(painting interpretation)
 

Tell me Angel why am I here,
Tell me now, does my time draw so near?
Speak to me Angel there is nothing I fear.

As I sit here next you I ponder my fate,
I muse at your silence before it’s to late.

Tell me Angel why am I here,
Tell me now, does my time draw so near?
Speak to me Angel there is nothing I fear.

You stand there so silent it hard to relate,
So I sit here and talk while I ponder my fate.

Tell me Angel why am I here,
Tell me now, does my time draw so near?
Speak to me Angel there is nothing I fear.

It is up to each of us to decide
If knowing answers now is what we need
Or if we can live life and set aside
The questions here and live and not concede

Once we are dead and our sweet soul is freed
We all have something we believe will be
But it is not worth dying in great speed  
To answer questions, do you not agree?

I think to be content to know this fact
You will not know for sure with life intact.

So even though our life we can behold
The wonderfully great new things of life
Do you find when all things are said and told,
Think more on what will be your afterlife

So if you think your life is big and grand
You might consider thinking of some sand.

Giving from the heart is one of the most joyful things we can do
and in return the giving and happiness comes right back at you.

In sacrificing yourself, you are actually saying, “I will do without”
But when you give of yourself you are sharing without a doubt.

And when your feeling a joy from within, you don’t even have to think,
It feels like a natural overflow, and the world is in sync.

Thank you so much for the happiness you share with me,
because I have so much more to give, and that is the key!

Definitions:
Empyrean – inspiring awe
Fascination – a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
Kaleidoscopic – continually shifting or rapidly changing
Ambient – completely enveloping
Azure – of a deep somewhat purplish blue color
Revere – be in awe of
Sublime – worthy of adoration or reverence
Spectral – like or being a phantom
Incandescent – characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
Obsequious – attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

Of course that never works but I can dream
This dream and wish this wish and plan this scheme
So I can have more time before things change
Because given time it will turn out strange,
Then all the sweetness goes right up in smoke
And I will think this was one big sad joke.

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Version 2

A day has past with time that passed so sweet,
That I darn not consider stopping here
To take the time to think. I persevere.
I want the sweetness to remain complete,
Without a hint of anyone””s deceit.
If maybe I can built a large round sphere
Around my world I can then disappear,
And sweetness will stay mine and more concrete.

Of course that never works but I can dream,
And if I dream long enough it will appear
To never leave my world of make believe.
Though this small world of mine might seem supreme
For moments of short time, it is too clear
To me, that it is me that I deceive.

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Version 3

A day has past with time that passed so sweet,
That I darn not consider stopping here
To take the time to think. I persevere.
I want the sweetness to remain complete,
Without a hint of anyone””s deceit.
If maybe I can built a large round sphere
Around my world I can then disappear,
And sweetness will stay mine and more concrete.

Of course that never works but I can dream,
And if I dream long enough it will appear
Too never leave and I will be supreme,
But facts tell me it will all disappear.
So I will keep what I can keep as long
As I can now, and try to keep it strong.

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3 versions of Petrachan Sonnet for the same poem

You left in the night, abandoning me without saying a word. And at first I was hurt and so very sad. But now all I can say is Thank You.

Lightening

spring lights
flash from heaven
grounded
 
Spring Dawn
 
buds emerge–
in ribbon shaded sky
sunshine peeks