My Bestest Friend

My Bestest Friend

By Lord R.e. Taylor

We have been the bestest friends

Sharing our lives since I was born

Now I am all grown

I want to share everything with you

Spend all my days and nights with you

You are my life and when we are together

Even when we watch the people below

You are still my bestest friend

And you always will be

Hippocrene

Hippocrene

By Lord R.e Taylor

Let me walk to Mount Helicon

The home of the ancients

The place where the muses live

Surrounding a magical spring

Created by Pegasus

Blessed by the gods

It is the birthplace of all inspiration

I only ask one thing during my life

Just allow me to tip my fingers in the waters

Gain the insight Pegasus released

The magic found only at the Hippocrene

Pandemic

Pandemic

By Lord R.e. Taylor

I have a new name this time

You know I have been here forever

I have shown you what I can do

So many millions have died

Billions more have suffered

And know they feared me

But you, you people don’t

You think I am not serious

That I will walk away this time

I am not going anywhere

Many more of you will die

Many more of you will suffer

I promise you that

Try and do something about it

I dare you

Just Play

Just PlayBy Lord R.e. Taylor Suspend your disbeliefLet yourself be five years old againGo out into a fieldYou’ll see so much you have missedFairies dancing, singing and playingBeing the child, you should beDon’t you dare think too muchJust join inLet the fairies show you what life should beAll you must do is dreamLet your life finally be freeAnd for God’s same just playPlay like your life depends on itYou will see how much better you will be Fairy Riding Butterfly by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

God’s Eternal Love

God’s Eternal Love

By Lord R.e. Taylor

God does show He cares

Miracle after miracle

He sees some people are alone

They live their lives alone

They die all alone

And they never have any mourners

So incredibly sad

Still, God leaves His mark

He lets those lost souls see His heart

Then they know that they are not alone

And that they are all loved

And they will have a place with Him

Living in His eternal, love

Path Of The Fates

Path Of The Fates

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Billions of years ago

The universe was seconds old

The Fates already knew us

They decided what we would be like

And they gave us each a path

One which we would follow alone

We may intersect with others

They knew that we would

But they made it so that we may meet

And our paths may closely match

We could never share our path

That one was for you and you alone

So, just walk it and do your best

Abandoned Places

Abandoned Places

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Abandoned places

Lost to time

Left to die without dignity

Far from the concrete roads

We should remember them

Their past beauties

And what they meant to us

The things we did there

The fun we may have had

The moment their doors shut

Remember all the good things

As long as you can do that

It will never be truly abandoned

How Will We Survive

How Will We Survive

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Minute after minute

Hour after hour

Day after day

The exact same thing

Nowhere to go

Nothing to do

Just eat, sleep, and drink

With only a single shot left

It has to end soon

One single shot

The rest is long gone

No idea how we’ll survive

Once all the whiskey is gone

I Am Just Me

I Am Just Me

By Lord R.e. Taylor

I may have a lot of thoughts

Maybe a lot of feelings

You might not understand

And I may not want to tell you

They are a part of my life

Who I am and who you can see

However, they will not ruin me

I will not allow that to happen

But I will never be like you

And I may never change

I am just me

And that is all I am

Miracles

Miracles

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Children are miracles

No matter what ever happens

They are always so happy

All it takes is for someone to smile

Someone to say “Wow, that was good”

