compilation of personal poetry

8/11/2019 Compilation of Personal Poetry

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Compilation of all poems written

Contained hereinDouglas Woodall


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Table of Contents

A Choice ............................................................. 3

A Force of Nature ............................................... 4

Always ................................................................ 5

Am I lost? ........................................................... 6

Amber ................................................................ 7

Betrayal .............................................................. 8

Deceive ............................................................... 9

D'ochas (Hope) ................................................. 10

Firesong ............................................................ 12

For Eternity ...................................................... 15

Fork in the Road ............................................... 16

Heaven on Earth............................................... 17

Inmhearach ailleacht; Seachtrach gra .............. 18

Internal Pain ..................................................... 19

Light, Shadow, Eclipse ...................................... 20

Love is Cruel ..................................................... 22

Never Apart, Always There .............................. 23

Poetry and Love ............................................... 24

Rambles of the Lovesick ................................... 25

Should you feel ................................................ 26

Solitude ............................................................ 27

The Hidden Heart ............................................. 28

The Rare Selas .................................................. 29

The Unnamed ................................................... 30

To Let Go .......................................................... 34

Unknown Title #1 ............................................. 35

Unknown Title #2 ............................................. 36

Unknown Title #3 ............................................. 37

Unknown Title #4 ............................................. 40

Unnamed Title #5 ............................................ 41

Unnamed Title #6 ............................................ 42

Unnamed Title #7 ............................................ 43

Unnamed Title #8 ............................................ 44

Unrequited Love .............................................. 45

War .................................................................. 46

What is Love? (FF) ............................................ 47

What is Love? ................................................... 48

Where love dwells ........................................... 49

The World Exists for Love ................................ 50


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A ChoiceBy: Douglas Woodall

A choice my heart must makeTake a chance, confess what I feel?Or side with regret, which to take?A path, where pain is real


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A Force of NatureBy: Douglas Woodall

A desert flower blossomsBringing with it, the dewStartling sunshine blinds the nightShining bright, shining true

Warmth fills this soulFrom every crack to every seamHollow though now I feelIs this not my only dream?

Beautiful, nature isFrom every crevice cross the land

Every single blade of grassTo every single grain of sand

The clouds part with easeless wordsPutting heavens love to shameMountains move and oceans roarBrought to their knees, spoke your name

When cities crumble and heaven fallsWhen stars refuse to shineA love is missing, forever goneThis love not shown, is mine

Through curses and deaths follyThe final harp string strumsThe cascading masked march forevermoreTo the sound of the beating drum

So glorious your name is seenAll revere your soulWhen dust is dust and light is dim

Your soul shows is cold

Now, why you may have them all deceivedOf a heart beneath your breastI alone know the truthFor my love, doth never rest

You're the angel in an eternal darkness

The light of flames once lostInnocence in a land of HellBut I ask, at what cost?

You are the world to me alone

My strength, my beacon of hopeYou sit aloft joyouslyWhilst in the darkness I grope

You may never love meBut my hope, I clutch dearSwallowed whole by your heartKept at bay, my eternal fear


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Always By: Douglas Woodall

Through valleys deepAcross mountains wideA whisper in my earI'm there at your side

I will protect you forevermoreStill I melt upon your gazeUnder my chest, heart tremblesBut you see me through haze

You call me your friendMy heart inside, always breaks

More to me, you'll always beMore than my loves at stake

I can't confess my eternal passionFor loves' sake, am I braveI love you more than life itselfMy secret love, my soul, I gave

In me, you see a manIn you, something uniqueThough my love, can't you seeLove yet has to speak

Hope is what drives meI'll save you, counting the daysWhether or not you feel the sameI'll love and protect you always


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Am I lost?By: Douglas Woodall

I continue my searchAlone, never restingHelp me, I beg of youYears and YearsFruitless searchingDesolate barren lifeHow lost am I?

Only the wind I followTalking only with DesperationLeaving only dustHow far now?

Distance beyond distanceself by selfNo colorHow lost am I?

Over the crescent mountainsUnder the canopy of treesThrough hopelessnessI wonder, never seeingLosing everything alwaysNever underestimateEven the smallest journeyJust BeginsHow lost am I?

I wish to see an endI wish to continue no moreI wish to give upIs chasing a ghost possible?Can you catch the uncatchable?Can you love the uncaring?

Can you love the fire whichScorches you?I feel lost

Continue through curses and lossCease only despairAm I close?As a lie disappears

A miracle is welcomedI can't be lost!

Nothing imparts more knowledgeWhat if the end is near?

Stunning, only imperfectThis can't be the end!Only traveled to seePits of hurt and deceptionThis is my home?Despair and Betrayal?I am lost


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AmberBy: Douglas Woodall

Endings always brightBecause ending's always rightGraceful, DelicateA swan couldn't match her graceNo more a flower, her delicacy be metHow she blushes? She blushes dark crimsonWhen she walks, life bloomsWhen she curses, life diesI need her as trees need airAs bees need honey;As hope brings despair;As shadows seek light;

As a man needs a woman;As life craves death;As a woman finds love;As I need her

Life and death go hand in handDarkness can consume the landBut darkness here cannot prevailI will it notDarkness can't overcome such beautyNo more than light sustain the dark

Brighter than the moon, she shinesThe stars forever jealous;More colorful the rainbow, she showsThe sky stares in wonder;More kind than an innocent life she growsEnvious is the world;Beautiful like nothing else, she hidesThe world should discover this womanFor unique is her life

She's shown me love, shown me passionShe's shown me joy but also sorrowShe's shown me courage, shown me faithShe's surrounded me in lightTaught me to embrace my eternal darknessShe may not be perfect in your eyesIt's not possible a woman such as this exists

You would be wrongShe is a goddess in mortal formShe may not be perfect as perfect can be

But I love her and enough that should be


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BetrayalBy: Douglas Woodall

Surrounded by the scorchFlames lick my sideSearing away my soul, my beingPain, just pain, sears my heart

