I CALL THE SHOTS

I CALL THE SHOTS

I call the shots so listen up!

No just shut up!

I won’t be brought down

I won’t be frowned upon

You maybe some hotshot

In your own little world

But listen up!

You will not drag me down

You will not hang up or hang me down

And treat me like a clown

Your inflated ego and idiom’s go

That definitely needs to go

The charm, which does harm

Right now you have met your match!

We are supposed to be one!

But it just seems you are the only one!

In this game of male versus female

Instead of all equals which should be done

The power struggle of mind and body

With no care or exceptions

So just shut up, and listen up

I won’t take this any longer

You make exceptions or I walk the walk

With no talking

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

15^th July 2013

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NOTHING IS TRULY MINE

NOTHING IS TRULY MINE

This book that I am truly reading

All my wishes and dreams

Have not come to fruitation

Causing frustrations

But all I can do is dream

And wish

That the sun will continue to shine

And maybe one day you will be mine

My daily journal

My life’s journey

Read these words

Words of love

In this story

Yet they belong to another

Not to each other

The sheer, sheer disappointment

In the lovers voice

Not his or her choice

Yet they have left home

A home of warmth

Love

Adornment

Yet they have said to each other

“Oh please do not leave home”

“I’ll be your safety and guard”

How can those words ring so true?

And here they are both gone and left each other

For another!

Now here I am passing the time and hours

The hours and days

Not sure whether it is a wasted way

But here I lay

Wondering which way

Which way

Which way

Their eyes wide open

And here he is letting her down

And not gently

Breaking her heart

Right apart

And here she is letting him down

And not gently!

Oh what a pair

Oh what a tear

And it is breaking my heart

How can there be a cloudless sky?

The birds flying by

Without a care

And here I lay with a wrenching heart

That these two have torn apart

Maybe it is a familiar story

Or is it?

Or just a story waiting to happen

But my love for you will be eternal

No letting you down either

It’ll be a love for ever

Together

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

20^th November 2014

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LIVING IN THE MOMENT

LIVING IN THE MOMENT

All I want to do is live for these moments

Never wanting to be away from you

When all I want is a friend and not a lover

Under the covers

I just need time to recover

Recover, recover

From all the pain and hurt

Not wearing your shirt

All I need is just a friend

To the bitter end

A friend who’d understand

A side of me that’ll be known

A friend that’ll never be outgrown

A lover is not what I need right now!

Oh for crying out loud!

Why won’t they listen?

They can keep the moonlight

The stars shining so bright

The kisses

The missives

The messages

Just won’t change my mind

The creeping, crawling

Trawling for their lover

The thrill has gone

Gone, gone!

You just wanted to see what you wanted

Not what is for real!

So tell me why you are so afraid

Afraid of that heavenly touch

Touches so surreal

But you didn’t want real!

You just needed a lover

Under your covers

But I’ll find a way to heal

But not at your heels

Just tell me why you are so, so afraid?

Yet you’ll always swim for the safe

Shoreline

A shoreline so safe and secure

I thought I would hold that dream

But you changed it to your tune

Not to our tune!

Now is the time to heal

Heal, heal

It would help me to know?

Was I the best you have ever known?

Oh this crazy battlefield

A war zone

With neither in the same tone

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

19^th November 2014

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NOT THAT FAR AWAY

NOT THAT FAR AWAY

Not That Far Away

One shining star

Shining your own light

Up there on the stage

And silver screen

Watching in the wings

Never saying a word

Not my world

Yours my shining star

Then the tables turned

You were watching

Following

Events, situations

All the way through

Heck you scared me almost to death

Now I hear those three little words

And you have mine

So now what happens?

What has changed?

Or has it?

No judge or jury

Can fix this one

Or can they?

Not a chance!

This world has changed

From this date on

I am scared

Upside down

Inside out

So afraid

Time to come out in the open

No more up there either

And the using the in-betweeners

So please get on that flight

And come here to me

So that we can speak

Face to face

Do the right thing

Either ring or knock that door

No more messing

Any more

I love you too

Have done for more than you will ever know

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

18^th November 2014

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SUMMER BREEZE

SUMMERS BREEZE

The coolness of the breeze

Wafting through

The birds on the wing

Their dancing merrily

Greeting each and everyone

How long since they met

And parted at the end of

Summers sun

Cawing, squawking

Have loads of fun

The gentle summer breeze

Softly, gently

Swirling in the air

The golden sun

Lighting the sky

Beauty behold

Illumination

Lighting

 Brilliance

So radiant

The warmth

The sparkle

Glistening

Like gold dust

In the summer breeze

Spreading like a flowers seed

From sky to sky

Over the clouds

The trees

And the hills in the distance

Oh such bliss

And joy

To feel the summer breeze

Swirling and dancing

Lifting, elevating, stretching and widening

The wings of my gown

Shimmering

Pinks and gold

Unfurling

Like feathers

Pointing

Up, up to the

Summer breeze

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

1^st June 2012

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Taken from the anthology of poems

SUNBURST AND FLAMES 

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