But it might take something simple

Sometimes maybe just a dance

On a lonely street

In front of your bestest friend

That could be just enough

To make your life better

And allow you to feel complete

That is so much for a kid

But just enough for a miracle

The End Will Come

Her Only Kiss

Her Only Kiss

By Lord R.e. Taylor

She never had a choice

It was deemed long ago

Before she was born

She was to wander the world

Looking for her love

Trying to find that single person

The one who would give her a kiss

The one person who would make her happy

From her birth she never had a single kiss

27,000 days later

As she lay dying

One young man smiled

Gently kissing her on the hand

Smiling back, she took her last breath

Finally, happy

She was assured her place in Heaven

All from a single kiss

Please Leave Boreas

Please Leave Boreas

By Lord R.e. Taylor

You came to visit long ago

Talking away the flowers

The leaves and the warmth

But you gave us a blanket of white

So beautiful to look at

Watching the kids play in it

And digging ourselves out every morning

But now it is Spring

With flowers and leaves

Warm weather and a lot of sunshine

Now is not your time Boreas

Winter has left and Spring has come

So please just go home

Take your snow with you

In six months, you may return

But for now, just leave

Give Persephone a chance

And let her Spring rise again

Ice Wine

Ice Wine

By R.e. Taylor

Aging fruit

Just a touch of snow

Freshly harvested

Carefully pressed

Make the sweetest wine

Our Special Place

Our Special Place

By Lord R.e. Taylor

I remember the first time we came here

We were merely children

The day was warm, and the sand was smooth

We felt the warm breezes

And saw so many things in the clouds

Even at that age I knew something

I wanted to share it with you

But we were to young

At least that is what everyone said

I wanted to tell you that I loved you

That was so long ago

Things happened and we grew apart

But I still love you

I go back to our place every year

Hoping that you will be there

Just for even a moment

I will say those the little words to you

And maybe you will say them back

From that day

If it ever happened

Our special place would become magical

21st Century Life

21^st Century Life

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Just another day

One out of many

The Sun comes up

Way too early for him

But the light is too bright

So, the easy chair comes into use

The TV comes on

And he spends his day doing nothing

No going to the market

No having drinks with his mates

Nothing but pooping, eating and sitting

And maybe sometimes a decent pee

Then he prays for night to come

Such in life in the twenty-first century

My Redheaded Demon

My Redheaded Demon

By Lord R.e. Taylor

I have known you forever

Or so it seems

But I have heard so much

How redheads can be a terror

Demons sent to punish man

By controlling us with your glance

You love stealing a man’s soul

Adding each one to your number of freckles

You have done so much more than that

My heart and my soul have been stolen

However, you never knew the truth

You didn’t really steal them

They were never mine to steal

I gave them to you on the day we met

I always loved you my redheaded demon

Maybe, just maybe, you will love me too

My Mother’s Love

My Mother’s Love

By Lord R.e. Taylor

I was not an easy birth

Forty minutes before my first breath

I became my mother’s miracle

While I grew, I was never a model son

Getting into trouble more and more

Yet, she never gave up on me

Even as she lay dying

Her thoughts were of me

I managed to sleep that night

Through the tear I prayed for her

But, her love for me was still there

A gentle kiss in the middle of the night

Just a gentle breeze felt on my cheek

And I knew that we were going to be alright

And I knew that my mother’s love would never die

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Juliet Is Gone

Juliet Is Gone

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Every day he stands

Waiting for her to appear

His love to come to her balcony

Even though he gave his heart

That girl could not love him back

So, she walked into the darkness

Never to be seen again

Romeo’s heart may have been broken

But he still waits under the balcony

Waiting for his Juliet to return

Dying Alone

Dying Alone

By Lord R.e. Taylor

She lived so long

Raised numerous children

And helped raise many more

Grandchildren and greatgrandchildren

She did live a long, full life

Sometimes sad but most times happy

That was just the kind of woman she was

But she stepped too close to someone

Became infected by a new disease

No cure and no treatment

With that she couldn't live long

She died alone

No one there to say goodbye

She was buried alone

No one to cry over her

At least there were so many remember her

Even if she went to Heaven alone

She will always be loved

Worth The Wait

Worth The Wait

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Beauty can be hard to find

It may take just a second

Or a minute, a day or a lifetime

But in one instant it will appear

It is so much harder with people

Sometimes you have to look

Not at what is on the surface

Rather look at what is inside

It will be the most beautiful you will ever see

You just be patient and wait

It may take just a second

Or a minute, a day or a lifetime

But in one instant it will appear

And it will be well worth the wait

Use Your Mind

Use Your Mind

By Lord R.e. Taylor

The human mind is a miracle

It can help you make a baby smile

Or it can darken the world

It controls everything in your body

Everything you feel or think

And everything dream you’ll ever have

It can and will make you overthink

Fear things which will not harm you

And face things which may destroy you

It can also allow you to follow the herd

Believe everything thing that someone says

And do whatever they tell you to do

So, whether you herd or not

Use the miracle God gave you

And think things over before you act

Then think again and again

Take time to make up for those who don’t

And, for all our sakes,  just don’t be stupid

Going Out

Going Out

By Lord R.e. Taylor

I went out today

Just a trip to the store

But it was another world

Not a single car on the streets

No one else was shopping

Hell, no one was anywhere

My mind wandered

Making up stories about where they were

Not one of them made any sense

Then I heard the sound of a cough

It was far away but clear

Whoever it was, was hiding

From what I do not know

That was the only sound I heard

Then it became too quiet

And I knew the world had ended

Not in a roar

No fire or brimstone

No needless war

Rather it ended with a cough

Kind of poetic ain’t it