Darkness, imperturbable darknessPressing in, suffocating essenceAlone till the apocalypseCreeping darkness, Surrounding shadowsI am afraid

Fallen left, fallen right

Everyone's escapingWait!Don't leave!Solitary land envelopsMasquerading faces laugh...Through the fog, could it be?A glimpse of crimsonShe passes, laughter cursing meRidiculing meDespising meLove's lost todayLight fading fast

Heaven's a lieLife's a lieLove's a lieShe's a lie

Love may be crimsonBut so is hellBurning in the pits of despair

My heart, here dwells

Impenetrable cagesYet one hope for freedomShe wouldn't free meShe wouldn't face meAll the while waiting, rottingSlowly growing cold, immovable

Immune to loveDesperateShadows ever-grow, ever-moreLocked in the hollows, Crimson leaves

Welcome back, my mistress MiseryWith you shall I evermore dwell


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DeceiveBy: Douglas Woodall

Beauty cannot match herLife bows before her strife

Most vibrant crimson of colorMost innocent untarnished life

Her unguided heartAlways closed to himSeparated but not apartLove's never looked so grim

Her long, flowing hairFull lips, rosy cheeks

Living without a careOnly lies does she speak

Walls around her heart she'll makeIf only inside her, he could seeWatching, his heart will surely breakWith her, he'll never be


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D'ochas (Hope)By: Douglas Woodall

A desert flower bloomsJust as a thorn liesOn the horizon Hope loomsShowing love cannot die

Streaking 'cross this barren plainEver close with arms open wideThere lie Defeat and Sorrow slain!Desperate to be by your side

Slowly from their grave, riseQuickly turn around!

Both Defeat and Sorrow double in sizeTowards Hope they run, thundering ground

Sorrow grasps her from behindStruck by horror I standThere she falls, gracefully blindTears flood the land

Gone is Sorrow, Defeat is still clearLoves blood slipping through the cracks Death beckons "Come near"It's strength although she lacks

Horror fills me insideI can't lose her, not nowA true man should not hideRather before Death would I bow

Eternity with Death, shall I share"Take me instead" to Death I saidFor her the world I care

Down to Death, my feet were led

Death upon me did lookEven the trees could feel his powerAgeless eyes of a crookUpon my gaze did Death cower

Upon Death did issue my command

The Prince of Darkness met my gazeUpon my word did he standUpon My bravery did he praise

Hope can again breath life

Although alive, still she's weakLonging and passion lead my strideShe's not close, yet speak

Pain fills her blood soaked eyesShe crawls on a long journeyLike her, crimson are the skiesFor without me, she could not be

Her soul belongs with mine part-for-partAfraid of a loss my heart can't takeWaiting no longer, to her do I startI feel her heart start to break

I see her over the hill!Soul with Soul will entwineTo hold her again is my only willBeautiful, kind, glittering shine

Hope is here, long may she liveThough her eyes may be stained

For Hope everything would I giveNo more hurt, no more pain

Charcoal grey, he comes backCrimson orbs hung by his shadowHeart, black as blackRisen from Hell, deep below

Horrid, unforgiving soul!What destruction his presence bring

Suffocating love wholeCommanded, most horrific king

DEFEAT!

Hope is gone!Stolen from me, he killsHer light inside me no longer shone


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This cannot be by Deaths will!

Death has me betrayedNo longer can Hope grace this landA cry of triumph is finally made

Defeat laughs, Hope's lost by his hand

Without Hope I am lostI cannot say good-byeMy world is gone, at what cost?Life drains from my sigh

Towards Defeat I walkHe follows with every step I takeTo Hope will I soon talkI will see her again for loves sake

Closer and closer, make it briefEngulfed by his horrid smellRazor sharp, surrounding are his teethHope shall I see again, approaching Hell


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FiresongBy: Douglas Woodall

Stars are out to brighten the skyIt's a cold and clammy nightThe rivers run deep and the trees tallOnly beautiful can describe this sight

Forests crawl across this landThey fill every crevice to the seaBeaches in the distance, they are farThis was once an Earth called free

Mountains much closer here dwellHere the eagle makes its nest

The top of the spire sees allIt never sleeps, never rests

Thus we begin our tale anewIn this gorgeous, majestic spotA house lies in the forest distantWhere all the flowers lay rot

Here lies a house in shamblesSome call it, more or less a shackHere dwells a lonely widow scaredLaying under leaves and a roof cracked

She lies in rags and turns in painNo one with her would shareHer stomach big, round and kickingFor her does no-one care

For she is pregnant, by her only loveRaise the child without him, she willPerhaps I started too far, I'll start again

For her only love, did an evil man kill

He was a brilliant manWith a kind and gentle soulHe's never hurt anything in his lifeLight inside fills him whole

Something was missing

Something was wrongHe's spent his whole life searchingFor that one elusive song

He eventually returns home

After journeying for so very longHe didn't find what he was looking for...That one elusive song

One day whilst walking in the forestA sound renews his lost hopeHe follows this sound, searchingeverywhereHe must enlarge his scope

He gives up, losing that trailHe heads home for the nightReturning to the forest every day sinceHoping the song will return his light

After months of fruitless searchingHe thinks it's all a dreamSome mind trick he conjuredAs he wandered by a stream

He gave up hope till he heard it again

Singing that joyful chimeAt long last he found itAfter all this wasted time

She sits there by the streamHe sits next to her with little shameShe looks at him and smiles and says"What's your name?"

