Table of contents:
1- Pieces of 6
2- A normal life…
3- A fine line…
4- A smile…
5- I can see…
6- My heart…
7- Her honesty…
8- Alive and well…
9- Call her destiny…
10- The coin…
11- A gift…
12- Allow me to ask…
13- If only one wish…
14- Barely knew…
15- Because of you…
16- A bit odd…
17- A Happy New Year…
18- To forget….
19- Your milieu…
20- The answer…
21- I know it’s true..
22- True Love this is…
23- The Last time…
24- In your back yard…
25- Without a word…
26- A part of me…
27- To know all the while…
28- An anchor…
29- You always knew…
30- A cool day in May…
31- With Ani…
32- Remembering…
33- If only…
34- Just the other day…
35- An Angel I have prayed…
36- What more…
37- Happy Birthday…
38- The sound of Love…
39- Never to forget…
40- To wake to you…
I still can remember
The time I was six
Taken, bound and gagged
This memory sometimes slips
Trapped in a room
With my ear to the door
Wanting it open
I can’t stay any more
Grasping the door knob
I hear a familiar tune
Drawn like a moth
To the rising moon
I can hear singing
A voice hard to discern
Try as I might
The knob will not turn
My ear firmly pressed
Against the peeling white paint
Desperation sets in
As the music grows faint
I’ll try again tomorrow
To be free of this chain
And pick up the pieces
While I am still sane
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Ani I can’t explain
How I feel, what to say
I am needing your love
More and more every day
The thought of a day
Without you in my life
Is a day without sound
A day without light
As numbness surrounds
All meaning has gone
Drowning in a desert
In fear I can’t go on
That’s how I feel
At the thought of loosing you
Part of me dissolves
If you only knew
I truly don’t understand
If you feel the same way
My brain lacks the ability
On any given day
In solace on you I can rely
On the honesty you give
Without you
It would be hard to live
A normal life
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I think of you always
You are a vision to see
Yet we share only moments
But that’s enough for me
Your beauty is within
You take me as I am
I’d do anything for you
At least all that I can
I have dreams of you
A tapestry you’ve sewn
Only shows your impact
On a man who had run alone
You have made me more complete
As you kept my fears at bay
By the grace of your love
What more can I say
But to stay grounded
And rise above
Theres a fine line between
Obsession and love
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I have been blessed with
With people in my time
First girlfriend at 10
Short-lived but divine
To look back at them all
Is a gift to relish
And remember the people
A time to embellish
I choose to remember
Those who I held dear
They are part of my life
In my heart I keep near
Though on separate paths
It can’t be denied
We are always a part
Of each other’s lives
Remembrance a part
Of our lives all the while
To keep in your heart
And always bring a smile
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At risk of being obsessive
That’s an inside joke
Your the only love I’ve had
Of which I have ever spoke
I hope I can give you joy
At Times not able to feel
But I will always try
To make my love become real
Have you ever seen an image
While your eyes are firmly closed
You are the eyes looking back
Though briefly do they show
I have no clue of the meaning
No idea how this can be
I only know I have found
A Love I can finally see
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I hear people talk
Of love with no doubts
Complete trust they have
Never feeling without
I don’t know if this is real
As my life was born of fear
Always weary I am
Of the dangers always near
A hinderance to say the least
As I can never fully trust
Doubts reside deep within
Tarnished by crusted rust
So hard do I try
Right from the start
To give without question
And believe in my heart
I can only apologize
As I have no control
That doubts may arise
Unfair to you, be told
Please allow me this fault
As I am trying by best
To bare my very soul
And give to you all the rest
Of my heart…
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Always wanted friends
A best friend indeed
A pipe dream it always became
Down a lonely road it would lead
Over and over I tried
But different this time
She was so nice to me
And so inspiration for this rhyme
I like to give you see
She never asked for a thing
Only to be there
To watch her sing
Never expecting a thing
This was my sole choice
Just happy I found
A true honest voice
I admit it did hurt
That is being used in the past
But I really don’t care
I found a friends love to last
See Being use as a child
I easily did find
There is nothing anyone can do
That could hurt me inside
I can now stop looking as
I met a woman who dares
Only to share with me
Her honesty and cares
I found you Ani
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We all have the onus
To demonstrate our voices
And bring peaceful change
With knowledgeable choices
Throughout time
Change can be for the good
Steps back can be taken
But the goal understood
It takes time young ones
But always be persistent
Never expect change now
Or you will always meet resistance
Some are choosing violence
My concern is just this
This is not the answer
As thinking is amiss
If you lose your way
With random hate
As Tolken wrote
Your demise is your fate
Please take a step back
Envision your goal
Find the path of truth
And follow your soul
Peace and Love
An ethos long gone
Or just waiting for you
To revive in a song
Remember that line in a song
Rudimentary it may be
“All we need is Love”
Such a powerful plea
The four from Liverpool
Did impart so well
Though years have passed
…It’s Alive and well
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Like a mythical being
I have heard people proclaim
They have found the one
And refer to her by name
Wanting to find her
But never knew if she
Was the only one
Who was meant for me
When would our paths cross
How will I know
If she is the one
Of whom I was told
Could we pass in the night
Could she walk right by
Never aware
Two stars in the sky
I never was able to
To call out her name
