The Inevitable

Place the veil on the mirror
and stop the clocks
I can't bear time anymore

Set out the good china
and prepare the feast
for the one who's at death's door

Unable to look back
or forward yet
I sit, suspended, waiting

As the last breath is drawn
and the rain pours down
mourners no longer anticipating

Lynn West
2009

Returning to Thyself

By the light of the moon
through the ages fall
and rest on the green, green
grass

Awake to the quest of the
long lost tribe with
the rubies in their hair

Neither time nor past
will matter now as
you take up the mighty sword

To battle the darkness
within yourself
and shed light on your soul

Make your own way there
and gather with your sisters
from times long since gone by

With perseverance as
your only key, you
will find thyself again


Lynn West
2009

Mother Earth

The wind blows
its wispy feathers
to give you breeze

The sun shines its radiance
to bring you warmth

The rains kiss you gently
to offer you drink

The moon rises nightly
to light a path for you

All nature bows to you
to thank you for your grace,
Mother Earth

Lynn West

Lonely

She can’t mirror his feelings -
in the dark, he wonders why

He feels so lost, empty inside,
its his turn now to cry

He thought she was his for life,
within his full control

His heart bleeds now, he’s lost his wife
she has ripped out his soul

All those years lost to abuse
a drink his only excuse…

Lynn West

Life’s Path

One never knows where the path will lead
be it winding, narrow or straight
courage to carry through is our need
for the crossroads we must contemplate

The choices made today, my friend
will shape your destiny
be them new beginnings, or an end
your inner light will help you “see”

Lynn West

Letting Go

Today is the day I set myself free
yet living on faith to be sure
I ask myself is this where I want to be
and my answer is true and pure

Yes I say, it has to be this way
for turning back is not to be done
for if I let this marriage stay
I would be the lonely one

Its sad to have to hurt someone
to find your destiny
but hurting me has long since been done
and maybe we will both be free

Times are not easy, nor come without pain
faith I must live on now
walking through life harmony my gain
Let the light just show me how

Lynn West
2008

Let's Shine

Let's go see what's happening
it's the start of a brand new day

Let's remember to be kind
all along the way

Let's find compassion for each other
treat every stranger like a long lost brother

Let's be the one who brings the sun
the one who starts when we should be done

Let's shine our light for all to see
and what a better world it will be...

Lynn West
2009

Lend a Hand

No matter where you go,
no matter what you do
I will always be there
to lend a hand to you

Through the good times and the bad,
times of joy and times that are sad
I will lend a hand to you
any time you need me to

Our lives dont always turn out
the way we plan them to
but never mind decisions made
just remember I love you

Always,
Mom


Lynn West
for my children

Just Live

No regrets
for life’s uncertain corners

No backing up
to what has been

One foot forward,
then the other

Time heals,
love fills

Just live…


Lynn West

Intimacy

Every emotion magnified
senses reeling from your nearness
touch, taste, smell of you

Bliss in bloom is your smile
song of Meadowlark is your voice

Shall I feel this way forever?
be it so, please, be it so…

Lynn West

Inner Peace

Inner peace will come at last
its written in the stars, they say
the negatives in my life are past
and life begins anew today

Take life one step at a time
and live it day by day
Live it peaceful, yet sublime
Make your path, your own way

Find true harmony and others will see
your inner light will shine
don’t be just who “they” want you to be
be yourself, true to you, be thine

Walk the path with your head up high
and your feet firmly on the ground
honor the earth, the moon and the sky
and your inner peace will abound

Lynn West
2007

Infinite Need

Once and forever
I must know your touch

Twice and infinity
I must kiss your lips

Thrice and the universe
I long to have you beside me

My need for you is
infinite...

Lynn West

If

If dreams were mountains high,
mine would reach up and
touch the sky

If wishes always came true,
the one I would wish for
is you…

If hopes filled the ocean blue,
then life for us would start anew…

If want could make it all happen now,
then you’d be with me, someway, somehow

If need was the stars in the sky,
you’d come and never say goodbye

if …

Lynn West

Higher Than The Mountains

I love you higher than the mountains
deeper than the oceans
more than countless stars
and brighter than the sun

And when the day is done
and all is put away
I’ll love you more tomorrow
than I did yesterday

Lynn West

Hugging the Air

Hugging air is a lonely affair
And the nights are cold and bleak
longing for his voice to whisper, near
his touch I constantly seek

Wandering through the afternoons
with my head up in the clouds
listening to those lonely tunes
as I sit and cry out loud

Yet settling for less than thy soul mate
should never be one’s fate
so lonely is the air I breath
and in his absence I grieve

…hugging the air


Lynn West

Home, at Last

It's me I see
when I look in the mirror
where was I gone so long?

