Month: October 2015

Dreaming With Open Eyes

~ Frank Solanki ~ 8 Comments

After a hard day’s work
I return to my lonely bed
All your thoughts are stuck
Deep inside my head
I lay down gently
For my body aches
I’ll kneel and pray all night
If that’s what it takes

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My thoughts carry me
Across the common sky
Amidst the moon and stars
Where your beauty lie
It’s so quiet
I can hear my heart beat
I can hear angels scream
While the demons cheat

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But not a moment is lost
In nature’s tale
Against your beauty
Even Gods would fail
It’s getting darker
The birds have ceased to call
The clock keeps ticking
Night’s getting tall

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My mind reaches back
To thoughts of you and me
Every sin is forgiven
In your memory
Traces of your face
Begin to appear
It’s the only thing
I hold dear

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A hundred million lovers
Are crying out
They’re asking me to meet you
Before time runs out
Somewhere out there
I know you feel the same
I can even hear you
Calling out my name

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Can you hear my voice?
And don’t you lie this time
I know you like to play games
But don’t play them tonight
Open up your window
Everything will be just fine
Reach out your hand
And I’ll hold it against mine

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Sleep betrays me
Very little I care
It isn’t long before
The morning sun is here
I dream of you
Staring into the sky
I dream of you
And the night passes me by

I Wish I Could Write A Poem

~ Frank Solanki ~ 16 Comments

I wish I could write a poem
That will make your heart leap with delight
That will let you know how much I think about you day and night

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I wish I could write a poem
And wrap it up and gift it to you
And put all my emotions in it such that they sound true

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I wish I could write a poem
But my hands just don’t let me
I’m always looking for perfection but it just isn’t in me

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I wish I could write a poem
That will give you wings to fly
So you can sail across the distance to meet me where I lie

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I wish I could write a poem
That will say all that I want to
And amidst the darkness of silence, the light will shine through

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I wish I could write a poem
And turn it into a song
With my guitar on, nothing could ever go wrong

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I wish I could write a poem
That will put all our troubles to sleep
And bury it underground where all the dark secrets they keep

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I wish I could write a poem
Exclusively for you
Then you won’t feel the need for me to say how much I love you

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I wish I could write a poem
Sweeter than the call of birds
A poem that will make your heart melt with my words

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I wish I could write a poem
As pure and innocent as it can get
I wish I could write a poem like that

The Most Memorable Dance

~ Frank Solanki ~ 16 Comments

Will you forgive me?
I know I’ve made a wrong decision
It has cost us a lot
More than we thought
But I’m not a man blessed with precision

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Will you forgive me?
I should have never let you go
I’m here all alone
Relatively unknown
Like a joker in a circus show

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Will you forgive me?
I should have heard what you said
I lost my heart
We were drifting apart
And now I’m even losing my head

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Will you forgive me?
I’m trying my best to be a better man
Better than I was
Better than I am
Trying to give you everything that I can

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Will you forgive me?
And give me just one more chance
And hold my hand
Until the end
And I’ll make this the most memorable dance

May God Be With You 2

~ Frank Solanki ~ 10 Comments

A long, long time ago
If I can remember what I’ve been told
Your face would shine
Your presence was divine
And everything you touched turned to gold

And now here you are
Your body is frail, aching and cold
Your face doesn’t shine
Your presence ain’t divine
And everything you touch is getting old
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A long, long time ago
Hundreds of people loved to love you
You had countless friends
Who went out all ends
To flatter and praise all that you would do

And now here you are
With more fingers than friends
They left you alone
When you became unknown
And you’re helpless with the way this stands
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A long, long time ago
You had everything you could possibly want
Fancy cars
Shooting stars
And everything else that you loved to flaunt

And now here you are
Destroyed savagely by lust and greed
You’ve lost your health
And all of your wealth
But love is all you need
…
A long, long time ago
They would worship you like a mighty lord
At your feet, they would bow
You blessed them somehow
You used to think you were bigger than God

And now here you are
Stuck to your death-bed with glue
You have nothing but memory
And your glorious history
And may God be with you too

Not A Love Song

~ Frank Solanki ~ 6 Comments

Here it starts all over again
My heart has started ruling my brain
All my efforts have been in vain
For so long
I don’t see a sign of rain
But your thoughts are blossoming again
I always wanted to feel this pain
All along
This ain’t a love song
This ain’t a love song
This ain’t a love song
But I could be wrong

My broken heart, you once did steal
Then you made a perfect deal
Returned back everything that was real
Didn’t you?
Now it’s taking time to heal
Darling, you’ve got nerves of steel
But my heart’s too weak to feel
Anything until
I write a love song
A love song
But this ain’t a love song
I could be wrong

Random thoughts pass me by
And I really don’t know why
I didn’t give it one more try
With you
Now that all the damage’s done
I’ve been trying hard to run
But baby I’ve just begun
To miss you
This ain’t a love song
This ain’t a love song
This ain’t a love song
But I could be wrong