall not be intimidated; I must fight further throughout my fear,

Love once brought to me all the indecency of a painful torment,

This fight I shall defeat,

My hurt shall be abolished,

With the truth within me I shall send,

I shall send a warning into the oblivion of future turmoil.

A gold destiny

A destiny of truth so people say,

A want for love within every day,

Finding a desire in life for meaning,

Hoping that I am soon to find,

Wanting hope is I dreaming?

I contemplate upon my existence for love,

Wondering still I am, is there such a thing sent from above?

Consigned unto oblivion I shall never be apart,

All I need to find is an honest heart,

I need to find the mate of my soul,

Searching I am for the one that for the rest of my life I am to treasure,

I know in life that to find true love is my goal.

A hand in love

I fell in love with you so long ago,
Since that time my dear nothing has changed,
I hold for you still a love that cannot be described,
I am everything and I am complete because of only you,
A sensual feeling I receive when your lips softly touch mine,
Left in tranquillity as your eyes look into mine,
The needed feeling I experience when your hand is in mine,
As our bodies connect it is like our love is united as one,
As I softly kiss your neck I still smell the sweet smelling fragrances upon you,
In my eyes I can see you as only but a perfect being and that of beauty,
I still remember the first time we met as if it where only yesterday,
I Promise to you again this day that I will never leave your side.

A heavenly choice

When I see you I know that love in my life will once again start,

The comfort I feel just by listening to your voice,

Your intrusion was been welcomed by my once aching heart,

Together by fate we where a heavenly choice,

There is no distance between our loving hearts,

The meaning of true love has become apparent to me,

I feel that to love you completely was no mistake,

Every second I spend with you was wholesome,

Complicated and special in its mysterious way,

The joy I felt in your ever loving hold,

The electricity between us every time we kissed,

I love you more than a minor loves finding gold,

Our lives together was a passionate story to be told,

A specially placed area in my heart you shall always remain,

My life was with you and not a moment shall be forgotten,

I think of you every night knowing you kiss me from heaven.

A kiss that stopped time

A display of nerves I must confront,

Confiding in my inner self-being for security,

Intimidated by feeling for you the intensity of passion,

Inspired to act upon compulsion due to a vigorous inclination,

I look around aimlessly and as I do your eyes gaze into mine,

For a second, just a second time stopped feeling like infinity,

A moment I shall hold in my heart for all time,

Such a deepness that I have never as of yet experienced,

Slowly I moved towards you trembling inside,

My heart beating faster as I moved slowly within your arms,

Staring into each other’s eyes without breaking that contact,

Together we moved with such nerves and passion,

Softly we kissed for the first time,

A perfect moment which I never wanted to end,

A feeling of euphoria was upon us,

Care-free we where to everything,

Time and all other existence was no longer,

So close we became in that moment,

Deep in a tranquillity so precious,

A memory for this life and the next.

A life of pictures

We are sat there in a destiny unknown

Determination within, the body shaking rapidly

The possibility of something positive

The only thing left to keep us hanging on

We hope above all hope

All our questions shall be answered

A heart starts to beat an irregular pattern

A tightness crawls across the chest

We move to closer to a judgement day

It is too early; it is not yet destined for us

Fate pulls our hands into every direction

Fooling me around and messing with our emotions

Pains feeling so obscure an agony that cannot be placed into words

A mental torture so cruel and unjust

A picture that is never complete until we have moved on.

A lot of hate and a little love

I was hiding my head beneath a pillow,

As a ted using a brillo,

The shots were screaming throughout the air,

Sound's of shell's landing everywhere,

The sergeant shouting 'Fire at Will',

The engagement creating blood spill,

We found our way to the bomb shelter,

The fires around us made us sweater,

A house nearby went up in a cloud of smoke,

Shots rang out as we started to choke,

People were butchered as in abattoirs,

Why had humanity strayed so far,

A man came to the shelter and threw us all out,

Made us March a little then said "Turn About",

Another shot my uncle in the head,

I watched him stagger then fall down dead,

He killed all my family but he had mercy on my life,

Without my family I endured torment and strife,

I've never forgot that day from the past,

This is why we should love one another and make it last.

