GeorgeManos

I am forgetting you, even though you live in the sun’s shade And the moon’s glow, I still am letting you go And with each passing day your memories fade Soon the last leave and your love no longer know. Though I see you in my dreams you are still fleeting  For in the morning not lying in my bed So, the new day comes but not with your greeting And awake in a lonely room, instead. And through each day I see many faces but do not see you Soon I will not expect yours, in all its beauty, see Except if through one your spirit passes through And in her bring your love again to me. But you would have, again, here to live So, I should look away, your love not expecting to find This world has much but that, still, cannot give I should close my eyes in a world so unkind. But I must past these feelings keep going Except, wherever I look, the world turns in your wake And as I try to forget the hurt keeps growing Finally forgetting you when my last breaths take.

When My Love Appear No lines can express what a heart can feel Though they can try their best to do For on this page futile to convey what is real For no words can take the place of you. And poor substitutes for the love you gave They must let imagination take your place Never enough, here, for your memory to save But only its outlines can trace. I see a Rose and appreciate its beauty For I know too well, soon, it will be lost Like those times you were next to me And then loneliness became the cost. I hear a Robin and her notes so sweet For soon she will quickly fly away Like your melody that made my life complete Too short, in my world, she did stay. How can I convey what is so fleeting? What lines can show my feelings here? None, except mere words you are reading That can only live when my love appear.

When Paradise Real  Paradise is not what I expected it to be I am still lonely with all this beauty around  For the one I love I cannot, again, see A true paradise only with you can be found.  I don’t know how long I can stay here I am only reminded of what I miss Paradise was only where you once did appear Staying here, something is still amiss. When together, it didn’t matter how harsh the weather  How dark or cold was each day We found warmth in being together  And this chased the harshness away.  And one bird singing was enough to hear  One flower blooming enough for our senses to stir  The bird’s melody was amplified when you were here And the flower blossomed into our full-blown rapture.  And though the sun here, brightly, does shine  And its warmth you can certainly feel  The sun shone brightest when you were mine And that is when Paradise is real. 

My True Love Bring  We think we know about life but know nothing at all In one swift moment everything can be taken away And once you thought you were whole how quickly you fall For nothing here was ever meant to stay. And what we thought was valuable worthless turns out to be And what was truly precious too soon from its loss learn  In one swift moment this truth will see And then only for redemption can yearn.  And I would trade all the world’s riches for what I lost  But the lesson I have learned is this No one is immune from such a cost That I know no more feeling your kiss.  Soon we will pass to the night trying to hold onto the sun And the Rose to the changing season soon disappear  As the summer to the chilly arms of winter run While the Robin's song in our souls' depths no longer hear.  And now I must go on only half the man My better half with the angels does sing Maybe, then, this is Heaven’s plan One day from here to my true love bring. 

e is All You Need I been beat down by society, but I refuse to give in I have been an outcast but do not care anymore Though it looks like the system will still win It will only prove that goodness abhor. Because my crime is, I do not subscribe to convention My path is my own to tread And I must follow my own direction And let my actions decide where it has led. And though not accepted, I prefer my free will The rest to some dogma or cause may believe But I will let my spirit with its goodness instill And know that my own faith will never deceive. This is a road that is long, lonely, and ever winding But it gives me time this earth’s gifts to treasure I can stop and enjoy the trees in the wind blowing And by the river’s side my content can measure. I can listen to the bird’s song and stay for its melody I can see the rose’s beauty and bask in her fragrance Waiting for the woman who will come for me And on our own path, fulfill our romance. I do not need to follow the jostling crowd Where the poet wondered why death had undone so many This is because in their own life conformity allowed And forgot the uniqueness of their own identity. Still, I do not know where my own journey will lead But know I always let my heart lead the way What I have learned, most, is, yes, love is all you need And if you have that, nothing more to say.

Better Angel  I saw this woman and to her spirit did succumb  She made me believe that my heart was good And whatever problems I could still overcome  Because the goodness of my heart understood.  Now I hear that she is troubled by her own strife And this for one so sweet cannot be Not for one that showed me purpose in life  Now I am the one that her goodness can see. We are far apart, distance is in our way And maybe our paths will no longer meet But I know a woman from such beauty cannot stray That no troubles or sadness can ever defeat. And as the Rose her beauty lets the world know  That the rough winds her petals can shake and fall When the next spring comes again will grow And to the world again her splendor will call. And as the Robin het melody sweetly sings Though the winter ushers it coldly away  Soon the next season her song still brings For such music from the world can never stray. So, I know that no darkness from her light can lure For her radiance in this place is too strong And it could never snuff out a light so pure But to the better angels of our world belong. 

