The Poet/ The Poem/ Baseball
Every now and then
you’ll hit a home run
keep going to bat
keep taking that swing
perhaps you’ll hit a grand slam
that’s the one
that will make your legacy!
Clyde A. Wray
April 29, 2009
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Please, Don't Look At My Shoes
Please, Don’t Look At My Shoes
Its not that they’re old
they are a bit worn and weary
don’t hold much of a shine
don’t high step out much anymore
stitches are loose and the tongue
protrudes through over laces
that are frayed at the edges
there’s a huge hole in the sole
the cardboard replacement isn’t strong
aren’t much to look at
the once expensive name tag
is long gone
please, don’t look at my shoes
you might come to believe
I’m suffering
that just wouldn’t be true
I’ve got shoes
a good name
hope for the future
if you’re looking at my shoes
you don’t see me
I still dance in spring
and hear the wonderful song
of a Lark singing
Clyde A. Wray
April 28, 2009
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Its not that they’re old
they are a bit worn and weary
don’t hold much of a shine
don’t high step out much anymore
stitches are loose and the tongue
protrudes through over laces
that are frayed at the edges
there’s a huge hole in the sole
the cardboard replacement isn’t strong
aren’t much to look at
the once expensive name tag
is long gone
please, don’t look at my shoes
you might come to believe
I’m suffering
that just wouldn’t be true
I’ve got shoes
a good name
hope for the future
if you’re looking at my shoes
you don’t see me
I still dance in spring
and hear the wonderful song
of a Lark singing
Clyde A. Wray
April 28, 2009
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Louder (Rainbow People)
Louder
(Rainbow People)
Want to know who you are you
Rainbow People
of origins unknown to me
tell me who you are
louder
so that I may hear you…
You’re no different than me
you: sleep
spit
dance
bleed the same as I do
who are you
louder
so that I may come to know
you…
Come dance under the stars with me
teach me
the dance that you do..
I am empty of knowledge
of you
my children want to know you too…
what language is that you speak
can I learn to speak it too
louder
it has culture and earth tones
the rhythm of music too
why is it I haven’t come to know you..
louder
you say you didn’t know
I wanted too
that I too have been speaking in whispers Rainbow People
afraid of different shades and hues
I’ll speak louder now
I see the beauty in you!
Clyde A. Wray
April 27, 2009
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(Rainbow People)
Want to know who you are you
Rainbow People
of origins unknown to me
tell me who you are
louder
so that I may hear you…
You’re no different than me
you: sleep
spit
dance
bleed the same as I do
who are you
louder
so that I may come to know
you…
Come dance under the stars with me
teach me
the dance that you do..
I am empty of knowledge
of you
my children want to know you too…
what language is that you speak
can I learn to speak it too
louder
it has culture and earth tones
the rhythm of music too
why is it I haven’t come to know you..
louder
you say you didn’t know
I wanted too
that I too have been speaking in whispers Rainbow People
afraid of different shades and hues
I’ll speak louder now
I see the beauty in you!
Clyde A. Wray
April 27, 2009
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Thicker Than A Pound Butter
Thicker Than A Pound of Butter
Forward onward
sweat in the desert heat
march forward as if you hear
the roll of a drum don’t miss a beat
march careful where you tread
a silent prayer should be said
there’s no other world but the world
you’re in..
Weapon ready
a steady gaze
hesitate not though you be afraid
though fear be a brother to you
still your comrades depend on you
onward forward
in skies of blue
in nights so dark and black the secret password
is the only truth..
Forward onward
to the very mouth of hell
where the cannons scream and rockets yell
blood runs thicker than a pound of butter
a flash of blinding light
you’ve just lost another brother..
Onward forward
is your command far from home
in a arid land
of things foreign to you
where there’s an yours
truth
come into dispute
and death alone comes out the good
Clyde A. Wray
April 24, 2009
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Forward onward
sweat in the desert heat
march forward as if you hear
the roll of a drum don’t miss a beat
march careful where you tread
a silent prayer should be said
there’s no other world but the world
you’re in..