Thus begins their lifelong love

He met her every dayFell in love, together they didRarely did they work, only play

Now there was another manHe also favored her handHe was not kind, not lovingAll-in-all, not a good man


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He grew jealous of the couples loveHe devised a clever schemeStop them he will, for she is his aloneBrought together in an endless seam

In another part of town, love dwellsHis hand with hers entwineHe takes her where this all beganThe stream waits, frozen in time

On one knee he takes her handSlowly towards her, he bowsHis eternal, everlasting loveTo this, makes a solemn vow

He asks for her hand in marriageTo this she joyously agreesHe embraces her, the last timeFor tragedy ahead, can't foresee

When they returned to townSpreading their news afarTheir family and friends waitWith a drink in the local bar

The couple received two cupsThe man, our hero, raised his glassThanked God for his love alwaysDown and deep he drank, tankard brass

He did not see the man in shadowDid not see his grinAlthough no-one knew it yetHe had achieved the ultimate sin

Once his glass left his handShe realized somethings wrong His eyes went dark and drearHe collapsed into the throng

People scrambled out of the waySlowly, his body touched the groundShe fell beside him crying

Listening for any sound

He lay there feeling only numbWanting to hear her sing...She cries for help pleading, please

He hears instead, the sound of death ring

The light slowly fades from his eyesNo longer could he see...She felt her heart breakNot into two but three

After all had left, she didn't moveHe was her life, her soulShe couldn't see the pointNo longer was she whole...

From here we skip nine monthsIt's too sad a tale to tellLet's just say depression made its wayLong her mind suffered through hell

We find her now at present timeIn a shack falling apartFor she left that townNot to feel the tug of his heart

In two weeks time , her son arrivesThrough miracle he's bornShe can't take it, overcome with joyHer mind and body too worn

As she's slowly dyingHer eyes fill up with tearsShe loves her son more than herselfFor his life she only fears

As darkness takes aholdShe removes her wedding ringHugging her son close to herFor the last time, she begins to sing

The animals howl, the flowers blossomThe wind sings a sorrowful tune


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Everything knew the last true loveFor it will be gone soon

She sings for him and for her sonShe has no strength left

Remember her life alwaysAs she breathes her very last breath

That lonely child, so innocentWith a special love hell start His mother and father are with himInside the confines of his heart

So remember this long sad taleIf ever worrisome you beThat a madman can steal your lifeBut he cant stop what he cant see

Inside her son, she now residesHer love inside him tooSo ask yourself this question What kind of person are you?


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For EternityBy: Douglas Woodall

I can waitI will waitI must waitWithout you life crumblesWatching you with himTears my soul apartEternal love, PassionHopeThis holds me through the coldNever to feel the warmthAlways here, in the shadowsThe devil taunts

Throwing fire, deep in HellTorturing my soulTis better than continue hopeStill I wait


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Fork in the RoadBy: Douglas Woodall

Can a friend hold the key?Opening and closing your heartUpon their willHidden, in plain sightUnexpectedThe close careThe far more soOn the surfaceA friend, always thereCareful deceptionCloseted emotionsPerfection never arrives

I secretly love you

What if I confessed?Would you care?Embrace me as your own?Embrace me from pity?Forgo embrace altogether?Change is worrisomeChange is a chanceNever the sameLife's a gamble;We all betCan the truth bring greatness?Happiness, Joy and LoveOf course!But also, SorrowMy love worries me

Can I confess myself?I can't continue foreverBottled inside, boiling

Waiting, wanting, scaredI must admit, I'm frightenedLove shows two facesHappiness and SorrowSorrow I'm used toLove's heart feels rejection,Stopping your heartbeatRejection awaits truths revival

Is betting, gambling emotions right?My love sees the shadow of doubt

Which path to take?One leads to truth and chance

The other to silence and regretAt first glance, choice is simpleTruth reigns supremeWho needs regret and shadows?But whilst silence leads to regretTruth leads two waysTruth can bow, leading your loveThis path is coveted greatlyTruth cringes at rejection, bindingDestructionSo chance or regret?A choice, my heart can't make


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Heaven on EarthBy: Douglas Woodall

A flutterA feelingBegins...

The smell of flowersThe sight of heavenEternal blissLuck befalls meHair flowing wildThe sway of the windButterflies aboundDull growing red

Crimson growing flushNerves easily falterPerfectness is the causeShe follows the airMoist with purenessInnocenceCloser draws the lightLight so brightHeaven help me...

A warm embraceTeeming with all hopeCaressing loveIt's startling

My face grows hotMy legs doth shakeMind numbingIs there one moment?No cares, no worriesTender, soft

Ever closer, drawing nearSweeping pleasureThen it happensA spark!The strike of lovers first touchDelicate, FragileEternal blissDrift away from life

IncomprehensibleMy heart too highToo much joy, love?OverflowingReality returns

Deep shock ripples meThe same yet always different

For that momentPerfects my world The greatest gift I getAll these effects bringRomantic, PassionateCan only be describedYour soul to me poursBringing me eternal blissMy life is perfectThe moment we kiss...


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Inmhearach ailleacht; Seachtrach graBy: Douglas Woodall

Tu ta an solas i mo siorao dorchadosMo tine i a farraige gen amhrasAn sealbhair sealuchas gen mo aroiLeiriu me ceard gra thart ar

Translation:You are the light in my eternal darknessMy fire in a sea of doubtThe holder, bearer of my heartShowing me what love's about


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Internal PainBy: Douglas Woodall

I've kept quietHidden my heartMy pain, breathesSuffocating my joyFour timesFour times you've destroyedSilence comes for youMasking hides my suffering

To free myself, bare all?To tell all would hurtNot of me but of yourself

Can I hurt you?YesShould I tell you?ProbablyFour times I've hurtFour times you'll hurtFor to know what you've causedWill bring unendurable painThe greatest painChivalry holds my tongue

Can I cause you hurt?Of courseWill I cause you pain?No, neverYou need not knowFour times you've cursedFour times you've crossedI bear the brunt attackYour beautiful faceLeaving destruction behind

Left behind, you get crushedThe pain I concealedProtecting your heart

For you're not heartlessContrary, you careYou love with your headNaught but your heart leads

Devastated you'd crumbleTears flying through iceKnowing you've caused thisYou'd not forgive yourselfYou've sent me to shadows

