the smell of crayons
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The Smell of Crayons
A Collection of Poetry
By
Steve A. Davidson
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Dedicated to my mother, wife, family and students.
Table of Contents
Forever Strong 4
What Color do you See 5
Soul Food 6
Absolute 7
Arousal 8
Love 9
Think, Think, Think 10
Assembly Instructions: Life 11
Opening of one’s Soul 12
Whisper 13
Chagrined Fruit 14
Humble Rocks 15
Spring Ends 16
Snowflake Blues 17
Teenage Storm 18
Upside Down 19
Used 20
Darwinish 21
Genuine You 22
Deprivation 23
Devouring Life 24
Forever Strong
Lives are taken, time stands still,
People wonder “under whose will?”
God makes choices, like you and like me,
Sometimes it just so we can see.
Who we really are, and why we’re here,
To stand on our own, with Him always near.
Do not mistrust due to those that you’ve lost
For sometime too soon, your paths will again cross.
It was no ones fault, just time for them to go,
As you must see, as you grow.
To forgive and forget sometimes is very hard to do,
But the stronger the will, the stronger the glue.
This glue that binds us, through trouble and pain,
Will guide you and hold strong like a chain.
This chain of our lives like ripples in a pond,
Forever lasting, forever strong
What Color do you See?
Scared and frightened
Not knowing who to trust
You thought you knew
Turns out a bust.
Being friends,
Losing friends
Life is no fun
When you’re not trusted…you need amends.
You gain trust…
Friends…Gone in the wind
When you’re in a role
So broad and so clean
Some think
You have no brain
All you want to do
Is be there….for them
Then they lose sight
A femme?
I think not
Just trying to show
That we’re all human
To learn and to grow.
Soul Food
Reflections of years gone by
like a hallway mirror in an empty house.
They bring back memories,
the faded black
Like a hallway mirror in an empty house,
one can see the life
of the faded black
yesterday is tomorrow.
One can see the life
Reflections of years gone by
Yesterday is tomorrow
Bring back the memories.
Absolute
what does it mean,
to be in love?
everyday i feel Our birth.
a beginning that perseveres
regardless of time, place or dimension
Our love prevails.
It is deep inside me
this feeling i can't explain.
Flowering like a rose,
splendid fragrance,
a buttress of Our faith.
on this day of love
i can hardly show
how much i love You,
this love that We have
God was admirable enough to provide.
We have something,
deep,
lasting,
forever.
i love YOU.
Arousal
A breeze beckons through the song of the blue bird,
slowly it falls.
The thunder of humanity hums, seeps into the abyss,
That was once dark before, again.
A stream of unconsciousness evolves,
Light crawls down.
From top to bottom the sun graduates
As the giant awakens.
Rest to restlessness, Hebrews into Genesis.
The tall timbers relish in the digressing light
As the sun comes up
It also is falling.
Love
It tears you but never changes.
You fight it, triumph is never won.
dying
so young
you will never prevail
so much ahead
certainty
beautiful but deadly
goodnight
Think, Think, Think
Clear the mind
see the sun
some days
fire in my soul
love in my heart
don't wait for tomorrow.
Going south
I know not why
its clear
black
then white
like a broken soul.
one wonders
my thoughts wisp.
Assembly Instructions: Life
Life evolves,
changes with time.
No one knows
what will be the next chime.
We all want to know
the next road to take.
We can only hang on
and partake.
People come
People go.
Some for love
some for show.
The cards are dealt.
Turn them one by one.
Luck?
Or deemed done?
Choices we make
determine our lives.
Some for the good,
some our demise.
You see…you never know
what wave will overturn
your life a calm
or life...a storm.
So take it as it is.
It is what it is.
The heck with the fortune tellers
life’s really what He says.
Now let go
Quit trying to drive.
enjoy the scenery,
enjoy and thrive.
Opening of one’s Soul
Acquaintances come,
Acquaintances go.
We are all touched
By those that we know.
Our soul is white
With no scribble marks,
Some write light,
Some write dark.
