Longo-Geremia

THIS GOD’S CHILD They tell me I’ve lost my soul The devil has won My faith is gone This God’s child is lost So they tell me I’ve given in to reality I don’t accept my mystery Too much to understand You see What more I wonder Are we tested until we break Surrendering to oblivion All sanctity forsaken... Sign in to see full entry.

THEY SAY They say you are still near me I hear no breath I sense no touch Not one Eternity is simply one step away Another scene for the soul to play Free from stain Sinless energy So they say They tell me you’re watching over me To see me live To see me die But What they say is meaningless My heart... Sign in to see full entry.

LIKE MUDDY WATERS Like muddy waters dank and dark Crawling slowly to Ocean’s deep Holding secrets forever to keep Lost in Water’s whirling dance I make my way to each day’s end Whirling in my own mystery again and again I know all too well secrets I dare not tell Fearing what is to be I close my... Sign in to see full entry.

QUIET BEFORE THE STORM There was a sudden quiet anticipation A peace and tranquility The calm before the storm Coming my way I folded myself inside of me Waiting patently Silently I had been there before You see It is all in the knowing We win some battles Lose most Endurance is just a name I will... Sign in to see full entry.

GHOSTS Memories floatiing in cold midnight Hauntings in frenetic flight Visions Unyielding and cruel Ghosts of my sins come rip my soul Fragments of heavens bliss lost Shards of hell Rememberings too painful to tell Empathy’s stain takes hold of me Things I’ve seen and don't want to see Anymore... Sign in to see full entry.

APPEARANCES I am a man of steel Yes I am Heart of stone A stare cold and unfeeling A satyr on the run I don’t need anyone All my love and care Affection and vulnerability That’s not really me Appearances I was born in a certain tradition A stain still deep inside Transgression and attrition... Sign in to see full entry.

JUST A MOMENTARY SPARK Where are you all now Where did those seconds go Words of love Words of anger Years that tell Hope and despair Care and betrayal There and never there Together and apart Always on my own somehow What was the sense of passing this way Where is the soul That energy Is it in this... Sign in to see full entry.

THE “BEAST” [Parkinson’s] Here I am again I always know where you are Never very far From deep inside Awakened by that certain stride Of yours I come to have my way Any minute. Any second Any time of each day Why do you struggle so You know You’re mine I’ll make you weak and feel There is no escape... Sign in to see full entry.

The smell of dead raccoon Like a dear facing its end In the headlights Of a Mach truck cutting through The fog of some country road The smell of dead raccoon To be its own reality soon No chance to run No chance to fight this killing machine I reel Blind sided again By an unseen inequity Life... Sign in to see full entry.

HORIZON’S EDGE I turned around and saw There was no one behind me anymore I looked beyond Horizon’s edge But Felt no other breath to touch I walked across cold mountain paths Along sunlit strands in southern lands Searching for the ones that went before Alone and on my own And When I woke from... Sign in to see full entry.