Stole my only heavenGave me HellThrough this all, stillI love youShadows can flyDarkness can succumbHell can singHeaven can cryIs the past present?Is the future past?Your love here lies


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Light, Shadow, EclipseBy: Douglas Woodall

How to describe love?How to describe loveLove always differsYour love is not minePerhaps you would have me sayLove is kind, Love is warmLove is beautifulLove is exotic and uniqueShame!It is notLove is lifes greatest curse

Find the right oneLove is brilliantLove outshines all darknessPenetrating your gloomTrue love is a beaconA beacon of hopeJealously guardedIf you are lovedRejoice!You are completeLove befits youTreasure it

This story I speakShows loves true colorsThree brothers there areOne is tallOne is averageOne is short

This tall man is eldest;

LightLight gets all he wantsHis love is always returnedHappy forever, his life's foreseenFound his other halfHe is completeHeavens love shines on himDevoted, unwavering, brave

He has everythingAt peace he liesAware of his love, he praysJoy floods his faceOnly lingering in happiness

He cares not for darknessFor he dispels itBanishes sorrow and griefThis man knows loveLove warmly embraces him

Third we tell of next, youngestNumber two is skulking in darknessLet him beThis third man is shortCall him ShadowHe cares not for loves embraceOnly himself he lovesWhat does he know of love?NothingHe does not crave loveLove despises himHe cares not if love shinesShining or notHe's indifferentHe is blanketed in indifference

His face in darknessPreferring nobodyDespising all and noneIncapable of compassionFilled with hate and joyHe is despicableLet him laughHe'll never know love

There the second man sits

Lying quietly in the cornerHe is the saddest of three;EclipseStories of him, fearDepressed, WorriedMost compassionateMore loving than Light could ever beHis feelings rarely show


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Pity this manIn the darkness he gropesSearching for light in vainFor he'll never find anyEternally destined to shadows

For years he'll vainly searchBelieving in hopeless hopeWanting to see his light

Cursed here forever moreHis heart he soldHis life he soldHis soul he soldBut his love he keepsThis to him clutchesBlind by darknessNight by nightNightmare after NightmareHe was a foolEntrusting his love to her Never did she return his love backRealization on him dawnedLove was never hisShe laughed at himSpat at himDespised his very presence

Though her he still loved

Alone now he criesLoss is the only love he bearsShe tore it, burnt it, called it trashHis heart will never mendThe only light he holds is HopeSee his face covered?Half in light, half masked in shadowLook closely, Can you see now?

He looks familiarEclipse am I


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Love is CruelBy: Douglas Woodall

A kindling of fireA spark of passionOnly more could sorrow takeShow me how love isShow me how kindHelp me understand this crazy lifeI will be silent and listenI won't utter a soundTell me of the gloryOf love and hope and grace

Tell me not of loves blind self

This I cannot hearTo me always companions, they areHope and MiseryLove and HateGiving and GreedNoTell me not of my lifeFor every good is there evilPerhaps embrace life I shouldPick it up with my strife

Today and foreverThe reverse do I keepLoves' lostAn Ageless War

To tell you of my darknessHa! There is a frightNo, to you will I not explainSeeing horrors and dreams crushedIt is not for you

Believe only of happiness and truthIf those you receiveHow can I destroy the hopes of others?Tell them of real love?That would only bring insanity

No, the young should always believeEven if nothing to believe exists

The world is darkWith it, so is loveLingers in shadows, skulks in cornersDestroying all hope of youth and lightFor if Crimson comes your way

Best hide, for your truth will fadeCrush you, destroy you, she willLeave you to an uncertain demiseLove and Pain are secret allies

No, the children need not knowLet them believe in liesFor I know, love is cruelBut no, let fate decide


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Never Apart, Always ThereBy: Douglas Woodall

A floral paradiseRoses, flowers of every kindThe scent of love will enticeOnly stronger grows the mind

Animals scurry about the dirtHappy and carefree they seemThey know not of pain and hurtA delightful steadfast stream

Under the willow doth she beHair flowing on the breeze

Beautiful, far as the eye can seeOn her beauty do I tease

She smiled and looked to the skySpeaking of love, life and heartEmbracing her, she begins to cryScared that we'll ever part

"I'll never let you go" as her hand I takeFor even when shadows loomIf the mountains and ground doth quakeIf the world seems not but gloom

Be with you always to the endI stand with you and yellNo force with our love contendNot even the gates of hell

Hold out your hand, to me clutchWith me, our love, bind this vowPerhaps my love is too much?

I lay my life down, to you I bow

I pledge to you and you alwaysWith me, I beg you stayWith you, I spend all my daysTill myself is beyond Grey

To you am I your rock

Solid, a barrier to healInside, your secrets can you lockToo heavy for anyone to steal

Shall death come knocking on your door

Away of him I'll sendFor the nectar of life you pourAny wounds shall I mend

Again to you shall I sayI shall not move from this spotEmbracing you forever, if I mayOf your love have I been taught

So don't worry of me to leaveI fit to you, as hand to gloveAway from you, only would I grieveFor this crazy thing called Love


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Poetry and LoveBy: Douglas Woodall

In poetry and love;To inspire, radiate a sense of warmth andloveThat is my dreamFor your eyes to seeBreath through my poetry, fill your lifeFor you, I try so hard and failPersistent through the never-ending nightI seek your emotion, the power to moveyou

Be filled with a sense of love, kindness and

warmthShe'd know how beautiful she is by mywordsHow kind by my thoughtsHow perfect by my loveShe'd feel good about herself, feel contentwith her soulLive day-by-day with a hope for a new dawnnot yet arrivedFeel great things will happen in the darkestof timesSee the light in the imperturbable shadowsAnd know she is worthy of happinessFeel inspired so as to show the world, herart, her love, her selfI want her to feel that fiery, burning passionfor a happinessYou can only dream of

To see what she was blinded to beforeTo know how a second can change a life

forever:She's the fire in the nightA pillar in a sea of doubtAn untarnished soul in a land of hateShe shines bright as the stars in the nightsky aboveAs deep as the infinitesimal traverses ofspace

And as beautiful as the rose only grows

This is what my poems should showThis is what they lackA tear splashes on my soul

I'll never achieve this featFor love cannot be written or spoken aloudIf it could, only one word would fit;YouYet, it's never enough...


