Friendship

In the storm
Stands the white rose
tumultuous waves
of destruction abound her

Yet tall is the white rose
strong in the face
Of the sensed doom around her
And she does not bow down

Pure is the white rose
In the compost earth
growing eternal strength
in the nights that so hurt

I see not the white rose
She is so far away
But I long to protect her
But only the words can I say

So I send her my words
And my poets heart
To help her when
there is hope to see her through

Be Strong little flower
Your heart will guide true
And as long as you want
I will always talk to you

I shed a tear today
Silently, I felt it fall
You caught it
shared it
held it
felt it
then
suddenly
it wasn’t
so big
after all

Into the dim lit, bare walls of my world,
You entered, bringing light and life to me,
The vivid colors, painted with a swirl
Of wit and charm, of personality,
With tender care, you added comfort, warmth,
And images that line the now bright walls.
I look upon them fondly, bringing forth
A thankfulness that you walk in these halls
With me; our friendship has become a part
Of my world now; it has its special place,
Within my being, life, and in my heart,
Your name hangs right beside your smiling face.
Rememb’ring just how drab these walls had been,
I have to thank you for the light, my friend.

If I was one thing, I’d be a candle
Lighting the way so you can handle
Your life easier without woes
Not having to fight with your foes.
I’d help keep you from stumbling over
Things blocking your path to an open door.

If I light your path, life is easier,
Even strong winds, my light will not deter.
No matter what, I’m here for you
To cheer you up when you are blue.
Do not fret when times get tough,
If things look down or kind of rough.
Just remember, I’m always here,
In your heart, close and near.
I will help you out in every way,
Happiness and love in your heart will stay.

Don’t blow me out, that’s one request
Unless it’s me you do detest.
I do not try to hurt anyone
That isn’t good or any fun.
But one day you may leave me behind
You may no longer need my light to shine.
If that day comes, go on your way
And I will hope to see you again one day.

If one day, I don’t appear,
Do not worry, do not fear
I may be gone, but in your heart
The light I gave you did not depart.
It will be there forever and a day
To always bring happiness and light your way.
Farewell for now, I’m needed elsewhere
If your path grows dark, in your heart, I’m there.
So I’m really not gone, just not seen,
I would not leave, I’m not that mean.
Only one simple request that I must say,
Please, never forget those who lit your way.

If I was one thing, I’d be a candle
Lighting the way so you can handle
Your life easier without woes
Not having to fight with your foes.
I’d help keep you from stumbling over
Things blocking your path to an open door.

If I light your path, life is easier,
Even strong winds, my light will not deter.
No matter what, I’m here for you
To cheer you up when you are blue.
Do not fret when times get tough,
If things look down or kind of rough.
Just remember, I’m always here,
In your heart, close and near.
I will help you out in every way,
Happiness and love in your heart will stay.

Don’t blow me out, that’s one request
Unless it’s me you do detest.
I do not try to hurt anyone
That isn’t good or any fun.
But one day you may leave me behind
You may no longer need my light to shine.
If that day comes, go on your way
And I will hope to see you again one day.

If one day, I don’t appear,
Do not worry, do not fear
I may be gone, but in your heart
The light I gave you did not depart.
It will be there forever and a day
To always bring happiness and light your way.
Farewell for now, I’m needed elsewhere
If your path grows dark, in your heart, I’m there.
So I’m really not gone, just not seen,
I would not leave, I’m not that mean.
Only one simple request that I must say,
Please, never forget those who lit your way.

Thank you for always being there,
To listen and understand me.
I appreciate all you did for me,
And all you still do.

Thank you for making me feel whole again,
For putting my pieces back together.
I appreciate you putting my life back together,
You saved my life.

You may not understand,
Why I do what I do.
But you never criticized,
You just helped my through.

I knew I could come to you when I was down,
’cause I knew you’d always be there
to pick me back up
and say everything will be ok.

I see the clouds rolling in and oh how it looks like rain
And it is always I fight for the welcome change
When it rains it pours on this heart of mine
So, I take the storms I feel to her each time.

But I know she has lived under her own pouring rain
Yet under her water her heart still doesn’t change
She can walk away from what hangs overhead
And, not in her storm, are words left unsaid.

Not in her storm have I ever felt alone
Her storm ends, so I, may find my way home
It’s for me that she pushes away her own rain
So, that I may find comfort in calling her name.

She lives in this world for the sake of another’s heart
God, how she eases the miles when worlds apart
And she never wanders when your world falls through
Not ever in her storm would she do this to you.

She has wings that I know not only I can see
Cause only an angel could find strength to carry me
It’s the way that the eyes can surely view
How her heart’s written so clearly in what an angel can do.

Not in her storm is her work ever done
And even in her storm she hands me the sun
When her world is dark – I always have light
And now how I hold the new color of night.

She takes then she gives to an unhappy face
So that many can find an awesome place
I have been able to love her more every day
And with her hand in mine the clouds roll away.

Not in any storm that I will ever live beneath
Could ever change what I hold here inside of me
Not in any of her storms have I lost my angels touch
To that angel out there, I love her so much.

In that forgotten part of town
Where wasted hopes and dreams abound,
A wrinkled man with life near end,
In hopes to have at least one friend,
Fashioned bits of wood and things
And made a dummy run by strings.

He sat alone for hours on end,
Conversing with his only friend
And found delight within the fact
That he controlled it’s every act.
He told it how he never had
A chance, since all his luck was bad
Although he’d tried so to succeed –
The dummy nodded and agreed.

And how his journeys in romance
Had never given him a chance,
And wasn’t it a crying shame
That he was always held to blame
When everyone knew, oh so well,
That life is but a living Hell,
Controlled by lust and power and greed?
The dummy nodded and agreed.

With patience that would rival saints,
That dummy sat through all complaints
And, with each little expert tug,
He’d droop his head or bow or shrug
And give some comfort to the man
Who held his lifelines in his hand
And helped to fill a lonely need
When he just nodded and agreed.

Senility increased with time
As did the old man’s phantomime,
And feverish fingers pulled with glee
The dummy’s dance of misery.
They never left each other’s side
Until the day both stopped and died.
We found them lying, hand in hand,
The dummy – and his wooden friend.

Dedicated to My Father and Mother
Ralph Edward Terry, Sr. & Lynn Jean Terry
A powerful nation now brought down to their knees, because of a terrible act from a coward who flees.
A powerful man, the President is he, A powerful man whose love we now see. How strong and yet gentle, the President is he.

He approuches the nation, a nation who cries, a powerful man with tears in his eyes.
His promise to protect and serve us all he vows with conviction that our enemies must fall.
A powerful man in the things he has sworn, yet he still finds the time to cry and to mourn.
A powerful man and a hero he will be, the tears that he has shed and the words that he has said, will be remembered with pride in our history.

You say we are just Friends
So I go right along with you
I never want our friendship to end.
If it did I don’t know what I would do.
I long to tell you what I think.
To see if you feel the same way.
But I know if you did not
Then nothing would be the same with you and me.
You say nothing can tear our friendship apart.
And so I gave you my heart.
Then years later
After both of our mistakes have added up.
We look to each other.
I tell you no matter whom I said that I loved.
It was only you that I gave my heart to.
Through tear filled eyes you look down at me.
You told me you feel the same way.
I said why did you not say anything?
Then you said I thought we were just friends and that’s how you wanted it to stay.
So I tell you I would have went to end of the earth with you.
And you say we can go there now.
And so we do.