IT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ANYMORE,

WORK, FRIENDS, AND THE LIKE;

WHEN THE EVENING IS DONE, AND THE LIGHTS ARE OUT,

I GO HOME EMPTY EACH NIGHT. 

SPENT YEARS HELPING OTHERS, MY LIFE’S CALL I THOUGHT,

DOING THE RIGHT THING A LOT; 

BUT IN ALL MY DOING, AND ALL MY GIVING, 

IT WAS AN EMPTY HEART THAT I GOT!

BARRENNESS CHIDES, DEEP WITHIN MY SOUL,

NO MATTER THE SMILE ON MY FACE;

THE WINDS OF LONLINESS, MAKE COLD MY BEING,

MY HOUSE IS BUT AN EMPTY SPACE.

THIS DEATH I FEEL, IT IS MY LOT,

TO CARRY FOR TIME AND AGAIN;

THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT IT, I POSSESS NOT, 

BUT STAND AND BURN IN ITS’ FLAME.

RESCUE ME, RESCUE ME, BEFORE ITS’ TOO LATE

REDEEM ME AND SET ME FREE;

DELIVER MY SOUL, FROM THIS HELLISH FATE,

AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE!

NO CRYING, OR TEARS ON MY PILLOW AT NIGHT,

NO MORE GRAY, NO MORE DREARY DAYS;

NO HEAD HUNG DOWN, NO SHAME, NO FROWN, 

BUT A WOMANS’ HAPPY HEART DISPLAYED.

REFLECTING BRIGHT AND SHINING AFAR,

THE COLORS OF LOVE IN HER SOUL;

MAKING WHAT WAS A DULL SENSELESS LIFE,

EXUDING LIKE A BRIGHT POT OF GOLD.

MIRRORING THE IMAGE OF A WONDERFUL DAY,

A VISION UNFOLDING I SEE;

ONE THAT’S NOT CLEAR, OR PERFECT, YET TRUE,

IT IS AN EPITAPH OF ME!

Copyright © 2003 M.A. HUDSON

[In Honor of My Twin Brother]

If you were here, I’d often say,

How that I miss you so,

The laughter & smiles, the love that you gave,

They all kept me much aglow!

If you were here, I’d spend my days,

Living my life, sharing and giving,

Not fussing or fueling about the way,

Our lives were ever changing!

If you were here, I’d look deep inside,

And cherish the treasures you had within,

Instead of complaining and musing aloft

About what our lives didn’t bring!

If you were here, I’d remember my blessings,

And count them all each with a grin,

And be ever so thankful, for sharing my life,

With you who is my brother and eternal best friend!

I love You So Much & miss you even more!

Rest In Peace At Heaven’s Yonder Shore!

Copyright ©2004 MAHUDSON 

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