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Rambles of the LovesickBy: Douglas Woodall

What is love? Love is the undyingconnection between joy and sorrow. Whatis my love? My love now, has been beaten,insulted, burned and cursed. More so,passionate, saved, scared, eternal but losinghope. Every day the shadows of loss sweepcloser. I know receiving is not my fate, loneis life. My love burns for her, her love burnsfor another. Is that fair? Yes. The greatestlove is rarely heard. What would I do forher? Everything and everything. She is moreimportant than my whole, her happiness

Gods favor. How can I rob her of that? Iwill not.She does not know, she can't

understand. She knows not of longing anddesperation, giving, protecting, burningdesire. I crave for her next to me, withouther my soul tears. Molten hot is my heartbecoming. Every day I care still more, mylove grips even more deep. Its roots has itplanted, I'm constricted never seeingfreedom. Alone I fall apart, losing piece bypiece. If only her love to me returned. Herhand is all I want, to hold forever. Her lips Ineed, to kiss her with love known not. Tohold her I crave, just to embrace is mygreatest dream.

Of her word does comfort draw. Of herkindness does nature swell. She'll belong inmy heart forever more, till darknessconsumes my life. I'll love her past the end;she deserves more than I offer. But offer I

do. 4 years ago I told her I'll wait as long asit takes, I won't abandon her. I still hold thatpromise close to hope. But.......she is happynow, in love. I will not ruin her happiness;she means more to me than that. If thatmeans she'll only be happy with him, I onlywant what brings her joy.

If she's happier without my love, if mylove must be a sacrifice, so be it. Amber'shappiness means more to me than my own.If I must suffer for her happiness, I am inlove with you, that way it shall be.


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Should you feelBy: Douglas Woodall

These poems are not meThey don't offer you comfortThey don't have that effectToo weak, not powerful enough for herComing too late, words always fadeMy poetry is pathetic, weak to my emotionsNever enough, showing how I always failEvery time I try harder, I failIn poetry and love;To inspire, radiate a sense of warmth andloveThat is my dream

For your blindness to seeBreath through my poetry, fill your lifeFor you, Amber, I try so hard and failPersistent through the never-ending nightI seek your emotion, the power to moveyou

My wish is for you to seeRead thus;

Be filled with a sense of love, kindness andwarmthShe'd know how beautiful she is by mywordsHow kind by my thoughtsHow perfect by my loveShe'd feel good about herself, feel contentwith her soulLive day-by-day with hope for a new dawnnot yet arrivedFeel great things will happen in the darkest

of timesSee the light in the imperturbable shadowsAnd know she is worthy of happinessFeel inspired so as to show the world, herart, her love, her selfI want her to feel that fiery burning passionfor a happiness,.You can only dream of

To see what she was blinded to beforeTo know how a second can change a lifeforever;She's the fire in the nightA pillar in a sea of doubt

An untarnished soul in a land of hateShe shines bright as the stars in theheavenly sky aboveAs deep as the infinitesimal traverses ofspaceAnd as beautiful as a rose only grows

This is what my poems should showThis is what they lackA tear splashes on my soulI'll never achieve this featFor love cannot be written or spoken aloudIf it could, only one word would fit;AmberIt's never enough...


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SolitudeBy: Douglas Woodall

Alone here my heart, only I keepBetrayal and longing, heavy's the airAgain desperate struggle for sleepJust to lose love, and find despair


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The Rare SelasBy: Douglas Woodall

When I see you, do I think of the rose?No, not a rose in you I seeWhat troubles the rose then?Delicate and FrailNo, you are more;The thorned stem perhaps?Afraid of discourse and uncertainNo, you are more;Remove the thorns then!No! Thoughts of weakness are aboundBut still you are more!

What art thou then?

The Dandelion!Glowing it isAs your pearly shineAlas! NoCommon dandelion livesFar too exquisite are you...

Nightshade, no Nettle! Perhaps...Ha! Scowl you mightOnly your tongue does it fit

Wild oat?Your wilderness does it suitLonely, bashfulAh! It suits you not

Yes, DaisyTall, slenderA hearty flower, not too delicate

Self reliantPerhaps it suits you..

But continue I shall

Iris?Too gaudyThistle?

Too distantViolet, too brief

Trillium, there's an ideaA fairness

The petals textureDelicate, SmoothLike silk or cottonNear smooth as your skinBarely...

At last! The Selas flowerA deep, crimson ruby redStrength in characterCultivated in shadowsAlways finding lightSlumbering in forests deepOnly the skilled dare tendThe uncaring can break itSlow to mendWondrous scent, always soughtSeldom foundYes, I choose Selas

Selas fits youWild and free

Though you hold darknessMore powerful's the light

Evermore, your passions burnYou are a spectacular womanOne more thing for youTe varaiyn aroi Seathaloi vei melaAmber, my crimson


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The UnnamedBy: Douglas Woodall

Masquerading faces embraceCloaked in despairThrough a dark veil farThrough flames and airFalling drops cascadeDestined for greatnessLeft aloneStill it follows

Rasping, stealing lifeTraitorous evilFollowing gleefully behind

Bled the scarring handsThe door's aheadClose, overwhelming mindFrantic, destiny callsFury employs only death

Pain devours all lifeCan pain be silenced?Follow me unto the shadowsI'll show you horror

Come unto my worldLook around, what to seeMany different masks resideFeeding off me, they existChained to my soul evermoreYou set them upon meBy your hand they followYour world contradicts my ownYours thrives on great beautyFaith and Hope

Love and PeaceOf bliss and ignoranceWhile there you employRather my own I keepFor yours, embraces lies

Pain prefers miseryMisery prefers pity

You unrightly pity meYour world blossoms in lightBut casts darkness unto meRetains love but relishes hateIs my world any better?

