Table of contents:
1- ….an ode
2- ….just be you
3- ….That day
4- If Only….
5- …as I woke
6- …so much more to say
7- …As we spoke
8- …a canvas
9- …from the depths
10-…Open your minds
11- …world divided
12- …just one drop
13- …answer the calls
14- …just one
15- …voices of children
16- ….the face of Love
17- …endless night
18- …one journey
19- …silent words
20- …ask the question
21- The universe in my mind…
….an ode
I can see clearly now
The haze now burned away
As I look in the mirror
Foolish the word I say
Only the wind in my ear
Thrown from the ground
The air became still
Nothing stirred, not a sound
A familiar place this is
As the words I must parse
With memories of love
Though only just a farce
I hold no bitterness
As my life was truly blessed
To think I had true love
Though a short time no less
If only I could say
If only there were words
The emptiness left within
I would write it in this verse
By gian casey. ©
….just be you
Never hide in the
Shadows of anonymity
refuse to cower
To that calamity
Show your face
And stand tall
A voice with a face
Shows the power of all
Remove your masks
Show the onus you tout
Let the honesty of Love
Flow to all those without
It’s all very simple
Not a vast conspiracy theory
Just talk to each other
Put aside all the fury
And be you…
By gian casey. ©
….That day
As the light slowly fades
The cold tightens it’s grip
Deafening silence sets in
The blue colors my lips
Falling like a feather
Weightless and still
An endless decent
Resigned is the will
From the darkness above
I could see her gentle wings
Felt the warmth of her voice
Heard the song as she sings
With one deep breath
My lungs filled with her love
I knew who she was
I could see her above
I may never know
Why she asked me to stay
Forever will I write…
When she saved me that day
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By Gian Casey. ©
If Only….
I saw a news story today
The opulent is in a bad way
The country is is disarray
Thought I might have a word to say
Every morning she starts her day
Don’t forget your lunch she’d say
Mommy I like my hair this way
Let’s hurry before we miss the bus today
I love you my child, she would say
As she left to go to work for pay
Another day to work away
The hours as they fade into the gray
I asked her how she was today
Just another day she would say
In her bed in pain, she laid
With her arm around child
She fades
The bill is too high for her to pay
As they watch the opulent in disarray
On the news story today
Is there more for me to say
If only a penny
You should spend
If only a cent you should lend
If only a smile you could show
If only we helped just for a while
If only we cared for each other
If only you took a chance and dared
For another than yourself
By gian casey. ©
…as I woke
As my eyes slowly open
Much to my dismay
Was this just a dream
Why did I not stay
In anticipation each day
I await for the night
Should that dream return
I will never lose sight
An angel she is
As she pulls me in close
In a warm embrace
Did this feeling arose
True love this is
As I woke to her smile
A dream that came true
Yes I knew all the while
A man’s heart long since cold
On this day came to be
By might of her Love
From stone now cast free
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By gian casey. ©
…so much more to say
At this blank page I stare
Thoughts are racing, all a blur
So many feelings stir inside
By a single thought of her
Why, I can’t stop asking
Had it taken so long
All but had given up
Till I heard her in a song
She calls to me day and night
Just a whisper in my ear
A song resounding evermore
With each note does she come near
This page no longer empty
One thought has found it’s way
Yet as I turn this single page
So many more emerge from the grey
…so much more to say
By gian Casey. ©
…As we spoke
To feel the pain
To hear the fear
To understand the emptiness
Inside
As we spoke tonight
She pulled back the curtain
A glimpse to me did she show
The pain endured
For the sake of two
Her children, nothing more
As he gripped her neck
In a fit of rage
His impotence did he show
Not a man at all
For he showed himself
A gelding nothing more
To her I give myself
To her I give my strength
To fill this void
Inside
The day will come
On the wings of change
I will watch this butterfly
Soar
….As we spoke
By gian casey. ©
….a canvas
As if drifting away
A shadow in the grey
Arms reach for a glimpse
Yet so far away
The light fades to black
Only darkness surrounds
Is this all there is
An abyss with no sounds
I sit here alone
In the dark in the cold
Can only see
A world duly sold
To the purveyors of greed
As they consume every crumb
Leaving the rest of the poor
To the realm of the numb
Those who are in need
Yet resigned to their fate
Weighed down every day
By those who won’t sate
Far off in the distance
Does a silhouette appear
A modest figure
Comes silently near
Not a savior or god
Nor profit or saint
Just a outreached hand
On this canvas does paint
The colors of Love
By gian casey. ©
Aka justwords
…from the depths
This place just an image
In the recess of my mind
A cold dark cavern
Or a memory to find
I let go of the tether
Took that single step
From the abyss did I emerge
Into a light dimly kept
Aglow, now it shines
Never again to be hidden
From the eyes of the truthful
As deception be now ridden
Immersed in her beauty
As I gaze into her eyes
Renewed by her love
As vast as night skies
To recast this broken mold
Is never out of sight
With kindness to each other
As did Dante write
…from the depths
By gian casey. ©
Aka justwords
…Open your minds
As the sun rises
There’s no relief from the cold
The sick and the poor
The weak and the old
Left out in the cold
As the hour strikes nine
On sale stale bread
Potatoes and noodles
A feast today be said
Lest left for the dead
As the sun sets
There’s no compassion at all
Without a home to lay
With no one to call
Only another day to fall
An example this is
Of beautiful people passed by
Who shine in darkness
Lone stars in the skies
Not tethered by lies
I look to the sky
Every night to remind
Of the beautiful people
So easy to find
If you just open your mind
To Love
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…a question
A pot stews on the stove
Mother prepares for the day
Peanut butter on bread
An apple tucked away
They walk to school
Daughter’s excited today
To see all her friends
To get thru the day
From school then to a train
Her job miles away
Seems there’s not enough work
Nor time in the day
A lump she has found
As large as her fears
She won’t see the doctor
No money, then tears
Mother’s child’s needs are first
Every coin is so bound
In need of Family and friends….
