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Daniel's Poetry Journal
« on: April 13, 2006, 01:19:37 am »
It has been suggested that I translocate my poetry from the Chez Tremblay board to over here, so I hope you enjoy them.
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2006, 01:21:17 am »
Do not let me go into that dark night
By Daniel

Do not let me go into that dark night
Alone and cold in frozen moonlight
The tiny fire burns inside
Alive and warm, yet so far away
I can hardly wait for light of day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Isolated and distant from your sight
Let me stay by your side
Together and ever in romantic play
Night after night, day after day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Lonely and hurt without your delight
Come along for the ride
Loving and joyful will we ever stay
I rely on you so much, as the sun of the day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Sad and despairing because of your plight
In everything, I've never lied
Happy and hopeful, please come away
I am here for you, let's seize the day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Patient but hopeful, I feel your fright
It rushes over me like a rising tide
Yearning and insistent; come away, come away
Tomorrow can be a brand new day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Present and willing, let me be your might
But yet you still push me aside
Absent and resistant, have you nothing to say?
I fear the night but you hide in the day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Wanting, desiring with painful insight
This dark heat to which I'm tied
Avoiding, escaping your tragic play
I too am now silent in the day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Loving, deserving of love's height
I must from time to time abide
Hating, hurting myself this way
But it's something I need every day

Do not let me go into that dark night
Cold and alone. Its just not right
There is no greater divide
Warm and willing, but you had to wait
Now, dear friend, it is too late

I won't let you go into that dark night
Final and lasting, I see with your light
Over lost ashes I have cried
Renewing and eternal, I swear if I may
My love for you outshines the day.
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2006, 01:23:09 am »
But...
By Daniel


I'm here, I'm here!
His eyes laugh out
His lips aquiver with glee
But I barely twist my mouth
I just stand there silently.

I'm away from the truck
With a sideways glance
An anxious look crosses my face
But his grin reflects perennial dance
His quick movement closing space.

He smiles, he nods
His eyes meet mine
So full of hope and dreams
But I look away just in time
Nothing is what it seems.

With sour note
And bitter taste
I explain the situation
But his eyes dim with sudden haste
I face my own damnation.

His eyebrows sink
His smile fades
He blinks and looks away
But I say nothing to his face
There's nothing I can say.

He twists away
I feel him turn
A sharp and pulsing ache
But I still have so much to learn
Of love for love's sake.

Bereft, alone
I apologize
Yet knowing he'll be back
But tears well up in his eyes
My darling, darling Jack.

With tenderness
And sweet sorrow
He utters his goodbyes
But I never saw tomorrow
Nor thought that he might die.
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2006, 01:27:31 am »
awwww Daniel...

I love the poem "But "...so beautifully written...

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Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again."
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2006, 01:29:32 am »
How Often
by Daniel

How often I have hoped for
A moment such as this
When moon with silver light
Shines down upon our kiss!

How often have you pulled away
From this sacred embrace
And walked away, not looking back
With a halting, shambling pace?

How often I have called your
Name in the middle of the night
And Felt the pain of loneliness
Without you in my sight.

How often have you looked aside
And tried to hide your fears
Unwilling to address them
Growing them over the years?

How often I have needed you
And burned with heated fire
Aching for even a single touch
From you, my heart's desire.

How often has your need for me
Been still and taciturn
When all I wanted was
To be needed in return?

How often I have wept clear tears
The blood of my heart's pain
Washing away the salty sorrow
With unfounded hope again.

How often have you pushed me back
self-hating and afraid?
I've tried to offer solace
You've turned away in shame.

How often has our love been
so totally ignored?
How often have we refused what
could sweetly be in store?
How often has swung open then closed
opportunity's door?
I can't count, can't stand it anymore.
« Last Edit: September 14, 2006, 05:35:51 pm by Daniel »
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2006, 01:30:36 am »
awwww Daniel...

I love the poem "But "...so beautifully written...

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Kea

I think your signature line is a poem by Rumi. Could be wrong though, but it sounds like one of the stanzas from the Love Poems of Rumi.
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2006, 01:32:41 am »
Lonely
By Daniel

Lonely
One string vibrates
Silent on its own
Tantalized by thoughts of more

Two strings harmonize
One song, two hearts

Laughter fades in purest joy
Over time and through stunning light
Vexed by hatred's bigotry
Ending never agony's plight
Damned if you do, and damned if you don't

Two songs melt together
On the wide and open plains

Lonely
Only together
Sorrow in their happiness
Taken in brief moments

A gentleness fades in harsh respect
Glumping in the throat
As agony erupts in violence
In extreme pain we now reflect
Now that silence has passed us by
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2006, 01:34:32 am »
A Sinking Island
by Daniel