Breeding naught but hurt?

Shrouded in painSurrendering to defeatLook around, what to seeNo moon, no starsDarkness consumed by DarknessShadows enveloped by hateThe deepest cornerThat darkest, horrendous soulThis soul is torn, batteredStruggling with eternal damnationDeath won't claim himRather watch and laughCursing his nameFeasting on shame;This soul seeks nothingNot a thought, no caresNumb to any emotionEmpty

How long must he suffer?How long since the start?One day, a thousand times overHe knows notTime has not a meaningLife has not a meaningThis soul is blacker than coalCovered in soot, bleedingCan he love now?Share?

Live?No...Can he die now....Death won't allow thisCursed to eternal sufferingCan you hear the laughter nowThis is how he livesTormented by everything and nothing


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Spared by noneBonded here forever nowThis soul is mine

Burnt, torn from me

UnrecognizableYou did this to meSlowly beat me downSuffocating my very essenceKilling my loveTearing soul from heartOn my love you spat!

Has this always been?Too long to rememberCast in darkness foreverDid love exist?Was I ever happy?Of course, love is eternal as wellMy soul may well be lostBut he always carries hopeAlone he criesLoving you still alwaysBut alone he'll die;Curled up, beaten he layCalling out your name

Calling out in vainOur souls never joinedWhilst yours calls anotherMy soul falls downYou've left meMy soul grows darkerIt's getting black...

Now the heart was unluckyThough my soul remains torn

He alone persistsMy heart howeverIs gone

He could not seeLoved with eternal sincerityProtected with his lifeFor you, his life lay down

Already, countless painsYou've scarred him beforeA well of endless doubtTime's been a foolDespising all good

Favoring the uncaringFollow his storyFor he was the greatest fool of all

Always dreaming he livedWatching every dayAching for your touchYour love he cravesFor you, he'd give allLay him beatBetrayal scorching his loveStill love is blindYou've never seen himHe always hidesHe hides behind your ignoranceYou couldn't love himBut love is blindToo many scars to countThis heart is mine

Always open unto you

You always close the gatesCan he give up?Will he give up?No, love is always rightAlways hoping beyond hopeHe loves more than lifeCares beyond deathYou are my hopeAn ever-burning desireLove always burns

Can happiness ever return?

At your gaze, he'll meltAt your touch, he criesUpon your kiss, he diesWill he follow you?Forever beyond all liesHas he been hurt?


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Depressive firm gripCaptured by the heartlessMy heart is blindHis demise will come...

The heart is a fragile thingThe smallest crack, begins...All small holes growYou've given me manyRelate to you this:Filled is your heartBursting with loveYou wait every dayHoping today is the oneYou care more than careLove more than loveThat day finally arrivesBut...She's pledged her heartTo another......Crushing obliterationPain beyond measureThe crack grows...

You wish to hold herReach out to her hand

She recoilsSmile at her beautyShe frowns in returnOffer her words of kindnessShe'll curse you downOffer your love...She'll betray youThe crack grows...

My heart took too much

Filled with overpowering emotionQuiet, bottled insideOf my feelings, did I hideShe knows I careYet still she'll lieGive her love to othersShow her love to themPush me away forever

Will my heart never mend?Is it me and me alone?More pain, my heart will dieNever given a chanceAlways the good friend

She's to blame for my painSadness grips my heartThe crack slowly grows

Five times my life's been hurtFive times through hellInfected, spoiledMy hearts becomeThey have her loveThey have her heartHe has herDarkness swells my heartOvercome my love for herShe does not care

My heart is on fire!Burning and ripping my fleshTears flood my faceOn my knees I weepShe's lost to meForevermore

A piece of me is goneShe's my friend, my world, my soulStolen, destroyed, now wrongWith him now she'll always beOffered her love, alwaysShow me why he deserves thisWhy am I left alone???Was I never truly there for herShowed Amber my true love?Eternal love, to him she pledged

Darkness has become a friendShowing me how wrong

I've lost my love, my life, my heartStolen by his unworthy handForever togetherThis is not meOf her, I still love


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She's my heart and soulHappy , I hope shell be Found true love at lastSee what I've seen

Unbelievable, inconceivableDoes she really love him?Yes...Yes, this I now believeAt first hoped did IShe'd find love in meNot now, never moreThis I now believe...The crack finally breaks!

A crackle, a splinterMy heart gives wayTo the ground I fallChest aching, heart quakingMy fists destroy the groundI'll never know her love!I'll die alone and scaredLife is lost, a flash it's gone!My whole's coming to a closeFor my love, she'll never careAs bloody tears I cry

I collapse and weep, my loveMy heart will surely dieIn my soul, your place I keepClutched to me dearFor now, you leave me hereAlone, wishing you were nearOn my knees, I cry and stareInto the distance I seeI've lost myself, without youGone, alone forevermore

As my heart fades away...


