Solar

Ali

Soar to the moon
And while you're at it
Fly to the sky
The angels can see you better
with a wide open eye.
Of all the galaxies in the universe,
would you pick the one where your soul
can rest?
Would you lay with me under the auroras
and make heavenly love over
the rounded, orbed moons...
gliding in such frequent stares
as the stars
on a crisp winter night?
Would you sleep with me
next to a heavenly manger
of a dark,encompassing night?
Fly to the sky
the night is here to pass us by.

Ali

Oh the sun...
Essence of yellow
Dream of Gold
Warmth and light so bold.
Would you carry
my heartache over the rainbow
And my vision of love
through the tides?
Could you stop and rest a while
on the clouds of time?
Would the winds whisper our name
to the passing gulls?
Essence of yellow
Dreams of blue
I'm singing a song
That thinks of few....

Ali

We spent the summer
In each others arms
A Bottle of wine by the bay
A few words and
Cigarettes
By the wayside of the hammock
"I love you"
I said
"I don't know you"
He quipped
And I shed a tear.
Trips to sing
Lighting fires
On the beach
Stories of his childhood
Parties full of people
Kissing in the bathroom
"I love you"
I said
"I don't know you"
He quipped
And I shed a tear.
Movie posters
Hanging on a wall
In the bedroom
His yellow house
Bringing to life
The fondest of times
Until,
He said,
I'm leaving.
"I love you",
I said
"I'm sorry"
He said
And I shed a tear.

ISN

if you're a gril....get used to heartache.....(she quipped)

Ali

love them bones....

Ali

Walking through
higher than
The Stars in the sky
and I see poems
and people and
colors
and a man in a van
and I stop him and say
Gotta light
While he's lighting my cigarette
the ashes fall to the ground
He's opening his raincaot
and I'm
contemplating leaving
staying
so
There's nowhere to go
but home
and I get into the car,
High
and I'm listening to The bEatles
an Paul jumps into my head.
And i think
IF I WAS HIM,
would I have jumped on the man
in the dilapidated trenchcoat
and gone for a ride?
Most likely not.
People are somewhat dangerous
sometimes
so
I'll still stay high as the sky.

Ali

You don't
know how it is
til you're at
The bottom of the bowl
Licking the icing
With your meek little fingers
Low as the ground.
Whe you turn your
car over
Ignition halting,
Losing your job,
Losing your lover,
In sickness,
Without health
And the only thing
On your dollar bill
That you can see
is IN GOD WE TRUST
Low as the ground
When the man in
the dilapidated trenchcoat
THROWS you a light...
THRoWS you a light.
I don't want to stay low.

Ali

Did the moon
overcome its own shadow?
The face of the moon
seems covered
by the reflections
of a girl.
Dark and fair
In complexion
her shadow
meets the moon.
He seems not to mind
He usually
stands alone.
With his face and shadow
in the background,
the passing thought
and mirrored image
Have now become his friend.
He has nothing but to do
other than share
his magnificent light.

Ali

I am but
a drop of water
in an endless ocean
of softly shed tears
without the sound
of your voice.
I am but
a pebble of sand
in a vast desert
without the feel
of your touch.
I am but
a child laden
in an empty field
without the prescence
of your soul.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I was in mid-reply to this thread when the baord went down for half an hour or so.

Lovely poems, Ali. Good to see you back.

Ali

and I will be updating to save space...
I always see such mounds of greatness in your writing and in your being....
Thank you...from the deepest confines of my soul.

Ali

For what does one owe the greatest of inspiration?
You take me on journeys that I never know exisited,while
You set my heart aflame with the passion exuberantly displayed
In your colorful rhythm and words of thundering force
To be projected through my mighty quill with grace and color.
To what do I owe my muse?
A life full of Earthly pleasures to be shared with the one of choice?
The fame brought on by one-thousand Dionysian Gods?
I think it would just be to write a life-long story of my muse,
With my muse,
And to encircle the past,present,and future with the inspirations of
One such as wonderful and enthralling as my forever-changing muse.

Ali

The sun just melts away
Into the ocean
Like casting bronze
Into the blue flame
Encapsulating the pink hue
Of sundown
as we sit
arm and arm
like two patronizing alchemists
Mixing metals with the open sea.

justam

i like the way your poems feel so full of pictures and color.

Ali

Thank you justam:)

Ali

My heart
skips a beat
when I feel
the thought of you
enter the realm
of my concious soul.
I breathe a sigh of anxiousness
And really hope not to cry
The tears of joy
That longing has brought out
in my unconcious mind.
My heart never feels empty
when I'm with you,
my friend,
You fill the gap of lonliness
That enters in the pitch black of night,
Just when I'm ready to fall into slumber.
I never look down,
I look straight into your eyes
To say a prayer for friendships sake.
You are my rock,
you are my fortress,
you are my strength.:)

Ali

Sunlight arrives
Creating a new day
For those stuck in the dark
Like a ray of hope
passing through the clouds
As a bee finds its flower.

Ali

Sunrise
Morning
Or afternoon
shower
Dress
Drink water
Take a pill
Answer phone
Have a cigarette?
Maybe play music
Get the mail
Close the windows
Hop in the car
Take a drive past
See anyone I know?
Have yet another cigarette?
Go to the store
Come home
Set the table
"Hi mom and Dad"
Get ready to eat
Have another cigarette
Contemplate thoughts
Upon and in a prayer
Sleep
Sunset

of_the_girl

Ali, you're so fucking good at this.