A million different reasons

I have watched each of my children's birth,
I have cut each of their umbilical cord,
I gave them their first nurse as the proudest parent,
whilst I was feeling overwhelmed on the ward.

I dressed them into their first vest and baby-grow,
I gave them their first cotton wool bath,
I changed their fist nappy,
I took their first photograph.

I was there to hear their first cry,
I have been there since day one;
it is amazing how the miracle of my children's life had begun.

I remember holding each of them in my arms,
So delicate, so fragile, so helpless, so small,
I remember hearing their first "coo"
I remember watching their first roll,

I remember the night feeds that had to be done,
I remember the teething pains from each one,
I remember visiting the doctors and hospital with them in the middle of the night,
I remember always being worried about my children and trying to make sure they where all-right,

I remember all the mess when it came to feeding time,
I remember being filled up inside when I saw their first smile,
I remember supporting each of them as they were learning to crawl,
I remember having to rush round picking up anything that was small,

I remember the laughter as my children where coming into their own,
The faces they made, the sounds, the cheekiness and puzzled expressions,
I know in my heart that I will always love my children,
It is safe to say for more than a million different reasons.

A missed opportunity

Everything is our fate from the first moment in time,

Precious and beautiful in every way,

Sacred to all but mildly given is this life's feature,

Only those that look with their hearts instead of their eyes will find,

Oh how wonderful I can say is this hidden treasure,

Many have explored for years looking what I have found yet failed to find,

Most do not acknowledge everything that is in front of them,

A opportunity can be missed that may only happen to a person once,

A lifetime is too long to miss this opportunity,

The opportunity of finding true love.

A moment is the key

Just a moment with you makes my world complete,

A moment that within itself is an eternity,

An eternity I will treasure from now and forth,

In only a moment you give to me more than you could ever know,

A feeling of security runs deep within my veins when we are together,

A completeness I feel within my once over aching heart,

You have been the cure for my long term loneliness,

A cure by chance and so hard to come by,

You are once in a lifetime and a rarity to find,

You show me more sweetness than honey could ever provide,

You give me more kindness than I ever thought imaginable,

Overwhelmed I am when unto your body you hold mine so close,

You have become to me more valuable than I ever dreamt possible,

Like a shining star you have lit my once darkened life,

You are the key to my heart and my desires,

You have entered everything that I am.

A philosophy of preference

About to take a chance in pursuit of my desire,

Approaching with delicacy not wanting to spoil the mood,

Needing and humbled I have come to be submissive unto your needs,

Needing I am to explore my imagination and obscure desires,

Loosing myself without cause I am within your innocence,

Finding everything about you is a purity that yet does not exist,

The philosophy of listening to the sweet phonics of your voice I am coming to understand,

Found in compassion when you are there yet lost in anguish when you’re gone I have become,

I long for only you to stay close and I ask you in the moment the same,

Without being apart I can feel already that my heart in distance would pine,

I long to preference your chastity in seclusion but only in the light of love do I.

A sip of death

A sip of something strong,

Another and so forth,

Slowly I felt the long awaited pleasure,

A sip of something stronger to give the feeling momentum,

Slurring my conversation to those around,

Yet another sip to be one of the crowd,

Nature calls and I wearily stand,

I tried to walk but could only do nothing more than stumble,

I cannot feel myself drawing any breath,

I feel like I am choking on my saliva,

I stumble more until my legs can no longer hold me,

Crashing to the floor I lose all consciousness.

An ambulance was called by my peers in panic,

Would they make it in time?

My mother had been summoned from our home,

Rushed she did, she was weeping at my side,

I awoke disorientated thinking at first that I was dead,

A few moments passed, I saw the wires covering my body,

What had I done?

