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Laments
THE SADDEST ANGEL
Published by The International Society of Poets 'Anthology 1999' also published in 1996 'FLIGHT'
AS YOU LOOKED UPON AN ANGEL'S FACE
AND THOUGH THERE WERE NO WINGS IN PLACE
THERE WITHIN YOU FOUND GOD'S LOVE
AN ANGELS GLOW FROM ABOVE
A PIECE OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SINCE YOUR BIRTH
SO MANY TIMES THE "ANGEL HEARD
SOMEONE WHO WOULD SPEAK THE WORD
ANGEL ANGEL THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE
YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOD'S SHINING STAR
BUT THE ANGEL NEVER KNEW
IF THE WORDS WERE REALLY TRUE
THE ANGEL LIVED IN FLESH AND BONE
AND HAD TO CALL THE EARTH HER HOME
SHE NEVER QUITE COULD FIGURE OUT
WHY HER LOVE WAS IN DOUBT
SHE KNEW HER HEART WAS ALWAYS TRUE
BUT WHY NO ONE SAW OR KNEW
SO ALONE SHE LIVED HER LIFE
HURTS AND LIES AND ENDLESS STRIFE
THE ANGEL'S GLOW BEGAN TO FADE
AND THE STAR THAT GOD HAD MADE
WENT TO HIDING DEEP INSIDE
THE SADDEST TEARS EVER CRIED
THE WORLD HAS HATE FOR GOD AND LOVE
AND THE SADDEST ANGEL FROM ABOVE
The Saddest Angel was originally written as a poem then set to music and is performed as an inspirational song by Dawn Maracle.
SHAME
Published and recorded by The International Library of Poetry 1999 The International Library of Poetry Presents' THE SOUND OF POETRY'
SHAME, SHAME ON ME
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVING YOU
SHAME, SHAME ON YOU
SHAME ON YOU FOR BEING CRUEL
SHAME, YOU HAVE NO SHAME
I'LL TAKE THE BLAME, I'LL TAKE THE BLAME
FOR LETTING YOU TAKE MY HEAD
STEAL MY HEART, YOUR LIES IN BED
TELLING ME, WE WOULD BE
FOREVER FOR ETERNITY
JUST WORDS, EMPTY WORDS
THAT YOU SAID, WORDS I MISREAD
AND THE TEARS THAT I CRIED
WERE FOR NOTHING MORE THAN LIES
SHAME
(Shame was originally written as a song and then submitted as poetry. You can hear Shame performed by Dawn Maracle live by request)
OCEANS OF TEARS
FROM A TEAR DROP TO A PUDDLE
FROM A PUDDLE TO A STREAM
FROM A STREAM TO A RIVER
FROM A RIVER TO THE SEA
I'VE CRIED OCEANS OF TEARS
FROM THE OCEAN TO THE RIVER
FROM THE RIVER TO THE STREAM
FROM THE STREAM TO THE PUDDLE
FROM THE PUDDLE TO THE TEAR
NOW THE TEARS ARE ALL CRIED
ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN DRIED
NOW THERE'S NO MORE TEARS
NO MORE PUDDLES, NO MORE FEARS
NO MORE STREAMS, NO MORE RIVERS
NO MORE DREAMS, NO MORE GIVERS
NO HEART NO LOVE
I'M NOT IN LOVE ANYMORE
MY HEART IS DEAD TO THE WORLD
AFTER ALL I'VE LOVED ENOUGH
TO LAST MY WHOLE LIFE THROUGH
I'VE FELT IT ALL
THE THRILL THE PAIN
I'VE FELT IT STRONG
BUT ALL IN VAIN
WHAT I SOUGHT
LIKE CRAZED OBSESSION
NOW SEEMS DULL
WITH NO EXPRESSION
I SIT AND STARE
SEEM UNAWARE
OF LIFE THAT DOES SURROUND ME
I DRIFT NO RUE
A DEAD ISSUE
NOW ACCEPTING THIS DECREE
I CAN NOT LOVE
I CAN NOT FEEL
I CAN NOT SEEM TO CARE
I CAN NOT GET
IT BACK AGAIN
IT ALL SEEMS SO UNFAIR
ONCE MY HEART LEAPT
WAY TO FAR
AND NOW IT'S GONE FOR GOOD
I SHOULD HAVE KEPT
IT CLOSE TO ME
TOO LATE FOR SAYING SHOULD
WHAT'S LEFT NOW
IS BUT TO TRY
TO LIVE WITHOUT A HEART
GETTING USED TO
INDIFFERENCE
IS ONLY JUST THE START
MAYBE THE FIERY DARTS
THAT ALWAYS CAME MY WAY
WERE QUENCHED BY THE PARTS
THAT HAVE NOW GONE AWAY
JUST TOO MANY IT SEEMS THERE WERE
TO FIGHT WITHOUT A BREAK
THERE WAS NO TIME TO STOP FOR MYRRH
FOR HEALING FOR LOVE'S SAKE
INTEGRATION OF LOVE AND HATE
COULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE
WAY TO SEE THIS UNFEELING FATE