No one to be found
Simple dignity a right
For every person you see
Care for what we can’t control
To fight disease without fee
To see the truth just look inside
The image that you see
A mirror is the only truth
A window to what you can be
Or not to be
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….just one drop
It’s ok sometimes
We feel sad and alone
Separated from all
A feeling well known
Our minds amidst fear
We curl in a ball
Uncertainty so strong
And withdraw from them all
You’re not alone
Though it may seem that way
Think of just one thing
That made you happy one day
There was always one time
Maybe just for a second
In a distant memory
You felt happiness Beckon
This is the nexus
The truth to be told
As happiness can exist
Within our very soul
One drop of water
Can become a vast sea
Build on the positive
You’ll be amazed what you can be
….just one drop
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…answer the calls
A league of nations
For peace its intent
Yet only discussions of wars
And hollow words only lent
Wars have not changed
Politics still the seed
Civility just a guise
So drive the engines of greed
The pontifical displays
Each leader so wields
But only for status
As tanks plow the fields
Stand not in the way
Lest be turned with the dirt
Pleas from the children
Do the tyrants avert
With pompous hand shakes
These purveyors of war
Pretend their devotion
But only so far
To covet, their only goal
As they plot and they scheme
Lining their pockets
While dying children scream
Under flags of many
Not leaders at all
Afraid to answer
The pleas to the call
For peace
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…just one
Just hobbit they say
Barely noticed today
Content with a simple life
Till the dawn of this day
He can’t understand
The hate that began
When beautiful people
Chose to hide their heads in the sand
All alone he defies
The hatred inside
Of the selfishly consumed
With no conscience to abide
Not a hobbit you see
Just a metaphor from me
For beautiful people like you
With the onus to be…
The conscience of this world
Just one to be told
Who leads with Love
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…voices of children
Alan Kurdi
Washed up on the shore
Just to flee the hate of war
A plea to be nevermore
I quote UNICEF,
On this day there are Children,
living in or fleeing from
“Conflict Zones”, over 400 million
I plea to you all
It’s all on the web
Please open your eyes
If only you could see
And look past the lies
Files kept in boxes
On world leaders’ floors
Unopened gathering dust
Speak up I implore
To beautiful people around the world
You can help If you care
Your voices can be heard
Spread the word if you dare
From under the rug
We can unleash the desperate calls
The cries of our children
And tear down the walls
The darkness of hate
Will never survive
If you light every candle
Allow Love to thrive
And answer the calls
Of the child
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….the face of Love
To struggle with love
A burden always for me
To be able to trust
A dream not meant to be
Alone in a cage
I have sat for so long
Unable to leave
I still here a faint song
So many times have I fallen
Hard to understand
Why you are still here
As you reach out your hand
Will you tire of my plight
As you have needs of your own
Now a burden for you
How could you have known
Yet unyielding are you
Steadfast and sound
Anchored by Love
Roots deep in the ground
Each day the weight is eased
As trust begins to grow
For you I am committed
At last I now know
No longer a cage
A sanctuary it’s become
Under the wings of your love
We have become one
At the hands of true Love
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…endless night
Once within a dream
I held you tight
Lost within a dream
To last all night
Since I had that dream
I thought that I might
Return within that dream
Now far from sight
Now wrinkled they are
Time’s hands always turn
Resigned so am I
She would never return
As I lay down for the night
First a yawn then I sighed
Into the realm I wake
With you by my side
At last, In this dream
Under the glow of your light
Never should I wake
From this, endless night
With you my Love
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…one journey
Have I traveled the distance
Nothing more ahead
Nothing left to see
So much left to be said
Did I accomplish my goals
Everything complete
Everything filed away
A life not replete
As I look in the distance
Clouds fading away
New horizons appear
A new dawn a new day
This road now traveled
Yet but only one
Ill return the the fork
A new journey begun
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…silent words
In search of a place
An eden so to speak
Deaf to the noise
But the vibrations that beat
The pitch of each note
The octave to reach
Rhythmic is the language
The soul does it teach
She will never deceive
Sharp, natural or flat
Each bar line never veers
From the true path
Having never faltered
With me all my life
She is now part of me
The Love of my life
I first heard her voice
When only silence was heard
Since I am bound
By the chains of silent words
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The universe in my mind…
The expansion of the universe
They say is speeding up
But just a frame of time
Be careful of your conclusions
Imagine a baseball at the frame of time
It first touches the bat
It is at that frame the ball is not moving
Then in one big bang
The ball’s speed has increased in that frame of time
The immensity of the universe must be seen
Also in the very small to understand the very large
Conclusion:
When we see the universe speeding up
We may be observing this at that single frame in time
Like a rubber band has energy
The fabric of the universe
Is in the infancy from the birth of the big bang
At one frame of time
That energy will reach the limit
At that point the universe will
Retract till that point of another
Singularity
Then another big bang
The ultimate renewable energy
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