Hearing strange beeps I noticed I had been attached to a heart monitor,

My arms where wrapped in bandages and a mask giving me oxygen was over my face,

Pain staking needles had been stabbed into my arms reaching for my veins,

I looked up in agony to see my disheartened and tearful mother standing over me,

I looked away in shame of what I had done,

My dignity had been taken away when I was in darkness,

A hideous tube had been put down my throat,

Not being able to go to the toilet as I had been placed with a catheter,

The burning was too much for me to bear,

In my frustration I tore away the wires from my chest,

Closing my eyes I ripped the needles from my arms,

Within moments I was surrounded by medical staff trying to calm me down,

Within moments of these events I was told how lucky I had been,

I had been told that during the night my lungs gave in and my heart had stopped,

I was told that without the revival from the staff I would have been dead,

Four minutes and thirty seconds it had taken them to revive me,

After five minutes I would have been classed as clinically dead.

That Saturday night I had been so fortunate,

My mother had been by my side every step of the way,

Proud of myself I am not and by Monday I was back in work.

I have asked myself was the trying for pleasure worth losing everything for?

Was drinking to drown my sorrows all I could have done?

A sudden fire within

Burning flames inside of me ignited within a moment,

Passion invoke beyond extinguishing,

A feeling of intensity as the heat became immense,

Created without understanding of its true fatality,

Nerves clenched tightly deep inside,

Without time a decision awaited,

A mist of anguish but no hesitation could surround,

Magnificent was a single pressure,

A sudden strength and urge making me react,

Without another thought I started to advance,

An opportunity for me to approach the start of the blaze had arisen,

Boldly I had to leap beyond all insecurity,

With hope and faith I survived,

Without letting fear stop me I have accomplished,

I believed in myself and my destiny I had changed,

My life because of this occasion was now altered,

My prayers had been answered.

A tear of rain

Falling tears you arrive and surround me,
just warm enough for me to hold no resentment towards you,
the spectrum of true colour you are,
People constantly crying out that soon you will cross their path,
needing you and more like you to participate in their existence.
From time to time though I can see the inner you,
See the ruthless side to you and others like you,
Causing mayhem and chaos, wreaking havoc wherever you go,
Destruction you create giving people heartache and pain,
Amazingly I see how easily people can be deceived by your beauty,
You having the power to take everything in moments,
You are in control of every situation you descend upon,
You have opened my mind, showing your mercy and strength,
At times you have refreshed me, others you have punished me,
Possessions and things I love you can easily take,
But I also know that without you I cannot live,
In all honesty you are my life,
Without you I would not be where I am today,
Praying that you will never be the one to hurt me.

A vision became you

Oh how awesome,

A veracious tender amity you posses,

A soul of pure abundance,

You are auspicious unto me,

An exceptional person you are,

Hold unto me you do so many nobilities,

So many aptitudes of yours I over the time have comprehended,

By giving me the time you have given me the understanding I have needed,

Always placid and resigned unto me you have been,

I am suspended in unison when I heed to your voice,

The shadows of darkness are forcibly been uplifted from within my mind,

My visions and my dreams did not comprehend this precious offering,

I count my blessings one at a time,

Fortunate I am being given the perfection that you hold.

A walk of description

She said she would love me for all eternity,

Impulsively in the stillness of the night she said these words,

She said the future was ours and for us alone,

The silence of my mind became overpowering,

Finally I thought a love to fill my life of insufficient affection,

We started to walk together into the unknown mist,

Her hair started to dance in the uplift of a gentle breeze,

Aimlessly and without direction the softness of her hair tantalized my face,

I was at this moment like a lustful school boy in complete deranged awe,

I watched her ever movement and sweet pure splendour,

She turned around to face me and then she smiled,

A smile as radiant and as bright as the moon,

Her lips where that red of the forbidden rose hidden within the thorns,

As we kissed for the first time we floated in the sensual moment,

I had lost all my senses to this seductive beauty,

It was a beauty that cannot be compared or explained by desire,

Through the mist we floated above the humanity of mankind,

Resigning until this day within the stars that highlight their glory in the darkest of the night.

