Breath of Fresh Air

Breath of Fresh Air

by

Mark G Melvin

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Also by Mark G Melvin

Anna an Al Do What God Says to You
Doc Mania's Tales of Terror
Killer Kindness

Dedicated to the peaceful soul

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Published by Lynnwood,
Summerlin,Las Vegas Nevada 89117
Design by Mark G Melvin

Copyright © 2009 by Mark G Melvin

All rights reserved including the right of reproduction,in

whole or in part in any form.

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(Following my Free)

Lovely as a summer sun

Refreshing like cool drops of rain

Radiant in rainclouds

Thoughts of you can ease the pain.

Bad days come and bad days go

One thing I've learned to take it slow

Smell the beauty as it blooms

Share drink from the well and gaze the moon

Easy on my soul don't mind which way to go

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On a path I roam

Don't know where this path leads

I'm following my free

in peace.

(The Grass is Just Fine where I'm Standin)

Love is a need

it seems like when we

don't have something

we want it.

When we get it

we tire of it.

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We throw it away

because we want

something new.

Yet when we didn't

have it we wanted it

a whole lot.

Keeping love is

appreciating what

we already have.

Its very easy to

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be disconnected

it takes appreciation

to keep what

you got.

"The grass is just fine where I'm standin' "

(To Kill for Love)

I love you,

We say it all the time.

I would never do anything to hurt you.

I would never ever desert you!

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Pledge my loyalty for all of time.

Work my fingers to the bone.

I give all I have anything for you.

Even give my very life for you.

Doing all we can,forgiving,loving, happy, glad, sad, mad.

Defending in all,through all,fighting to death.

Providing and protecting even until the last breath.

Until another comes along,singing a different song.

Sharing the one you love most,death before dishonor.

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Loving so long it will not be loving in vain.

Losing the one you love to someone else.

The pain of the change.

Separating and the shame.

Jealousy comes sparking a fire,when new interest arise.

Twinkling the light in your lovers eyes,you used to do.

The though of your last breath.

Your protecting providing.

Fighting to the death.

Doing all you can, forgiving,loving,happy,mad,sad,glad.

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Working fingers to the bone.

Pledging loyalty for all of time.

Never deserting.

Never leaving.

Never hurting.

Yet for all your years of love.

For the one you love to let someone else,

just come and take it away.

Take it all away.

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Did you pledge your life to let it go?

Would you let it go that easy or would

you.............................

kill for love?

(Inside of Love)

Love is an infinite circle that is unbreakable

God is the source of all Love,

How we share this with others

is paramount,

Outside the circle or bond or safety or

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Peace of Love is Hate,

once we respond to Hate with Hate

we have allowed hate to grow in us,

and have stepped outside the circle

of Love,or the Peace of Love,

No matter what, if we want to truly

stay in Peace,

we must stay in Love,

Because to have Peace,

we must walk in Love.

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"Love"
"See the good in everyone
and you will never be a slave
to anyone"

(Love Turned Tolerance)

Unanswered silent screams

an island stranded

hailing to a mirage

a fading apparition,

Unresponded desperation

the terror of an unknown

an abandoned mind,

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Dedication to known

aspiration to detail

the more advances made

the less and less

progress

prevailed,

As the pot simmers

low and slow

unattended until it is

dry split cracked and

broken,
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For no use

anymore

only sat to the side

or discarded,

Only kept around

for sentimental

reason

presently

for

no

good

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use.

"Love turned tolerance"

(Seed)

Your seed is small

yet grows epic

how you speak

talk listen action

and reaction

are all seeds,

Seeds we plant are

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the words of our mouth

our fruit is of our

own tending,

Move in quiet

the breaking

of a twig

alarms our enemy,

Avoid foolishness

run from it

as

an

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oncoming

train,

Thoughts are many

and constant

let your actions

speak more than

them,

Stillness of heart

mind

body

allows the
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hearing

of wisdom,

sshh

Hush

Your

mind

is thinking,

Never turn your back

or think your

too high

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Watch the seeds you

plant

may come back

to choke

you

(I Thought)

I thought that you loved me

I truly though that you cared

I thought you could never act like this

After all the years we shared.

I thought I was your everything

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I thought we was cool

I thought you thought enough of me

to not play me for a fool.

I though when you love someone

I thought you did not lie

I thought when you commit to one

it'd be hard to say goodbye.

I thought that I thought

I guess I did not thought enough

I thought that I knew something

I guess I thought to much.

