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TERRY REEVES Feb 2016
I'VE BEEN WARM FOR SO LONG, LOOK FORWARD TO THE COOL,
THEY SAY THAT, 'YOU MAY GET WHAT YOU WISH FOR - BE CAREFUL,'
I REMEMBER SPRING WHEN CHERRY BLOSSOM BEGAN TO SING,
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS NO MATTER WHAT GOD MAY BRING;
WE MAKE LOVE IN FEBRUARY WHEN FROST IS ON THE GROUND,
I'M BORN BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN NOVEMBER COMES AROUND,
IF YOU FEEL GOOD TO BE ALIVE WHEN IT'S TEMPERATE,
IT'S MAGICAL AND YOUR LIFE CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT;
YOU RECALL THEM IN YOUR LIFE - MOMENTS SO THEY SAY
THAT WON'T ALWAYS COME AGAIN, THEY'RE PHOTOGRAPHED
LIKE ICE CREAM ON YOUR NOSE WHEN WE BOTH LAUGHED,
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE BALLOON HOLDING A GLASS,
SOMETHING FROZEN - YOU DIDN'T WANT THE TIME TO PASS.
I'VE LIVED IN MANY BEAUTIFUL PLACES.
MY FRIENDS ASK: 'WHY DID YOU LEAVE?'
I REPLY: 'BECAUSE I HAD TO FIND YOU!'
TERRY REEVES Feb 2016
THEY CAME TO THE MARSHES WHERE THE WIND BLEW THE REEDS,
WHERE THE DRAGONFLIES SKIMMED AND THE HERON FEEDS,
WINGS FLAPPED, HANDS CLAPPED AND FISH DARTED LIKE FIRE,
OF SUN FLASHES AND SHADOWS, UNSEEN GHOSTS - YOU COULD NOT TIRE;
CAUGHT IN A NET - MY FREEDOM IS CURTAILED,
TO REMAIN AT LARGE I HAVE FAILED AND BECOME SMALL
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS - NO LONGER, 'LORD OF THE RINGS,'
BUT THERE IS A GAP I CAN HEAD FOR - AN ESCAPE TO THE SKY -
YOU MUST ENJOY YOUR LIFE = PROMISE ME YOU'LL TRY,
PROMISE ME YOU'LL HELP OTHERS IF I LET YOU GO,
PROMISE ME TO SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE YOUR SHADES OF INDIGO,
OTHERWISE I'LL CATCH YOU AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING SLOW;
WHEN THEY WENT - EVERYONE WAS SETTLED = ONLY AN 'ADMIRAL'
WHO HAD LOST HIS PARTNER WAS SO SAD WITH IT ALL.
MY WIFE IS A CATHOLIC. THE OFFERTORY COLLECTORS
REMINDED ME OF BUTTERFLY CATCHERS.
HOWEVER, THIS POEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHURCH.
TERRY REEVES Jan 2016
A BURNING SPIRIT WHOOSHED FROM WITHIN ME,
THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO MYSTERIOUSLY,
SAME AS YOU DO WE LAUGHED ACROSS ALL,
THINGS HAD CHANGED - A DIFFERENT HAT IN THE HALL;
I TOOK THIS HAT AND WENT OUT INTO THE RAIN,
EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE - THE PAST WOULD NOT COME AGAIN,
I KICKED A BALL AND I SCORED A GOAL,
A SMILE THEY SAY WAS GOOD FOR THE SOUL,
I SAID 'HELLO' TO EVERYONE I MET,
THE JELLY WAS SET, I DIDN'T NOTICE I WAS WET,
MY MIND WAS CLEAR, AMAZING AFTER MANY A YEAR,
YOU SAY YOU CAN'T BUT YOU CAN ENGAGE ANOTHER GEAR;
MAYBE I REALIZED THAT SOME THINGS HAD BEEN WRONG,
WHEN I WENT HOME, MY WIFE SAID: 'WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?'
LOOK AT YOUR HAT - RACK IN FUTURE-
THERE'S JUST A CHANCE THAT YOU COULD
CHANGE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
TERRY REEVES Jan 2016
' THE  LEAVES  ARE  TURNING  MY  DEAR,'  IT  WOULD  APPEAR
THAT  I  LOVED  YOU  IN  THE  SUMMER  TIME,  AUTUMN  TOO,
WE HUDDLED IN THE WINTER, SPRING WHEN ALL WAS NEW,
I LIKED THE SCARVES AND HATS & PLENTY OF 'THIS & THATS,'
NOW YOU'RE COVERED IN LAYERS, I CAN'T SEE YOUR  FORM,
I KNOW YOUR CURVES, YOU'RE WARM FROM WHEN YOU WERE BORN,
WHEN THE SUN COMES, YOUR GENEROUS ARMS ARE SEEN,
I LOVE TO LOOK AT YOU IN COLOURS BLUE OR GREEN,
WE ARE IN SPIRIT, KNOW EACH OTHER WELL, STILL MAGIC,
KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY, AMAZING GRACE, I CARE
ABOUT YOUR EVERY MOVE, BUILD SPACE, TAKE TIME OUT,
I KNOW ANSWERS - NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT;
IT'S ABOUT EVERY MOMENT - THEY MAY NOT ALL BE FINE,
BUT WHEN I SEE THE LEAVES FALLING, I KNOW YOUR MINE.
SO MANY LOVE POEMS AND THIS ONE'S MINE!
EVEN MORE REMARKABLE - IT HAPPENS TO BE TRUE.
TERRY REEVES Jan 2016
ALL  WILL  BE  REVEALED,  IF  NOT - THEN
THERE  IS  NOTHING;  GIVE  ME  THE  TUNNEL
WITH  WHITE  LIGHT  AT  THE  END,  LIFT
MY  SPIRIT  WHICH  LOVE  WILL  TRANSCEND,  
LET  ME  SEE THE  DUST  ON  THE  LIGHTS,
NOW  THAT  I'VE  RISEN  TO  NEW  HEIGHTS,
BY  ASTRAL  PROJECTION,  MY  RESURRECTION  
IS  COMPLETE - FROM  UP  HERE  EVERYTHING
LOOKS  SO  NEAT, SPREAD  OUT  ALL IN  ROWS,
I'M  FLOATING  ALL THE  TIME BUT  NO  ONE  KNOWS
WHERE  WE  MIGHT  FINALLY  REST  IN THE  END,
I  COULD  TELL  YOU  BUT  PERHAPS  I'LL  JUST  PRETEND
THAT  I'M  STILL  IN  MY  BODY  LYING  PROSTRATE,
BUT  TO  TRAVEL  AGAIN  I  JUST  CAN'T  WAIT.
NOT  EVERYONE  BELIEVES IN  REINCARNATION BUT
IRONICALLY, WE  MAY  HAVE  NO  CHOICE.
Going on a road trip
Something for my soul
It's gonna take a while
But, it's gonna make me whole

