TIRED OF PLAYING THAT OLD MUSIC (New Poem)

TIRED OF PLAYING THAT OLD MUSIC

It’s driving me nuts

No ifs or buts

I cannot abide it

It sounds old and decrepit

Just like that record on the old juke box

You know the one

That goes on and on

It screeches and whines

Like a violin gone wrong

Played over and over

So here I go with a new one

It’ll be melodic

Symphonic

And oh so, so symbolic

Symbolic insofar as you’ll be far away

Far, far away

And these symbolic words portray it that way

And maybe one day

Just maybe one day

We’ll never play others games

That ended in bitter recriminations

Yet still I love you!

Through and through

But we threw it all away

Yet there is always the hope

There is always the truth

That you were my first true, dear love

We acted like two teenagers

Running wild and free

Running with the crowd

Running with the wind

Oh how could I resist desist

Oh I can hear a melody once again

The fever pitch of the violin

Not the screeching and whining

But of the violin strings being gently, gently played

Softly, softly

Quietly, quietly

Two violinists

Playing solo in two different orchestras

The loneliness, the separateness

Oh how I still love you my dear sweetness

And now we are free

When you were all I needed

When you are all I need!

This is the way it should be

Together, forever

Not two concert violinist going solo

Trying to forge a new beginning

I’ve watched you in the wings

I’ve watched you in the concert halls

You’ve looked troubled, sorrowed

Oh how I needed, wanted to be there with you

So here I stand solo

Solo violinist

Trying so hard to play a new tune

Modernistic, romantic

Symbolic

That’ll have the audiences wanting more and more

Dancing to the rhythmic beat

Dancing to the heat in stadiums

Bodies swaying

People with their banners

Asking for more and more

New memories

Yet I remain sentimental for the old days

The good old days

The sunny, sunny old days

So play, play to the new rhythm

Bring the cheer to your hearts and souls

With the rhythmic violins

Not the dreaded old rhythms

Bring the smiles to the faces of the world

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

30^th October 2016

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I'M A DREAMER (New Poem)

I’M A DREAMER

I’m a believer

And any dream I will retrieve

Retrieve for prosperity

Not for the riches that money can buy

But for the comforts, that’ll help me pass this by

I’ll stretch and pose

But I’ll hold my head up with poise

It’ll always be always

Loving, loving you

Through and through

This stage is not mine

My stage is elsewhere

Where there is more care and care

Opportunities

Chances

Prospects

Openings

And the biggest of them all the breaks

Breaks from the heartaches

I have forgiven myself!

All the wrongs that I have done

The grudges now dissipated

And all I now need is just to be friends

Nothing more or less

This disheveled life is free from strife

Only because I have filled in the cracks

The fissures  

The fractures

Fractures that have seen me broken

Battered and shattered

And now all I feel is freedom

Freedom to be me

So here I stand believing in the future

Believing that one day

You won’t forget to pass this way

The real, real you!

Not the one that is full of pride

The one who is not afraid to hide

Hide behind an ego

Egotistically puffed up and out

There is no going back to the start

Are you still searching?

Are you surviving without me?

Is it cold in your limelight?

Is there someone to ease the pain?

We cannot go back to the start

Then let’s make a new start

Where we can remain friends

I truly believe we can be

If only, if only

I change, change

I’ve lost the trust

What comes round, comes round

Lost the trust with you

How do I ever get that back with you?

If I let you in would I could i?

If I let you in, you would need to prove

Prove to me that I can trust you

You broke that trust!

With broken trust throughout the years

See it is just me letting you know how I feel

But I am tentatively learning

That huge word

TRUST

Yet I am a dreamer

A believer

Composing my composure

With all my emotions 

Hoping and wishing

That we can be friends

And stay friends

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

16^th October 2016

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ALL IS CALM (New Poem)

ALL IS CALM

As I sit here quietly calmly

The sun all aglow

There is peacefulness, stillness

That I am thinking about

That resided here long ago

It was filled with love and hope

A love that I so dreamily hoped for

But that was long ago

Today is filled with hope once more

A chance to wish

A chance to live

A chance to be happy

To dream the dreams

Where it will seem so real

Real, real, real!

Is it right to feel?

Is it right to want that feeling?

When all I really wish and hope for

Is someone to love me!

With all their heart and soul

As this heart is ready to love you

Adore you

Cherish you

Be your best friend

Be your lover

Be your heart and soul

Oh boy do you dream the same things?