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"I thought"

(Triumphant)

2 time failure

recourse absent

hated by offspring

betrayed by mate.

Reviled by family

despised of community

journeyed on

trekked over.
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Unremembered

forgotten

loved by none

hated by all.

Yet in still

victorious

successful

able to start again

hope never left people

people left hope.

"Hope the necessary ingredient of Triumph"

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(God Still Loves Me)

This is why I call you loved,

Mother yours is the first face I saw when I looked up,

and when I messed up you are the first one to show up.

Since things went wrong all I seem to think of is you.

Wonder why you do not speak to me,did I hurt you?

Deserting you is the furthest thang from my mind.

If you ever need me,you know just where to find.

Pops I'm wonderin'why you aint' sayin' nuttn.'

All my life you the one that told me to stand up for

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myself and don't take nuthn.'

Big brother I definitely feel you don't like me.

Like the reason why you don't call is just to spite me.

Why all of you seem to be disgusted by me and

can't relate to me.

I know lifes not long enough for you to hate me.

This is why I call you loved.

No matta what,I don't give up hope,try to be the best I can,

knowing I'm nobody special,

God still loves me,

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I do all I can to be a man.

God still loves me

(All You Own is Your Breath)

Time travel destination hatred joy juggle hurt pain ecstatic

longsuffering beautiful pleasantries of deception.

Your kind words mean nothing in a war of manipulation.

Does he/she with the most mightiest words win?

See it feel it taste it hear it

all you hold is your breath.

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It in itself is not your own.

How simple would your life be

if all you owned was your breath?

"All you own is your breath"

"Material is an illusion manipulated in puppetmaster form

by the control seekers."

"When you want nothing you own all"

Freedom Liberty

"Calm is the absence of pride"

"Control is the negotiation of want and need"

"Peace is a constant thought growing in the heart of those

who are a friend of compassion."

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"Be Peace"

(Her)

Lips of seduction

Eyes of deception

Spiders web

We are the moth.

Still is the skill

for the kill,

You are the prey

yet you insist

you are not.

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Smiles of cunning

whispers of clever

agony thrown

with a grin.

Waiting to break you

dissolve you

remove all that is you

and just leave you,you.

Can you believe

this WAS pristine?

The pinnacle of perfection.

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The same mouth

spoke the same words.

The same hands

eased the same nerves.

The same beauty

you longed to hold.

Now the same is

harsh

distant

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and cold.

What was the choice?

Who was the voice?

Yes those lips

were moist.

Now care

has turned to spurn,

"and her name is "HER"

(If)

If I gave you my heart

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would you care?

If I gave you my love

would you realize I was there?

If I gave you my dreams

would you give me yours too?

If I gave you my all

Would you meet me half way?

No I wouldn't give you a free ass whoopin!

Yo momma teef is so yellow they thought she swallowed

big bird!
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Yo momma breaf is so stank it smells like yo daddy

needs to wash his balls!

Talkin' bout "If" I give you my all

You need to give yo self a toof brush .....

Yo stank sorry ass!!!

(Humble Peace)

Appreciation of the simple things in life,

The long forgotten values

between wrong and right.

A simple thank you goes

such a long way,

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faded memories of most,

yet pleasantries aren't

heard much today.

Please may I and your welcome

sir,ma'am,properly

addressing strangers

instead of I don't give a damn.

A warm hello, a heartfelt goodbye,

giving a gentle ear to listen.

not so much in a hurry

to say goodbye.
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Being a shoulder to cry on

keeping your word,

able to admit when

your wrong nowadays

seems absurd.

Trying your all to help a friend

not only being a man,

but being a gentleman.

Not taking advantage

assuming kind is weak,

using your strength to uplift

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the bereaved,

knowing humble strength

is to

Be Peace

(The Gentleman)

The deep breath and confident eyes.

Non hurried ways,and warm goodbye's.

Respect for ladies,helping the poor.

A firm handshake you can not ignore.

Pride is absent,humble is the way.

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Keeping your word you've given today.

All is well and calmness is your friend.

For this is the way of the gentleman.

(In Every Win There is a Loss)

When you've given it your all

and expectation falls short.

When picking up to continue

takes everything

you don't have.

When you don't have any energy

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left and you muster

some up

some where

some how.

That is where the heart lies.

Not all accomplishments will be made,

Not all bases will be covered,

Not all friends will be there,

Not everyone will be happy or pleased.