On a crooked path of self destruction
leading to emptiness

Wake up said the tumor, your life is passing
and now is the time to fly

So I listened when the grandmothers spoke
no more fear or else you “die”

I found home, in Harmony
and I wake to see the real “me” each day

To help others will be my strength
now that I struggle no more,
and the calling I will obey

Lynn West

Home

What a lovely way to start the day
blowing bubbles like a child,
watching as they drift away…

Listening to the birds as they sing
in the zone of my existence -
no cars that zoom, no phones to ring

Flowers blooming all around
bees buzzing about – ahhh
what a joyful sound!

Puppy’s chewing on his doggy bone
my constant little companion –
his love ever being shown

I thank God for this, my serenity
no place on Earth
would I rather be…
home


Lynn West

Heart’s Unfolded

Now the time of pain is here
for love lost, his regret
but one thing is so very clear
pain ebbs but you don’t forget

And so a new chapter starts
with wonder, hope and tears
with cries from both and broken hearts
for all the long lost years

No one is perfect, as they say
and yet we all may think
that love taken for granted
will with the ship not sink

No way to mend, no hope is seen
the time’s now come to heal
our times were good, bad and in between
and true change his heart will reveal



Promises empty, yet unspoken
how could it end like this?
Hearts unfolding, ever broken
Not eternity or bliss…


But hope abounds for you and me
in memories of times gone by
and one day maybe you will see
how much I really did try…


Lynn West

Harmony

Find your way back home to me
to life filled with love and harmony
no longer drifting, wanting more
no longer lonely, empty to the core

Find your way back home to me
where peace waits for you
and then you will see
that our love reigns true
here at Harmony

Find your way back home to me
to smiles and joy and love endlessly
where you belong, and I want you to be
here with me, at Harmony

Find your way back home to me
to live out our days
loving each other, at Hamony

Lynn West

Goddess Speak

One night the stars
forgot to shine
and the moon refused to rise
because their lovely MoonAngel
had eternally closed her eyes

She spoke to them in the
rising of the wind
and here is what she did say:
Forgive me, my chosen ones,
but ye must not be dark, any day

Stars, continue to shine,
Moon always must you rise
for I am with you always,
in the beauty of your night skies

Stars, for me you will twinkle
Moon, in honor of me, rise
and let nothing stop your purpose
not anger, hate or lies


Lynn West

Glory for our Human Race

Unnoticed tears ran down my face
as the music washed over me
a feeling of peace, a time of grace
a knowing of complete harmony

And as the music played the soft sweet sound
my spirit lifted to a new found place
as time stood still and the light shone down
glory for our human race

And I knew what friends were like
a smile, a whispered thought in space
sending light one to another
glory for our human race

As we walked together in unity
from the mountains and valleys down to the sea
knowing as one in harmony and grace
glory for our human race


________________
Thank you, your friendship is an honor…


Lynn West

Girl with Pearl Earring - ode to the painting

Twas a girl with a pearl earring
a gift from her father, you see
and happy did it make her
as happy as any motherless daughter can be

She sat for the painting with patience
a young version of her mother, Annalee
and as she looked round at the artist
her mother’s eyes were all he could see

What history failed to tell you
is that the father was the painter, too
and as he painted his canvas
he painted his wife’s brown eyes
instead of his daughter’s blue

Lynn West

Freedom

little by little you’re saying goodbye
minute by minute my heart wants to die

you have taught me so well
and watched me grow
more than that, you have helped me see
the loving spirit inside of me

don’t leave me now,
don’t set me free
hear me please,
won’t you heed my plea
“forever” I want to be with thee…

alas, in truth, I really know,
that for you the only choice
is to go…
my prince, I will surely
miss you so

Lynn West

For Pablo

He’s still here with us
like the setting sun
he’s in a wind’s gust
or sitting in on a midnight run

He won’t ever leave
he lives on still
we will bereave
and remember him on the hill

So think with a smile
as you remember our friend
apart from us for a while
but with us til the bitter end


He taught us much
with his out law way
and our hearts he did touch
I still see him today
grinning as he said
“what the hell was I gonna say”


Lynn West

Finding Your Way

Like a little stream
trickling down the mountain side
ever searching for the sea

Until you’ve found your “ocean”
a stream you will always be

Lynn West

FAITH IS…

Faith is planted in hopes and dreams
its written in the stars
and can be endless, it seems

Faith is lived each day by the one
who remembers what hope is
from dawn til setting sun

