THIS SHELL OF OURS

THIS SHELL OF OURS

This shell

This outer covering

Casing our inner soul

Shielding

From the outside world

Guard

Defense

Security

Only come out when the

All is clear

But why hide within this shell

There is much beauty

That we withhold

Refuse to show

Deny

And suppress

We keep our feelings

Locked in chains

And bars

Never leading us very far

Squashed

Quelled

Subdued

Never happy

Feeling the blues

We are born to be free

Wild and free

With no oppressions

Except our own

Limitations

That binds us from freedom within

Taking a leap of faith

Hope

And trust

With love

All is possible

Not impossible

Leads us to excel

Shine

Outstrip

The old, old shell

That has kept us glued

To our spot

This place

This mark in time

Shining our inner beauty

For they that may see

Our love

Our peace

Our trust

Our caring

Our sharing

Abounding

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

4^th June 2012

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TAKEN FROM THE ANTHOLOGY

'HEARTFELT BARING ALL'

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IF I LET YOU IN

IF I LET YOU IN

If I let you in would I let you win?

If I opened my heart would you tear it apart?

If I let you into these concrete walls so tall

Where would we be at all?

If I let you in would we both win?

Should I let you in when you keep stumbling on the floor?

Should I let you in when you cannot stop knocking on the door?

Is it worth all the risk to let you in?

Should I let you in where I keep all my secrets safe?

Should I let you in in my deepest places?

Where I have kept myself safe

Are you playing it safe?

Or just a playing kind

Where I do mind with your mind games

That is why I won’t let you in with your fame

If I let you in would you make this house a home?

Or would you rather roam?

Is it worth it to be hurt like before?

Are you worth the risk to be let in?

And you keep saying

“I am not sure”

So why should I let you in?

Prove yourself to be let in!

Prove, prove

Because I shall move away from this door

Where you will be no more

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

12^th December 2014

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UNBREAKABLE

UNBREAKABLE

Our love is unbreakable

Our love is unmistakable

Our love is untouchable

And right now nothing can take you away from me!

My baby you’re all that I need

I’m in heaven

You’ve turned this world around for me

Right now all your love is what I need

And now my dreams are coming true

Right through all the storms

I feel free, free!

I just cannot bear being without you

You are constantly in my thoughts

Thoughts of making love

Now you are here, I shall not let you go

My arms constantly wrapped around you

I want our love to grow and flow

I cannot breathe until you are here with me

I cannot sleep until you are here with me

I cannot rest until you are in my arms

I cannot get enough of you!

You are my heaven here on earth

When you walk into the room

My heart goes zoom, zoom

Racing, pacing

Wanting you in these arms

You are my miracle for living

You are my reason for living

In a world without you

Where would I be?

There would be no reason to

Laugh, cry or smile

I’d miss you by the miles

This world would be incomplete

This world would be imperfect

Oh, oh

When I see you I go weak

Weak at the thought of you

I fall, fall and go under

When you are not around

So stay here

Here in my arms

My heart

My soul

Oh, oh

Whoa, whoa

My knees go weak

I cannot speak

Your silence is so soothing

Your silence has me moving

Moving closer and closer to you

Babe oh babe

There is no maybe

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

10^th December 2014

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OH TO BE LOVED

OH TO BE LOVED

To be loved by you

With this screaming heart

That feels like it is tearing apart

Be my baby

Be my baby now, tonight

I want to hold you tight

I’d adore you forever

I’d adore you for all eternity

I’d scream it out loud

To the heavens above

I’d scream it out loud

In the pouring rain

I’d scream it out loud

Take me I am yours

Tell me I am the only one

Our passion would be complete

I’d scream it out loud

In the thunder and lightening

I’d scream it out loud

When you say my name

I’d scream it out loud

I’d do the do for you

I’d scream it out loud

It’s for us too

Now I want to stop screaming out loud

All I want is you, you!

To hold me tenderly

To kiss me with your fiery passion

There was a time when I thought I could handle my emotions

But you send me into a whirlwind of motions

Your touch sends me into a total maniac

And then that is when I lose all control

Your slightest sends me into a fiery passionate woman

Never let me go, go

Just hold me tighter, tighter in the rain

So that we love each other again

Stay, stay

Never, ever go away!

Take me higher and higher

My passionate lover

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

9^th December 2014

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TRAMPING THE STREETS #2

TRAMPING THE STREETS #2

I see you looking at me as the ‘low life’

Did you know I had a wife?

Where everything was full of strife

Yes I was once like you

Walking the streets, pavements

Making all the payments

Daft as it may seem!

I see you looking at me as though I am the

‘Scum of the earth’

It’s not always our fault

We jumped higher over that vault  

Yes we gambled

Gambled it all away

And not monetary

We took many chances

“Hey you and your glances”

“If you took the time to look around”

“You’re no better than I”

“So take a look in my eye!”

“It’s weathered, battered and shattered”

“They’ve looked better and nothing mattered”

“But I am abiding my time”

“I don’t need your nickel or dime!”

“I thought this life would be free”

“No not this tramping the streets”

“My previous life”

“My friends and family”

 “They deserted me when things went wrong”

“Their treasured possessions, obsessions”

“Obsessed, obsessed, obsessed!”

“Till there was nothing left”

“I’ve joined the queues”

“Paid my dues”

“Yes paid my dues”

“I owe you nothing!”

“And you owe me nothing”

“Well except for some understanding”

“See I’m upstanding, not bent and buckled”

“Nor raw at the knuckles”

“I keep my faith, hope and belief”

“That one day there will be some relief”

“Relief from this ‘Tramping The Streets’”

“So before you judge us think on”

“We are not all that it seems”

“Look beyond the shadows, faces, and our sleeping places”

“We are human just like you, with feelings!”

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

8^th December 2014

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