Notebook


You have to write what’s in front of you.
If you save it for later, it will disappear from view.
If you avoid the centre-stage and go off in search of another story,
The price you will pay is the chance of what might have been.
“If we each have a destiny,
Or if we’re all just floating around accidental like on a breeze.”
Just think of what we could see.


Empty your thoughts so new words can exist.
Say what you must, there is no avoiding it.
If you don’t want to write that
And put it to the back of your mind,
It will find a way to reveal once more,
The thoughts you cannot push aside.


It will seep into other thoughts and you will get only snippets;
When the full poem is waiting for you to go and write it.
So half will be written and half of another will be too much.
Put the right words, in the right place, at the right time…
Or give up.


(C)2017 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

Love-right


Music is currency, it enriches your life.
It gives you a reason to want to have more free time.
Make time for love, of course, of course,
But put the music on when you close the door.


If there is one thing that I have learned, in all my years,
It is that when you love, you should love-right.
Because after the tears,
You are only left with the memories of those nights.


I will judge myself worse than any other man could ever judge me
And I will not stand here and say that I was a saint,
Because, frankly, my dear, I ain’t;
But I will stand here and say I was faithful
And like it or not I will say I was truthful
And lastly and most importantly I would say I was in love.
I would not have said it if I wasn’t,
On that you can trust.


(C)2018 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

Vow


I love you…


With every drop of every tear,
That I will ever spill from my eyes.
With every bead of sweat,
That will ever fall from my brow.


You are my reason for joy;
You are my reason for pride.
Until the end of all that which could ever be;
Until even after I have died…
You are my reason;
Our new life starts now.


For now we begin as one;
We are no longer two.


From now I will always stand proudly at your side.
From now until the end,
Through thick and through thin…
You will be my truth.


I will love you, like I always have, until the end of time.
I will love you, even after I have long since died.
I will love you after there are no longer disco stars in the sky!
I will love you forever and even after we have each risen up on high.


Because you love me,
I already have,
All I will ever need,
To make me happy.


(C)2017 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

Words worth loving.


I'm bigger than you, I'm better than you;
I'm stronger, more powerful and more passionate than you.
I live more than you; I like more than you do.
I have the strength of ten men and would happily say I do.
For I have found love and my love is with me;
She's the one who shook my world and made me complete.


I'm not vain like you; I don't need what you do.
I don't care what you think, or what you tell me to.
I won't change for you; yet I could be the same as you.
But it's you who will change the things that make you, you.
For I have found love and my love is with me;
She's the one who shook my world and made me complete.


I'm not sad like you, I'm not alone like you;
I have someone here with me, who loves like I do.
I don't fear what you do; I don't only hear what I want to.
I'm free to be free, because I'm not trapped like you.
I'm not scared like you are.  I don't get envious of your car;
Or your money, or house, or what you believe you are.
For I have found love and my love is with me;
She's the one who shook my world and made me complete.


So become free like me and see what I see;
This passion, which leads to distraction; that lets me be free.
There’s an ache in my heart, whenever we are apart;
But this glorious, warmness and fuzziness;
Is more beautiful than any art.
For I have found love and my love is with me;
She's the one who shook my world and made me complete.


Open your arms; don't lock yourself away.
Don't hide from your fears; do not be afraid.
Don't run away and hide, if she's the one who makes you smile;
Because any fight for a loved one, is always worthwhile
And you too could find love, if you made it your priority
And ignored all distractions, thrown at you by society.
I'm guessing even you, could be the one to write poetry;
Because if you find love too, your soul will be set free.


And remember when I'm gone, nothing matters but this...


To find love is to be richer than any man...
And to be in love and be loved, is to forever live in bliss.


(C)2006 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

The time is 10.23 pm


The time is 10.23 pm;
I thought I would tell you the time.
I realise you will want to have this time again,
But there simply is not the time.
I do not have an infinite supply
And oxygen tanks do not last forever…
I had to rewrite that word three times,
Because I am not fully focused when I should be clever.
I am tired and want to sleep;
Oh what a lovely dream.


The time is 10.42 pm
And my eyes are feeling heavy.
I should have been asleep by now,
But my brain simply said “Ok!…ready!?
And away we go!”  Writing more useless thoughts;
I truly cannot even remember the start.
But on I go, telling my tale,
Oh yeah, that’s right, it is the story of time.
My brain is as quick as a snail right now;
I want to be flying through the clouds.
The dreams I have, I want a drink,
But I won’t do that because my back aches.
It’s been a normal day.
I’m still the same,
But time is running me into the ground.
I wish I could be profound,
But not a chance; hey! Give it back!
The time you took,
I need it to write books,
Of poetry, but woe is me.
If I only had the chance to romance,
I think I could be happy;
But I honestly do not know where I would find the time.
I would like to raise a family;
But until I get my house in order,
I will have no wife,
So no son or daughter...