I'm going to cross the country
But, I'll start on both the coasts
I've been in too many bottles
Have to exorcise some ghosts

Mile Marker Three Three Three Nine
That's where the dream did end
Mile Marker Three Three Three Nine
That's where I'll start to mend

Greyhound bus out of the east
From the Maritimes my son
I'll venture through Quebec as well
This is journey number one

I'll stop and meet the people
Get their stories, of the man
I'll find the ones who met him
Try to learn just what I can

Adversity, I've had my share
Always tried self medication
Now, I need to find myself
This will take some dedication

I'll head on through Ontario
On the Trans Canada Highway route
And I'll try lose my demons
Give my devils all the boot

Brick by brick I'll bring down the walls
That over years I've built
Bricks made up of hate and rage
by love, and fear and guilt

From the west, I'll make my way
Do the highway he could not
Through the rocky mountains
Every mile is hard fought

I'll learn about the person
Who he was and who I am
I'll come through the fire stronger
I'll be a much better man

I will bus across the prairies
Through the Manitoba cold
I will focus on my endgame
I'll learn from what I'm told

Two journeys I will travel
Neither one from coast to coast
But, both are to be ended
by that famous mile post

Maybe I can find the answer
Join myself, go through the door
As he joined a nation
So many years before

Mile Marker Three Three Three Nine
That's where my journey ends
Mile Marker Three Three Three Nine
That's where I'll start to mend
The Terry Tree Oct 2014
Let me be your poltergeist
Haunt you with my love
If there is a Spirit between us
Let it be the Holy Ghost
Embracing you
Haunting you
Holding you
Above

Everything that scares you
Anything that’s hiding
Skeletons in your closet
Fear, anxiety,
The terror of life
Sometimes just
Going outside

Let me be your poltergeist
I will be here to protect you
I will shield you from the pain
I will wake up every morning
And do it all again

When nothing seems to feel secure
When the world is crashing down
When you cannot even be sure
Let me scare these things away from you
That want to hang around
Haunt your home with light
Shoot off stars at night
Blind the things you cannot face
Smudge them out
I will erase
Anything
You
Fear

Let me be your poltergeist
Haunt you with my love
If there is a Spirit between us
Let it be the Holy Ghost
Embracing you
Haunting you
Holding you
Above

As you begin to trust
As you begin to believe in us
You will know the power
Of true love
As I
Haunt away your sorrow
Scare what will depress
Chase away your panic
Frighten out the rest
Of anything that keeps you
From being the bright light
That you are
The
Beaming
Gorgeous
Burning
Beautiful
Star

Let us fly together
Spread our light
Spread our wings
Unfold our feathers
Cradle our silver linings
Soar into our sky
Together
There is no limit
To our height

