Cupid, The Devil and An Angel

by Laurie Lyle

  Let us be virtuous and kind to each other

  Reach out bring peace with your presence

  Encourage good things they always make sense

  Claim your freedom use it for upliftment use it good

  Set others free lead them to where they ought to be

  With pride honor your esteem vows and pledges

  Hallowed ground that’s where you now stand

  Fill the sacred place in your heart with heavenly thoughts

  So much you have found yet some have been lost

  As you wrestle with the insurmountable cost

  Of things accomplished and some not yet done

  Believe in your savior watch your behavior

  Be of high spirit carry out your massive gratifying task

  You will be rewarded for your work well done

  Your assessment is ongoing by those who should

  Make peace in your heart earn your forgiveness

  Return to a peaceful fulfilling life with all its promise

  Of dignity harmony and independence be good to life

  REGULAR AFFAIR

  He was having an affair and she did not know

  She was in a relationship and he did not detect

  He spent nights at her apartment she said he is at work

  She spent Saturdays with him he said she is doing overtime

  He was a king with two thrones

  She was a queen in two worlds

  There are silver threads among the gold

  As the tangled web got twisted some more

  Time is wasted when in anxiety

  They try to separate the fickle strands

  Jenny’s got a secret boyfriend

  It is dangerous everyone knows

  Robert he is going steady with Helen

  But it is shaky because there is also Mavis

  Daddy he is over there hanging out with Elaine

  Mummy she is in Daddy’s den talking to Shane

  They try hard to conceal their devious dealings

  What would their relationship be like if they knew it?

  Their cocky minds tell them they fool the world

  With deceitful mentality and agility

  If they were clever they would know

  Secrecy is like an indomitable avowed sin

  It has no lot or part in the sanctity of heaven

  It is their sordid surreptitious affairs

  That the friends hanging out down the street

  Speaking in hushed tones are gossiping and talking about

  SALLY BLUE

  She’s sitting there, staring at pictures of you

  You went away and left her, now she is blue

  Nothing in her head, just memories and images of you

  Worry, worry, worry that’s all she do

  Little Sally, Little Sally Blue

  I want to help you, what should I do?

