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Raymond Nichols is an author, artist, family historian, and blogger previously published in THE AMERICAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, BEST NEW POETS OF 1986, HEARTS ON FIRE(A TREASURY OF POEMS ON LOVE), and THE COLORS OF LIFE.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
You say you want a revolution
You say you want a revolution.
You say you want to change the world.
Are you willing to do whatever it takes
To free every boy and girl?
100 thousand voices are crying out.
Can you hear them call?
Injustice has become the norm
At the damnation of us all.
You say you want a bold new world
Where everyone is free.
You say you will do anything
To be all you can be.
To bring about this new age
Some people have to change.
Hypocrisy must go away
And never come back again.
Eye of the beholder
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Beauty is a heart thats pure and true
Pretty girls are pretty on the outside
Beauties are pretty through and through
2010
Life is like a play
Life is like a play
a tragedy ending in despair
in a dark corner of a dark place
death waits for me there
the plots move me along
as each act passes by
and then one day, in the final act,
i meet my sweet demise
2007
family first
Friends turn on you and betray you.
They have their own agenda and you are just a tool to them.
Family however, is forever
Friends move away and never call or write.
Family is always there
Friends steal your girl or your job or your games
Family always have your back
Remember your family and put them first
They do the same for you
2007
what if you lost it all tomorrow?
What if u lost it all tomorrow,
And u came home and it was all gone ?
All your cd's and movies and clothing ?
The couch and your copy of Pong ?
What if u lost all your worldly posessions ?
What would you have to take with u ?
Would u have Jesus Christ in your heart?
Or would u just be all alone and blue?
2010
Memories
Memories run thru my mind
from time to time
some good, some bad
all flowing like wine
like the birds
they fly by and visit me
experiences i've had
that make me
me
2005
A kind word never goes unheard
A kind word never goes unheard
A true friend will be true til the end
A good song will stay with you all day long
A smart man makes as many friends as he can
2010
your secret admirer
its hard to find the words
to describe my love for you
words like immortal,
eternal, forever and true
eternal beauty
keeper of my heart
love at first sight
yes i've loved you from the start
although you're way out of my league
and don't know i'm alive
my love for you is timeless
and forever will survive
how can we be together
when you dont know i'm alive
signed, your secret admirer
forever and for all time.
to describe my love for you
words like immortal,
eternal, forever and true
eternal beauty
keeper of my heart
love at first sight
yes i've loved you from the start
although you're way out of my league
and don't know i'm alive
my love for you is timeless
and forever will survive
how can we be together
when you dont know i'm alive
signed, your secret admirer
forever and for all time.
Broken pieces
u broke my heart and left me crying
u stole my soul
waltzed out the door
u took my dreams and left them shattered
broken pieces on the floor
u stole my soul
waltzed out the door
u took my dreams and left them shattered
broken pieces on the floor
Lost love
You cant lose something that you never had.
I thought that i had lost your love,
And that made me feel bad.
Now that time has passed
I can see more clearly.
You were only using me
Altho i loved u dearly
I thought that i had lost your love,
And that made me feel bad.
Now that time has passed
I can see more clearly.
You were only using me
Altho i loved u dearly
Creative thoughts
Creative thoughts
Run thru my mind
From time to time
If i can find a pen and paper
I can make them mine
If not they are lost
In the sands of time
Creative thoughts
Crash like waves
On the shores of my mind
If i can catch them
I can share them
Preserve them for all time
If not they are lost
And they may never again return
Never be heard
Never be mine
Lost forever in time
Run thru my mind
From time to time
If i can find a pen and paper
I can make them mine
If not they are lost
In the sands of time
Creative thoughts
Crash like waves
On the shores of my mind
If i can catch them
I can share them
Preserve them for all time
If not they are lost
And they may never again return
Never be heard
Never be mine
Lost forever in time
Forever
your love is to me
all that a love should be
and i will love you forever
we're a family
u and 3 kids
and me
and family we will be forever
time will swiftly pass
your love for me may not last but i'll be loving u
forever
and youll be a part of me
forever
all that a love should be
and i will love you forever
we're a family
u and 3 kids
and me
and family we will be forever
time will swiftly pass
your love for me may not last but i'll be loving u
forever
and youll be a part of me
forever
A home without love
a home without love is just a house.
a wife without love is just a spouse.
a life without love is just a waste.
a heart without love is empty space.
a wife without love is just a spouse.
a life without love is just a waste.
a heart without love is empty space.
dont waste your time
dont waste your time on someone who dont love you.
dont waste your life on someone who dont care.
dont waste your hopes on dreams that cant come true.
dont waste your faith on things that arent there.
dont waste your life on someone who dont care.
dont waste your hopes on dreams that cant come true.
dont waste your faith on things that arent there.
money cant
money cant buy u happiness.
money cant buy u love.
money is the root of all evil, a message from above.
money wont fill the emptiness.
money wont fill the void.
money wont buy u friends. just people who'll annoy.
money cant buy u love.
money is the root of all evil, a message from above.
money wont fill the emptiness.
money wont fill the void.
money wont buy u friends. just people who'll annoy.
starting over
thought that we were starting over, but we're over.
thought that we were getting somewhere, but we're nowhere.
thought that i could be somebody, but i'm no one.
thought that we were doing it, but we're done!
thought that we were getting somewhere, but we're nowhere.
thought that i could be somebody, but i'm no one.
thought that we were doing it, but we're done!