You must ignore a whole hell of allot,

to focus, to concentrate,to devote,

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all of your energy,all of your substance,

all of your soul,all of your heart,

on 1 single,dedication

"To be the best you must beat the best"

(Past Emotions in Time of Stress)

All that I am an all that my heart sees,

Not all is a reflection of me,

chased by necessary suffering of anguish

of reflections,of a shadow with no origin,

more than men comprehend

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is a difficult fog

who lingers eluding

the brick walls

which guard the way to

understanding.

Feeling....feeling more than me

more than myself.

Yes or no is honest explanations

want to be seen of all

and heard by none.

"Love needs no words to be felt"

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No matter the language spoken it is understood.

We can hate our brother ,yet who is he?

answer,

"everyone that walks on the dirt of the earth"

"Don't ask to be yourself just be yourself"

(My Lover)

When I kiss you,I am like a savage beast,Neva could get

enough.

Drinking your juices even the ones on the sheet.

You taste so good I'll neva forget,losing myself inside you I

hope

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my words make you wet.

Neva forget me cause you know who I am,the lover your

comfor-

table with,not your husband yet always your man.

Call me,n I'll make a way no matta who I'm with in my

mind you stay.

Should I wish I'd neva known,I wouldn't know the feeling

to know

what turns me on.

Your lover the one you won't forget.

(Come to me Lover)
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Romantic encounters of perfect bliss,

every sound ,every caress,
every kiss,

come closer lover take my embrace,

you have no need to ask,
the answer is on my face,

lying on my back in sheer extasy,

outside on the grass on the ground,
by the cool stream ,
with you on top of me,

your are my moon my stars,

my rain ,my pain,
my voluntary submission,
as you dominate me,

Now matter who I'm with,

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all I see is you,

all I feel is you,
and all that I dream is you,

Come hurry now lover my imagination no longer suffices,

There is no replacement for you,

I will settle for nothing less than the best,
and my soul knows it is you

Come to me now fulfill your desires with me,

our rewards will be bliss,nirvana,
a secret untold extasy,

I need you

(The Penis)

The Penis is a dangerous thing especially when unwanted

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A penis a weapon a warrior a tool

with this ruler you do not fool

Many have fallen victim to its pleasure

Some short some small some tall appearing without
measure

Protecting, providing, pleasing penis

once claimed, a territory,to be ridden
by the rider in love

She's dazed she's gazed she's amazed by your eye

captivated salivating awaiting you inside

It's not always your face she sees

when she sees you
its your wonderful pleasing penis
when she daydreams of you

Fulfillment fancy,amusement romance

when she's found the one she needs

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craves desires appetizes

then she must do the dance
the penis dance

"For a penis is a wonderful thing

large or small it is your own
to do with as you wish"

The hunt for the pleasure of penis is

a noble task,
says the hunted to the hunter

The pendulum of swinging penis

sways side to side to hypnotize
alluring to capture its prey

look into the eye,of........the penis

"aint it good?"

(Kill or be Killed)
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The mountains dripped blood as the younglings observed,

Trees breathed in death,yet breathed out many words,

Strength in numbers is no match for the strong,

To be weak is to be dead,as the battle lingers on.

"Survive or die where do you stand?"

"The defeat is not won in the body,

it is accomplished in the mind."

(Maze of Hope)

Come out your box

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your tiny little box

Forced control

is something you don't own

red bicycles

are floating in your sky

you love hugs hello

but terrified of kiss goodbye's

ancient warriors

is something you will never be

erasing sadness
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memories sets you free

unlock the door your

internal joy quietly awaits

look the pleasure of your lover

face to face

tortured dreams hold on

but your not sleep

lying on your back

the feeling great is so intense

but if you let go

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the feelings gone

so you stay on the fence

the moons your home

as whales fly thru your sky

the oceans are full of birds

that speak and wonder why,

conversations with feelings

called hope

soft grassy fields

and quiet streams

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your bodies soft

who ever wants

to leave the romantic plane

that never turns off

climb right in

put your feet on solid ground

catch the boat of joy

while its there to be found

and sail away

sail away out of the maze

dreams are nice but

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live those thoughts

before they slip away

regret is only real

if you can't get past old days

days that hurt

is pain an illusion

is joy an intrusion on the pain

oh where are the voices

that had the heart to leave the maze

What we see right now

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was given

some are stuck in what is here

crying tears that no one hears

shedding fears that no one else knows

in a room full of others

yet still all alone

you don't try

you don't try anymore

you've moved on

but your still inside

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the door

you do so much

its what brings you joy

your not understood

can't share your thoughts

with your fan

it turns round and round

it feels good

cools you off

yet doesn't

understand
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you stand alone

yet others just like you

waiting for time

to give the clue

echoes in the mountains

you yell but theirs no reply

is the dream you use

to soothe you

reality or lie

doesn't matter anymore

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get what you need want

and find others

in the maze of hope

drifting along

the waters of desire

waiting

for the rope.

