Love Hope and Tears

natural sight

  So Bigger Tree holds all sway

  None have seen the light of day

  Until Monkeys climbed so high

  To touch the living breathing sky

  And as they all began to rise

  To reach their precious lofty prize

  Each one became regular louts

  Beating chests enraged shouts

  Blinded by where they must go

  They cannot see what others know

  That Bigger Tree is well designed

  With limbs to catch, hold and bind

  Strange to see at each branch

  Monkeys weave do a dance

  So as to swing up to the next

  Makes me feel quite perplexed

  That they decide to have it so

  The desire to move row on row

  Knocking others off their perch

  Leaving them in the lurch

  It seems that you have no friends

  Up there where Bigger Tree Ends

  It’s monkey see and monkey do

  But if the truth they really knew

  Surely they'd choose to change

  Wander across a wider range

  And not remain so confined

  Within borders of the mind

  But Bigger Tree is so old

  I wonder when it took hold

  Why no one ever hacked at it

  Gnawed at its bark bit by bit

  Will these monkeys find a home

  Far from where Bigger Tree's grown

  Or will they live off its leaves

  Which turns them all into thieves

  And if a woodcutter came along

  With an axe big and strong

  To cut down that Bigger Tree

  Would it set those monkeys free?

  Or as it falls would they cling on

  Never knowing what went wrong

  And all plunge to their doom

  Instead of escaping that hapless tomb

  David Papa-Adams © 2012 all rights reserved

  So remember folks Bigger Tree is just for Monkeys.

  Drifting

  I have roamed rolling hills

  Seen horizons crowned gold

  Gazed at pearls on daffodils

  That shone on distant yellow mills

  I would watch the sun set

  Never hope to feel regret

  Have the moon grace my face

  Watch starlight blossom in that place

  I would touch heaven's gate

  Rise above a mortal state

  Become the universe and more

  Drift where eagles glide and soar

  I would cast aside worldly woes

  The seed of anguish that oft grows

  And all the darkness of the night

  Shall be driven from my sight

  I would ask you join with me

  Build a world set others free

  Live a dream that all should know

  Find a home where love can grow

  David Papa-Adams (C) all rights reserved 2014

  Blind Date

  So I said let’s set a date

  I named the place a time not late

  I wondered at what I might see

  Could she have been sixty three?

  So I thought I’d play the fool

  She might think that’s rather cool

  But then again she might know

  The real me forgot to show

  So here I’m waiting in a pose

  For that lady with a rose

  But a rose has thorns too

  She spied me and ran to the loo

  Then across the floor out the door

  I’m sure this has happened before

  Down the stairs out the back

  Falling over a single clothes rack

  And before I knew what's going on

  The memory of her had already gone

  So here I stand all in daze

  Scratching my head feeling quite fazed

  This means with the evening sunk

  I'd better forget better get drunk

  We passed like ships in the night

  Then something creepy gave her a fright

  So you see she’s the fastest one yet

  Sadly my friends' one more to forget

  The moral of this story is on a blind date

  Make sure she’s blind before it’s too late

  David Papa-Adams (C) 2002

  All rights reserved

  If Brave you be

  And if someone says brave you be

  You gave courage set men free

  Held fear caged and tamed

  Discarded pasts when they stained

  That you chose to help the weak

  The destitute who could not speak

  And rose above jealous greed

  Fought against pernicious deed

  Drove away all hidden pains

  That held many heavy chains

  And if life deals a heavy blow

  Hate and falsehood lay you low

  Walk with your head held high

  Question willingly every lie

  Should time ever test your heart

  Stand nobly, play your part

  And if others say go to war

  Ask them what it is all for

  And should people lay you down

  Place upon you a sordid crown

  Be resolved to ignore

  All the hate they adore

  Cling with hope to the light

  Never fear what's in the night

  And if they make you seem a fool

  Weather storms that are cruel

  Rise above all ill contempt

  Calm the torrent that's been sent

  And if their malice wells inside

  Forgive that unforgiving bride

  These are curses of the blind

  To burden what is an upright mind

  And if their methods often burn

  Showing that they never learn

  And if their acts of brutal hate

  Bring to you a wretched state

  And whisperings reach your ear

  Condemn you to an age of fear

  They've no right to play the judge

  To carry such a hateful grudge

  And if your character they inspect

  It is not theirs to correct

  So remember that you're strong

  Whatever evil does you wrong

  They cannot take the heart of you

  If the greater part remains true

  For love will condemn you not

  Forgives what is not forgot

  Carries you through bitter trial

  Walks with you every mile

  Beware tales you've been told

  And before time makes you old

  Don't miss life but freely dream

  Don't live by what might have been

  And if by someone's tender grasp

  Love takes your hand holds it fast

  Then count yourself a king of men

  That when put upon you rose again

  David Papa-Adams © 2012 all rights reserved