Sounds of Torment
there'll be gnashing there of teeth...
people sobbing in their grief...
liars in the lake are burning...
and the back-sliders are yearning...
for the days before they turned away...
and sealed their fates...
these are the sounds of torment...
and the people bowed and prayed...
dear god save us from this fate...
but they found it was too late...
and they could not reach the gate...
and the people saw their loved ones
rejoicing around the throne...
and, in pain, they groaned...
these are the sounds of torment...
1993
people sobbing in their grief...
liars in the lake are burning...
and the back-sliders are yearning...
for the days before they turned away...
and sealed their fates...
these are the sounds of torment...
and the people bowed and prayed...
dear god save us from this fate...
but they found it was too late...
and they could not reach the gate...
and the people saw their loved ones
rejoicing around the throne...
and, in pain, they groaned...
these are the sounds of torment...
1993
Once
once i was hunted by nazis
altho i'd done nothing wrong
once i was hunted by romans
and forced to kill to live on
once i was hunted by christians
they threw me in the river
cause someone said i was a witch
unfortunately, they were wrong
once i was hunted by americans
they thought they could own me,
like i was a song
these days i'm not so often hunted;
just hated and discouraged from being me
once i was hunted
not now
but tomorrow who knows what may be?
altho i'd done nothing wrong
once i was hunted by romans
and forced to kill to live on
once i was hunted by christians
they threw me in the river
cause someone said i was a witch
unfortunately, they were wrong
once i was hunted by americans
they thought they could own me,
like i was a song
these days i'm not so often hunted;
just hated and discouraged from being me
once i was hunted
not now
but tomorrow who knows what may be?
Iron bars do not a prison make
Iron bars do not a prison make.
Nor plaster walls a home.
I am here with you every night,
And yet im all alone.
It takes love to
Turn these plaster walls
Into a home.
Without that,
We're just 2 people
Living together
Alone.
july 2001
Nor plaster walls a home.
I am here with you every night,
And yet im all alone.
It takes love to
Turn these plaster walls
Into a home.
Without that,
We're just 2 people
Living together
Alone.
july 2001
The Greatest Masterpiece
some say that Davinci was an artist quite rare.
i say the greatest work of art is far beyond compare.
tho we know the thinker was a sight to behold,
beside the greatest masterpiece all bets would fold.
driving a fast car is a pleasure indeed.
roses are as nice as riding a steed,
but the greatest pleasure comes from what u see,
look at the greatest masterpiece and you'll agree.
the greatest masterpiece is everywhere.
look around the world, you're sure to see one somewhere.
nothing is more beautiful than this work of art.
if u are good to her, u might just win her heart.
1985
i say the greatest work of art is far beyond compare.
tho we know the thinker was a sight to behold,
beside the greatest masterpiece all bets would fold.
driving a fast car is a pleasure indeed.
roses are as nice as riding a steed,
but the greatest pleasure comes from what u see,
look at the greatest masterpiece and you'll agree.
the greatest masterpiece is everywhere.
look around the world, you're sure to see one somewhere.
nothing is more beautiful than this work of art.
if u are good to her, u might just win her heart.
1985
Stepping Stones
Stepping stones
On the river of life
We leap from one to the next
Hoping not to fall in
And get swept away by the rapids
Swept into the abyss
And lost forever
On the river of life
We leap from one to the next
Hoping not to fall in
And get swept away by the rapids
Swept into the abyss
And lost forever
Alone again
All my life I have been looking for some one so I wouldn't be alone.
I thought I found some one special but I woke up and she was gone and I was alone again; alone again.
Ten years pass; they go by so fast. I was struggling to build a home; turn around and she's leaving town, and I'm here on my own; yeah, I'm alone again; I'm alone again.
Alone again; started out with nothing; ended up with nothing; I'm alone again.That's the way life goes; women come and women go, and you're alone again.
11.20.2008
I thought I found some one special but I woke up and she was gone and I was alone again; alone again.
Ten years pass; they go by so fast. I was struggling to build a home; turn around and she's leaving town, and I'm here on my own; yeah, I'm alone again; I'm alone again.
Alone again; started out with nothing; ended up with nothing; I'm alone again.That's the way life goes; women come and women go, and you're alone again.
11.20.2008
Little Buddha
A lil fat man sits on the counter at a nail salon. I see it as i wait for my daughter. He is so big and funny looking he makes me smile despite my lousy day. The path to happiness begins with a smile.
2008
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