  Engraved in my heart are images of you

  I Love you, Sally, Little Sally Blue

  The wind is blowing sweet fragrance of you

  Nostalgic smell to my senses too

  Heartbroken, what can I do

  I ache for this love, I’m hurting not just you

  Alone in this world, there’s room for two

  You cried when he left and curled up in bed

  Would not come out no matter what is said

  Not eating, not drinking, it’s all about thinking

  The tears in your eyes are starting to smart

  The ache in your heart, that’s where it all starts

  Endless flow streaming from hazy, bloodshot eyes

  WILD HORSES

  Run with wild horses existence so free

  Across open prairies and meadows we’ll flee

  Glorified exhilaration building in me

  Loving every moment so good to be free

  The whole world with different eyes at last I see

  Freedom in abundance just waiting for me

  To run with wild horses

  A freedom so free

  Love in abundance building in me

  Blue skies are endless as far as I see

  Just like a blanket covering me

  In this place of freedom I want to be

  A son of a gun that’s the one I be

  Without responsibility even due care

  It’s in my heart I’ll find you here

  Running with wild horses

  Domesticated prisoner of freedom

  Ecstatic wild and free

  SPINNING CIRCLES

  Spinning in circles looking out to sea

  Venting feelings pent up in me

  Grumbling and mumbling

  No words or syllables incoherent I be

  Trends of life slowly killing me

  Oh me oh my it’s happening to me

  Hum diddy dum

  Hum diddy dee

  Look at you laughing at me

  Sitting up in bed restless I be

  No sleep or blessed rest for me

  Pressures of this tumultuous life

  Draining life’s blood right out of me

  Everywhere I go everything I see

  Remind me of life

  How hard it can be

  Spinning in circles poor little me

  Giving up on living

  Watch me you’ll see

  HOME AGAIN

  On my way home again to polish my soul

  And watch the manifestation of happiness

  From your sleepy smiling eyes

  When the silence shatters as the morning breaks

  And the warm glow of the early sunlight

  Reflects from your misty hazel eyes

  I will see my special rose unfurl lustrous petals

  As I kneel in the garden of fragrances

  Like a praying mantis do to me what thou wilt

  Lucky ones eavesdropping from curiosity

  Listening to melodic singing of my conflicted heart

  I have been a wild rover now my spirit leads me home

  I will stand by you and be good to you

  I drown in a sea of love as you sing to me

  There is nothing I want as much as I want everything

  From warm spring days to the cool days of autumn

  We will walk together as our wild indulgent hearts rupture

  Shattering captivity and we run free

  Understanding and comprehending

  Complex signs of our many body languages

  Give in to the feeling and chase the fire from our souls

  Then fulfillment contentment and belonging

  Lull us to that place of peace and we sleep

  Knowing full well we will wake to clash again in the name of love

  To chase the inferno that burns deep in our souls

  GOLDEN ERA

  We must return to the golden era of yesteryear

  When life was simple and joy filled our souls

  When the nights were gaily lit by flickering fireflies and bonfires

  The stars were the psychedelic lights in our vast disco room

  The thunder was the great boom box that accompanied the drums

  The moon was the great eye in the sky that watched

  over us

  Darkness was the guardian that lulled us to sleep the shield that kept us protected from the unknown

  Our bare feet kept us grounded and connected to that from which we came

  The wind ruffling the wildly swaying leaves was the percussion for our sweet music
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br />   As our feet thumped the earth releasing a bonanza of energy-filled shower of sparks

  Then our souls fed on this force committing us to unending leisure as the source rose to its peak

  Take me back to a simple time when we drank at the river and never got drunk when we played with

  Animals and never got mauled when we ate uncooked food and fruits from the forest

  And was never poisoned when our shield was invisible and our range had no boundaries

  When we went unclothed never knowing we were naked and never got sick

  Take me back to a time when all inhabitants of earth was one

  When we walked with angels joy and peace graced our souls

  Then love was a splendid thing we never knew how to hate

  The open spaces were our chapel and we worshipped freely

  The falling rain kept our minds and body clean pure and fresh

  Raindrops were our kiss from heaven we knew we were loved

  Now we have come to a place and time that is different I’m lost

  Tell me this is not the end tell me we can go back

  Please take me back to that ecstatic ultimate time

  SORDID AFFAIR

  Elaine was the self-indulgent one; she was having an affair with the proud village cock Burton, who is the husband of the fiery one Delores. Burton was also having an affair with the vivacious Jean. Elaine found out about Jean and was hopping mad, and so she went to work, hatching a scheme with revenge and a woman’s scorn written all over it. She called him and asked, “Honey, when are you coming over? Oh, on Friday. What time? Nine o’clock. That’s good, I will be in bed. I’ll leave the door unlocked, just come on in. I’ll be in bed waiting for my tiger, okay.”

  Burton was on time. He went in, closing the door behind him as he shouted, “Baby, I’m here!” Her voice welcomed him into the bedroom. In the dim light, he could see her form under the covers. His emotions surged as he tore off his clothes and climbed into bed. His hands reached out, caressing her form. He snuggled close and hugged her as his heart stepped up tempo. He whispered, “Elaine, you are feeling so good but a little different.” His hands explored some more. Then the words came. “No, Burton, this is not Elaine. This is your wife Delores.”

  He flew from under the covers and flipped the lights on. What he saw almost caused him to have a heart attack. There in Elaine’s bed was his wife Delores. He mumbled, grumbled, and sputtered like a broken engine as he searched for his clothes, but Delores was up and at him. He made it to the front door with the remnants of a bedside lamp in his hair and the water from a vase all over him. He was out the house, but not before suffering some heinous scratches to the back, chest, and face. How he must have regretted being called a tiger; the tigress was all over him, but he managed to escape, and the fastest man alive, Usain Bolt, would be left standing in this race.