Such words were never
More painful than
For me to hear
That you wish you knew how to quit me
Am I so wrong for you?
I've tried, Jack, I've tried so hard
To love you for our brief moments.
But for these you weren't satisfied.
You always wanted more
More than I could give, More than I would dare
Your bright soul danced the heights of sky
But you never looked back
Could you not see that I could
Not go as far as you.
Some inner anchor held me here.
Some genuine terror.
You never saw it, never addressed it.
You just wanted more and more
But I could not give you what you wanted:
Free, unabashed love - because I
Know the darkness and the anguish of the flame
But despite these I have loved you.
In my own special way, making all this
Special time
For us.
Sometimes there's no time to make
Hourglass sands flow through
I cannot catch them, though I want to
And give them over
To you.
But you could not appreciate
Everything I did
Though you knew how much it cost me
And what is left for us.
And yet you turn away from what we have.
It's solid and it's real.
You want so much more than either of us
Can give. You want a dream.
I am no dream, Jack, I'm here and now
But you look off into distant horizons
You see palaces of cloud
You see things that were and things
Which could be, but never things as they are.
I am here, I am solid, I am making
My love known. I make sacrifices every day.
But it is not enough.
You demand more than I can give, because I
Do not have it to give. But I am still here; thats
All I know. Your smile lifts my day, but I
See it less and less.
And now you pull away, you try to distance yourself.
And as you go, supports crash around me
Everything crumbles.
I was here. I was solid, but what am I now?
Without your love, I'm nothing, you are my
Inner soul. How dare you take away from me
What once was grand and special! It has
Sustained me through the years, allowed me
To continue.
I was stable and secure with your love's anchor
But with the anchor gone, I am nowhere.
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2006, 01:35:45 am »
When hearts proclaim their victory.
by Daniel

When hearts proclaim their victory,
What will be left of land and sea?
Who can tell? Not I. Nor me.

When hearts proclaim their countenance,
How shall we then begin to dance?
And look upon the soul at glance.

When hearts proclaim their wise,
Will we see with more than eyes?
Or be lost within a maze of ice?

When hearts unite the common good,
Will we then know personhood,
Or still desire to spill red blood?

When hearts proclaim their victory.
It will be a mark of history
that changes everyone. You will see!

-----

Not one of my better poems, but I think it is a little nice one.
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2006, 01:40:35 am »
(I keep modifying this, its like a living piece of art)

Untitled Ode To a Certain Someone
by Daniel

Just as between the stars of space
 A lone planet glows with reflected light
Careening across space and time
 Opening up to some inner rhyme
But never embracing the darkness of night.

Bouncing hopefully, eyebrows raised
 Even to the arch of sky
Nowhere else is there such beauty
 Just as we see why.
A tear, a glisten, an inner attention
 Mirroring the universe nearby.
In hope I seek these miracle eyes
 Nowhere else encountered.

Great in stature and in nature
 You always seem to shine.
Loving, laughing, living, larking
 Leaving everyone behind.
Even I am pulled by subtle strings.
 Never has my heart been mine.
Hoping always for some greater being.
 A love, a life, a laugh so fine.
And in the depths of desert find
 Lakes of water, blue divine.
« Last Edit: April 16, 2006, 11:56:47 pm by Daniel »
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2006, 06:22:52 am »
I found another BBM poem. I don't know why I hadn't posted it before. Oh, I know.
It's not as good as the other ones. Well it would be an incomplete set without it, so here you go.

For What It's Worth

I've never said "I love you."
You know the reason why.
But for what it's worth, I hope you know
Just why and when I cry.

I've never tried to claim you.
I'm happier when you're free.
But for what it's worth, I really think
You should belong to me.

I've never made a promise
That I didn't try to keep.
But for what it's worth, I'll break them all,
If you say you want me.

I've never stood in your path
Nor blocked from you your way.
But for what it's worth, I think its dumb
To live in guilt each day.

I've never hurt anyone.
Especially not you.
But for what it's worth, sometimes I think
That you can be so cruel.

I've never fought a battle,
Just tried to swim upstream.
But for what it's worth, I'd fight one.
If you were there with me.

I've never cried so often
As when I'm not with you.
But for what it's worth, I laugh aloud
When I hear you laugh too.
« Last Edit: September 14, 2006, 05:33:16 pm by Daniel »
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.

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Re: Daniel's Poetry Journal
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2006, 05:36:22 pm »
Hey Daniel ..

I haven't read through all the poems, but I love the "Sinking Island" poem!  :)
I think you should post the ones you posted over on my art thread here too..
Those were beautiful as well ..   :)