Ali

Thank the hell out of you...
I'm sure youre good too...
Practice makes perfect,right?
I do study it..so I try just as hard as anyone else..
A poet is a poet.
Thanks:)

Ali

Love
God Life Stars Sunshine
Pictures Universe Heaven
Music People Earth
Art Colors Acting
Clouds Faith Trees
Flowers Snow Leaves Rain
Moon Light Night Dark
Oceans Seas
Sun
Love

Ali

The pain ensues as more soldiers die,
While no one stops to even ask why;
The trials for murder and ghastly intent,
While all of the money has been properly spent;
Sons and daughters of mothers seem to run away,
The best thing to do would be to stay;
A hole dug in a trench awaiting stale sweat,
While the reaper is just waiting to be met;
Could all of our years' war theories be so wrong,
Fighting for deaths taken-killing for so long:
I've always heard -"Two wrongs don't make a right",
More reason for us to throw it down and refuse to fight.

Ali

A soul in time
we all are.
The sand runs through the hourglass...
representing a second lost
In the winds of tomorrow
and in the winds of change.
The moments turn
Like the cheek on a face
waiting to blend and confer with the others
to make some sort of line...
some sort of day.
The days move onward
To fullfill a destiny
waiting to be counted in
with the years ahead.
The years furthur on...
til there is
infinite.

Ali

The green grass...
wavering in height,
rising majestically
inside of the plateaued mountains.
And you took me there.
Nowhere to go but there...
to grow with the water,
follow the river down
to the crisp,swelling pools.
And you showed me where it was.
The painted flowers...
in shades of purple,
blooming introvertedly
alongside the white poppies,
And you walked me through them.
Everywhere to go in the World...
to move with the currents,
to play in the forests,
to sing with the birds,
And you loved me.

Ali

A fire-forever burning
on a long stretch
of beach,
below the stars,
keeping out the darkness.
The rhythms from the creative light.
Dolphins playing-People singing.
We were born
to swim and live and love.
Bubbling brooks.
Clear,blue crystallized water.
Water into wine.


ADV 04



(I kinda want to be down the shore right now....:)

Ali

There's this place down the shore,
right along the bay,
and I love it there.
Fishing,climbing dunes, and playing along the jetties.
Sand fights,well,
mockeries.
My father in his hip waders.
Picking shells along the beach,
Delaware Bay-Side.
I can't be without you,
my restless ocean.
I can't be anywhere except with you.
How can I be so in love with the sea?
How is this possible?
Why do I belong there?
Picking shells from the ocean floor.
I have to find you.
I will arrive tomorrow.
A place by the ocean,
Just you and I.
Do you promise?
Can it be true?
Will you love me like you promised that you would?
Why do you do this to me?
All that I wanted was you forever.
I even gave you that necklace.
Why can't Summer Love last?
Now,
I sit in tears
over a love that I cannot control.
I never wanted anything more but you,
and me,
and the sea.


ADV02-04c.

Ali

Evergreen
Tall and Surreal
You lay down your needles
For warmth to the ground
You stand as a home
For the birds around you
You cast inspiration
Into the hearts of many
And provide an embrace
Of cool,wanting shade
Evergreen

---

You lost me
when you thought you had me.
You loved me
when you thought you must
You hurt me
when you thought you wouldn't
Now were friends, and
you befriended me
When I needed you most.
Life has a funny way of turning itself around.

---

i entertain love
as often as i can.
Never turning it away...
no matter how far from my grasp it is.

Ali

It's summer...and you have a thought.
The wind is swiftly passing
through you're hair and you're alone on a beach
with the sun coming up,
just watching the waves
ride in and out
along the New Jersey coastline.
No one is around
besides the sandsweeper man,
filtering through
the soft,brown pebbled shoreline,
making patterns in the sand.
You're thinking of the person
that you met last night...
An instant attraction
that led to a wild evening
of drinks
an an unwillingness
to stop the dance of angels
and leave the sand
for the oasis
of a more comfortable setting
so you do......
And all you're left with
Is a thought.

Ali

The bitter tears
Of God's sweetness
have dripped down upon me
Bringing me to life.

---

The rain falls
so delicately
On the passing thought
Of the man I once knew.
The beads of soft water
are reminiscent
of the time
when we held onto each other
Clinging
As if we were in love.
Now that the rain
has washed away the thought..
I can live anew.

---

IF IT ISN'T MUSIC..IT ISN'T WORTH LISTENING TO!
(Especially pearl Jam!)

Ali

There we lay
Bodies entwined
On the beach
of serenity...

I thought you were mine..
I thought I was yours.

You walked across the room
Hands broken from mine,
just to steal a look..
at the girl nextdoor.
There I stood-
transfixed on your eyes-
and the sullen look on my face
Displayed reget
that we had even met.
You cheated in a glance
and took away the life
that I had been holding
so carefully in my hands,
for you-
with you-
My Fiancee.

Ali

"Come on
RIGHT NOW
motherfucker
Show me what you got
cause you ain't got much.
You think you got what it takes?
Do you raelly think you got what it takes
t o b e a S T A R ?
Drop em...
workit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"



*This is what I've heard from personal experience