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Friday, July 13, 2012

My Poems

My neighbor, Brian, came over today. He played guitar while I did some drumming on my drum (upside down 3 gal. water jug filled 1/4 of the way up). He then got his computer and showed me a song of his he's been working on and it got me inspired. I searched through the old files on my computer to find the poems I'd written over the years intending to put music to them. I found most of them, but one or two required that I log back into my 1st FaceBook account where I had uploaded them as "notes". I've never really had a good outlet to place these, and as it sounds, they've been pretty scattered. It occurred to me that this blog is the perfect place! They're able to be read by others, and they're able to be stored in one easy to access location. No more file searching and format changing.
Here they are for your enjoyment! For a couple of these I heard Mr. Chang from Community yelling obnoxiously in my head, "HA! GAAAYYY!" There are asterisk's by the 2 that mean the most to me.


Oct. 9, 2006
Carpe Diem

So many people with
One thing on their mind
“I’ve got to hurry up
There’s so little time”

Those are the people
Forgetting to live
Avoiding distractions
Unwilling to give

Slow down team
This life isn’t a race
It’s an opportunity to grow
You’ve got to change your pace

Observing the young teaches one
To be more care free
As does the placid lifestyle
Of creatures from the sea

Ever watch a turtle
Maneuver through the blue?
His grace and precision suggests there is no better place in the world
than the one in 
which he resides

That’s the difference between us and them
We’re too busy and in too much of a hurry
To even notice the beauty
Surrounding our lives

Carpe diem
Hold it to your heart
It’s all about freedom
Now's the time to start



Oct. 2006
Untitled

The distance between is far too great
The feelings inside are too
I’m pulling back, I’m provoking change
Is this what I should do?

Please don’t call
I’m already attached
Like devils claw
On that unsuspecting stranger

This plan will work, we’ll both be fine
Getting over you
I hate this plan and could regret
Getting over you

You’ve got this unbreakable shell and everything
That is you is within
I pray every night you will invite me inside
When will this finally begin?

Maybe it won’t
Maybe you can’t
Is there too much in your past?
Lady, of all the people
That could ever hurt you
I would be the last

This plan will work, we’ll both be fine
Getting over you
I hate this plan and could regret
Getting over you

I know we’ll be fine
It just occurred to me
That someone’s plan is better than mine

I’ll worry no more and
Sleep at night
Because someone fantastic
Is guiding my life

His plan will work, it’s so divine
He’s always by my side
I love his plan and now I know
I’m always on his mind.


Tuesday, February 27, 2007 @ 12:45A
*Princess

Excuse me sir
, 
with all do respect

what are you doing?


You’re only in the moment, I know

but there are so many places that this could go



Before you act on the thoughts polluting your mind

consider the following

:

This is someone’s daughter


Years ago this little girl danced on daddy’s feet

Then rode her bicycle proudly down the street

Even though she’s older, he still provides a shoulder
For her to cry on

He is who she will rely on



Keep that in mind while you
 fall into the devil's temptation

Consider this situation

:

One plus one makes three

It’s quite simple you see


Two fall in love, and they create one

Maybe a daughter, maybe a son



If you don’t understand, I’ll speak on your level

I can step down. Should I lie on the ground?

Should I roll in the dirt? Because that’s where you’re found



This beauty before you is no object of lust

Look in her eyes and realize 
the sweet soul that resides inside

The sweet soul that loves life

And lives to love, 
and loves to give



Don’t you be the reason that sacred soul

Stays sheltered from the world


Act as a guardian and prevent harm from

Doing anything that cannot be undone



Take notice of the innocense in her melodic tone

Don’t you take her for granted or

Leave her feeling all alone



Show her compassion and make it real

Let her feel what it is to feel and know its not surreal



Don’t you walk away with empty thoughts in your head

Think about all that has been said

There are requirements that have to be met



The hole you are digging is sure getting deep

you are descending and getting further from the top


stop


Rethink the thoughts doing laps in your skull

You are not the only player in this game for two

Consider her future and take control

In respect to whom she will say “I do”

.



Oct. 2008
Patient Vessel

I practice singing so I can sing for you 

I sometimes run in case you do 



my massages are practice for when you're near 
I try and be strong so you have nothing to fear 



I want to learn jokes that make you smile 

or laugh so hard you start to cry 

Just before we sleep at night, 
I want to look you in the eye
 


a sailboat will patiently await the wind 

as I am waiting, my dearest friend 



I feel a breeze, it's in the air 

it dances across my skin without a care 



a storm is coming, a beautiful storm 

it's a natural phenomenon in the most simple form

clouds gather and grow with such intimidation 

light is replaced with the darkness, a romantic implication 


winds increase and add a respectable amount of strife 

the ship is setting sail never felt more alive. 



April 4, 2010 Easter Sunday
*To My Best Friend

I'm inadequate, I’m weak, I'm stubborn, I’m smug
But what's more is I sometimes don't care
I struggle, I judge, I may hold a grudge
And I’m learning this plan is not fair

I give it my all and still I fall
Oh, the choices I’ve made
Why are you still at my beckoning call?
Why does your love never fade?

You forgave me once, you forgave me twice
And I feel your love all around
Whenever I look, deserving or not
You’re always there to be found

Thank you my Lord, thank you my God,
Is it ok if I call you friend?
I’m sorry I’m weak, but I’ll never give up,
For you the faith I’ll defend

What is not fair is the love you have
And the grace you offer me
Time and time again it seems
You’re willing to set me free

The snare is there and I step in
Knowing what's at cost
I step in without a care
At how far I’ll soon be lost

I pick up the chain with my own two hands
I’m the only one to blame
Now the chain lays hold on me
I’m trapped in Satan’s game

But there you are it never fails
Ready to cut me free
Again I cry and wonder why
You have such love for me

As I contemplate who you are
The answer comes with ease
The Son of God, a God yourself
Who’s mastered charity

The things I see are not quite me
There’s more than meets the eye
To you, I'm kin, and your friend
For me I know you died.

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