Reflection

Reflection now a way of life

a poet and his pen

Memories from so long ago

tug heartstrings once again...

Friends and lovers come to mind

they pass before my eyes

The feelings I had locked away 

escape my heart in sighs...

Oh how I wish that I could go
and find them all right now
I'd leave without a second thought
and stay with them somehow...

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Music by Jennifer Thomas

Aftermath

Sifting through the aftermath

a memory here and there

What once meant everything to me

lays scattered... frayed... and bare...

It's hard to see it all this way
reality so cruel
And now that there is nothing left
I feel like such a fool...

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Music by Earth

Better Now

I think I’m getting better now

The sky is not so grey

The troubles that I’ve battled through

don’t hurt so much today…

I still don’t see a rainbow yet

and tears still fall like rain

I'm praying for the sun to shine

and take away the pain ...

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Music...A Path to Solitude...by Dan Gibson

Cry

Every fiber of my soul

still yearns for only you

We couldn't make to the end 

we're toxic through and through...

An ocean churns within my heart

I only want to die

I'll wear the mask until it's done

and then I'll start to cry...

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Music by Bernward Koch

First Step

The first step was the hardest one

it took so many years

I wrestled with so many doubts

and all the hidden fears...

So many times I just gave in 

and let the moment go

But now it's all I think about

the outcome sure I know...

The process is so well defined

the end is now in sight

I'm learning how to live again

and try to do it right...

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Music by Bernward Koch

A Flare

Even after all these years

I still remember you

I've thought of you a thousand times

and where you've traveled to …

Sometimes I see you in a crowd

but you're not really there

A memory from inside my heart

escaped within a flare...

Oh the power of those days

they never do let go

This deep impression in my heart

forever there I know…

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Music by Bernward Koch

Another Chance

I'm at the cross roads once again

an old familiar sight

A voice compels me to the left

another, to the right...

I've been right here so many times

my heart again it cries

The choices that I've made before

weren't always very wise...

I could turn back and never know

or take another chance

Perhaps this one will share with me

a lifetime of romance...

All Rights Reserved Jon Arno 2016



Music by Bernward Koch