No one knows,
Who will enter next.
Open or closed,
Some simple, some complex.
Friends tend to make,
A deeper contribution.
Without pseudo dilution.
Measure carefully,
Scrutinize with great guard.
Those whom you think are friends,
Can leave you scarred.
When a soul appears,
That passes the tests.
There shall be
no contest.
Enter wide,
Enter deep.
Count your blessings,
And begin to reep.
For life then begins,
coming full-circle.
Someone to share with,
Sharing with someone.
Whisper
Finding my way,
as I brail though the dusk,
snow falling
whispering.
white wash
to clear
wrapping around the capsule.
it blows
it blows
blocking my perception.
You appear again.
Chagrined Fruit
A divided year we shared,
never once were we peered.
There was much that we aired,
a bit close if we dared.
Now you are distant,
and quite a bit persistent.
As if you have no assistant,
The conversation not consistent.
So where from here,
Shall we dribble and weigh?
To converse or much more
To some people’s dismay.
It cannot be true,
These thoughts we once shared.
To grow and cultivate,
To non-other compared.
You’ve come so far
to just let it slide.
Your time to develop
Will soon ebb like the tide.
It is time for a choice,
That you must now make.
To take the next step,
Or just let it just break?
Humble Rocks
One to the next
melting
without much thought
we float
not knowing the day
or caring for the way
we can’t buy it back
It is gone
Blended days
so subtle
so bland
extracting life
from each grain of sand
this sand that falls
from one day to the next
some simple
some complex
They rip and they tear
each one that descends
from life to death
Leading us to amends
Spring Ends
As the leaves fall
heat escapes
They begin their quest
erudition
Every year the same
But with different masks
We start the March again
Snowflake Blues
He started out a simple ice molecule
So simple and clear,
Temperature changed and he fell
So far without a smear.
As he approached the ground
He began to see,
An orifice so scary
Right next to a tree.
Closer and Closer
Out of control,
Spiraling down
Into the hole.
Splat, he hit
A soft landing for sure,
He was all done falling,
All done with his tour.
Not knowing where he was
For he was so young,
Eeeek!
Warm,soft...It was a tongue!
Teenage Storm
Falling,
so
desperate.
Spiraling,
Anticipation,
Never finding a place.
Changing,
Traveling
through time.
Only to see
What is
me.
Upside Down The moon is low,
on the horizon it sits.
Hovering…drawing,
my energy from
within.
A plane flies high.
In the still of the night
Leaving a trail,
Souls in flight.
This conjunction of thoughts
backwards as it may be,
reminds me of
a time yet to be.
Used
Discarded so easy
Like pennies in a pond
Life is short
So why are we fond?
We’re fond of this life
That we try to control
But we have no wheel
Just a button and a hole.
This hole that we fill
With things that we find
So meaningful and good
But sometimes unkind.
Like coffee grounds we are,
Proud and strong
Only to find
We’re singing the wrong song.
Darwinish
You live all your life
Trying to keep them close
Only to find
That they’ve gone their own course.
When they’re out on their own
You try to connect
Only to find
No time…
Disconnect.
You open your soul
spilling what you’re like...
They morph into you
This transformation is unique
One that can’t compare
all you can do
is look
stare
compare.
Joy
Genuine You
Running but never going anywhere
that is all we do.
spinning
never getting dizzy
no clue.
Run
This faux world
with faux friends.
Run
Only one is real
only one is true.
Sit
Deprivation
Talk and talk
always wanting more
querulous
we meet their needs
emotional
mental
safety
But do we?
What is their void?
someone
anyone
that understand them.
Devouring Life
Learning is profound
it can’t be defined.
Many may try
only to be remain blind.
It can’t be defined
how it should be done.
The answers are many
but still there remains none.
How is should be done
is only told by those
that live it each day
the average Joe’s.
They are the teachers
and students
that learn real quick
that the only thing that matters
is being prudent.
Teaching is learning
and learning is doing.
One can absorb by many means
but mainly by chewing.