The time is 10.49 pm.
I wish I had more time.
I give everybody what they want,
But time is never mine.
I give to them a piece of me.
I give to you a piece of me.
I give to love a piece of me.
I give to work a piece of me
And I give to anybody who needs,
Yet another piece of me.
I give to friends and family even more of me
And then you keep on asking me,
Oh, why do you feel so empty?
Because I have nothing left to give,
But I want to be the best there is
And I will not accept second-rate,
Because I want the best from my next mate.
I want someone who is divine,
Who shines a light into my mind
And illuminates the thoughts I have.
I want someone to stop me being so sad…


The time is 10.54 pm.
Time is flying by again.
I think I already said that once,
But I do not have the time to go back and look,
Because I want to go to sleep
(Lost counting sheep)
And end this time-taking story.
But this is so much fun to discover!
I will continue and hope to not be boring.
If you have not given up by now,
Relax, we are nearing the finish.
I have woven a web of words for you
And I shall do so until the words run out.
As time runs by and I approach the end of this wish,
I simply remind you to give me a break.
Love me or not.
Like this or not.
I am tired, so whisper your response
And I will thank you for not being too loud…


The time is 11.02 pm.


(C)2017 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

My friend


In a land without beginning, I cannot think about the end.
In a world where I should have been winning, I could only pretend.
I cannot deceive you now and tell you that I have no gift;
I cannot lie to you now and say I have nothing to give.
I have to give you my words, so you can see the real me.
I am love, I am yours; I am more than just a poetic piece.


If Heaven came calling and I was never seen again,
Would I have left a good impression upon this world?
I hope you have been affected by the words that I say,
Because if I am taken or even if I am forsaken,
Then all that would be left to do was leave your mind behind to twirl.


We are all here for a reason and my reason is this;
Born to write, half the time, the rest I spend being in love.
If we cast aside our desires, then would we even have lived?
Love is my passion, it drives me forward and it stops me giving up.


I have said I am nothing, but something I am.
I could claim to tell the truth
And you could claim I am an impostor,
Or I could simply share my thoughts with you.
I could have kept silent, but I chose to stand;
Nothing is given, you must earn it and so that is what I will do.


No dramatics or lies, just blood, sweat and tears.
My books are growing, my words multiplying and I am but a pen.
As each night falls and each sun rises, I am slipping through the years.
But on the last day, on my grave it will say…
He was a poet, a lover and my friend.


(C)2016 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

Lost Love


There was a girl whose heart felt so cold;
Her true story has never been told.
With her head full of dreams, she walked the streets;
She dreamed of having the world at her feet.


She was trying to live on the razors edge;
She appeared from nowhere and left me for dead.
Screaming from a wonderland inside my head,
Came the sound of a frightened animal so easily lead.


I am an animal lost in loves wilderness,
Begging for another chance to be blessed.
She may be gone, but she is always inside me.
She cleared away the bad memories the bleach couldn’t reach.


This isn’t a day for suicide,
This is a day to rejoice and say “I’m alive!”.
Love echoes inside each and every one of us;
Even angels cry tears of love into dust.


Now I’ve got you under my skin in the summertime;
Nailed perfectly inside my heart and mind.
Love is born to die with no time on our side,
We rush along so blind in search of loves light.


Free love is my drug and love is endless;
Now love will be reborn and I have found a long forgotten happiness.


(C)2012 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.

Chasing rainbows


I’m chasing rainbows, searching for answers,
Looking for all the happy people and all the happy dancers.
I’m craving happiness in the darkest of worlds
And I am not one who knows when to take his chances.


We are still searching, because we still believe we are young;
But we are strung out on a search for love, like it is a drug.
We are the fighters; the fighters for love!
We are the foolish, the youthful; the dumb.


The soldiers, the army, the many and the few;
We are willing to die for love and for you.
We are the underdogs of love, born to lose;
But still we believe, so we shall continue.


Our relationship died in front of our eyes
And now all I see are the ruins of my life.
Love disappeared like the end of a rainbow.
Now all I see is death; love is dead…
What hope is there for tomorrow?


(C)2016 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.