Repentance of the Addict

Should you believe my sorry once again?

I’d be a constant liar and you’d be insane

Lapse and relapse again and again and again

No recovery in sight no hope of light I cant refrain

What can I say, I did it again

This time with no remorse or pain

I have lost count, but for sure I’ll do it again

Let your heavens open and wash my soul with rain

A glimpse of light and normality runs through my veins

With each breath I take a thousand joys I cant contain

Though known my fleeting joy cannot remain

From my soul this curse cannot destain

My face showing years defeat and strain

from vicious circle of choices I make that I cant explain

Shacked by excuses and habits of an iron chain

Overpowered by a mind I cannot re-train

My wasted life I cant regain

Without hope my addiction will reign

I'm truly sorry I really am

I only hope I'll pass this exam

IM

Copyright © 2011

Silent Love

All stories have a beginning

And mine begins and ends with you

Like a needle in a haystack

You were a hidden gem

That no eye ever saw and no heart ever felt

Quietly you graced your being in our presence

No attention sought and none given

You’re always striving and very driven

It is at crossroads that hearts cross

Where decisions are made and admitting of loss

And there you stood before me and my heart did toss

I must confess, finding you

Was like finding truth

So much clarity and no need for proof

You’re like a white cloud in the sky so high above

Your view so clear and encompassing like a pure dove

You’re deep like the pearl in the oyster on the ocean bed

You adorn the heart, mind and spirit, my love

No other mind could have conceived

No look of sight could have perceived

No joyous heart could have received  

You more then mine, my love

I wish you were mine for even a minute

Whatever the fate in health and sickness,

For richer or poor, in every case,

Whatever the race for I would win it

For you I would win it,  my love

If you were mine for an hour

O god! What delight it would be!

I would sow every earth with your seeds

And paint every sky with your smiles

And make the trees to bow down and hug you

If you were mine for one whole day

O words do fail me, what can I say!

Tears of joy would drown me

No place in the universe would suffice me

To you no one I know compares, my love

If you knew my love for you

You would stand speechless like a statue

But you don’t, and you may never do.

All stories have a beginning

And mine begins and ends with you

My love x

IM

Copyright © 2011


Authors notes: This poem is written for all those who's love is silent and may never be felt by the one they love. For everyone there could be someone who silently loves you.....and if only you knew!

Fighting the unseen

Can my dreams come to life?

And all my hopes survive?

Sometimes the doubts creep in low

With persuasion, their seeds they sew

I fear to tread the life-long path

Make mistakes, lose any dignity I hath

I’m looking up and it is so steep

And wishing  life was one long sleep

How can I start?

Can I go on?

Can I last?

Sometimes the doubts march in fast

And force my thoughts to visit the  past

All the years I have tasted

All the opportunities I have wasted

There’s so much for me to do

If I work day and night

It will only amount to something slight

I know that time is so tight

So can you see my blight?

O’ brokenhearted don’t you know

Potential has no borders

Not arrested by time

Or captured by soldiers

If doubt was a prophet, I would never follow him

If he stood for presidency, I would not elect him

But if he was your father, would you disobey him?

And if fear could be seen, I would surely  kill it

If you gave me this  promise would you fulfill it?

If regret was a newborn child

I would feed it no milk, I would leave it trialled

But with your words, would I stand reviled?

If laziness was a violent man

On his freedom, I would enforce a ban

But will you arrest him and stop his plan?

The future is made today

Not next year or last May

Let us hold a funeral

and say our prayers on Mr Delay

One of the men of satan's way

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

With a big smile we say

The unseen enemies are now defeated

None of the wounds can go untreated

I know the  work is hard

But be assured there is a peak

Stand up and don’t be so meek

Know, after hardship comes ease

It heals pains and all worries cease

Imagine such a feeling

When you look up and there is no ceiling

Imagine that you were a machine

With a click of a button your past wiped clean

What dreams would you create?

What hopes would you ignite?

With all the tools inside of you

Soon you’ll know, they’re not a few

Now healed you stand

The future in your hand

Start it today

Little by little, your efforts will pay

So remember O' enlightened soul

Take no rest, until you reach your goal

By IM

Author's notes: Between many and their dreams are a host of unseen enemies, determined to stop them reaching their goals and maximizing their potential. These unseen enemies have been identified as: self doubt, fear of failure that leads to inactivity, procrastination, laziness, regret, and their allies. The future is like a blank page so don't let the unseen enemies write your story.