I HAVE LOVE HEARTACHE

I HAVE SEEN THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES

AND THE CONFUSION I YOUR FACE

I HAVE FELT THE TENDERNESS OF YOUR TOUCH

AND THE PAIN IN YOUR HEART

I HAVE TASTED THE SWEETNESS OF YOUR SMILE

AND THE SADNESS OF YOUR TEARS

I HAVE SMELLED THE SUNSET IN YOUR HAIR

AND THE BITTERNESS YOU OCASIONALLY HOLD

I HAVE HEARD YOUR SONGS OF JOY

AND SILENT SCREAMS OF ANGER

I HAVE HELD YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED HOLDING

AND TURNED AWAY WHEN YOU NEEDED TO BE ALONE

I HAVE WIPED AWAY YOUR TEARS

AND ADDED YO YOUR SMILES

I HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU

AND TAUGHT YOU

AND FOUGHT FOR YOU WHEN YOU HURT

AND LOVED FOR YOU

AND ASK NOTHING IN RETURN

YOU ALLOWING ME TO BE THERE WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE

IS THANKS ENOUGH FOR ME.

AFRAID TO LOVE

LOVE ME TODAY

AFRAID TO LOVE AGAIN

AFRAID TO STEP AWAY

AFRAID CAUSE I WILL NEVER WIN

AFAID TO STEP INTO THE DAY.

ONCE I LOVED SO BLINDLY

ONCE I HAD A LOVE SO TRUE

ONCE WAS ALL THERE WAS

TO BE ONCE I WAS MADE BLUE

I DREAM ON WITHOUT LIGHT

I DREAM ON OF A LITTLE GIRL ONCE SO SWEET

ONCE A LITTLE GIRL SO INNOCENT

ONCE A LITTLE GIRL LOVES TO KEEP

ONCE A LITTLE GIRL LOVE WAS SENT.

NOW A BIG GIRL STANDS AFAID IN THE PARADE

NOW A BIG GIRL STANDS SHOWN.

SHOWN WHAT PAIN CAN BE

SHOWN WHAT LOVE CAN BRING

SHOWN BY THAT BIG BOY, SHOWN

WHAT LOVE CAN BRING.

AFRAID TO LOVE AGAIN

TO MOVE TO GREENER GRASS

AFRAID I LOST MY WAY

AFRAID OF THE YEARS PAST

AFRAID TO LOVEI SAY AFRAID,

BUT LOVE WILL FIND MY WAY

AFRAID

BUT PLEASE LOVE ME TODAY.

TEAR COMING SILENTLY

IN THE DREAMCOMING SILENTLY IN THE NIGHT

WITHOUT WARNING COMES THE OUT OF SIGHT

YOU RUN AWAY FROM FEAR,

YET YOU ARE CAUGHT BY A TEAR

THE DREAM YOU DREAM FADES

YOU ASK WHO PULLED THE SHADES

THEN SILENTLY COMES THE NIGHTMARE WHIP

COMING WITHOUT WARNING OF THE TRIP

THE TRIP THROUGH THE DARK NIGHT

WITHOUT LEARNING OF WRONG OR RIGHT YOU FALL

DOWN

WITH MANY A TEAR

TEARS HAVE COME FOR A SUMMER YEAR

YET

SOMEWHERE SILENTLY ENDS

THE NIGHTMARE.

YOU ASK WHERE IS TOMORROW

WHERE OH WHERE WITHOUT WARNING

WITHOUT A CARE.

TIME OF THE WILD CHILD

TIME TAKES ON LIFE UNTIL DEATH.

TIME TELLS ME I AM STILL ALIVE SO,

I WILL FLY AWAY MY OWN WAY,

FORGETTING ABOUT THE LIE.

HOPE TIME COMES QUICK FOR YOU,

OR WHATEVEER MAY COME TO PASS.

MAYBE YOU WILL FLY AWAY,

SUCH SWEEY SORROW MAY COME AT LAST.

PARTING CAN BE BAD.

PARTING CAN HURT.

PARTING CAN MAKE YOU SAD.

TIME HEALS PAIN AS IN YESTERDAY,

I AM THANKFUL FOR THE SHORT TIME LOVE LIVED.

THAT WAS A BIG SIGN.

TIME STANDS STILL WHILE,

THEN OFF WITH THE WORLD.

TIME FLYS AWAY LIKE A WILD CHILD.

TIME BROUGHT ME HAPPINESS.

TIME BROUGHT ME YOU.

NOW TIME STANDS STILL WITH YOU,

LIKE YESTERDAY I FELL DEEP,

NOW THE SHADES ARE PULLED AWAY.

THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT

FOR AWHILE TODAY.

LIKE A FLASH YOU ARE GONE.