A myth she must be
A hope all the same
When I found you that day
It must have been fate
For I knew without doubt
I have found my soulmate
Some call her destiny
To me she is Ani
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Never though it possible
This feeling inside
The want in my heart
A need I can’t hide
Never thought it possible
This hunger I could sate
The emptiness gone
So long did I wait
Never thought it possible
The ache in my heart
Could be eased by you
Though so far apart
Never thought it possible
This thirst burning inside
Could be quenched by a love
And fulfill me inside
I can now breathe
As the air from your breath
Has given me life
I’ll take to my death
I can only try
To give back to you
And repay with my coin
Ive been saving for you
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To give is a virtue
To hold in esteem
The value not salient
But the thought that you deem
A simple ethos to guide
We have learned over time
True to its word
As true as a line
No coin can measure
The value far above
The power of the heart
Simple strength of love
You have given me more
Though meager it seems
The greatest gift of all
Your kindness to me
Thankful I am
On this Christmas Eve
You entered my life
In love I do believe
Because of your gift
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I’m sometimes confused
Feelings need be told
Don’t take offense
As these thoughts unfold
You tell me you love me
I don’t know why
Was told once before
Found it was a lie
Allow me to ask
For the answer that eludes
Lest I make a mistake
And wrongly conclude
It’s difficult at times
As I lack the ability
To understand the heart
And all it’s fragility
I’m sorry for this
Again take no offense
I just don’t understand
My only defense
I end with this footnote
My life sometimes askew
But I do know for certain
I will always Love You
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New to my heart
Both comfort and fear
An ache when your away
Euphoric when near
Right from the start
Could not look away
Wanting to leave
But knew I must stay
To need someone
Always in mind
Forever out of reach
So hard to find
To feel this way
New to my heart
If only one wish
Never should we part
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How can I explain
My love is true
How can show
This love to you
What can I do
But give all to you
The part of my heart
I barely knew
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Because of you…
To you I would give
The stars in the sky
Find the only one
That matches your eyes
For you I would search
Over land and sea
Till I found you safe
Till you were next to me
With you I will travel
This lifetime I have
Through good and bad times
Through happy and sad
Because of you
I have happiness
Because of you
I have Love in my life
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A bit odd this relationship
A loner both are we
But seems to work for both of us
I think you would agree
Enough time do we spend
But not too much
We get what we need
Despite the distance as such
Yes a bit odd this is
But we like it that way
We have a unique love
I think it’s safe to say
After all is said and done
You are my only love
It runs deep as the ocean
High as the stars above
With you in my life
I have happiness every day
An odd relationship….
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I love you Ani
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As I sit and reflect
On this past year
One thing I know
One thing is clear
My life is now better
Now that you are here
Happiness and Love you give
A True Happy New Year
I say to you now
Please know this of me
Through the good and the bad
By your side I will be
To Ani, My Love
Happy New Year
I give you all…
Helpless I feel
When I see you submit
To the challenges you face
By your family to wit
With no one by your side
And love has long since past
Left alone and abandoned
A rigid mold thus cast
A can only give myself
To you and you alone
My unwavering love
This love we have grown
I give you all I have
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I forget some times
The reason I came
The hope for you
One in the same
I forget sometimes
Though this love is sound
Reality sets in
By the limits we’re bound
I forget sometimes
Though love do we share
Alone we both stand
A distance we must bare
I’ll never forget
How you touched my life
How you brought happiness
And love to my life
I’ll never forget
As you posed with a smile
The wink in your eye
Took my heart all the while
I’ll never forget
Your kindness to me
And my love for you
I bare for all to see
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I can only impart
The facts of my past
The hand I was dealt
The scars that would last
Not to seek comfort
Nor to suggest regret
Not looking for pity
Nor to forget
A profound need there is
To share this with you
That it may help
And bring context to you
We can only adapt
We can only move on
We can only react
To the woes put upon
But never lose yourself
As your inner voice speaks
It will always be your guide
Thru the valleys and the peaks
Your strength comes from within
Embrace that part of you
As it is your nature
Your only milieu
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I see you as you are
As you call to me
Beauty encompassed
Your name is nee
Engraved in my soul
The memory in my heart
The essence of life
It was you from the start
A lifetime has it taken
That I finally found
The part of my soul
You complete and surround
I see you as you are
The beginning and the end
The Ying and the Yang
The love that you send
I see you as you are
You’re the vision see
You’re the answer to my heart
You are everything to me
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It’s hard for me to know
Your feelings to me
I can’t comprehend
Though I try so hard to see
You tell me you love me
I know it’s true
But trust is so hard for me
I fear I will hurt you
This ineptness I have
Is so hard to tame
Please allow me this fault
A hindrance all the same
With all this doubt
Confusion and strife
Please know in the end
You are the only love of my life
