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“How Do I Reach You?”

27 Friday Jul 2012

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H ow do
I reach you?

H ow do I start to move on and begin
O pening up to open you up
W hen closure hasn’t come to an end

D o I reach you when you break?
O r beseech you when you bend?

I can meet you in the middle, but what happens after then?

R oads can only go so far
E ven I am not invincible
A nd I’m not gonna say you are
‘C ause that would not be sensible
H ow do I learn a new lesson to teach you?

U-turn & return, tell me how do I reach you?

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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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When You Fall In Love With You

03 Saturday Dec 2011

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Falling in love with you
Ain’t always a no-brainer
Love of self is an empty container
Loosely based on a concept called “let it pour”

In this realm you
Notice a cup in need of so much more

Learning to fall in love with you enables you to
Open the handle of courage on your storage bin
Value self acceptance and
Excitedly pour it in

When you fall in love with you
In comes fulfillment to further link it
This is your elixir and it’s like
Heaven when you drink it

You in love with you, brings you
One step closer to the greatest love of all
Understanding God’s love and when you heed that call…

…You don’t catch yourself
You close your eyes & fall

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Hurricane You

16 Wednesday Nov 2011

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How can you rush in emphatically?
Usher in change so dramatically
Room for me to breathe is pushed aside 
Room for me to leave is shushed, denied
I’m getting flushed in my own inadequacy
Crushed in arrangements uncomfortably
And so my grief has doused true love
No more belief
Espoused through love

You were brief
One thief in the night
Unleashed who can restrain you enough to drain you?

…There’s no complete relief in sight
From hurt & pain due
Caused by hurricane you

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I’m Showing You Tough Love

06 Sunday Nov 2011

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I ‘m not
T urning my back on you

O r leaving you high & dry dear friend
N or am I
L etting
Y ou dangle out there in the wind

S ometimes you have to step aside and
E xcuse yourself from where one delves
E xpressing every hope that
M aybe they’ll
S ee it for themselves

L ike I saw it not so long ago
I want to save you from the
K ind of pain I’ve come to know
E very chance I get I want to help you grow

I ‘m not turning my back on you
T hat is something I’ve never even dreamed of …

…I’m showing you tough love

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The Pursuit of Happiness

03 Thursday Nov 2011

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H ow do we cover a trail of tears?
A nd recover what was lost?
P ositive people nor do their peers
P ut a price on what happiness costs
I won’t retrace the tortured steps
N or the fatal flights we flew
E ntanglements dangled the nights we wept
S till what else can we do?
S urvivors yes we are – you have me & I have you …

… But what’s eluded us thus far – is the happiness we pursue
This might seem a bit bizarre – but I feel it coming
Don’t you?

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