February 10 2003

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Over The Edge Page 18

Poetl.s -Caeaer

Ut TS Geaer..

If [saw you on the bus
But had no idea what to say
If I saw you in the cafe
Smiling with your beautiful face
If I passed you in the mall
But fear held back my state...

Could I come up to you
And simply ask you your name
Could I maybe suggest to you
That maybe you do the same

Lakes staring into heaven
Witness to god’s great deeds
Flowers standing as sentries
Bereft of the emotions that thieve
And the gifts that mortals bleed

Flowers listen as an art

To the lakes lectures of life

Spoke in broken periodic sound
Vocalizations of helpless passivity

Self-Defence

Sparkling behind the sea that is your eyes,
I thirst to drowned in your open warm gaze.
My dreams of life, today, to my surprise,

shows me, one more has made it through the maze.

Don’t run, each foot has eyes to flee or stay,
I'll be a host, a friend, come. walk with me.

These trees are old, and strong, I hope one day,
Up high, a fort, is where two kids will be.

The fire is hot, come sit with me and swing,
From here, the sun, it sets so red; so slow.

The lake, like glass, will glow red hot, and bring
A sense of peace, as do the flames below.

The heat wakes me, with pain it seems I flirt,
to dream such things, I’ve learned, would hurt.

Abandoned, broken hearted, utterly alone

Abandoned, broken hearted, utterly alone
That is how I feel now

My heart, ripped chest

The pain seemingly endless

I feel as thought I cannot go on

The tears flow down my face in rivers
Because the love of my life has left me
For another...

When we first met, I couldn’t be happier

You were the one for me

You were my candle in the dark

The one who helped me through the rough times

I feel as thought I cannot go on

The tears flow down my face in rivers
Because the love of my life has left me
For another...

All those times I waited for you

Stayed with you, talked with you

It feels as though I’ve wasted a part of my life
Knowing that I am not the one

I feel as though I cannot go on

The tears flow down my face in rivers
Because the love of my life has left me
For another...

I did everything for you

There wasn't a day when I didn’t think about you
My dreams were of nothing but you

But now, I must give that up

When you told me, I couldn’t believe it

I never imagined that it would come to this

I would have stayed with you until the end of time
I would have always stayed by your side

But now that you've left me, I am an empty man...
Abandoned, broken hearted, utterly alone...

August 2002, Robert Viergever