I CANNOT GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD!

I CANNOT GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD!

I’ve tried so hard to wash you away

Yet here you are still in my head and heart

It’s still tearing me apart

I just want to sleep

Sleep, sleep

Sleep the sleep without you

It feels like you are still here

So very near

So very close

I need to know the reason

The reasons for your leaving 

You’ve left me grieving, grieving

With your leaving

My inner smile has gone

My outer smile has gone

The world is so, so cruel

So cruel, so cruel

You were this world of mine

All the time

Every day, every night

You made me feel special

Special, special

Your kisses drove me wild

Your caresses drove me wild

You touched my inner soul

My inner soul

Now I cannot get you out of my head

Now I feel dead!

Dead, dead

Lifeless, lifeless

Drowning, drowning with grief

We were not just lovers

We were best friends

I cannot face this world alone

Alone, alone

Now it seems that I was in the wrong 

How? How?

When? When?

And now it seems that you never cared

All that you were bothered with was what you wanted to hear!

Now the summer sun has gone

The dream has disappeared

You took my heart

Tore it right apart

The summer sun now burns my skin

The water no longer cleansing my skin

You took my heart without considering

Oh, oh what a fool

Fool to let it happen

I’ll get over you

I’ll get over you

Let the snow fall

Let this mind freeze

Let this mind go free

Let the skies fall

Let the snows fall

Let the skies continually be grey

And this heart goes away

I’ll always remember you

I’ll know exactly what you’ll say

Leave, leave

All the pain where there is nothing to gain

You say my tears will dry

Then you walk on by

With no good bye

I thought we had the good life!

A good thing, a good thing

Our own sweetest of things

Oh I cannot get you out of my head

Will you ever know what you have done to me?

You made me so, so happy

Now there is only darkness

A stark, stark darkness

Listen, listen to this heart

That has been broken right apart

Will this heart find its rightful home?

I’m going, going to surely try

I know that I’m going to miss your embraces

Yet surely know that you’ll never come back to me

Oh boy I cannot get you out of my head

All our yesterdays

Gone, gone

In another time and space

Gone, gone

But never forgotten

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

12^th February 2016

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THE RUSHING WAVES

THE RUSHING WAVES

The torrent of the waves and tides

That tosses us from side to side

Up and down

Upside down

Inside out

Every which way

But here is sit

Quietly

Calmly

Serenely

Breathing deeply

Taking the air

Right through my body

From head to toe

Slowly

Ignoring all that is

On the outside

The noise

The bustle

The voices

Calming

And quieting

All thoughts

Of the day

The stresses

The strains

The pressure

That can befall all

The rushing sounds of the waves

Of the sea

Taking over my senses

Peace

Tranquility

Serenity

As though

Riding the waves

That brings

A restless mind

And body

To a peaceful

Solution

A perfect ending

To rollercoaster day

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

21^st May 2012

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THE SOFTEST OF SOUNDS

THE SOFTEST OF SOUNDS

The softest sounds come from the heart

Where nothing can tear that apart

The sweet, sweet rhythms of a heart beat

The flow of energy, flowing gently

Very much like the ebony and ivory

Of the piano chords

The highs that sound like a whisper

The pounding beat of the low notes

Base drums beating with all that is

Sounding out the rhythms for the ballerina

Tap, tap, tip, tip toeing

Flowing, curving, rolling

The elegance, the grace

So fluent, so self-assured

So self-confident, so self-possessed

The tune, the melody

Striking a balance

For us to swing to

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

5^th April 2013

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FLAMES

FLAMES

There is a fire and a passion

That is surrounding me

Flames of desire

Not of the physical loves desire

A desire to be what I have always wanted to be

Myself and no else

Free from restrictions

Inhibitions

Get out there and let it be

Let it be

Whatever it maybe

Let it be

This world that throws the flames

The destruction

Mass production

Where are our passions?

Those passions we held as a child

Those dreams

Alight with a burning desire

Caught up in a world

With a do this

Do that

Where is that

Who done that

Then a burning fire of rage

Ignites

Wanting to fight back

But at times never knowing how

That raging fire is our ammo

The time to turn the tables

The time to get it back

The fire and passions

Oh sure as heck

Let’s get it back

Let it be with no anger

Or rage

Keep it cool and calmed

With a burning fires

Domain

Right in the heart

The soul

The spirit

With love

Free as can be

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

6^th July 2012

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Taken from the book of poems

(c) Heartfelt Baring All 

(c) Teresa Joseph Franklin 

SILENCE

SILENCE

Shush and listen to it

Not a sound

Not anything

Total, total silence

Not a bird in the sky

Flying by

Quietness

Stillness

Motionless

Oh what tranquility

The feeling of calmness

The sheer silence

Harmony

And serenity

I can sit here with full composure

With pose

Self-possession

Self-control

The trees and bushes

Hushed into silence

Not a single breeze

A waft floating by

So still

You could hear a pin drop

Close by

Enjoy the silence

The stillness

Before it passes you by

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

28^th July 2012

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Taken from the book of poems

(c) Heartfelt Baring All 

THROUGH THIS EYE

THROUGH THIS EYE

There is this world so blue

Looking me in the eye

Such a wonderful hue

This world for you

And I

Turning and yearning

For a better life

Away from the strife

That life has inflicted upon this earth

THROUGH THIS EYE

The world is looking back

At me

Showing me

All the wrong

And all that has gone wrong

From century to century

What have I done?

Oh my world!

THROUGH THIS EYE

Just you and I

The damage that’s been done

Land and country

Flooded

Land and country

Loaded

Populated

Where is the countryside’s?

Oh my world

What have we done?

What have I done?

No time and space

The things that have been erased

Animals no longer existed

Extinct

Gone but I will not forget

A great regret

What have I done to you?

Mother Earth?

What can I do?

I see such pain

And suffering

This is all too much to bear

I cannot close my eyes to all this

There are tears in this eye

I can no longer deny

Or live a lie

I am no longer asking why

This Mother Earth

Is part of me

For you and I

Whether we see eye to eye

Or not

I am one that will not let it begotten

From this day and the way forward

There is going to be a change

A change for a better

Mother Earth

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

3^rd May 2012

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