Summer Night Sitting here on a summer night with the music playing Finally finding a melody and some peace My soul this season is sweetly serenading So easily my troubles now ease. The long has been long and winding, I know So, I better enjoy these moments tonight What better way than happy lines to show While the stars shine on high so bright. And where there is life hope is still alive No matter how difficult it may seem to be But nothing more than what these keys strive To express the happiness where I am free. If love finds me again, I will have to defer To some woman yet to come my way But my feelings tonight cannot deter This will have to wait for another day. Love in my heart will always live Whether happily gained or sadly lost But I will always have mine to give For I have already paid its cost. I listen to the sounds of the night around All I need do is let them in Soon, I will learn serenity found Letting this summer night my heart win. From my burdens I can escape in the moonlight That basks the night in starry romance I can almost see that woman in my sight Tonight, we would let love have a chance. And the music is playing, and all is good This season soothing, this should be all I care The melody to move me, enough understood Unless I turned and you were there. Do you read these lines and know I speak of you? Let me know what you think Let me know love is still true That the night from your beauty does drink. That is why this time is so good and tranquil Because I am trying to reach you with a line And with each one my longing here spill Until you reach out and tell me you are mine. Until then the time I have now will enjoy  Letting the sounds of the night my senses succumb Only equaled that day you bring me joy That day that this world with your beauty come.  So, here I sit and enjoy this splendor  While the melody my mind sooths A perfect time for our longing to surrender  To a summer night that our love moves. 

Your Spirit Wanting  So, I have heard but no one understands  The fact that you are still young While they think they know where life stands  For you it has only begun.  And you are listening to your emotion Guided by a pure heart Unspoiled by their situation  Setting you from the rest apart. They should know their own past  And their own rebellion  Which from their memory forget too fast  They should, instead, understand your situation. But I have met you and goodness only see In your youth a wisdom I find Because you see the goodness in me The rest of this grown world can’t find.  So, maybe those around you this should know  What their experience teaches something missing  They should let you and your beauty grow This man has found and your spirit wanting. 

It is What it Is  There's a plague that stands as your test You people are, every day, dying  You say you are doing your best when we know you are not even trying. And worse, in this tragedy, you find support Instead of unity, you create a nation divided History will not give you a good report The evil you have done already decided. All these deaths are at your hand Even though you show no remorse Not long from now we will make a stand And from our nation remove this curse. You believe that you will still prevail Our democracy you hold in equal disdain  But here you will ultimately fail And from our social fabric remove your stain. Too many have died on the battlefield  So that our democracy can preserve Their sacrifice was not for the power you want to wield We are the ones that you must serve.  And this you will learn soon one day  When the power of the people is known Then "It is what it is” we will say  When into the scrap of history, you are thrown.

Do Not Go Don’t lose your soul so easily  It is too precious for this Don’t think if you escape you are free What you leave behind you will miss. I know it may seem there is a better place  And you can forget what you leave behind  But a different location won’t change what you face Anyway, is it ready for one so kind? A spirit like yours is, I know, rare Maybe this is something you don’t realize  Would you leave behind those who care? To let go those who your beauty prize? But, these words your actions can’t control I only want to let you know what I feel And let you know you may decide to go Then a woman lost whose heart was real.

Sonnet 348 (Your Radiance Show) This is the night whose stars most clearly shine Because my love the brightest of them all An earthly star, not Heaven’s, but mine Whose brilliance even angels does enthrall. And through the void your spirit I still feel No distance keeps a love like ours away And through your hold I learn all else is real The thought of you keeps my darkness far away. And so, the night can never grow too deep For on this earth the morning with you lives And when it comes, I know your heart still keep For as this world turns, your love still gives. So long your love is mine to always know The darkest night your radiance will show.

A Day at the Cape with You  The Cape has its pristine blue waters rushing to its crystal white sand While its majestic lighthouses beckon to the shore But its best treasure is you holding my hand In this earthly paradise want nothing more. That day when you drove beside me I can hardly describe Like an angel descending to comfort me And from your beauty this day did I imbibe So, my troubles from these magical moments free. And watching the ocean waves touching my feet And the warm sun caressing my skin  Only waiting for you to make my life complete  And this day’s warmth letting you in.  Driving while our music to our hearts did play Wishing this rhapsody never end A couple that the Cape could never keep at bay But to my shore your sweetness did send.  To: ST

Your Love See The night is going but I cannot sleep  What keeps me up at night? Is it that my troubles run too deep? Or because you, no longer, are in my sight? Well, that is one trouble I must confess  But why not sleep and see you in my dreams? Because in the morning waken to emptiness  Your shadow only highlighted while the sun gleams.  So, I stay awake here and feel this pain  Until my tired mind finally succumbs  And in this other realm see you again  Even though only your ghost comes.  What I need is that woman who is real The one who made me happy with her smile  Who I could hold close and her breath feel  Who made my life worthwhile. Instead, I am here with a simple line  And the night that beckons me Knowing that here you can never be mine  Then fight dreams hoping your love, in the day, see.