Weapon ready
a steady gaze
hesitate not though you be afraid
though fear be a brother to you
still your comrades depend on you
onward forward
in skies of blue
in nights so dark and black the secret password
is the only truth..
Forward onward
to the very mouth of hell
where the cannons scream and rockets yell
blood runs thicker than a pound of butter
a flash of blinding light
you’ve just lost another brother..
Onward forward
is your command far from home
in a arid land
of things foreign to you
where there’s an yours
truth
come into dispute
and death alone comes out the good
Clyde A. Wray
April 24, 2009
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Sonnet # 221
Sonnet #221
Those rose red lips that I had kissed
her hair was silk up on my hand
those wondrous thighs put a picture in my eye
guaranteed I wouldn’t be going anywhere
then in May the dark shadow came our way
snatched up my lady fair
oh I cried with such pain inside
cursed God himself such was my despair
with every gray moon the pain it grew
heart broken bewildered and blue
came the sun from our little one
life again was breathed and renewed;
Memories he carries in his eyes
he exist and she does too
Clyde A. Wray
April 24, 2009
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Those rose red lips that I had kissed
her hair was silk up on my hand
those wondrous thighs put a picture in my eye
guaranteed I wouldn’t be going anywhere
then in May the dark shadow came our way
snatched up my lady fair
oh I cried with such pain inside
cursed God himself such was my despair
with every gray moon the pain it grew
heart broken bewildered and blue
came the sun from our little one
life again was breathed and renewed;
Memories he carries in his eyes
he exist and she does too
Clyde A. Wray
April 24, 2009
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Censorship, Politicians And A Empty Refrigerator
Censorship
Politicians And A Empty Refrigerator
Its amazing the things polite society
won’t allow you to say or write
but they’ll pay through the nose
to hear a comic say it
A man might say “ I mean no harm but
you’re beautiful”
now
that’s has become a sexist statement
the comic says
“you’re beautiful I want to suck your tits”
ha ha he he
the audience paid a bundle to hear
the word tits…
much like the porn business
nobody is watching
but the industry is making billions
and nobody is in the censorship business
but write the words clit and shit in the same sentence
you’ll come to know the hammer of god
as god-damn lethal.. oops
because nobody
is in the censorship business
write some not so nice things about politicians
in a language
that gives a true account and an accurate description
the magazine will shut down
before they print it
the censor czar will make it X-rated
declare he’s not bias although he’s
college educated
never been to a neighborhood
where Junior high is the highest education
and language skills are seen
as over-rated
because they can’t read in the dark
and there’s an absence of heat
and not a fucking thing in the refrigerator to eat
Clyde A. Wray
April 23, 2009
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Politicians And A Empty Refrigerator
Its amazing the things polite society
won’t allow you to say or write
but they’ll pay through the nose
to hear a comic say it
A man might say “ I mean no harm but
you’re beautiful”
now
that’s has become a sexist statement
the comic says
“you’re beautiful I want to suck your tits”
ha ha he he
the audience paid a bundle to hear
the word tits…
much like the porn business
nobody is watching
but the industry is making billions
and nobody is in the censorship business
but write the words clit and shit in the same sentence
you’ll come to know the hammer of god
as god-damn lethal.. oops
because nobody
is in the censorship business
write some not so nice things about politicians
in a language
that gives a true account and an accurate description
the magazine will shut down
before they print it
the censor czar will make it X-rated
declare he’s not bias although he’s
college educated
never been to a neighborhood
where Junior high is the highest education
and language skills are seen
as over-rated
because they can’t read in the dark
and there’s an absence of heat
and not a fucking thing in the refrigerator to eat
Clyde A. Wray
April 23, 2009
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Excuse Me, Did You Mistake My Vote As A Referendum For A Popularity Contest For You
Excuse Me, Did You Mistake My Vote
As A Referendum For A Popularity Contest
For You
You speak for me
not that I love you
you were better than the others
or at least I thought so…
but now
you speak for me
the politics
of the office has corrupted
you
and yet you still speak for me…
now you sound as if you
speak in tongues…
did you think I loved you
far from it…
decisions you make
are as if I spoke those words
myself…
my children depend on me
and I on you
you spoke for me
and now my words sound
as if they’ve erupted from a uncapped sewer
do you think I love you
more than I love myself that I’d let myself
become so foul…
and yet
you still speak for me that is until
your term runs out!