ALL IN ALL A WAY TO LIVE
THE LAST TEAR
AFTER ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
EACH TIME I THOUGHT I WAS OVER YOU
EACH TIME I CRIED AND DIED INSIDE
THEN RETURNED WITH SWALLOWED PRIDE
YOU WERE MY ONE ADDICTION
THE SINGLE CAUSE OF MY AFFLICTION
TO FIGHT IT OFF WITH GOOD INTENTIONS
FOUND ME WEAK FOR YOUR ATTENTIONS
THOUGH SHORT LIVED YOU GAVE ENOUGH
JUST TO KEEP ME FEELING LOVED
SO I'D STAY A LITTLE LONGER
IN THE MESS THAT I WOULD PONDER
THEN I'D THINK THERE WILL COME A DAY
LIFE WON'T ALWAYS BE THIS WAY
GOD WILL GRANT SWEET SERENITY
BREAK THE BOND AND SET ME FREE
NOW I'M FEELING JUST LIKE YOU
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO
BECAUSE OF YOU NOW I AM STRONG
MAKING RIGHT ALL THAT WAS WRONG
YOU NO LONGER ARE MY WEAKNESS
I DON'T HEAR WHEN YOU SPEAK SWEETNESS
NOW I SEE MY SELF ALONE
POSSESSING ALL THAT IS MY OWN
BEFORE ALONE WAS ONLY FEAR
NOW ALONE MEANS GOD IS NEAR
NOW IT'S TIME FOR MOVING ON
THE LAST TEAR FOREVER GONE
THE MIRROR OR MY WORDS
WOULD YOU SEE YOUR SELF IN THE WORDS THAT I WRITE
IF I MADE THEM PLAIN TO SEE?
LIKE LOOKING INTO A MIRROR AT NIGHT
AND GAZING VACANTLY
YOU SEEM TO SEE ONLY THINGS
THAT MAKE YOU LOOK REAL GOOD
YOUR THE ONLY ONE I SEE WHO SINGS
YOUR PRAISES, HOW UPRIGHT YOU'VE STOOD
AREN'T YOU GREAT AND RIGHT AND STRONG
KEEPING THE DEVIL FAR AWAY
SO QUICK TO TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG
ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU SAY
THOUGH YOU SAY THAT YOUR NOT PERFECT
BUT YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY
AND HOW IS IT RIGHT THAT YOU CAN ACT
SO DIS-RESPECTFULLY?
WHEN I TALK YOU LOOK AWAY
DIVIDING YOUR ATTENTION
THEN I SCREAM AND YOU SAY
SOMETHING WITH MUMBLED DICTION
YOU'LL WALK A WAY IN THE MIDDLE OF
SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO ME
I LOOK TO GOD UP ABOVE
PRAYING SOMEHOW YOU WILL SEE
IT'S PAINFUL HERE
AND LONELY TOO
IT'S SAD I FEAR
YOU WON'T DO
THE SEARCHING FROM WITHIN
LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR
SEEING HOW TO BEND
DRYING ALL THE TEARS
MAKING RIGHT WHAT WENT WRONG
SETTING STRAIGHT THE RECORD
TO START WITH SELF IS STEP ONE
USING THEN A MIGHTY SWORD
IF IN A MIRROR YOU CAN NOT SEE
ALL THAT MUST BE DONE
THEN YOU WILL NEVER BE
SOMEONE WHO HAS WON
LIFE GIVES BACK WHAT YOU GIVE
TO IT AND OTHERS TOO
IF ALL YOUR LIFE THAT YOU LIVE
LIKE SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS KNEW
EVERYTHING AND WAS ALWAYS RIGHT
OR A T LEAST EVERYONE WAS WRONG
AT THE END YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGHT
TO FIT IN AND BELONG
I KNOW YOU SAY YOUR NOT ALWAYS RIGHT
THEN WHY DO YOU ACT THIS WAY?
WHY ARE YOU TURNING ME OUT OF SIGHT
AND TUNING ME OUT EACH DAY?
COULD YOU SEE YOUR SELF IN THIS POEM
OR ARE YOU DETACHED FROM IT?
HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS GONE ON TO ROAM
DO YOU THINK I'M FULL OF SHIT?
WITH EACH WORD I'M WRITING DOWN
PRAYER IS GOING OUT
MY WORDS MAY ONLY MAKE A SOUND
CLEAR SENSE THEY MAKE NO DOUBT
YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO LOOK WITHIN
A MIRROR OR MY WORDS HERE
WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO SEE THERE IN
BASED ON STRENGTH OR FEAR
WILL EITHER MAKE OR BREAK YOU
TO STAY OR TO GROW
IT'S UP TO YOUWHAT YOU DO
AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SHOW
NOW OR THEN
ONE HUNDRED OR TEN
WE NEED TO GROW CONTINUALLY
AND EVEN BEYOND INFINITY
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