Faith is reminding yourself all the while
when you want to sink down
stop, think and then smile

Faith is what tests us when the hard times fall
when you wonder how to get through it
keep the faith, above all

Faith is the knowing that comes from inside
when the climb seems impossible
in faith, I’ll abide


Lynn West

Faith

Our time will come
he continues to say
be patient, Angel
we will have our day

Faith is now planted
not just a word
constantly chanted
and now, it seems, heard

I will touch his face
I will feel his touch
I will know his embrace
oh, I need that so much

The times I can’t see him
really tests faith, its true
but the love doesn’t grow dim
our love, it shines through

Lynn West

Eyes of Truth

His eyes were as dark as a summer's night
what thoughts they did conceal
until his words brought out to light
his soul's need to reveal

His young mind wise beyond his years
his soul old as the sun
he knew her sadness, felt her tears
his kindess she could not shun

Perhaps she'd known him once before
in time long since gone by
Perhaps they'd walked through heaven's door
and soared a dark night's sky

Lynn West


for Ahmad

Energy of Living

Embrace every moment
capture the sun
its energy, hold in your hand

Carry it with you
share it with others
throughout each and every land

Realize how to be loved
and know with your “all”
how to give

Be joyous for others
from all walks of life
and within the “energy “
live…


Lynn West

Dream On

who says we have to stop?
who died and made you God?

it can and will go on forever
even if only in our dreams…

dreams keep hope alive
so dream on, fellow poets,
dream on…

for your words feed the souls
of thousands and your
dreams keep them alive…

dream on, my imagination army, dream on -
the world is waiting for our words…

Lynn West

Stop the Cycle

Disappointment turns to bitterness
when not stopped at its core

Heartache turns the heart to stone
when not met at the door

Worry not, believe in love
and it will find its way
through the trials, hurt and fear
believe, today...

Lynn West

Daydreams

A field of red clover
reaching up toward the sky

A lazy boat ride
swans drifting nearby

A stroll by the stream
and a picnic there too

A walk in the meadow
til the day is near through

All of these things,
I “dream them” with you…

Lynn West
2008

The Street Walker

Better men have loved and lost
and most have acted foolish
giving up happiness at the cost
of someone really quite ghoulish

A pretty smile or a wiggly walk
can turn a man's head real quick
ah, but if the girl is given to "talk"
too much can make a man feel sick...

So if the girl is really smart
she will keep her thoughts to herself
and if the girl knows her "art"
she will never be put on a shelf...

Lynn West
2009

Counting

Counting the time til you come to me
Counting the minutes one by one
Counting the days til you I can see
Counting the stars and the rising sun

Counting on you to be my love
Counting on happiness for you and me
Counting the stars shining above
Counting on faith, til you I can see

Counting the miles, so far apart
Counting the days we’ve spent in love
Counting the minutes til our lives really start
Counting the times I’ve thanked God above

Counting the smiles that you’ve given me
Counting the tears that I shed missing you
Counting the times you’ve made me feel free
Counting the days without you, when I’m blue

Counting the love that we’ve shared thus far
Counting the times you’ve made me hot
Counting the minutes that have put us where we are
Counting the good times, there have been a lot


Counting on me, counting on you
Counting on love to surely come through

Lynn West
2007

Come September

Come, September, come
third times the charm
days so glorious,
hearts so warm

Come September, come
bring me my one,
my moon, my stars,
my setting sun

Come, September, come
the time draweth nigh
I need his lips touching mine,
the waiting at last gone by

Come, September, come
bring my one, my all
let us finally join
in the season of the fall

Come, September, come
I’ve waited oh so long
to be with my magic man,
right where I belong

Lynn West

As One

cover me like the shadows of the night
let your essence fill my nostrils
and your breath be my air

lead me into the oblivion of ecstasy
with one tender touch
of your trembling hand

take me to heights newfound
higher than the highest of mountains
just by gazing into my eyes

Join me in a lover's dance
as old as time where
passion's fires alight so brightly
that we make the gods tremble

know me inside and out
become my soul as I surely
become yours...

Lynn West

Along the Way

There was a time when I loved him
at least I thought it so
living life without care or whim
and only up to go

Then something happened along the way
hard to say just when
wasn’t one thing, one year or one day
just “wasn’t’” after then

So many times life passes us by
wanting the love we need
realizing too late to cry
forgiving those who do misdeed

And so it goes in life, it seems
to wonder and contemplate
to find a love true in itself deems
so very worth the wait…

Lynn West

Memories

They say the best things in life are free,
that friends and family are everything
and I would have to agree

It seems, though, those times just don't last,
the good times with friends and family
and before you know it, it's all in the past

Dealing with this, the loss, is so hard
what is a person to do?
Memories, my friend, will help you -
just remember the good times, for they
will see you through...



