GeorgeManos

Death's Second Self This mythical fascination with immortality I believe each moment here is precious Though I know Death will stop for me Then the life I live here most relish. When that time comes and I must leave I wish my time here remembered well Though those left behind for me may grieve The example I left, I wish, lives on to tell. No need to hope this earth no limits give The time it allows is enough for me I am grateful for those moments it lets me live Though there may be another place I’ve yet to see. So, let this dream of eternal life live in lore That seems to so many so enticing Here I have yet so much more to explore That otherwise seems like Death if never dying.

A Look I see the way you look at me And you see the way I look at you Our heart's invitation all can see Only a few words to see it through. Our feelings nothing can deny Now the next step they must take That our longing will satisfy And from our feelings our union make. And learn love’s appearance unknown It does not care if you believe it shows It is governed by what our spirit sown And only by what our heart knows. Seeing you again may be the time When our feelings to our meeting turn And what is written in this rhyme Bringing us, finally, to what we yearn.

 Only a Taste There was an angel that Heaven sent to me And through her spirit I learned to love A feeling that from this earth made me free I should have known it came from above. For soon from this place, she had to go And I was left to deal with what she left behind Without her love only sorrow left to know And nowhere else such love could find. And now I am left with only this question Should I go on without a woman so divine? Then have to continue having learned this lesson I have to make the most of what no longer mine. And learn to live without love as my cost And then my remaining days a waste To live a life where love I have lost Never meant for Heaven, only a taste.

Christmas Forever  the world was dark before, no end in sight Until that morn a babe was born here That from our darkness showed the light That showed us hope and no more fear. And now the darkness comes once more So why do we want to celebrate? For all that's bad goodness does abhor This day we show that it can wait. It may well be our fate uncertain For the babe turned man put it in our hands Will we rise to the occasion or pull the curtain? Maybe He the only one who understands. All I know is Christmas is still a special day Where all we face must, to it, bow If nothing on this day can stand in its way Why can't its spirit this world forever allow? 

Christmas Every Day You say it’s Christmas every day and it is true Except this Christmas a couple things missing I will miss the snowfall and now, you Between the two, you the best dressing. I can go without the snow or the cold But that day on the beach I saw your radiance That warmth will not be here to see or hold Even though the sun shines in all its brilliance. So, I will look for Christmas in an empty season Maybe place a tree to spread some cheer Without the one who gave my happiness a reason For I must try to enjoy the holiday without you here. Yes, Christmas is not the only special day It is each day life give us to celebrate Except how can I unless your gift comes my way? The one I open, and your love can appreciate.

The Love You Give  Isolated where paradise in all its grandeur live But its beautiful bounty is not meant for me For all its riches your precious love does not give  And for its landscape to be complete you I need to see.  So, I reside where heaven would call a second home  But where it best lived was in your eyes Now where all seems complete my heart needs to roam  To find the love that would be paradise’s greatest prize.  And the night’s moon beckons and the morning call The starlight where your beauty ascends And where, in the morning, again for your love fall But with you missing this idyllic scene ends. For paradise is only realized when you are here The beauty that you bring nothing more sweet And for all its splendor needs you near It is the love you give that makes it complete. 

Love Never End  So, I now know what I felt not real How could I be so mistaken? And illusions for once did feel And my heart so falsely taken.  But why do you still live in my dreams? When your true feelings shown Love is seldom what it seems So, I must return to being alone.  But when I sleep you are still there What I can shake in the day not last For in the Night my feelings laid bare That from my waking world been cast. So, love not something rejection takes away Or what you only did pretend  Once unleashed in my heart will stay And once known love can never end. 

The Promise In a few days, our nation will let the world hear our voice And it will be loud, and it will be clear To learn we only had one choice To choose hope over fear. It may have looked like we were divided And that our democracy was in danger But in a few days, we will show we are still united Who bet on our experiment laid the best wager. The people are the ones who understood it best Not our institutions or those leaders untrue They are the reason we will pass this test And our unwavering faith will get us through. These last few years our faith has tested And that there was any doubt could be understood But we will show all these challenges will be bested Never bet against, in our nation, what is good. We know that the battle will still not be done But we will always be, in the face of this, vigilant So, in a few days this battle will be won To show the promise of our nation always want.