TIME PASSED QUICKER THAN BEFORE.

THANKFUL FOR THAT THE DOOR MAY BE OPEN,

NOT CLOSED FOREVER MORE.

WHAT IS TOMORROW?

WHAT WILL IT BRING, TOO SOON?

WHO KNOWS , FOR WHAT IS FATE?

THE DOOR STANDS WIDE

AND OPEN STILL.

THE KEY HAS BEEN FOUND

AND TO WHOSE WILL?

HERE STANDS THE KEY

STILL LOOKING ON,

WAITING FOR SOMEDAY TO WANDER ON.

TODAY IS HERE.

YESTERDAY IS GONE.

WHAT IS GONE?

WHAT IS GONE NOW STANDS ALONE.

THE SHADOW DARKENED THE KEY AWHILE.

THE KEY FELL INTO THE BRIM

OF A WILD CHILD.

TOMORROW IS YET TO COME TOO SOON,

KNOW THE HEAVENS, THE SUN, THE MOON.

THERE STANDS THE KEY IN THE TEAR,

THE TEAR FADES AWAY INTO THE NIGHTMARE.

LITTLE DOES THE MOON CARE,

FOR FEAR WAS ONLY A DREAM,

NOT REALLY WHAT IT DID SEEM.

NOW AND THEN THE KEY

REMAINS STILL FOR WHOSE WILL?

NO MOON KNOWS AGAIN, NO MORE,

THE TIDE RUSHES TO THE SHORE,

CHANGING THE KEY TO ANOTHER WAY,

BUT WHERE DOES THE KEY STANDS TODAY?

NOW IT STANDS IN THE ARMS OF THE TIDE.

NOW IT CHANGES ANOTHER SIDE.

TOMORROW IS COME

OF YESTERDAY

THE KEY HAD FELL.

NOW STANDS THE KEY ALONE.

THE KEY SHADOW HAS COME HOME.

WHO STANDS AT THE DOOR?

HEAVEN SAYS COME IN FROM THE SHORE!

THE KEY'S SHADOW LOSES ITS WAY,

NOW HERE IT STANDS,

HERE TODAY,

GONE TOMORROW.

THE KEY FELL INTO THE ARMS OF A WILD CHILD,

NOW STANDS THE KEY HERE TODAY FOR AWILE,

FOR WHAT IS TOMORROW?

WHAT WILL IT BRING TOO SOON? TOO LATE?

WHO KNOWS FOR WHAT IS FATE?

LIFE IS A JOURNEYWITH TWISTS AND TURNS.

SOMETIMES WE SOAR. SOMETIMES

WE BURN.

LIFE IS A CHALLENGE WITH GOALS AND DREAMS.

SOMETIMES WE SUCCEED. SOMETIMES WE SCREAM.

LIFE IS A GIFT WITH JOYS AND SORROWS.

SOMETIMES WE CHERISH. SOMETIMES WE BORROW.

LIFE IS A MYSTERY WITH SECRETS AND CLUES.

SOMETIMES WE DISCOVER.

SOMETIMES WE LOSE.

LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE IT

WITH CHOICES AND ACTIONS.

SOMETIMES WE CREATE.

SOMETIMES WE REACT.

LIFE IS A POEM WITH WORDS AND RHYMES.

SOMETIMES WE WRITE.

LIFE IS A ROSE WITH PETALS AND THORNS.

SOMETIMES WE ADMIRE.

SOMETIMES WE BLEED.

WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF LIFE, LOVE AND THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY.

WE LOVE WITH PASSION, HEARTACHE, HAPPINESS, JOY.

WE WAKE UP EVERYDAY.

WE SEE THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS.

WE KNOW TO ASSIMILATE TO A WORLD OF FEAR.

THE PATH TO CHOOSE SHOULD BE TO USE

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.

TO DECIPHER TRUTH FROM FICTION IS A LEARNED SKILL

FOR SOME PEOPLE

AND OTHERS WERE BORN WITH THIS SKILL.

TO LOVE NOT HATE.

AWAKE IS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF

LEARNING ABOUT PEOPLE.

WE ARE ONE HUMAN BEING SPECIES

WITH MANY CULTURES, LANGUAGES, ETHNICITIES,

DIFFERENT SKIN PIGMENTATION.

WE ARE ONE HUMAN BEING SPECIES.

I PROMOYE LOVE, PEACE, EQUALITY.

I HAVE SHARED POETRY AND PROSE FROM MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE.

I AM 74. I AM ECCENTRIC,

LOVE BRIGHT COLORS,

PEACE.

WRITTEN EDITED BY

VICKI LAWANA TRUSSELL

2023

CALIFORNIA

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITED BY

VICKI LAWANA TRUSSELLI

2023