John Leroy Maxwell Poems

A word, a smile, an embrace or maybe
a loving phrase
Love can be related in so many
thoughtful ways
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Do you have a dream you would like to pursue,
well it's never to late to start
How about a goal you wish to come true,
success is all in your heart
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The Watering Hole is the melting pot
I list', I watch, what come, what not
Here I see and here I hear, so many
things which I do fear
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To all who shared his life of joy
Remembering too, that little Boy who
entered with pride, in his Country's
fight, to conquer evil and do what's right
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I searched the vast expanse of lea,
with stones etched, in memory of another day
When peace not found, and conflict real,
before destiny's door in doom did seal
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The Bards of old, in verse have told
of lovers bold and gay
Of Lochinvar and his guiding star, and
their dash O'er the highland brae
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Is it the things you say and do to me
Or the things I say and do and say to you
that's puts us down, or makes us blue
The way we wear our clothes, or who we
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Agnostic now becoming fast,
discard my teachings of the past..
The waters dark, and very deep,
could this be my final sleep..
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Introspection fails

Seeing yourself as you are
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When you have no one to turn to,
and you're feeling kind of low..
When there is no one to talk to,
and nowhere you want to go.. Search
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