Clyde A. Wray
April 19, 2009
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As A Referendum For A Popularity Contest
For You
You speak for me
not that I love you
you were better than the others
or at least I thought so…
but now
you speak for me
the politics
of the office has corrupted
you
and yet you still speak for me…
now you sound as if you
speak in tongues…
did you think I loved you
far from it…
decisions you make
are as if I spoke those words
myself…
my children depend on me
and I on you
you spoke for me
and now my words sound
as if they’ve erupted from a uncapped sewer
do you think I love you
more than I love myself that I’d let myself
become so foul…
and yet
you still speak for me that is until
your term runs out!
Clyde A. Wray
April 19, 2009
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Indifference By Another Name Is Called A Politician
Indifference by Another Name
Is Called A Politician
Indifference
by another name
is called a politician
most often they present themselves
as tricksters and magicians
they’ll say
they’ll perform this
they’ll say
they’ll give you that
but what they really have
is a wand and a rabbit in a top hat
it’s all done with mirrors
to trick you and me and if they do it well
it will leave us
trembling at the knees…
The magician
is indifferent to your daily plight
he’ll tell you quite plainly
it’s day
when you know damn well it’s night
he’ll build another tower
when the water you drink is sour
pay his consultant buddies double
when they haven’t worked an hour…
Indifference by another name
is called a politician
unless you have deep pockets
he cares not about the place you
and your children live in
because quite frankly
you don’t fit into his grandiose vision!
Clyde A. Wray
April 18, 2009
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Is Called A Politician
Indifference
by another name
is called a politician
most often they present themselves
as tricksters and magicians
they’ll say
they’ll perform this
they’ll say
they’ll give you that
but what they really have
is a wand and a rabbit in a top hat
it’s all done with mirrors
to trick you and me and if they do it well
it will leave us
trembling at the knees…
The magician
is indifferent to your daily plight
he’ll tell you quite plainly
it’s day
when you know damn well it’s night
he’ll build another tower
when the water you drink is sour
pay his consultant buddies double
when they haven’t worked an hour…
Indifference by another name
is called a politician
unless you have deep pockets
he cares not about the place you
and your children live in
because quite frankly
you don’t fit into his grandiose vision!
Clyde A. Wray
April 18, 2009
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Help It Appears To Be Contagious
Help It Appears To Be Contagious
We’ve all known incompetence
ineptness too
they clamor around fuddy-duddies
good old boys too…
they linger on the steps of places
like city hall
knock quite loudly
behind their secret chambers
doors…
Incompetence doesn’t want light
it’s afraid that you might see
its nothing but a bully
when it gives a bully-pulpit speech
call you an ass because you don’t agree
with their inept tactics
that aren’t meant for a democracy…
We’ve all been inept
a time or two
when you find you can’t change a tire
can’t tie a tie
can’t cook a simple pot of stew
but its unhealthy
contagious when it’s lived around
the way politicians do…
Incompetence loves arrogance
foolishly you see
incompetence and arrogance
like to look down on the powerless
until a firm boot sends them out to the sea
then they’ll be heard to say
“how could this be happening to me”
Clyde A. Wray
April 17, 2009
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We’ve all known incompetence
ineptness too
they clamor around fuddy-duddies
good old boys too…
they linger on the steps of places
like city hall
knock quite loudly
behind their secret chambers
doors…
Incompetence doesn’t want light
it’s afraid that you might see
its nothing but a bully
when it gives a bully-pulpit speech
call you an ass because you don’t agree
with their inept tactics
that aren’t meant for a democracy…
We’ve all been inept
a time or two
when you find you can’t change a tire
can’t tie a tie
can’t cook a simple pot of stew
but its unhealthy
contagious when it’s lived around
the way politicians do…
Incompetence loves arrogance
foolishly you see
incompetence and arrogance
like to look down on the powerless
until a firm boot sends them out to the sea
then they’ll be heard to say
“how could this be happening to me”
Clyde A. Wray
April 17, 2009
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Another Mystery, Who, Why and To and From Where
Another Mystery, Who
Why and To and From Where