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To Let GoBy: Douglas Woodall

Sometimes you must let her goWhy drag her down with you?She deserves betterHow can I keep hiding?Confess my eternal love, I willIf to keep her happyI must fall, so be itHer joy, her happinessHow can I hurt?She must be sparedShe loves himI see the truth in her eyes

She's happy with himHow can I tarnish joy?I long for her touchShe is more than perfectShe deserves betterHe gives her what I can'tShe is part of meMy other halfI must let her goI won't ruin her loveKill me it willNo longer even friendsNo longer she caresLeave I mustMy heart breaksCrumbles on the groundSoul ripped from SoulHeart from HeartLove from LifeTo protect her, I hurtShe knows not

I sacrificed everythingShe is my worldMy world just crumbled

Empty, barrenMy love is lost for goodShe's hurt now, pain fadesShe'll be happier now

Pain fades in timeMy wound won't healA hole in my chestA hole in my lifeWhole am I not

She is my AmberShe was my AmberGone now, freeNo longer can I hurtThe pain swells overImpossible was my loveIt's better this wayMy love worries you no moreYou, I'll always loveYou are my heart, my soulWithout you am I lostI love you, forever and always


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Unknown Title #1By: Douglas Woodall

A light shining so bright, a twinkling starAs tameless as the vast and open seaFrom the tallest peaks to the smallestcracksAmazing beyond all comprehensionAmazing beyond mere words, doth shegrowWith her love, blooming is the lightOn her beauty do words fail

She comes bearing the secrets of lifeA beacon of hope in this dull, grey world

A beacon that sounds so loudlyYou need to but hear...To hear that sweet melody calling youIn that moment, life is not only perfectLife is realTo feel alive, really aliveIs what she promises possible?

Perfectness does not truly exist...Really?.. It can't exist...If there was ever a person...A person to challenge this beliefShe could smash this with easeSo strong is her light, it's blindingBut to close my eyes would be wrong

How to miss a single moment...Impossible... Inconceivable...She's offering me everythingDo I dare accept her love?Maybe perfectness does exist after all...


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I see your shadow in the distanceDrawing ever near, Drawing ever closerThe everlasting smile upon your faceLook around this beautiful placeYour hazel eyes shine with delightWhen your eyes have sought mineThat flowing, golden brown hairThat utterly amazing look of deep careWhen you walk your hips doth swayBack and forth, to and froAs your hand to me stretchedA look of utter joy upon my face etched

My hand to yours, our fingers touchHand in hand we now do lieThat perfect melody, thus begins our songNever to move, never to leave, for here Ibelong


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The world stops for noneHow can life be so cruel A world of hope and fearCreating me, her only fool

Alone, my soul rips in twoOne part hers, one mineSeparation is seeping throughOnce more, with loneliness I dine

My heart cries a sorry songWeeping for you here

Falling to many pieces, scarredAs I bear the very first tears

Afraid to be alone, I fallOnly to collapse once moreDrowning through the pain, I ll cry Slowly the seam has torn

She means the world to meHer life once more, untouchedHer breath follows me aroundHer love I crave, so damn much

Following but never seeingSeeing but not believingThis complex web weaves aheadCan I stop grieving?

An answer I possessAn answer only I possessNo

Not yet

In time shell return A voice inside my headA dream of a lifetime, I holdYet, discourse still I dread

Until she and I become whole

Two hearts yet oneHere I dwell, within my mindBecoming undone

My world was once white

Clean as life can beThough now, darkness burning blackWhat are you creating of me?

Groping in the darkness for my one trueloveIf there was a sacrifice to be made If theres a way to change this Some debts must not be repaid

The thought of her fills my headHer love of me fillsWhen love inside me dwellsOf this depression will I kill

Though her voice within me residesCompared to the greatest treasureA mule to the valiant steedAn incomparable pleasure

To compare the variety of late

To the magnificent rainbow we turnThink on the beauty, the majestyOf the wonder, the divinity to learn

Think of all the colors a rainbow can possessStudy all the shades, from the ivory to thesteel blueA billion shades of life shining through theheavensA thousand times this, dwells inside of you

From the most used shade I speakWatched from afar as this color beganSeeping from the innermost shoreThe wondrous color of crimson

Heart, Mind, Body, Soul


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In a sea of people, the endless massYou are the easiest to find, shining brightEach soul is a burning candle, same as thelastBut you are a smoldering bonfire, show

your might

The others are a grain of sandPoured upon this lonely beachYet you are a mountain greatOf your greatness, the world within reach

Your soul is who you are, who youll be Your soul is perfect, growing evermoreYour entire being, your very essenceInto your soul my love still pours

I know youll return to me Returning with arms spread wideMy arms will be open to receive you soYou belong here, at my side


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Sweeping cross the desertSilent as a whispering shadowSwiftly crossing between life and deathUnseen, Unheard, UndiscoveredAlways hidden, rarely seenUntouchable

Like smoke it billowsLike mountains it crumblesLike life it expandsLike poison it contractsSweet as sweet can be

Sweet as the cherry blossom

Ever-changing, ever-growingMen crave for it, desireSome stumbleConfusedLoveStriking covertly, undercoverAs fast as light, as slow asReason

Wait!She whispersListen closely, she calls againThat temptress arrivesWhispering love and heartA shimmer!Growing closer ever-moreOut of the gatesLife returnsTender, loving

Bliss;Familiar

Life exists for loveLife's greatest blessingGiver, ReceiverUndying, EternalWhat is more beautiful?

Coveted?Intimidating?Like flowers of the wildBreathtaking but fragileThe slightest misstep

Disaster!

You can love someoneWith all your heart and beingBurning passions unsealedForever seen, forever heardWhen the one you love accepts your heart


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Unnamed Title #5By: Douglas Woodall

As the sun fills the bright blue sky aboveAs the stars fill that dark voidI came from utter and complete darknessLoneliness embodied was IThen you pulled me back, taught me to loveanewThe wind through the trees, whistlingthrough the airChildren playing down the streetBecause of you my world has bloomedOne week, one weeks timeYou'll be in my arms again, never to leave

Flowers will cry, the sun itself go madWhen the world experiences our loveNever before, a force like this beenNo force, with our love contend


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The sun still shines, the world still glowsThe sky is bright, life's yet wholeI still miss you, bears my soul

The air is fresh, fresh as the whispering tideMy body hot and warm, boiling from theinsideMy heart doth miss you, my heart dothcried

The world is perfect, missing only youFollow me around, a thousand things to do

Still, my world is split in two

Of words do I crave, your voice I doth hearWhispering words of love, drawing you nearTo miss of you, leaving behind all fear

Your hand do I hold, your lips do I kissOf your smile doth I cry, of your laugh isblissOf your body, mind, soul doth yet I miss

Against my beating chest, held close to myheartYour body with mine, shall we never partA crave a desire, my love forever start

Feel your love spread, your warmth to megrowTo feel your soul flood mine, to and froI'll miss you forever, this I know


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Whispers on the tideShadows on the wallThe ever creeping darkness Dispel!