All because I got lost

The rain falls softly down upon my face,

Hiding my emotions and lonely tears,

Wandering I am feeling as if my heart is in a deserted place,

I scream for someone to find me but no-one hears,

I walk with uncertainty and alone,

Lost I am as I become scared and confused,

All I feel is pain and emptiness in a place I can no longer describe,

I believe maybe that once a loved one’s heart used to fill the void that now is,

I fall to the ground with no-one there to catch me,

All I can do is to pray for my day to come,

I see the footprints within the sands of time in my mind,

Knowing before somehow here I had already been,

Something this time felt so different,

As I looked to the heavens the sky was holding the dark,

Somehow disturbing yet somehow spilling it was with pure calm,

Something inside of me has changed the direction I was heading,

I felt the sudden urge to explore and inside it felt right,

No longer scared was I in this place,

Excited and anxious I had become to my senses,

As I walked I saw a figure emerging from within the darkness of the distance,

Slowly and nervously I approached towards the unknown,

I heard the whisper calling upon my name,

Comfortable I did feel when I heard this call upon me,

"Don't be scared and come into my arms" the voice prompted softly,

Slowly she closed her arms around me and everything stopped,

All time had ended and now I felt content and at one with love,

My insecurities had somehow left,

My heartache was no longer,

My tears of sadness where banished as joy overwhelmed,

My life had gone and I could feel nothing except the spirit of love,

The spirit gifted me with the ability to walk amongst the living,

I was shown love and in return I am to show love to another,

You will not see me but you will know when I am there,

The love passed on you will feel compelled to pass it to another,

Slowly the gift of true love shall be spread upon the taking of mankind,

Slowly it shall be spread and all because I was once lost.

Alone

Alone I was in a crowded building,

Undesirable works of art throwing at me a disturbing comfort,

A cold shade of concrete blocks and heartless slabs surrounded me,

I looked around at many but only had my own company,

The floor that had seen so many it had lost in time all emotion,

The people where ignorant to the true beauty that my open heart could see,

The hectic and ignorance is the blindness of all who live in this way.

Always love you

As the sun does shine from the dawning night,

I awaken a sacred love that is only in my sight,

Softly I move the duvet from your dark mystical eyes,

Nothing about you my love could I ever despise?

As your eyes awaken you bring the stars into my darkest day,

Only you my darling could ever make me feel this way,

A gesture of warmth appears with so much expression,

Without a wrinkle or frown from you my love you show no tension,

With eyes of no tears and a smile of no shame,

A heart of pure love you show neither anger nor pain.

You embrace me tight and so close to your heart,

With each beat I feel we could never be apart,

You have given me in life everything that is true,

This is the reason my precious that I will always love you.

Autumn

The calming breeze relaxing as it begins swilling around,

With a amazing sunsets rolling low in the sky,

Autumn is on its way as the signs are starting to show,

Birds are starting to flock together in one formation,

Ready to go on there journey south into the unknown,

Scurrying smaller creatures prepare for the well deserved sleep,

Storing food before they pass into hibernation,

Autumn is the last season that counts whereby everything needs to be perfected,

As time moves closer things begin to dramatically slow down,

With everything is as well as it can be creatures begin to vanish,

The majority will not be seen again till spring,

Not all will make it back as Mother Nature intends it to be that way.

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves falling from the sky,

Floating down gently as they die,

Trees and branches swaying left to right,

Shivering with their nakedness in their seasonal freight,

The sweepers clear the debris into nearby piles,

The jesting winds blow and scatter them for miles,

Falling into water and flowing over the pebbles and stones,

Moving with such grace and as sturdy as bones,

Under and over anything in its way do the leaves go?

Crashing into obstacles but never loosing flow,

Being pulled by the currents did the little leaves ride,

With increase to their speed subject to the tide,

Soon the waters widen and begin to travel slowly,

The autumn leaves have been on there journey to be with their host no more.