What is your reality?

(All of This means Nothing Without You)

All of this means nothing without you

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Thoughts loft on the Winds of Comfort

Dreams drifting on the Open Ocean

Wants in bloom amongst the Flowers

All of this means nothing without you.

Owner of cloud shrouded palaces atop the Mounts

Keeper of Desire of the Warmth of the Female Heart

Treasurer of Pleasure in the Valley of Bliss

all of this means nothing without you.

Hider of evil Conqueror of Shame

Will is endowed of Weakness

only for the Knowledge of your Name,

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To wait Eternal for your Comforts

is but a moment for the promise

of your Touch.

All the Beauty in the world is

pennies in comparison,

all of this means nothing without you,

Yet we've never met....

I love you this much

(The Mission)

Prepare the Path to the Unknown

to create the Spark

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you must strike the Stone,

Breath so deep my head feels light

my inward journey between day and night,

The Mission begins with no end near

jump off the stars with no time near,

Holding on to no thought at all

you are not big and you are not small,

Air around you is high after high

like a thousand mushrooms

with no reason why,

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Across the desert your heart pounds

as you walk across without your feet

on the ground,

No ears to hear only eyes to see

reflections of yourself over the open sea

Is that me or you I can't tell

I'm right back on that start

sippin from the well,

an all is fine all is fine

all is fine in my mind

My ears are back and women sing

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beauty untold

the tales they bring

laughing and tickling

at your soul

The love they make is so intense

it takes your breath,

past your shell its an emotional

caress,

Flying breeze across the sky

in comfortable bliss with no alibi,

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Over an over the music plays

on an on the memory stays,

Penetration overwhelms

who is driving at the helm,

Love is waiting at the shore

quietly waiting at the door,

You must stay shushed to hear the welcome

Time is floating on the moon

as you listen your mind is zoomed

Hold my hand and walk with me

as memory and reality journey

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peaceful free,

Anything's possible when you

are a turtle with wings

that can walk swim

and fly at the same time

(Sing a Song for Me When I'm Gone)

When I pass on

Let all who cared

danced and sing a song,

Please don't cry

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don't holler and scream,

Read the 23 Psalm

bring beautiful flowers,

Pour my remains

on the water

by the Bay,

I'd like to be resting

on the beach

come what may,

Then go live your life

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and speak of me good,

Do unto others the way that you would,

You've got 1 life so live it the best,

Be kind along the way

and live no regrets,

Sing a song,sing a song,

sing a song for me when I'm gone.

Be blessed

(I Know Your Kind)

We may not speak the same language

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yet I know your kind

We may be from distant lands

yet I know your kind

We may be from different religions

yet I know your kind

We may be from different races

yet I know your kind

Kindness knows itself as a reflection in water

Kindness is loving all as your own son or daughter

Kindness cares not for your finance or your condition

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Kindness sees respect and hears when you listen

"Above all else always be kind"

(Lies Without Reason)

Lies, Lies, Lies, for no reason!!!

even when others don't even care....lie!!!
Even when people don't even ask you...lie!!!
Just for no reason at all....lie!!!

When standing in front of the judge facing time...lie!!!

When a very big man is threatening you...lie!!!
When finding out could lead to divorce...lie!!!
When the outcome could mean getting sued...lie!!!

Everyday lies get heard and lies get spoken

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Lies are heard when feelings get hurt say your joking
Lies can cover cries or reasons why
Lies are mostly alibis

We also lie for truth we can't admit

Lies cover up wrongs but do lies do any good?
Is not saying anything when asked a lie?
Is it that uneasy feeling in your gut,
When were asked to speak yet we sit and shut up

Lies live in darkness

Truth walks in light

Lies and truth cause pain,

but there is a difference yes
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When truth is told lies unfold

and in the end you can earn respect

"Can we walk a lifetime and not speak a lie?"

(Destruction by Sound)

Our words are weapons,so speak them with care

Would you destroy innocence with hands?Are we

strong enough to not destroy when we can,

Easy things are easy to take,A friendship you don't

need appears distressing to make,

Words hurt hard,when they break your spirit down,

Words can kill without hands,it's terror by sound.

