This corner is a reference to a description I once used in an attempt to explain where these poems come from. "It's as if I'm hit upside the head with a brick!" The ideas seem to come from nowhere and everywhere at the same time. I am merely a medium and the words pass through me, it seems. Usually they come to me in a brief flash so fast I have great difficulty keeping up. Very much like the scene in Amadeus when Mozart is on his death bed dictating to Salieri; this impatient demonic voice pushing me but my hand is incapable of writing as fast as the information is thrown at me. The poems I have written are very similar in origin, only worse. It's as if I'm watching a two hour feature film for the first time - at an incredibly accelerated speed. I'm fortunate if I'm able to get an outline on paper before I loose the entire vision. Frustrating and exhilarating at the same time! So, if you're still interested, click on a title below and read on. There's a place for your comments at the end. Don't be shy, I like the feedback. I already think I suck, so it's not as if you could hurt the one feeler I have left with confirmatory remarks.

LeVenice's Quest I

I know not of heaven.
I know not of hell.
I know not of living.
Nor death as well.

I don't know what's true.
I don't know what's real.
I don't know myself.
Nor what it's like to feel.

I do know suffering.
I know agony and pain.
I know of existence.
And it's absolute drain.

I do not understand.
What it is I should know.
I've lost the ability
to reason and grow.

I've crossed many bridges
which burned when I crossed.
I don't know where to go
I'm confused and I'm lost.

I can not go back.
I have no desire to try.
I must discover new paths
to find the reasons why.

I can not do things over,
but I can start over from here.
I must control my destiny.
Not be controlled by fear.

Many people end it here.
They lose their will to fight.
But I will stop to think a while
and learn to get it right.

I'll learn to think before I act.
To control my own fate.
Not be guided by my pride,
my ignorance and my hate.

I'll start my quest - a quest for life.
Not settle for mere existance.
I'll experience life along the way
and fight with such persistence.

I will not start until I know
exactly where I'm going.
It's foolish to travel so damn far
without knowing where you're going.

I'll set my goals by priority,
and experience life for me.
If I can't live for myself
I have no reason to be.

LeVenice's Quest II

Quelquefois dans un beau jardin
Ou je trainasi mon agonie
J'ai senti comme une ironie
Le soleil dechirer mon sein
Et le printemps et la verdure
Ont tant humilie mon coeur
Que j'ai puni sur une fleur
L'insolence de la nature

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People vs. Truth

I am not one to know the Truth
before it comes upon me overbearing
and fells me with its strong straight right,
then rubs my nose down in the dirt,
yelling in my ear, "Yuh see that? Yuh better learn."
But I'll never learn these hard truths
I think as I struggle up,
surrounded now by those who saw me fall
from the forceful attack of Truth
and saw her speed from the scene
in her white Trans Am
whose vanity plate claims, "NO LIE".
These people will be no help, I know,
for no witness would ever know Truth
or tell it if the court should judge
this action I'll bring.
(If alone I have no standing I'll call the case
"The People vs. Truth," and surely the people shall win.)

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Ever

Ever feel lonely in a crowd
when friends are near
but your thoughts are not.

Ever had problems
finding the right person
to hold, to cherish, to love.

Ever wonder if it is true
that your standard is too high
and consider compromising love.

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Dream Comes True

There once was a bird who sat in a tree
on top of a hill close to the sea.
In his little tree he has a little home
in which he sat all day alone.

He got up every morning to look at the skies
From his favorite branch he could see the sunrise
throughout the day he spent most of his time
dreaming of a bird so perfect and fine.

The bird of his dreams had feathers of gold
her beak felt like silk and her breast colored bold
She flew across the sky like a whisper of air
so silent and graceful no bird could compare.

When she opens her mouth to sing out a song
it's like the choirs of heaven were singing along.
When he looks in her eyes here's what he'll see
a bird of his dreams has yet to appear

But until that day comes he will be here
sitting up in his little tree,
at the top of the hill closest to the sea
sitting on his branch watching the sunrise
waiting for a flicker of gold in the skies.

By: DQ

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Thoughts At Goodbye

From long ago
to present day
the memories
we share
will always stay
within our hearts
forever more.
We say goodbye
and wait
for what's in store.

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Your Best Friend

When days are long
And nights never end,
Remember that you have a friend.
When there are many trials to bear,
And no one seems to really care;
When all your mountains seem to erupt,
And you feel like giving up,
When all your plans have gone awry,
You just can't face another day;
Don't give up. You have a friend!

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Beyond Your Tears

There is love, beyond your heartaches,
And content, beyond your tears,
When you take your grieves to someone
With a trust - not insincere;
That will heal your wounds and suffering
And renew your broken heart
To enjoy, again, the pleasures
Love and happiness impart.

Do not suffer, like a martyr -
In a chosen life of gloom -
That will lift your burdens
And the miseries they groom;
Come with faith and candor,
And a heart that is sincere,
To find love, beyond your heartaches,
And content, beyond your tears.

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Meadow Music

I hear the meadow singing
It finds the world complete,
Across the valley drifts the mist
Into the heavens sweet,
Where green leaves meet the blue of sky,
The mountainside so fair,
I hear frogs piping in the marshes
Upon the summer air.

I held the meadow music
So closely to my heart,
The golden sunlight lit the world
Such beauty to impart.
All outdoor life about me,
The bird notes - joyful sound,
The meadow shared her music
With natural world all around.

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My Journey

Through flickering lights and shady nooks,
My path leads up a hill;
A pleasant well-worn way I see,
A quiet, sparkling rill.

Fragrant flowers line either side,
Birds singing overhead;
Then suddenly the blackened skies
And stormy clouds, I dread.

A steep and rugged road appears,
Obstructions dim my sight;
I cannot see what lies ahead,
In the darkness of the night.

Oh please hear my prayer
And show me what to do
Because I can travel any path
If I walk my way with you.

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Master Of My Soul

There is a journey we must travel
while we dwell on earthly sod.
It's a quest each soul must make
toward their creator and their nature.
In the hustle and the bustle of
our daily life.

It's so easy to be detoured by
anxiety and strife.
To lose sight of the journey that
is charted for each soul;
For earth is not our destination.
Heaven is our goal.

As I travel on my journey to seek
this heavenly goal.
I turn inward toward to my mind,
the master of my soul.
With the strength of love assures
me, should I begin to roam.
I know that'll sustain me 'til
I reach my heavenly home.

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