For no place here do you holdYou belong with despair and lonelinessGrowing in the darkest of hearts So here you do not belong!My heart is filled to the brinkLove, CompassionUtmost joy, wild and free

A woman with long flowing hairEyes as deep as the seaA laughter, to bring me back from hellThat perfect smile, oh how I see!A look so tender, melting the sunMy heart is a lucky fellow indeed!She cares more than I knowOf her love must I concedeFor her love follows me aroundOf her love do I needOne word parts my lipsOnly one, plant the seedOne word of greatest importanceAnd that word isYou


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Confusion engulfs this worldHurt envelops my very breathWhat did I do to deserve this?You question my loyalty and heartThe one thing I want from youThe one thing I desire more than anythingelseYou lock it away, yet still I reach outMy fingers slipping through only airIve missed it once more

Why do you do this?

Im not him, you know me A stab at my heart Burying the hilt further each timeIts becoming sharp, drawing blood My fingers are now coated in crimsonWhy must you deny me this?Please I beg o f you

Ill do anything for you Yet all I ask is this small favorYet, its a favor you loathe to grant me My soul burns and heart ripsI cry tears of mine own crimsonThe one thing I ask The one thing you cant give Your trust


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Unrequited LoveBy: Douglas Woodall

I've watched you from afarYou've never seen what's inside meYou never show who you really areBy now, it must be so easy

You've never let anyone inside to seeHow cunningly you hideThe loneliness, masked behind realityIf only yourself by your side

I sit here and wait, seeing you tireI watch them pass by you, leaving pain

Nothing can quench my passion, my fireWith them is there nothing to gain

I offer wild, romantic nightsHope, Despair, Love and SorrowYour trust in me would find delightToday you don't notice me, maybetomorrow

If you take away one thingRemember this:

When your world grows dark and grimWhen you feel crushed and scared aloneWhen darkness consumes your heart, left itdimI'll come find you, burning brightNo darkness survives, sought by my lightI'll always be there, shining through thenight


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WarBy: Douglas Woodall

What is war?War is young men trying;What is war?War is the widow crying;What is war?War is blood and tears flying;I ask you this:Is war worth dying?


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What is Love? (FF)By: Douglas Woodall

What is love? A question I can finallyanswer. Love is the undying connectionbetween joy and sorrow. What is my love?My love now, has been beaten, insulted,burned and cursed. More so, passionate,saved, scared, eternal but losing hope.Every day the shadows of loss sweep closer.I know receiving is not my fate, lone is life.My love burns for her, her love burns foranother. Is that fair? Yes. The greatest loveis rarely heard. What would I do for her?Everything and everything. She is more

important than my whole, her happinessGod favors. How can I rob her of that? I willnot.She does not know, she can't understand.She knows not of longing and desperation,giving, protecting, burning desire. I crave forher next to me, without her my soul tears.Molten hot is my heart becoming. EverydayI care still more, my love grips even moredeep. It's roots has it planted, I'mconstricted never seeing freedom. Alone Ifall apart, losing piece by piece. If only herlove to me returned. Her hand is all I want,to hold forever. Her lips I need, to kiss herwith love known not. Her heart to clutch, toshield me from the darkness. To hold her Icrave, just to embrace is my greatestdream.Of her word does comfort draw. Of herkindness does nature swell. She'll belong inmy heart forever more, till darkness

consumes my life. I'll love her past the end,she deserves more than I offer. But offer Ido. 4 years ago I told her I'll wait as long asit takes, I won't abandon her. I still hold thatpromise close to hope. But.......she is happynow, in love. I will not ruin her happiness,she means more to me than that. If that

means she'll only be happy with him, I onlywant what brings her joy.If she's happier without my love, if my lovemust be a sacrifice, so be it. Amber'shappiness means more to me than my own.

If I must suffer for her happiness, I am inlove with you, that way it shall be.

I'll love you Amber

Forever and Always


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What is Love?By: Douglas Woodall

They say love is lifeThey say love heals allLove is blind, Love is pureLove knows no boundsLove is eternalThat's what they sayBut a question I ask...What is love?

Love is light, Love is darkLove brings hope and joyNothing can stand in lovers way

Love is light in the shadowsLove are shadows in the dawnLove doesn't lieAt least I'm toldBut still I askWhat is love?

An answer I possesLove is the beliefBelief is trustTrust is a chanceA chance is loves coreLove is the belief of foolsCan anyone explain love?Is love not too complex?

Explain the unexplainable...

If love is a fools beliefThen I am the greatestFool

Please, I beg of youTell meWhat is love?


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Where love dwellsBy: Douglas Woodall

Trapped in this cage, love doth waitFor outside evil does roamImprisoned by her lover, HateHere, Love doth call home


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The World Exists for LoveBy: Douglas Woodall

Have you ever seen a rose blossom?Or experienced the soft scent of rain?How about the shock of winter cold?Or the sweep of the gentle breeze?Have you ever experienced the power oflightning?Or seen and felt the power of nature?Have you felt the wetness of morning dew?Or fallen onto fresh green grass?Have you watched the leaves change color?Or the sky above turn blue?Have you seen all the life in this world?

Or sensed every last billowing soul?How about the sun, radiating warmth andlight?Or the moon and stars shining bright?Have you heard a newborn baby cry?Or felt as complete in life, still whole?Have you ever felt the love of a woman?Or bathed in her glowing light?Have you felt perfect, complete?Or seen the greatest love in her eyes?Have you yet contemplated the meaning oflife?Pondered why were here? For once my friend, I have an answerMan was made to loveLove is mans greatest purpose A purpose, I too will fulfill

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