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"Sound can destroy what song will you sing?"

peace and blessings

(Passive Pestilence)

Why must we hate this way?

Leading the children,leading them astray,

Is not soon recompense to come?

To fall on all who stood silent,

Or to prosecute the One,

"Are we right to stand and watch wrong?"

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(Liberty and Lies)

Lies clouded shrouded in amazed arrogance

Futile to abash the abdication of your own self

proclaimed Supremacy of the esurient populace

Is this our ornamental pedestal pinnacle

of thoroughness we live today

Engrafted thoughtlessness, treasured synthetics

of puppetry,is this our society?

Hunting in anguish for miniscule microbes

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dropped from the table

Let our elder demise remain elder

I adjure the generation in accomplishment of sorrow

to pierce through the ongoing's of ramblings of

drug addicted promises of prosperity,to path a way

not only for the oncoming yet to arrive,but for the

here and for the now

Trickery is not past it is alive and well and still has needs

to be primarily dispatched,for it is that time

an only at that time, we as an esurient populace of sheep

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will fully and completely understand an entirely own

"Liberty"

(The Winds of Life)

Life is but a vapor 1 is what we've got

Honest lips from a pure heart sure and truthful

Tender mercies may save a life not at all times are we right

Calm within still without, peaceful words from a peaceful

mouth

Speak me truth or hold your peace

"The winds of life blow to make you stand strong when the
storm will come"

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(Molto)

Speak me truth or hold your peace

Don't want lies going out or coming inside me

Secrets don't always keep their pain to themselves

"Pain is certain promises are not"

(Our Secrets Are Our Shame)

The bad things we've done

The terrible things unknown

The dedication to clandestine

The preoccupation with concealment

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Woes to reveal

Woes to be known

Woe to the unnamed mystery

We will hide it in the deepest sea

The embarrassment of truth

hiding from the light of realization

lies on top of lies

an owner of a monopoly of lies

Fear of impendent laughter

Abashed in public forum

Held accountable to privacy made known

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Conformation commences

The depression,hurt,anxiety,rage,

horror,frightening inner hysteria

to maintain the silence of our sins

to our shame

"To desire to be known,yet too afraid to be found out"

"Our secrets are our sorrow"

(Mercy)

Mercy for the homeless child

Mercy for those who are dying now

Mercy for those who are broken

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Mercy for those sins unspoken

Mercy for killers who show remorse

hoping there past had changed course

Mercy for dads who don't care

Whose children don't know them and wonder where?

Mercy for the abandoned the forgotten the unknown

Mercy for tears that sob alone

Mercy for the wrongly punished

accused falsely and truly innocent

Mercy for those who care not for themselves

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and are disparagingly dissident

(Midnight Eyes)

Peering out my window and what do I see ,coal black

midnight eyes,could this be a reflection of me

I've been gracious I've been kind,caring for strangers,

how could these eyes be mine

Yet in still there they are,could they be a shadowy

reflection of mine deepest inner part

Searching my heart have I been true,when I was fooling

others was I really the fool

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At times pretendin' when others were honest,

was I truly being sincere,

or was I wanting to vomit

Time comes when the collector calls for his due,

It should have been paid when asked

than to mount up into debt

Yes those eyes are perceptive,piercing,deep,my eyes

may lie to you,yet they could not ever lie to me

I know my wrongs at least the most,they are as haunting

as those eyes in the reflection,who holds me captive so

To wash away the past,so those midnight eyes

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will reflect light,to have evaded all the options of wrong,

and have chosen all of the right

Looking out of my window,what do I wish to see,not these

coal black midnight eyes lookin'

back at me

(Everyday is Heaven)

Every day is heaven when you know

understanding inside we are somehow all the same,

All of us cry, all of us lie, all of us try, to reason why the

pain,

the wanting to be loved,to be accepted,

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to strive for gain,and some for fame,

Everyday is heaven when it is revealed,

the explanation of why suffering is horrible to feel,

how all around you is seen,heard,smelled,and felt

Everyday is heaven when you have and LACK is a

STRANGER

when your cabinets are full and your wealth is in

an abundance

Everyday is heaven when you know you are loved

and the one you love loves you back

Everyday is heaven when you come to realize that

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To take all of this away would it still be heaven everyday?

