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i should have said “I Love You” more

02 Wednesday May 2012

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I should have said, “I love you” more

So many times I could have
Held you in my arms and
Opened up – I really should have
Used the time more preciously
Looking back from here I would have
Done whatever I did not – now that I know I could have

How could time just slip away?
And time again my heart ignore
Virtually every thing
Each part of me is sorry for…

…My number one regret is
I should have said, “I love you” more

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“my SECOND skin”

30 Monday Apr 2012

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You are my second skin
One with me – we mesh
Underneath the soul within

…Far beyond where there is flesh

And you are my next of kin
Rarest of the rare –
Extent of your loss, what then?

…More than my heart could bear 

My second skin and my first love
You’re what I thirst love in the inner me…

…And my burst of higher energy 

Savoring you protects me when
Earnest devotion begins to believe
Companionship is rejecting a friend – I grieve
Once emotion is worn on my sleeve
Not that you’d abandon ship of this I can be sure
Destiny stitched the layers weaved… 

…There is nothing about us impure

So in this context we blend
Kindred spirits through & through
I see you as my second skin
Notably thicker to insulate me from a colder view…

…You breathe in me a warm second wind
And blow me away by you just being you

 

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“Think of YOU as Divine”

19 Monday Mar 2012

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Sometimes hair & make up are
Essential
Each is a piece that crafts your full potential

You can buy a new outfit
Or get a pedicure
Undergo procedures designed to
Reassure

It’s common to
Nip & tuck & tweak a little bit
Nix some of your hips & suck in
Each hump you fiddle with
Round the middle with

But it’s far better to
Ease your troubled mind
And build self-esteem
Under the butt you leave behind
Think of all
You can dream up…

…To beam up & shine
Remember the theme up
Is to first think of you as divine

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“Does Heaven Know You’re Missing?” (Whitney Houston)

12 Sunday Feb 2012

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Note from Tony Haynes: ”Whitney Houston was like an angel to me. Here is a poem I wrote for her a few years ago as a tribute, using her name.”

W as it the way I
H eld you?
I t had to be
T he way I pulled you
N ext to me
E xpectedly …
Y ou melted

H eaven felt it
O ur worlds connected
U nited, combined & resurrected
S uddenly
T here was an angel in my life
O ne I could find myself forever kissing
N ow the only question left for me to ask is …

… Does heaven know you’re missing?

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Intelligent Life

10 Friday Feb 2012

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Somewhere there is intelligent life
Undaunted by the daunting
Passionate, a perceptive
Experienced type
Really wanting what I’m wanting

Did I go there & why? I’m astounded
Until this very second I had been dumbfounded
Prepared to sail contaminated water
Earth prevailed, it moved
Removed & I got smarter

You unleashed my Intimate Qualities
Orchestrating through your genius, a bird’s eye view
Ultimately lifting my spirits…

…While raising my I.Q.

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“Change Your Train of Thought”

30 Monday Jan 2012

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Decide to change your train of thought
Out of what is ordinarily Influential on a one-track-mind

It has kept you chugging down a line
Nine times out of nine
Contrarily conceived
Ride an out-of-the-box car
Emotionally loco-motive and not necessarily naive
Decide to change your train of thought
It is you – you are the conductor
But it is primarily believed
Life & death have made you a passenger in an
Environment that derails you from engine to caboose

To re-train how you treat your precious cargo
Here is where you turn you loose
In a perpetual
New perspective primarily perceived
Golden at all stations where higher consciousness is stored
So at the crossroads toward your destination …

… You’ll let body, mind & soul get on board

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“Let Me Tell You This”

09 Monday Jan 2012

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Editor’s Note: When my sister passed away after a brief illness last September, I was devastated. Tony Haynes wrote this poem and sent it to me. The acrostic is my sister’s name (Lenora Speller) and the poem is written from her perspective. I’m publishing it because it is beautiful, and it makes me feel better as I continue to deal with this terrible loss. I thought that someone else might benefit from it, too.

L et me tell you this
E verlasting life is bliss
N othing can compare to
O ur days in the air to
R evel in glory with our Lord
And receive a life’s reward

S o let me tell you this
P eacefully I send a kiss
E xtending out my heart to
L ove you though apart through
L ife & afterlife but way up here
E very thing is oh, so clear
R est assured I’m always near …

… And I’ll always hear you
Our special bond it will exist
Now until forever, it is true I tell you this.

Now Dancing with the Angels

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