  The irony was even though he was moving fast, people could see he had on the emperor’s new clothes, which was no clothes. He had lost his plumage and was not looking quite so cocky, more like a wet rat. Even though his house was just across the village, it suddenly looked like a very long way. Some distance behind, with a piece of broken broomstick clutched in her fist, was Delores, who was doing fairly well herself. As the grand drama unfolded, Elaine stood on her front porch, hands on her knees as she doubled over with laughter.

  From the humiliation of someone there will be those who find pleasure in their misery.

  AT HIS SIDE

  We walked down the aisle, you clinging to my arm

  A start to the beginning of your new dawn

  Accepted an assented, dazzling, endless traditional symbol

  Shared a kiss then danced with flair and threw flowers in the air

  Now you are married, I get my name back

  After all these years nursing, nurturing, teaching

  There were tears when you were in pain

  There was laughter when you were happy

  You were doctored, reassured when sick and scared

  Held close with all the love, so much we shared as we cared

  Our bond held strong, insurmountable, true

  And for the first time in as many years I’m alone

  You are whisked away from all that rice to the sound of banging cans, blaring horns

  You leave behind a special dedicated emblem

  I gave away love, and the name I gave you is returned

  You took a new one, which is not quite the same

  I wish for you all the forces that make for a better life

  There is none more compelling or prevailing than hopeful hope

  With hope you can have the best of the rest

  Of every little thing that comes realize your thoughtful thoughts

  To be led through the wonderland of love, prosperity, and ecstatic dreams

  Start your new life anew; my name to you was kind, though it was always last or behind

  Someone help me find a place to unwind so I may

  think of

  All the glorious years reflected there in the memory of my mind

  JEWEL

  Amid flashing lights, showers of sparks, and pageantry

  Little jewel exploded onto the scene like a rock star with glitz, glamour, agility, irresistible and alluring

  She sparkled and brought the southern lights shimmering, flickering, sparkling to everything around

  She is Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn; she made her dramatic entry into the pageantry and

  Sideshow of the world

  After her first welcoming cry from a gusty lung announcing I am here I must be heard

  Nate the new father nervously paced the floor in ardent anticipation

  Cried a river, tears of joy; behold, he has set eyes on his precious mineral

  Sidjae the proud mother in welcoming arms received her treasured gem

  But the brightest beam of all came from Jewel’s grandmother

  Impatiently she waited outside the delivery room on a mat of pins and needles

  In blissful euphoria snatched the baby from the arms of the nurse on the way to the nursery

  Cooed like a dove, made funny noises, swaggered around, pompous, delirious, and elated

  She occupied an entire aircraft with all the trinkets and things she bought

  There are paintings of butterflies all over the pinkly shaded wall

  It is filled with serenity, a wonderful kind of peace disturbed by gems in every available space

  Angels hovering near the ceiling answered the call; they’re watching over everyone—large, great, and small

  Little Jewel was loaded with every precious thing, including her name

  Baby Jewel, with much luster, will sparkle and shine, instilling impulsive inspiration

  In the lives of the dull, unmotivated, and disheartened, she will build love, hope, and virtue

  Fascinating charisma, magnetic charm, wildly dancing harmonious beam

  She will shine and twinkle on the lives of people, inviting positive compelling action

  If we listen intently, we can hear it—soft sounds of the sweet angelic chorus singing

  “Hallelujah, she is born a princess and priceless”

  AT LAST

  With courage and determination, we persevered as we pursued

  For ten years we travelled high seas, flew endless skies

  Hiked relentless deserts, climbed and rappelled impossible cliffs and mountains

  Waded and swam across infested rivers and ravines

  We confronted this endless conflict, strived to put this ache in our hearts to rest

  We mourned loved ones we lost; it gave us a sense of purpose