(Buried Scorn)

Buried scorn smoldering like a volcano waiting to expload

Oh woman how I love you so.

(Enigma)

I have a penny

you have a dollar

we have a home

They have a palace

fine clothes
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exquisite linen

respect of all

despised of nothing

to walk with all

to run from none

to have all

to own nothing

(Aphelion the Son of Repugnance)

My world centers on nothing

no hope no joy no laughter

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no mirth at all

Persistence has been my plunder

Determination has been my burden

aphorism's of Sages long gone

the wind brings there songs no more

My home is the aphelion of existence

treasures know not my company or my name

why am I to consume substance

it only efforts me to another day of loneliness

for I am the Son Of Repugnance

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Has my life been a retribution for ancestral sins?

My limbs in the air in the anguish of despair

mercy be thrown upon me as the oceans of the sea

allow me to bask in the sun of a forgiving light

let not my bones ache from the cold loneliness of a

broken heart an another night alone in this

aphelion of desperation

Passed my wits end I am an animal a scoundrel

fallen down and humbled

so low I'd rather be abased than to ascend to be brought low

again

(Naked)

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Naked,What does it mean to truly be naked? If pride and

vanity are a covering for shame then shame not.If
humiliation and

separation are convenient for fear then anger not.If

suffering is misunderstood,....then appreciate.

Desire makes good morals weak.

Ambition does have faults.

Control is not always a visible force.

Freedom has a price,it aint free.

Love hurts ,yet we still want it.

Being alone teaches calm.

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Is all work for hire?

Does concern always mean care?

Does integrity boasts unknown?

Does a need met in confidence,need a thank you or is

the thank you the need that was met?

To live by love do we say it or do we do it?

Appreciation,can we love without respect?

NAKED TO BE EMPTY OF FEAR.

Praise Ya

(Hungry)

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2 arrogant young men without knowledge went into a

shelter

were all were eating,and stood while everyone ate they

stood quie-

tly and said not a word,the other's ate and left.

Then they left and came back again the next day the next
day and
the next.

One day the head chef said,"Y do you not eat ?" "Are you
not hun-

gry?" They said,"you never asked,we were waiting to be

invited."

The chef said,"if you don't open your mouth,how can you
put food
in it.?"
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(What Everyone Needs)

Are you hearing something that you see?

Are you seeing something that you hear?

Your nights are days and your days are nights.

What's your criteria for wrong or for right?

Is apology apart of your vocab?

Does your hated need a rehab?

Is forgiveness something you've neva given?

Yet something so badly you seek a want or is it a need?

What can make a wrong right ?

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Forgiveness!

What can heal your mind?

Forgiveness!

What can turn back the hand of time on your hurt?

Forgiveness!

Then what should be my business?

Forgiveness!

Praise Ya,

(Have You Talked With Time)

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Time flys,time slows,yet it don't stop,on an on it goes,

While we roll on with the wind,

feel the cool breeze,

the shade beneath the tree,

have you ever spoken to him.

He has so much to say,

has seen a many day,

and felt it all,

Ever lay on your back,look at the stars,

and wonder where you are,

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realize what you are,

or how small you are,

So much to prove,

with nothing to lose,

walkin around with no shirt no shoes,

bare to the earth,

Waterfalls are showers,

lakes are baths,

the grass is carpet,

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I love to laugh at everyone,

this is so much fun,

Angry man let go your hate,

let go your fears

before time says no more,

You conquer those whose love grows,

beneath the sun,

yet their are those who will not run from you,

Fear is fear that ran away,

you did not shine when time gave you time to stay

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(Ripe Fruit)

To come from the dirt of the earth is modest humble and

low.

Then one leaf appears above the ground as the roots anchor

deep below.

One leaf and then another an another an another.

As the earth circles the sun is the reason for the season.

Flowers bloom, an as they fall fruit emerges in the light of

the moon.

Then we come along as the ripening happens picking the

fruit to consume for our life.
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Patience takes dedication to wait till it's ripe.

All things in life principal on this condition,

to enjoy the juiciest of the fruit,

We must have the patience to wait until it's ripened,

before we pick it.

(When the Suffering begins)

Just no hope in site,kicked beaten torn abused,kicked some

more.

Everyone knows it's not right but everyone turns a blind

eye to my suffering.

Even in the midst of me still loving those who hate me and

punish me for doing good.

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Still they do not let up.

Please please mercy come to my rescue I need you,I am

curled up on the ground being wailed upon by life.

The ones I have helped won't help me.It's as if I am a

stranger inside of my own dreams.