So Far Away from Me   You are so far away until I think of you Then no further than these lines That in these can shine through So, you will live in these rhymes.   I remember that day we escaped From propriety and let our affection free That summer day in your beauty draped When I had you so close next to me.   Now I am here and words can only write When, once, so close to your touch How to explain what I felt in your sight What I felt and our love, how much.   So, I have only these words this to convey I only wish they can, here, suffice They would be best if they brought you my way To depict a spirit so nice.   But these words are calling you to fill this empty space I only wish you not only read but hear So next to me you find a place And my loneliness then can disappear.   I believe that such affection nothing can deny And one day to me you will arrive And no words needed when together we lie Then the only thing I will feel is alive.

Sweet Spirit  Young spirit, let me see you smile  After the spirits you lifted  Making their sad lives worthwhile  I know, mine one you uplifted. I know a person with a heart can be saddened  Life can be so unkind  But in me hope awakened  And one who can do this hard to find.  I know this contradicts propriety And I should know what’s right  But can’t ignore the happiness given me Basking in your beautiful light.  Keep your heart in this world true Don’t let anything get in the way I have seen the beauty in you  Don’t let this world take it away.  You have too much to give And a lucky person will know  Your magic giving the reason to live And to you longing to go. So, sweet spirit, always keep your heart  And stay the angel in this place  For from Heaven never be apart And smile knowing your grace. 

Heaven Must Share You are the woman that any man waits for Coming at a time when I did not expect Now you are waiting at Heaven’s door Now all these earthly matters neglect. But you are where you always belonged With the angels who now count you as one And that love for which my heart longed Is in a place with an endless sun. Love is too strong to be, on this earth, confined So, finding it, something to treasure For it is more to divinity aligned And nothing here its scope measure. And I only wish you look down at me and smile For when here you made my heart sing Though I felt this for too short a while Nothing more could this place bring. Love is a power that shows me the way That everything else transcends To think you, here, came my way Life may be brief but love never ends. I only need look to the stars to see you For in their realm I find your soul Through their brilliance you shine through And your warmth I, once again, know. Love is too strong for its loss to cause pain For we can never leave it behind Love is never lost for soon is found again For leaving here, your love will find. Heaven only let you come here for me To let me know the truth of beauty And through your eyes I did see From a spirit so divine, eternity. And one of its angels it let me borrow Knowing back to its realm return So, I have no fear of tomorrow But will return to the one I yearn. This place is only a bridge to where you are And what we had will know there For love like ours can never go far And reunited, Heaven, one angel, must share.          

To Stay  A new place, another chapter to be written  The contents of which I am unsure  But I hope my role is fitting  For a man who has already too much to endure.  This final part I play I wonder who will decide If it even cares about my past  For will it to my hopes or to fate abide And if the right players cast.  But here my will and  fate can agree There is one way to happily conclude this play And if fate doesn’t decide on tragedy  That my love returns to me to stay. 

Time is Never Enough  Time is something we think we have but never enough  What seems lasting only briefly last  And that this is true our mortality proof  So, whatever we do under Time’s shadow cast.  If you see a Rose please don’t pass it by But stop and enjoy its beauty  For it grows in splendor for you to eye  But if you pass it by may no longer see.  Enjoy the melody that the Robin sing  Her notes come only briefly for this time of year  She comes so to your heart comfort bring  If you leave her song may never again hear.  Appreciate the waves that fall upon the shore And the moon that gives them their tide  For one day you will see them no more  And the moon from your gaze will hide.  And treasure that love that you know  It is a gift that you can only borrow  For only too quickly it can go Then only find emptiness tomorrow.  And then you will wish that Time comes soon But this is because your life did not fulfill  If you only realize that everything here is a boon  Every moment you have with your heart fill. 

Words Words are meaningless unless spoken from the heart If not, they are empty and lead to heartbreak What I believed now tears my heart apart Not caring for the next daybreak. Speaking from your heart can be a weakness You lay bare to the world your soul Hoping you have found happiness Where false words can never go. Now I am stuck here, nowhere to turn But with only words to express my pain The same ones that lifted me, now for happy ones yearn That this loss can in my heart explain. But I will never believe in words anymore Not when I cannot tell which are true I am better to leave my feelings behind a locked door Then open it to find another like you. Now there is a young spirit tempting me And I have only these words to use We should let our hearts decide what our fates be  Words only true when love rules.  For true love does not need words at all Only a beating heart and a hand to hold And that person to which her love call Then in her arms no words need be told.