If so come and find me

I will search high and low

For this elusive love

As I am sure that you are also

One day, one day

One day, one day maybe

That is not that far away

We’ll make sweet music

Together, together

Hoping, hoping forever

If we were together

Eternally, eternally

You’d be my passion

A passion so strong, strong

I’d never get enough of you!

When we swoon, swoon into unconsciousness

Oh such bliss, bliss

The silent, silent silence

Where we never need the words

Oh I’d never get enough of you

You’d teach me the real meaning of love

I’d teach you to

We’d never get enough of each other

Mentally

Internally

Emotionally

Psychologically

Mystically

Physically

Oh these wonderful feelings

That is so wished and hoped for

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

9^th October 2016

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LOVE IS NEVER QUESTIONABLE ............... (updated)

LOVE IS NEVER QUESTIONABLE

It hits you like a ton of bricks

When you least expect it

Love never plays tricks

Love comes and goes

Love is like a whisper across the shores

The oceans

The mountains

Across the miles and miles

A great tidal wave washing over you

Taking your breath away

Rocking your very foundation

Love moves mountains

How can love be questionable?

Why does it need to be questioned?

Why analysis it?

Love is unfathomable

That is why my love for you undeniable

That is why my love will carry you

Through and through

So true, true

With all your love that has carried you away

Away, away across these oceans

Life is too quiet without you

The hustling and bustling

Has been hushed

Silenced

Oh how I let you into this heart

Never believing that we would be apart

It smarts, smarts

But as long as you’ll always know

Our love will continually grow

We fought, we argued

Before your leaving

Now it is time for us to move on

Let’s move from the past

There is no one else to blame

Only, only ourselves

Please, please let us leave it all on the shelves

We both stated our cases

We both talked and talked

We both did the walk, walked

And you walked!

And never stay don’t, don’t

Because I won’t, won’t

This love of ours is never, ever questionable

Should I move on?

Then I shall not have you!

It’ll tear my heart apart

Ripped, ripped apart

This love of ours should never, ever be questionable

Are you questioning this love of ours?

Whilst being miles and miles away

I feel like walking on those hot, hot coals

You felt morally insane

Over and over again

Yet you want more and more

Yet alone, alone

Alone forlorn

Sticking to the rules

Not thinking of others that cross your paths

Paths that are forgiving

Paths that are forsaking

Yet it is your right

To go your own way

Sail away to your own fame and fortune

This is your own life

And maybe I’ll know you’ll be alright

And maybe one day I will be too

So never question this love that was once ours

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

1^st October 2016

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HERE WE ARE LOOKING INTO OUR SOULS (poetry)

HERE WE ARE LOOKING INTO OUR SOULS

The windows of our souls

The shining light

So bright

Glistening a golden light

I hear you, I feel you

Even though we are not touching

I feel the pain

The heartbreaking

That is affecting you

I feel deep too

I can feel your tears

Your fears

The sadness in your eyes

I am crying inside too

The wrenching

The twisting

The pulling

The tugging at my heart strings

My beauty

My friend

I see it too

What you are telling me

Is all so true

Eye to eye

Face to face

Beauty with grace

Nobility, dignity

All just a formality

I feel the solemnity

Your seriousness

And the earnestness

Shows in your face

Time will tell

Time will come

Time will go

But this is here and now

So let there be no soberness

Happiness in this moment

Cheering cheery

Even though we do not feel like it

I am here never fear

For we are as one

With no one else

Just us

Your and I

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

27^th September 2012

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Taken from the Ebook/Paperback editions

(c) Living Under The Same Sky

(c) Teresa Joseph Franklin

ABOVE AND BEYOND

ABOVE AND BEYOND

These great mountains and the skies

There is a spirit that passes us by

Maybe once in a while

His greatness and his grace

His presence we embrace

Above and beyond

The Great Spirit that is wolf

Once was

And told of

Above and beyond

Stories once told

Victories

Battles of old

But above and beyond

This character will behold

His presence is now held

With the old and the new

Who knew this great!

Spirit way above

And beyond

Above and beyond

His spirit will shine on

Just like the morning sun

Never ending

Never ceasing

Always begun

Above and beyond

The pack he belonged

Lives on

Way beyond

The rugged terrains

The snowcapped mountains

His spirit will remain

And reign

Way above and beyond

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

2^nd May 2012

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Taken from the eBook/paperback editions

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