What to do even though my enemies hate me and the

closest ones to me despise me,I still love them and I still
love you.

I refuse to give up on love,I refuse to give up on kindness,I

refuse to give up on honesty.

If it is meant for me to walk this cruel world alone than I

will.No

I must ,I must show that there is good there is love there is

faith.

Even if I am the only one,Even if I am the only one,

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Broke beaten and torn down,penniless homeless and

hungry,

I must still believe.

I must still believe.

I can't give up,

I won't give up,

(Evils Despair)

Happiness on the "Mountains of Flames"

Water beneath my feet
"Respect" is my name

Mist rising as morning dawn,

skipping thru the leaves,

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like a newborn fawn,

Come war come battle

bring your mightiest warrior
and cry your greatest cry,
even though I am, gentle as a Lamb,
I will still take you on just I,

I an I alone,
trampling on seekers of evil
with most prejudice malice
"Respect" my name,
in the "Mountain of Flames"
is my Palace

Roaming thru the air,

I am the mist on your face,
the stillness of space,
on my wings rest hope,
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I am "Evils Despair"

When Wrong faces me,

it's a shadow facing the Light,
Darkness is mine enemy,
for I am a Faithful "Knight"

My Word is true from Lips so Sure,

In the realm of my Presence,
All men stand Sure

Fair Lady's seek my comfort,

My Warmth is my Treasure,
My Strength is for All in need
My Compassion without Measure,

Look deep into the Mirror

Seek Richness without Wealth,
and when your at your weakest

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look for me and you will find yourself

Respect

(Haters)

Listen,Listen do you hear the laughter of fools?

Mocking ignorant ones breaking the rules,

scorning the good laying traps for the kind,

brutal with hurtful words and ways bouncing

like a ball out of control losing precious time,

the clocks tickin and your still trippin, sayin the

wrong is right and you still don't get it,

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Get away, get away leave it alone,

evil in the house with kindness feels like

something's wrong.

(Memory of a Mans Love)

All my love,All my heart,and all of my soul,

this is what it takes to have and to hold,

knowing you before I know myself,

because before you for me there was no one

else,you let me in and that's when we began,

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just a woman and just a man,

Now their is us and what must I do,my whole

world is little one, and you know you,

Where will we go what shall we have,my tired

hands are not all that I have,If not for you and

little one,the strength I have would be none,I

speak the steps we've walked,to show where

weve been,I love you more now than I ever thought

I could in the begin.

You are my family ,you are my heart you are my wife,

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the wind beneath my sails woman you are

the reason for my life.

...Words from a mans mind,in love

Peace
W.M.Melvin

(Zoz)

Love laugh ZOZ,

ZOZ quietly studies the real,

fake is left,

pleasure escapes not,

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keys of silence,

never to be sold,

non holders are yellow in a room of grren,

the palace of punctuality,

the secret of seekers,

the home of holders,

rush not,walk slow,

behold comfort,

share beauty,
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say nothing,

speak everything,

the holder reveals not

and shares all,

remember those in and who want control,

are those who do not hold,

Do you know where illusion ends?

Where fantasies lie,

is this when dreams rest,

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Completion exist in unknown untold epics inside of

refrained lips,

ZOZ does not hold itz beholders,

itz holders hold ZOZ

(Everywhere is Home)

This is the way so come with me

space and time we leave behind,

the moon is free ,

travel in the breeze,

Ridin the high,

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from within outside,

the earth still in the wind,

there is no end,

Everyday is a new begin,

N watch the flowers sing to you,

the trees dance and move,

The antz all talk,and I understand,

Lions walk by an itz all cool man,

Don't hesitate and don't think twice,

Swimming the oceans blue with no fear inside,

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Reality is a thing of the past,

hate is unknown and all is well,

Searchin for nothing all is known,

and everywhere I be is home,

Eternal peace peace eternally Amen

hallelujah, all gory to JAH

(This Can't End)

Birds sing,flowers bloom

inside of my heart there is room

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for love to flourish bearing fruit.

Picked when ripened

sweet to taste

visions of you in

stockings and lace.

Warm and luscious

ready to burst

parched from want

deepens my thirst.

To taste to share

to know your there

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here within

true to passion

lets begin.

No words needed

our bodies speak

eyes will tell

my body is weak.

Take me without asking

nothing to hinder

your progression

oo wee baby here comes a session.

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Moment by moment

time slows down

all the world is silent

we hear only our sounds.