He hears the sound of rushing feet
away
away
a heart is drifting
away
away
He hears the sound of rushing feet
away
away
Will they return from
away
away
today
today
from
away
away
Clyde A. Wray
April 17, 2009
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Why and To and From Where
He hears the sound of rushing feet
away
away
a heart is drifting
away
away
He hears the sound of rushing feet
away
away
Will they return from
away
away
today
today
from
away
away
Clyde A. Wray
April 17, 2009
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Day The Yellow Marigolds Didn't Arrive
The Day The Yellow Marigolds
Didn’t Arrive
Wanted to send you yellow Marigolds
anonymously
so you’d have sunshine to place on your desk
it then occurred to me
all the inquisitive questions your
fellow co-workers would ask…
I’d liked to have thought they would
put bright back in your eyes
as you day dreamed of soaring across the sky
perhaps
place a few yellow flowers
in your hair
as you sit at your glass topped desk
feeling as if you are going nowhere…
Wanted
to send you yellow Marigolds
to the office you’re stuck in
perhaps this note is one step better
it’s a brief note from a friend!
Clyde A. Wray
April 16, 2009
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Didn’t Arrive
Wanted to send you yellow Marigolds
anonymously
so you’d have sunshine to place on your desk
it then occurred to me
all the inquisitive questions your
fellow co-workers would ask…
I’d liked to have thought they would
put bright back in your eyes
as you day dreamed of soaring across the sky
perhaps
place a few yellow flowers
in your hair
as you sit at your glass topped desk
feeling as if you are going nowhere…
Wanted
to send you yellow Marigolds
to the office you’re stuck in
perhaps this note is one step better
it’s a brief note from a friend!
Clyde A. Wray
April 16, 2009
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Wicked Hot Flair
Wicked Hot Flair
It’s just not enough to say
you love me
just not enough to say
you care
it isn’t enough to send me
spring flowers
tell me
you’d never rain on my parade
it’s just not enough to say
you love the highlights
in my hair…
It’s not enough to tell me
I’ve got the grandest style
a wicked hot flair
end it by saying
you want to whisper the hottest things
soothingly in my ear
it’s just not enough..
It’s not to pretend
not enough to play
but for today
it occurs to me
who gets everything they want
anyway
Clyde A. Wray
April 15, 2009
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It’s just not enough to say
you love me
just not enough to say
you care
it isn’t enough to send me
spring flowers
tell me
you’d never rain on my parade
it’s just not enough to say
you love the highlights
in my hair…
It’s not enough to tell me
I’ve got the grandest style
a wicked hot flair
end it by saying
you want to whisper the hottest things
soothingly in my ear
it’s just not enough..
It’s not to pretend
not enough to play
but for today
it occurs to me
who gets everything they want
anyway
Clyde A. Wray
April 15, 2009
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Before The Facts Become A Blur
It matters not
where you go or whom you’re with
I’ll always be connected to you
I’ve reached down deep
to touch your soul
touched you there
came to know that you are whole
breathed the same air as you
when the sun was high
a sky that was a beautiful blue
a day your eyes spoke loudly for you
yes I’ll always be connected to you…
Before the facts become a blur
somewhere in that space of time
where friendships get lost
denied
I know I’ll always be connected to you
it matters not
where you go or whom you’re with…
Clyde A. Wray
April 14, 2009
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It matters not
where you go or whom you’re with
I’ll always be connected to you
I’ve reached down deep
to touch your soul
touched you there
came to know that you are whole
breathed the same air as you
when the sun was high
a sky that was a beautiful blue
a day your eyes spoke loudly for you
yes I’ll always be connected to you…
Before the facts become a blur
somewhere in that space of time
where friendships get lost
denied
I know I’ll always be connected to you
it matters not
where you go or whom you’re with…
Clyde A. Wray
April 14, 2009
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Monday, April 13, 2009
When Cannons Roar
When Cannons Roar
The cannons cried
screamed
children wept
parents and children alike
found craters to jump in
a car bomb exploded in the fruit market
fruit went to holy hell
sent a dozen shoppers off
to heaven
the car itself was fully totaled
an* IED rained scalpel
from which no umbrella could protect
the poppy plants for the heroin
are very well protected..
