Month: December 2016

In Twenty Seventeen

~ Frank Solanki ~ 41 Comments

Li river in China, Navagio bay in the heart of Greece

Tulip fields in Netherlands and universal peace

Trump as U.S. President, Superbowl and Wimbledon

Pyramids in Egypt and first solar eclipse since ’91

Las Vegas, Paris, Venice in Italy

Would you like to stay home or give me some company?

Gonna see everything that I have never seen

In twenty seventeen

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Happy, wild, reckless, careless, dumb and free

Rich, lazy, crazy and a famous celebrity

Nominated for an Oscar, dictator of a small country

Losing myself in Sydney. Searching in Miami

Pink-headed, muddleheaded and writing a book on fleas

Astronaut or just a robot with jetpacks for his knees

Gonna be everything that I wished to be at eighteen

In twenty seventeen

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Watch the sun go down, dance like there’s no tomorrow

Stay up all night, have my own punk rock show

Quit my job and travel, learn to play the piano

Breed dragons and dinosaurs and watch them as they grow

Heli-biking in Newzealand, storm-chasing in Tornado valley

With a beautiful girl whom I’d like to take home and marry

Gonna fall in love, settle down, go crazy for Francine

In twenty seventeen

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Was twenty sixteen bad? Was it worse than the worst?

In a list of terrible things, I’d like to rate it first

But past is past and I’d like to start on a fresh new page

But not before I kick the year out of this stage

It’s so easy to say goodbye to twenty sixteen

A year of nothingness. Three sixty six days of haloween

Anyway, gotta get going now. Have to revisit my teens

In twenty seventeen

Writing A Book

~ Frank Solanki ~ 75 Comments

I really want to write a book

But I don’t know where to start

Putting words together

Isn’t really my art

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I lack the motivation

I make a lot of mistakes

I am easily distracted

I don’t have what it takes

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I don’t know what to write about

Drama, thriller or love

I can’t even name the characters

I need a sign from above

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What if I write something ugly?

What if my book is panned?

What if nobody likes it?

What if my book is banned?
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Why do I think so much?

Who do I have to please?

I should just write to please myself

And put myself at ease

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So I’ll just take a paper

I’ll pick up a pen

Write three hundred words today

And do it tomorrow again

I Can Be A Warrior

~ Frank Solanki ~ 55 Comments

I can be a warrior

I can be a guard

I can be a soldier

It wouldn’t be so hard

There is nothing that I couldn’t do

I can be anything that she wants me to

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I can be a pirate

Find a hidden chest

I can even be a poet

It’s what I know best

There is nothing that I couldn’t do

I can be anything that she wants me to

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I can fly in space

Grab a piece of the moon

Disappear in September

Come back in June

There is nothing that I couldn’t do

I can be anything that she wants me to

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But there’s only one thing

She wants from me

She asks me to be her lover

That’s what I want to be

I will love her like nobody else could ever do

I’ll stand next to her and make all her dreams come true

Diamond Dew

~ Frank Solanki ~ 23 Comments

Will Earth start to grow?

Will the flowers turn to snow?

Will the birds be free?

Will you love me?

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Will the sky ever turn red

And fall upon my golden bed

While the winds cease to blow

And become my window?

Will the moon begin to burn

And light up the sun

As bright as the clouds could be?

Will you love me?

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Will the frogs fly in air?

Will the panthers say a prayer?

Will the grass be painted blue?

Will I forget you?

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Will the angels come down

And lift the silver town

While the storks are asleep

And the candles quietly weep?

I’ll swap my boots

For the tingling roots

With a diamond dew

If I ever forget you

All My Wishes

~ Frank Solanki ~ 31 Comments

If my wishes had legs to stand

And one eye and another hand

They’ll build a bridge from your heart to mine

Never was a wonder built so fine

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If that bridge was to be cursed, then

They’ll build a bridge all over again

For there’s only one place they know

Your heart’s sun melts all the snow

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Every hour’s spent like eternity

When your sweet heart calls out to me

All my wishes jump in pure delight

When hurt flies and love alights

Do You Have A Pretty Friend?

~ Frank Solanki ~ 47 Comments

Save me from this feeling

Keep me away from touch

Love was supposed to be fun

But it’s hurting me too much

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Save me from this moment

Keep my heart at bay

Love was supposed to make me smile

But it’s hurting me today

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This can’t go on

I believe we must end

This can’t go on anymore

Do you have a pretty friend?

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Everyone knows about it

They weren’t born yesterday

Even a blind man could easily see

What I am trying to say

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Everyone knows about it

What is there to hide?

I know your true feelings

And you know how I feel inside

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This can’t go on

I believe we must end

This can’t go on anymore

Do you have a pretty friend?

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Let go of my hand

The time is due

I ain’t worth holding on

And neither are you

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Let go of my heart

You cannot keep the pace

It ain’t worth holding on

It’s in the wrong place

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This can’t go on

I believe we must end

This can’t go on anymore

Do you have a pretty friend?

All The Nightmares Of The Town

~ Frank Solanki ~ 28 Comments

They knocked at the door

I quietly let them in

Unaware of the chaos

They would bring within

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They destroyed the furniture

Tore all the books

The fridge lay on the floor

The mirror called them crooks

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They didn’t let me sleep

They danced all night

The house was pitch dark

They turned off all lights

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Hours passed like years

Everything was upside down

It seems I had invited

All the nightmares of the town

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I waited patiently

And watched the fading moon

The party was going to be over

Sun was coming soon

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They packed their bags in haste

And were on their way

The screams and the scares

Weren’t here to stay

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But before they left me for good

They whispered in my ear

They’ll be coming back tomorrow

When darkness would be near

My Love Is Your Sunshine

~ Frank Solanki ~ 50 Comments

Your voice delivers me from chaos. Your eyes bring me to peace

My soul’s bleeding for you. So’s my heart and its every little piece

If I ever were to name a hundred million stars

I’d name them all after you as I’ve named my scars

For you’re always in my head and forever in my heart

Makes you seem so close to me though we’re a thousand miles apart

And if today was the day that I would breathe my last

My love would be your sunshine and a tall shadow shall be cast

Midnight Lullaby

~ Frank Solanki ~ 46 Comments

At last, everyone goes to bed

Silence greets my head

I stare outside the lonely window

Moon looks down below

The stars have vanished

My hope’s diminished

All my ache disappears

I leave behind my fears

It begins to rain outside

I smile, free and wide

Maybe someday, I will lose control

And the clouds will drench my soul

I fold my hands and pray

Wishing this never goes away

What a feeling to be born again

And feel so free and small

What a feeling to be all alone

And not feel lonely at all

The Mirror Knows My Secrets

~ Frank Solanki ~ 49 Comments

The mirror knows my secrets

Far too many now

I never told her anything

She just found out somehow

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She pretends to be my friend

Looks right into my eyes

She knows all of my sins

And she even knows my lies

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She laughs at my suffering

Loves to see me in pain

I try resisting her but

She keeps coming back again

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My heavy head has an idea

“Smash her against the wall

Shatter her to pieces”

The end of it all

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But it is not so simple

I really need her with me

My heart has eyes

While the brain cannot see

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I guess I would have to live with it

There is no other way

I’ll stare into the mirror

And pass the day away