Monday, February 27, 2012

MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT

SOME DAYS I GET WRITER’S BLOCK
IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORDS GET OLDER AND COLDER
THEN I LOOK AT MY ASSISTANT’S BEAUTIFUL EYES
RIGHT TO MY LEFT, OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER
I THINK IN A PAST LIFE SHE WAS QUEEN OF THE NILE 
I COULD SEE ALL OF EGYPT IN HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE

IT’S TRUE WHEN THEY SAY
BEAUTY CAN OPEN UP DOORS
ONE LOOK INTO MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT’S EYES
AND THEN YOU GET THE FEELING LIKE THE WORLD IS YOURS
TIME AFTER TIME I SIT AND WRITE WITH MY FRIEND
THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF POETRY
AS BEAUTIFUL AS MY ASSISTANT
AND THE WISDOM AND SMOOTHNESS OF HER PEN
ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY OR AN INSTANT
BEAUTY TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP, JUST LIKEN MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT

Monday, February 6, 2012

SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T BUY

I RUMINATE ABOUT YOU AND I ALL THE TIME
MY MOTIVES ARE OSTENTATIOUS
STRAIGHT FROM THIS HEART OF MINE
I AM MAUDLIN WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
THE PROCESS OF WRITING YOU COULD NEVER BE RIGMAROLE
THE WORDS JUST FLOW AND COME RIGHT OUT FROM MY SOUL
WOULD NEVER TRY TO ESCHEW YOU
TO THINK OF YOU GIVES ME HYLCYON FEELINGS
IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET ME THROUGH
I HOPE YOU THINK I’M A WINSOME TYPE OF GUY
MY FEELINGS FOR YOU RUN THROUGH MY VEINS EFFLUENTLY
STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART
SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T BUY