All of the shining mad ones
With their heresies of reality
And other visions and other voices
Are not diminished
By the multitude of choices
That is their truth
Upon each waking day

They are woken by the howl
From beyond the first ear
And into the deeper mind
Where there is other language
And blinding colours of emotion
For madness has the purity of pain
That martyrs can only long for

                                           By Phil Roberts

Sweetie, I'm in hardship but I still smile
If there's some happiness to cure me
Whenever my suffering hurts you
Then I feel more pain in my heart
I wouldn't share my unrest with you
Although I'm burning hard in myself!

Darling, if you aren't here for my danger
If you don't miss me in your happiness
Still, then you're my beloved and my dear
I wish for you always to be happy in your life
I will never take out your happiness
So why do you paint only my sad face!

The hardship breaks up our relationship
breaks dreams and takes relatives far away
I will never lose to the hardships.
Dear, I will suffer for your happiness
Make me smile with your pleasure
I promise I will be sad in your sadness!

I miss my happiness because it's trouble
Let some hardships stay in my dark life!

Waiting is not my vocation
Patience then not my forte
I could say I've been
standing in the rain forever
But the Sun always shines
in LA

I hear there's an LA Woman
Maybe here is where
She again will appear
The clouds blew through
for just a few seconds
But here in LA
all the skies are
bright blue
sunny and clear

They say She lives
by the ocean
She walks barefoot
in the sand by the sea
Behind Her ear
there's a flower
All then take notice
of She

Her whispers
barely but silent
resound throughout all
conscious thought
Her aura is of love and passion
hoping and never to be lost

There is an LA Woman
The wind makes a carriage
for Her grace
She smiles as if
by Her magic
the moments of
Her movements
are blessed

I will wait
a little bit longer
An hour or maybe
much more
Where minutes
cascade into later
Until again Her beauty
is once more revealed

Waiting is not my vocation
Patience then not my forte
I could say I've been waiting
in the rain forever

But everyone knows
the Sun always shines
in LA.

-R.

(11.14.16)

-LA