In this Shadow

at the Edge of the Rain
By: the iHope Poet

It's a beautiful world
with the clouds on the top
and the rain falling down
in the dark
No one sees what I see
through this fraud harmony
For when light shines
it all falls apart.

What would happen if hope
were to flutter away
all suppressed under secrets
and fears
Then the gray would turn black
with no promise of light
at the edge of
the rainstorm of tears
     

Final (extended:) verse, here.

Smiles and Sunshine

Sunshiny Day!

By: the iHope Poet

Oh today it is a sunshiny day;

Yes today it is a sunshiny day!

All this light is streaming out in a ray…

Plenty goodness is now on its way.

No more fears of the clouds that lingered yesterday.

Not one tear from the saddest stories told.

No one’s giving in to darkness almost caving in.

We’ll keep singing until we’re good and old.

We’ll keep singing ‘til we’re good and old.

Oh today it is a sunshiny day;

Yes today it is a sunshiny day!

All this light is streaming out in a ray…

Plenty goodness is now on its way.

Heaven's Quest

He Told Me
By: the iHope Poet

God can whisper audibly
only if I choose to listen

He can touch my life each day
if I pay attention to Him

He can share with me His love
when I offer Him my heart

God will use me in His quest
As I learn to do my part

To Be

The Pursuit of Beauty

By: the iHope Poet

I fold up in the darkness

Neither seeing, nor being seen

And alone I consider

Beauty and ugliness

As a weed I was poisoned

Plucked from the earth

Left in the barren part of the dirt

Flowers despised me

Hated my leaves

Ugliness made me as small as a seed

Now as a rose, I’m too fair to be weeded

I’m left here to grow

I’m admired and needed

I can shine in the garden,

It’s easy to see

That beauty is better than being a weed

And nothing is wrong

With becoming so fair

But my pursuit of it all

Has left me worse for wear 

As I sought to look pretty

I turned into stone

My heart had been vain

And I acted a fool

All the things that I did to become something new

It hurt me, it hurt them; and I didn’t stay true

I unfold in the darkness

Yes, now I can see

It’s not wrong that it happened

But how it all came to be

      

Choosing to See

The Blinded

By: the iHope Poet

How can you say

That you find nothing meaningful

About what each passing day

Brings?

Then how would you know

The beauty that nature

Hums through the air high and low;

How it sings?

If you refuse

To understand the world around you

If you can’t use

The gifts that you are given,

Then why do you live?

To let those who don’t know how to look…

Can’t you give?

Soon, the blessings from you will be driven.

You don't see the beauty because you don't look for it...

But how many would give anything to simply have the opportunity?

 Remove the Blindfold, Choose to See

A Sincere Friend

Change

By: the iHope Poet

I know that there are few second chances

But with you I feel a new change of heart

And I watch as the perimeter advances

So that we can walk together not apart

Over the years you’ve helped me yearn

To seek what’s better and be willing to work

Now I see the constant change that overcomes me

And it separates my old heart from the murk

So I hope you know just as you’ve cared

That you’ve performed a miracle here

For I am new and clean and strong

The friend I've found in you remains sincere.

I like the rain...

Nothing Else

By: the iHope Poet

To the clouds in the sky

And the sun, way up high

I will stand in this rain

Sing this song once again

There is nothing else like 

what you’re giving me now

All this power in the dark

Is a spark that somehow

I am safe, I’m alone

In this place I call home

People hurt, they lash out

Rip my heart – scream and shout

Here I go, here I cry

Here in you I confide

That I tried all my best

Just to prove to the rest

That I’m perfectly sane

Not with them – in the rain!

No, there’s nothing else like 

what you’ve shown me before

So much hope in this dark

Is a spark that there’s more

Than that place I called home

Back with them – all alone

And with you I’m still safe

In this place that I roam

To the storm in the sky

As you give your goodbye

I will sing my last lines

Thanking you for your time

There will never be anything else like the rain

For in you I am safe, I am sound

I am sane

No one knows that I cry

Under you, where I hide

And you’ve given me all, for that secret is mine

is it wrong?

White Lie

By: the iHope Poet

The see-through blind fold

Covers your eyes

Like a fog

But it’s white

So you still see the lines

No harm done

No swift blows

Of that filthy black dust

That would otherwise swallow

My tongue in its must

And I spoke those clear words

They were smooth

They seemed sweet

Underneath they were dim, yet

Whose ill did they meet?

Simple lies

Plain deceit

But they’re lost in the telling

It tastes good while it lasts

And my throat isn’t swelling