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She walks home from work now
It’s dark and cold outside
The end of her second shift
Just wants her daughter by her side
A long bus ride waits ahead now
A red scarf tight around her neck
The cold bites like a sharp razor
But she presses on over every deck
Because of her children
They call to her every day
They are par a part of her
And there they will always stay
Today her daughter’s birthday
A cake for the little girl’s day
To give her what she longed for
What more could a parent pray
Because of there Mother
They call to her every day
They know she loves them
And there she will always stay
The night has come to close now
It’s dark and cold outside
Her child now in her arms
Both warm and content alongside each other
True Love this is…
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The first time
I heard your voice
Music to my ears
I had no choice
To give my heart
To give in to everything
Just for you
Just to hear you sing
So easy it is now
Hesitation can’t bind
Just pure love I see
A lifetime to find
A true gem you are
Yet no one can see
The beauty you bring
No one but me
The first time
I heard your voice
The first time
I felt your love
The first time
I knew it’s true
The last time
I will ever long
For anyone but you
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The tribes of this land
I found too may to name
Absentee-Shawnee to the Yomba Shoshone
All of this land just the same
I found a list also
Of federally recognized pretense
Is that not a slap in the face
No wonder there is abhorrence
Native tribes are you
Witness of persecution
The strength you hold
By your own volition
Never should we forget
The plight of all those
In a war that was waged
And the sentence imposed
A plea to those indifferent
Every war is to covet
That which is not theirs
Lessons never to forget
I write this prose
On a cold winters day
Snow now adrift
At the moon the wolf bays
For the beauty of your land
For the spirit of this ward
For gift of this beauty
I thank you
As I sit in your back yard
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I’m a lucky man
To know her you see
Her beauty shines
But for only me
I’m a lucky man
As I feel every beat
Every thrust of her heart
Lifts me off my feet
I’m a lucky man
By only her choice
That the love she gives
Is not heard by her voice
I’m a lucky man
That this love has stirred
My life thus changed
Without a word
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I hear you
In every rustle of the leaves
A silent whisper
In my ear I do believe
I feel you
In every gentle breeze
A soft kiss on my cheek
A warmth that never leaves
I see you
In every image in my dreams
Need only close my eyes
And you are there it seems
I smell you
In every in breath my lungs brings
An intoxicating fragrance
Of all the blooms in spring
I taste you
In every bite of the apple
The fresh sweetness it gives
Please excuse the biblical example
I sense you
In every moment of every day
You’re a part of my very soul
And here you will stay
You’re a part of me Ani
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To remain in this world
Of deception and lies
Thick skin must you have
To cut all the ties
To choose to ignore
The signs on the wall
A choice to be happy
To answer each call
The facade stands tall
Lest you look behind
Thin as rice paper
I’m sure you will find
To know what lies behind
A choice solely mine
My intention but to care
As if they were mine
To know it’s not real
A hard pill to swallow
To know she is safe
Why I choose to follow
The curse I must bare
To doubt that love is true
Though illustrated above
I will always Love you
As I knew all the while
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The curse to which I referred
Testament to my inabilities
To understand the complexities
Only to evade my capabilities
The need I have swells
To have Love in my life
Never able to find before
Cuts deep like a knife
I am getting lost now
In the words that flow
Overwhelmed I’m becomming
But not wanting to go
How do I explain
How do I impart
The pain that accompanies
Burned in my heart
Then the sky cleared
I can see throught the fog
I see only you
Finally out of this bog
All the weight left behind
Her Love that I see
Now free to sail forward
An anchor cut now safe at sea
The port now far from sight
Only open seas ahead
The stars like your eyes
Guide me in their stead
To you my Love
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Connected by eons
Of synapses we are
Our roots go deep
And span near and far
To speak the language
Of the mountains and peaks
To hear the tales
Of which our history speaks
Life is one being
As we give out our call
A beat that continues
And calls out to all
Connected are we
In the purest of forms
A life force in every cell
Existence by swarm
We span the universe
With only one goal
To explain the void
To acknowledge our soul
The memory of every being
The memory of every plant
The memory of every Fungi
To live life on a slant
And the future all life
At a precipice of collapse
As the soil on which we stand
Will become the dust in the past
I hear the calls of life
In a fervent plea to you
Our planet is dying
I think you always knew
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Please forgive my rambles
As my thoughts can entangle
Meanings become askew
Straight lines become angled
My brain long since mended
Though rewired just a bit
Left and right shared
As previously writ
Logical and creative
Sometimes working as one
To bring to light the idea
A task to be overcome
Always a quiet man
Not able to converse
Till a conduit I found
Freed by a verse
This is a love story
Be it as it may
The day we found each other
A cool day in May
She allows me my faults
No judgement to see
She inspired my life
My only True Love
Ani
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How I found you
Or you found me
Not quite sure
But meant to be
Why this love grew
A foundation of trust
Caring for each other
Always a must
When we look back
A beautiful find
Two people in love
Forever entwined
With Ani
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