all hell broke loose in the streets
the blood as deep as snow
someone’s limbs lay in a heap
in a rug shop around the corner
the green zone was the safe haven
but the mortars didn’t know
they accidentally flew in
during a heated debate about
the course of the war
and the cannons
continued to scream
to roar
to roar
to roar
until the sky was flesh colored
until the smell of death pervaded throughout the city
until the stench slid under every door…
Clyde A. Wray
April 13, 2009
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*Improvised explosive devise
The cannons cried
screamed
children wept
parents and children alike
found craters to jump in
a car bomb exploded in the fruit market
fruit went to holy hell
sent a dozen shoppers off
to heaven
the car itself was fully totaled
an* IED rained scalpel
from which no umbrella could protect
the poppy plants for the heroin
are very well protected..
all hell broke loose in the streets
the blood as deep as snow
someone’s limbs lay in a heap
in a rug shop around the corner
the green zone was the safe haven
but the mortars didn’t know
they accidentally flew in
during a heated debate about
the course of the war
and the cannons
continued to scream
to roar
to roar
to roar
until the sky was flesh colored
until the smell of death pervaded throughout the city
until the stench slid under every door…
Clyde A. Wray
April 13, 2009
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*Improvised explosive devise
Saturday, April 11, 2009
She's Found Wings
She’s Found Wings!
She thought to see
into his eyes
to see what she might surmise
but to her surprise
not a thing there
but dull dead eyes
no laughter
that she could see
no hint of love or forbearance there
only the dull dead stare…
No light
or the slightest smile
no music
that made those eyes dance awhile
no recognition
of the time they’d spent
how they had loved
or where it went
the eyes were dull
and very spent
she’d lived in emotional poverty
a fresh spring breeze has come
she’s found wings
Clyde A. Wray
April 11, 2009
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She thought to see
into his eyes
to see what she might surmise
but to her surprise
not a thing there
but dull dead eyes
no laughter
that she could see
no hint of love or forbearance there
only the dull dead stare…
No light
or the slightest smile
no music
that made those eyes dance awhile
no recognition
of the time they’d spent
how they had loved
or where it went
the eyes were dull
and very spent
she’d lived in emotional poverty
a fresh spring breeze has come
she’s found wings
Clyde A. Wray
April 11, 2009
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Friday, April 10, 2009
On The Good Side
On The Good Side
Hot damn
on the good side of Terra Firma
you know the topside of the ground
sat on the stoop
took a quick look around
the fog
the smoke
the staleness of the air
inhaled deeply shouted inwardly
hot damn and thank god I’m still here!...
grabbed a bit of brown grass
from a patch of city sooty soil
did a little spin around stood up on my toes
stretched out my arms whispered
bring on the city noise
I’m here for awhile
take a good look world see my two feet still
above the ground
Clyde A. Wray
April 10, 2009
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Hot damn
on the good side of Terra Firma
you know the topside of the ground
sat on the stoop
took a quick look around
the fog
the smoke
the staleness of the air
inhaled deeply shouted inwardly
hot damn and thank god I’m still here!...