Lynn West
2009

for Josh

Walking Your Own Path

As I continue on
my path of what
some might call
"self-delusion"
I look for my own inner peace
which to many is only an "illusion"


But at the end of life's "day"
when all is said and done,
its your own path, your own walk,
your rising moon, your setting sun

So look not back with regret
or woe
just remember your life is
your own "one man show"

And with that in mind,
live each day as your "last"
and to others be kind
as your future becomes your past

Lynn West
2009

The Battle of Life

On this maddening quest
that is my life
I find more and more
turns and mazes yet
I continue to battle the odds
even at the risk of self
destruction

When I ask my self why
must I battle on? Why
do I continue this uphill
fight?

The answer comes to me
simply:

this is life,
never, never give up

Lynn West

Advice from Above

What would you say?
Would you tell me to wait
Just to live on faith
While he is away….

Would you tell me not to fret?
What advice would you give
Would you remind me of a love
That we shall never forget?

What words would flow
As I sat by your side
Would you tell me to smile
And remember what I know

Would you tell me to remember
How he made me again live…
Would you tell me not to haste
this love not to waste?

When you said all along
You’ve never been so happy
Your life is so different
It’s like you belong…

I miss you, Mom


Lynn West

A Full Day of Life

For each day that
you live as if
it is your last day…

your memories will be
all the more precious,
your moments all the more golden

your stars brighter,
your moon fuller,
your sun warmer
and your flowers sweeter

your perception of birth and death heightened
to a new awareness

your trust deeper
your friendships more valued
your “I love you’s”
more meaningful

so, why not start with "today"?


Lynn West

Captive Soul

He holds me captive, my soul his slave
ever waiting for that sweet caress
my heart beating like a drum
wanting his touch, his tenderness

He keeps my soul aflame
with words so softly spoken
I’ll never be the same
without him, my heart broken

The want, the need, the yearning
my lips cry out his name
desire inside me burning
captive soul, without shame

The need stronger every day
for bliss known in his breath
there is no other way
I must have him “til death”


Lynn West

Doors of My Mind

Wandering through the halls
of my mind
inward I turn,
maze after maze of memories
keeping me afloat
in a world of unknowns
where the future is a fog
and the past a blur
and pausing at a door
in my mind I open it
ever so slowly
to find a place of such beauty
that I am swept away by feelings
of complete and utter love...
for behind that door is you...
my knight in shining armor, my magic man,
the wizard of my dreams
and the prince of passion,
the keeper of my soul,
my breath of fresh air
in a smog filled world
where the nostrils are filled
with the smell of uncertainty...
you are ever there

Lynn West

Changing Me

contemplation is my key
to look deep inside of me

to find the path that marks my way
seeking harmony begins today

determination is my goal
to free my heart and soothe my soul

to give to others, their needs replaced
with joy and love, a smile on their face

everyone can be like this
from within, you must find your bliss…

Lynn West

As I Await

In spite of the somewhat lonely times
I would have it no other way…
for without you here there is a vast
emptiness in my heart,
a void that needs filling,
a soul that must be fed

And as I await the day
when the clouds open up
and the rain stops
I daydream and wish and wonder
and know….

Come when you can, magic one
yet come you must
for if found soul mates fail to join
what existence will we know
but eternal sorrow and regret?

Lynn West

Alone

He sits alone, words unspoken,
as the tears run down his face
so many memories crowd his mind
should have, why not, what if…

Looking back on past is hopeless
changing that cannot be done
and as the hope continues flowing
he wants his love, his “one”

Not seeing past “I love you”
or realizing what should be done
his heart won’t mend, truly broken
what if… thinks the lonely one

Lynn West
2008

Bathing Beauties

Sinners in the sun
doing what we do
worshiping our bodies
won’t stop until we’re “through”

Then the moon’s a rising
stars light up the night
let’s catch a wink or two
day’s end finally in sight

We’ll start again at sunrise
and bask in the glorious sun
can’t wait for all that sunlight
a day at the beach, what fun!

Lynn West
(c) 2008

Reflections of You

The scent of you lingers
in the corners of my mind
accompanied by faded
memories of
golden days with you

A time when there were
no half-hearted smiles
and the only gloom in
my life came from a
rain-soaked afternoon

Reflecting in the deepest
closets of my mind
are visions of the "we" that was

From deep within I hear
the echoes of your voice
whispering to me in
the darkness and
for a brief moment
I can relive "us"

Lynn West
©2009