Let me be your poltergeist
Haunt you with my love
If there is a Spirit between us
Let it be the Holy Ghost
Embracing you
Haunting you
Holding us
Above

tHE tERRY tREE
The Terry Tree Oct 2014
There is a window
In your soul
Like the window
In your home
You cannot see it
But you will know it
When you feel yourself
Begin to glow

Your soul is in your heart
It radiates
It’s in your hair
And every part
Of you that bleeds
In every part of you
That dreams

When you are angry
When you are sad
When you cannot even
Think to begin to stand
When you have fallen
And it’s useless to get up
Open up the window
In your soul
Like the window
In your home

Turn the latch
Lift it up
Push it out
Let the panes
Open you up
With love

Feel the rush
As you let go
Feel the power
Of your soul
Your secret key
Your special tool
It’s always there
Do not be fooled
You can almost picture it
Perhaps just like a window
A skylight where you can sit
Believe in it

This is a place that you can go
A place for you nobody knows
And this window
It has wings
It helps you fly away
From things
When you accept things
As they are
Your soul becomes
This Shining Star
The Star
You’ve always been

Don’t try to be something
You’re not
Attempt to be the thing you are
When you find it
Hold on tight
Attempt to actually Be The Star

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
For this has shaped who you’ve become

You are a present of great worth
You’ve been God’s child
Since your birth
God does not make mistakes
God does not throw things away

From the moment you were conceived
This is when the window
Of your soul
Grew into you
This part of you inside
This place that you can go
A place for you
That no one knows
Just how to get to
Without you
And this window
It has wings
It helps you fly away
From things
When you accept things
As they are
Your soul becomes
The Shining Star
You’ve always been

And in the end
This is the cord
That links you to
ALL of creation
Through and through
To know this place
Is to be guided
Into the wealth of
ALL existence
To be with God
To be In the arms
Of your Divine Mother
Forever

Your spirit always knew
Even when earth’s distractions taught you how to
Forget the truth, to be something else
To be something you were never born to do

Do not try to be something
You are not
Just be the special thing that you are
Attempt to actually Be The Star

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done
For all of this has shaped
The beautiful spirit
That you’ve become

When you look inside yourself
And you find the thing that makes you sing
You’ve found your soul
You’ve found your window
To God and to your truth

And yes this window
DOES have wings
And it WILL help you
Fly away from things
That have hurt you
When you accept these things
As they are
Shining brightly
You Are The Star
You’ve always been

Find your soul
Find your window
Spread your wings
And let your spirit’s path
Begin

tHE tERRY tREE
The Terry Tree Oct 2014
Every single day
When you wake up
Let the first thing that you think of
Be something that you LOVE

A Flower,
A Friend,
A Favorite Song,
The list goes on,
And on-
And on.

If you cannot
Think of a thing in sight-
Hug yourself,
Hold on tight
And say...
"Everything will be alright."
Because it will
All you need to do
Is just sit still
Sit quietly
With your mind...
With your soul
Be gentle with yourself
Be kind

Sometimes we have to open our eyes
To see the light, no matter how dim,
No matter how bright
For even on the darkest night
The moon still shines for you

Embracing you with light
Right where you're standing
With love in Spirit,

tHE tERRY tREE
The Terry Tree Oct 2014
Can you feel me glowing?
Can you feel me throwing
Stars at you?
Across the sea to you
From me

Feel the pulse in the air
When the wind moves
I am there
Shooting stars across the sky
Everywhere

Place your hand upon your heart
Close your eyes
Clear your mind
Picture gold light
As it starts
Surrounding you
From behind
Hugging you

A falling star above your head
Is tumbling down
Singing brightly, lightly
Listen to its gorgeous sound
Soaring

As it falls closer, closer still
Open up your arms
So you can feel
This glow all over you
Flow all over you
A shower of light
From head to toe

The Universe is our home
Safe and warm
You are
Safe and warm
Bathed in Starlight
Safe from harm

Now you can feel the glowing
Your love is slowly growing
Bigger, bigger still
Your smile is showing

Bring your arms in
You've been holding out
Feel the light now
Shake the ground
Take your arms
Wrap them around
Yourself
Feel
The
Glow

The Universe is our home
Safe and warm
You are
Safe and warm
Bathed in Starlight
Safe from harm

Rain, Sun, Wind and Snow
Feel the glow
Wherever you go
I will be there
No matter how far
Sending you
This shooting star
From the sky
Out from my heart

To heal your soul
To ease the pain
To share your joy
Every night and
Every day

Feel the glow
Feel it grow
All around you
Spreading out
In a circle of light
Spreading through
The countryside
Across the earth
Now watch it blast
Into the sky
It burns and glows
Before your eyes

The Universe is our home
Safe and warm
You are
Safe and warm
Bathed in Starlight
Safe from harm

Embracing you within the light
Every day and every night
We are one

tHE tERRY tREE
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