grabbed a bit of brown grass
from a patch of city sooty soil
did a little spin around stood up on my toes
stretched out my arms whispered
bring on the city noise
I’m here for awhile
take a good look world see my two feet still
above the ground
Clyde A. Wray
April 10, 2009
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Silence
Silence
Oh I love the silence
when I walk in the dark
to hear my own heart beat
able to count my own pulse
the silence has a smell
all of its own
the city the parks
the forest where I roam alone…
the silence has depth
reaches deep down in my soul
no fear of being there neither lost or alone
it’s like going home
to be with that someone
once long gone
Clyde A. Wray
April 8, 2009
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Oh I love the silence
when I walk in the dark
to hear my own heart beat
able to count my own pulse
the silence has a smell
all of its own
the city the parks
the forest where I roam alone…
the silence has depth
reaches deep down in my soul
no fear of being there neither lost or alone
it’s like going home
to be with that someone
once long gone
Clyde A. Wray
April 8, 2009
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Sonnet # 220
Sonnet # 220
He fell beneath the liquid moonlight
to an angel on a star studded night
in the night’s ever glowing light
she glanced, she smiled, she flipped her hair
not one word did he utter
he felt strange, queer, something in him didn’t dare
though the heavenly scent of orange blossoms
the sweet smell of romance filled the air
these two single hearts were meant to be a pair
a song of summer love now gently filled the air
night’s panorama overtook them before they got to the top of stairs
the magic of a moment always miraculously and suddenly appears;
Who knows what the fates have in their store
go in try a warm heart before they shut and lock the door
Clyde A. Wray
April 4, 2009
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He fell beneath the liquid moonlight
to an angel on a star studded night
in the night’s ever glowing light
she glanced, she smiled, she flipped her hair
not one word did he utter
he felt strange, queer, something in him didn’t dare
though the heavenly scent of orange blossoms
the sweet smell of romance filled the air
these two single hearts were meant to be a pair
a song of summer love now gently filled the air
night’s panorama overtook them before they got to the top of stairs
the magic of a moment always miraculously and suddenly appears;
Who knows what the fates have in their store
go in try a warm heart before they shut and lock the door
Clyde A. Wray
April 4, 2009
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
You Gave Them Wings To Fly High
You Gave Them Wings To Fly High
Your eyes
never leave them
as the scramble out the door…
In winter you put enough
clothes on them
they
out weight a horse
god-forbid comes a cough
a sneeze
they’re whisked off to the doctor
legs tight together
you wouldn’t stop to let them
take a pee…
You watch television
the news
every night
you ask yourself
how it is
you can live being so frightened
disease
pedophiles
abductors and more
lunatics that come and knock at your door
is it any wonder
you lock and bolt your front door
they’re out there
so many
you can’t keep score
the tormented
the angry
that want to rip
into your happy home…
But the sun-rises
the sun-sets
each day you gave
you knew you gave your very best
the extra hug
the extra kiss
the extra little squeeze
when you bent down
stooped
got down on your knees
told them you loved them
so many times
you thought your children
believed
in the middle of the night
you’d lost control of your mind…
Now
open the door
to the broad daylight
you’ve tutored them well
strengthened their wings
taught them how to fly
wish them well
tell them to fly high!!!
Clyde A. Wray
April 2, 2009
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Your eyes
never leave them
as the scramble out the door…
In winter you put enough
clothes on them
they
out weight a horse
god-forbid comes a cough
a sneeze
they’re whisked off to the doctor
legs tight together
you wouldn’t stop to let them
take a pee…
You watch television
the news
every night
you ask yourself
how it is
you can live being so frightened
disease
pedophiles
abductors and more
lunatics that come and knock at your door
is it any wonder
you lock and bolt your front door
they’re out there
so many
you can’t keep score
the tormented
the angry
that want to rip
into your happy home…
But the sun-rises
the sun-sets
each day you gave
you knew you gave your very best
the extra hug
the extra kiss
the extra little squeeze
when you bent down
stooped
got down on your knees
told them you loved them
so many times
you thought your children
believed
in the middle of the night
you’d lost control of your mind…
Now
open the door
to the broad daylight
you’ve tutored them well
strengthened their wings
taught them how to fly
wish them well
tell them to fly high!!!
Clyde A. Wray
April 2, 2009
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