Holding back building

pressure

intensity builds

firmly caressing.

Volcanic rising

no subsiding

perfect kisses

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on clouds gliding.

Flying high swooping low

telepathic energy flow.

This can't end,every moment is the begin,

my passion, my dream, my lover, my friend.

mmmmmmmm

(Inner Madness Outer Calm)

Do you know,know why your here?

Bangin your head on the same broken wall,

gettin up again ,but you din'feel the fall,

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Reality we are told is what we feel,

What if we don't feel is it still real?

I don't know and allot of times I don't even care,

What I know is to breathe I need air,

When I was a boy I ran naked and alone?

trying to figure why everyone else has their

clothes on.

Struggling to maintain what they do not yet own,

whoever said 4 walls makes a home,

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It seems to me the man who has nothing has

it all,and those who think they do stay wanting

at the wall ,bangin their head again and again and

again,

Life is normal

(Fortitude of a Tree)

Have you ever talked with trees,hugged its trunk,

respected its ease,

For he weathers storms and all that arrives,

is not despised,
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Weathering every lover,every joy,and every cry.

The patience of the tree has needs be reasoned,

he endures every person,every occasion,

without complaint in every season.

Tolerating us as we poison the air and the ground,

yet the tree is faithful providing fruit,shade,

and beauty without speaking a sound.

Never complaining standing steady and strong

never judging who we are or why we need,

selflessly giving and giving us seed.

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Helping us with its sacrifice,

to keep us warm

when we chop him down,

to keep our families

warm at night.

The tree is alive and well

a protector

a provider

enduring the elements

whether hot humid dry,

or flooded and wet,

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So hug a tree and be kind,

if you realized it or not

he has earned

your

respect.

"respect our earth"

(The Other Side)

The Land of Space

The hand of darkness

The foot of depression

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The unanswered question

Struggle to forward

Clenching to remain

Studying to know

Running to pain

Mysteries of Secret

Untold actions true

Pushing toward Oblivion

Do you really know you?

Are you really yourself?

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Are you a shadowy reflection of someone else?

Do you become what you despise?

Can anyone truly hide the lies in their eyes?

What will you do when the clock stops?

Will Space invite your face or not?

"Will death reject you as life has?

And let you live and send your ass right back."

(Azuza)

Life is full of crazy insane treacherous people.

Shall I buy a gun?

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Ah the anger of a child rejected,

Hmn,maybe I should tease him?

Wow look at that car on fire.

Why don't you steal it and go for a ride?

Sir, why did you just strike me for no reason?

No its cool,Please come in sit down,have a cold drink,

trust me....its lemonade.

(Axiom of Life)

Looking for the majesties of life

Pondering the values betwixt wrong and right

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Screaming my inward with no echo at all

Appearing outwardly large

Yet Indulged to be small

Human equation instructions of greater than

Conclusion of study records,

elations from lesser than

Journeying further away from this familiar existence

Yet still abounding here

hoarding patience for resistance

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Grasping silence in circumstance breathes compassion

"Voyaging the path unknown is

when special accomplishments happen"

Distractions deem understanding

At any given time fault may be reached

When the heart commands demanding

Urges fulfilled appear good at the time

To abstain from a good thing

stagnates the mind

"Breeze is for the soul carrying the unneeded"

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"The use of ears is to know that silence is needed"

"Happiness of all can be succeeded by one"

"Treasures of bliss are earned not won"

"Apprehension is kin to a keen mind"

"Infinite diligence unrelenting to what is right"

"Accomplishment is a grand design"

(The End of Pride)

Burning Burning,of wants you'll never have,unfulfilled

loneliness,of your own choosing,destruction of peace paid
for by vengeance,of an unhappy heart,contempt of those
around you who are happy,in their own quaints,treetops of
air are not enough when silence comes prowling out of the
darkness the corners, the devastations, the self brought

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agonies of untold frightful panic,yes despair is in the

air,can you taste it? Eat it until you are full,yet you always
remain hungry for more and more and more
unsatisfaction.The rat is your friend fiendishly preparing
his savors for your end,waiting to taste your despair,oh
such a culinary delight,when your eyes are afright,m m
yes,the error of your ways are a consuming war of
discomfort to your world of easiness,pick the laughs or
choose..the tears.I have no ears,my only getting of your
mind is your faith or your fear.No! choose me not...Pride

It is my sincere hope that this pleasure is a breath of fresh

air to you.
Amen
God Bless