Tied my shoes and off I set
To places Jesus never went
In my quest to find joy and peace
And dying merriment
…
And against the setting sun I saw
Shadow of a girl up yonder
And with every minute that passed
My aching heart grew fonder
…
At your feet I’ll lay my soul
And all my life I’ll bear your whims
If you can reproduce that one moment
And give me another glimpse
Author: Frank Solanki
Making the world a better place one poem at a time.
Peggy
I asked for sleep
She took my breath
I asked for peace
She gave me death
Five More Breaths
Do not worry about your final show
Your goodbyes were made
A long time ago
…
Do not worry about your friends and family
It will be taken care of
By destiny
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If you had known your time had come
Would you have done
What is to become?
…
If you had known peace is on its way
Would you have betrayed it
For another day?
…
Into my paradise, you will find
You have paid
Your price in kind
…
Into my heaven, you put your feet
Five more breaths
Then we meet
All That Is You
If I ever tell you what is killing me, I’m sure you’d think it’s a lie
My heart’s made of stone
And it loves to be alone
But yours is the only face I’d like to see when I die
You could be apprehensive about the future and regretful about the past
If time was a song
I’d sing all day long
And clutch every moment between my fingers and make these memories last
And only the truth will lie between you and me
As I bare my soul to you
And the spoken words will form a melody
And rhyme with all that is true
…
Though some doors have closed for now, there is still some hope for us
Your smile will give
A hope and then live
Beyond the bonds of time and space of this curse
There is nothing more to me now than I ever was
If my promises were a trick
You could break it with a stick
But it is much more than dying for a lost cause
And only true love will lie between you and me
As I bare my heart to you
And the ecstacy and pain will form a melody
And rhyme with all that we knew
…
Will you forgive me my fears and accept me as I stand here tonight?
Let the rain pour
Let it thunder and more
I expose myself to uncertainties until you teach me what is right
Will you do me a favour and walk with me and hold my hand throughout?
The sky will turn blue
From its paler hue
And the grass would be more green than it has ever been without a shadow of a doubt
And only the heavens will lie between you and me
As I bare myself to you
And the angels will sing in a melody
And rhyme with all that is you
The Clouds Are Moving
If my eyes aren’t deceiving
It seems the clouds are moving
I wish they would stay
I could talk with them all day
But they are drifting away
And nobody else is arriving
…
‘Tis not a day to be spent alone
Air is filled with pages thrown
Flying away, flying thin
The cold winds burn my skin
But they know where to begin
They have already passed my bones
…
It’s not like I’m not trying to
But there is something about you
Which makes my heart leap
And know just how to keep
My heart from falling asleep
And I dream about you until two
…
Across town, I wander
Hoping lightning would strike and thunder
Would bring down rain
And I’d hide my pain
As I try in vain
To do anything but surrender
…
If my eyes aren’t deceiving
It seems the clouds are moving
I wish they would stay
I could talk with them all day
But they are drifting away
And nobody else is arriving
I’ll Wait For You
Where trees are fell
Where flowers don’t smell
I’ll wait for you
In this living hell
I’ll wait for you
…
Where winds don’t blow
Where rivers don’t flow
I’ll wait for you
And let you know
I’ll wait for you
…
Where stars don’t shine
And you are not mine
I’ll wait for you
Till the end of time
I’ll wait for you
…
Where bells don’t ring
And birds don’t sing
I’ll wait for you
And change everything
I’ll wait for you
And change everything
Time Still
Treacherously time moves
No haste in her stride
Rules of society and nature
I must abide
…
To make a move in this direction
To walk with my own feet
Would I be able to shake
The dancing of their beat?
…
And when finally time arrives
Everyone be on their way
To think what has really passed
Was just another day
Unworthy
Unworthy of your love I am
For even I do not love myself
Unworthy of your heart I am
I cannot give you something that I don’t have
Unworthy I am, unworthy I will be
Unworthy I remain for eternity
No More School For Me
They make me wake up early
When I should be sleeping instead
The sun hasn’t raised his head
But I’m already out of my bed
I go through the motions
Like a ritual, everyday
I dream about the weekends
But they’re always far away
I wish I could find a formula to make myself grow
I won’t be going to school
I won’t be going to school tomorrow
…
All sorts of people fill that place
My friends, they are friendly
The bullies, they all bully
And they all do their jobs so perfectly
Mr. Vain, he is kind
Miss Confused, she is nice
But when I ask them a question
They fill me up with lies
And all sorts of nonsensical stuff, at me, they throw
I won’t be going to school
I won’t be going to school tomorrow
…
There are so many other things
I’d rather be doing
I could go swimming or I could go riding
Or I could be singing or I could be writing
A song, instead of my homework
These numbers are so frightening
I ain’t got dyslexia
But my brain isn’t igniting
Is there some excuse which I could borrow?
I won’t be going to school
I won’t be going to school tomorrow
…
Mom and dad want me to suffer
Like they used to do
They say that it’s a virtue
I should pass on to my kids too
But I ain’t so keen on children
Neither am I on a wife
Don’t know how they’re related
I just wanna live my life
It’s hard to complete myself when they’re having a row
I won’t be going to school
I won’t be going to school tomorrow
…
The whole thing is a waste
The whole thing is a scam
They want me to be like them
They don’t like who I am
They tie a collar around our neck
Then they teach us to be free
They teach us how to make money
They teach us how to be
When they should be teaching us how to be happy or face sorrow
I won’t be going to school
I won’t be going to school tomorrow
Walk With Me
Do not ask me to follow
I cannot keep up
Do not ask me to lead
I’d just give up
Just walk with me
Hand in hand
Forget about the world
They don’t understand
Frank Solanki 