John Leroy Maxwell Poems

Condemned I am, condemned I'll be
through out this life, until eternity
Never once to know true love,
as ordained by God above
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I have arisen on the Eastern Horizon,
awaiting in suspense, the feeling of a
profound experience soon to come
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Here we go again, preparing for another day,
just wanting to do things right
But nothing seems to be going well, as I try
with all of my might
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Do you remember way back when; say many, many years
You never saw your sweetheart's limbs, but judged
her by her ears
The kids were washed each Saturday night, their Daddy
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I met an Artist the other day, she worked
and slaved her bills to pay
'The Starving Artist, ' chose she the the name,
just hoping much a little fame
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Stranded on an Island, and Island without love
No hope for the future, no sign from above
I sent a message in a bottle, in hopes that
someday someone, somewhere, my dreams
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The King is dead; long live the King
His realm collapses from it's own imposition,
having no regard for the masses
No pity for misfortunes
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The way to be happy is to make others happy
Helping others is the secret of all success, in
business, in the arts and in the home
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To every man there opens a high way and a low
and every man decides the way that he shall go

We search the world for truth, we cull
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Happiness is the art of finding joy and satisfaction
in the little privileges of life
A quiet hour in the sun, instead of a far-away journey
A little outing in the nearby woods, instead of
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