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My Dad, My Friend

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Dedicated
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As a father you taught me to care,
As friend to taught me to be me,
As a dad you taught me to share,
As my growing image, my soul you taught to be free. 

Everything in my life that has come to pass,
And everything that will ever be,
Is because of you,
And all the things that you have taught me. 

The lessons never forgot,
The morals never will I let go,
The stern battles fought,
And through it all, the love shows. 

My dad, my friend,
These words are the same,
And until the end,
When I hear my fathers name,
With pride in my eyes,
I will never know shame.
_______

Dedicated to my Dad

Mother

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Dedicated
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When I am sick,
You are always there,
No matter what I do,
I know you’ll always care. 

No matter what kind of day I had,
You always make it better,
You’ll always be my friend,
Forever and ever. 

To this world you brought me,
And take me out you clearly could,
But you’ve always made me see,
The silver lining and all the good.
_______

Dedicated to my Mom

A Tainted Memory

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Love Poems
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A tainted memory,
Haunts my heart,
The blackness growing,
Since we’ve been apart. 

When you left me,
I saw it as a game,
Looking back now,
It’s me to blame. 

You never asked for much,
Just my love and honesty,
Now this barren emptiness,
Is slowly eating me. 

I tried to find another,
To chase away the pain,
Bathing in my wake of destruction,
Fighting to be sane. 

Now in my mirror,
A black hole stares at me,
A faceless breathing robot,
With no emotions left to see. 

I go on through my days,
Trying to forget the pain,
But even when it’s sunny,
I can feel the lonely rain 

It falls down on me,
Drenching my heart in you,
And no matter how hot it beats,
It will always be an icy blue.
_______

This Just Feels Right

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Love Poems
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A blanket and a beach,
Some stars and the waves.
These simple things,
Are all my heart craves. 

A summer afternoon,
Ended with “I Love You”,
Falling harder than I meant,
Is all that I could do. 

A soft touch on my shoulder,
And a whisper in my ear.
Knowing in my heart,
There’s nothing left to fear. 

I close my eyes and fall,
Into this deep unknown.
Trusting with my all,
In everything you’ve shown. 

To share a life with you,
To share eternity,
Looking at my future,
That’s all I seem to see. 

The chance to call you wife,
And hold our child tight,
Seems to me to echo,
How “This Just Feels Right”.
_______

Standing in Sin

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Love Poems
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I woke this morning to the light,
That crept through my window sill.
Quietly screaming to myself,
Wondering why life goes on still. 

I get ready for my day,
And fight back all my cries.
I go on through this life,
Trying to forget all the lies. 

Others try to get close,
But I push them all away,
Finding all their faults,
Looking for everything wrong they say. 

I’ve locked my heart up tight,
With you still inside,
Surrounding myself with smiles,
Behind the laughter I hide. 

Maybe someday soon to come,
I will let someone in,
But until that sun rises,
Alone my heart will stand in sin.
_______

I Hold Them Dear

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Love Poems
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A sight my soul hungered for,
I feeling my heart had lost.
Found once again in you,
That invisible bridge crossed.

I feared true love,
That deep commitment.
The chance for it to fail,
And leave my heart broken and bent.

I can look past that fear,
And I can see light on the other side.
And for the first time in my life,
I’m not looking for a reason to hide.

You’ve gone out of your way,
For no reason and no possible gain.
You’ve shown me a love,
That in my heart will remain.

You’ve given me a hope,
I’d given up trying to find.
Even in your absence from me,
Your voice echoes through my mind.

I hear you say those words,
The one’s I’d come to fear,
The one’s that now from your lips,
I hold so very dear.
_______

Common Ground

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Thought Provoking
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Sitting in my life,
And looking through these eyes,
I try to understand,
Just what is truth and what is lies.

But this question is hard to phrase,
Since the line seems to be,
Based mostly in perception,
And the opinion of what we see.

Can there be a single truth,
To who or what I am?
Is there more to living,
Then simply knowing that I can?

The teachers of the past,
Have tried to guide us as they could,
Very few lessons though,
The test of time withstood.

They come to us in fragments,
Here and there along our path,
Some based only in feelings,
Others in science and math.

And so we choose our side,
Although we may not know,
And begin to lead our lives,
Based in our decisions flow.

Yet we can go against this flow,
As the world and we have seen,
And choose to question in ourselves,
Our very visions and our dreams.

Could there be more out there,
Than even we can perceive,
A bridge between faith and reason,
That gives us a commonality to believe.

A realization that each of us,
Asks the same questions of why,
A common ground to start from,
As we stare beyond the sky.

Between Fire and Ice

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Thought Provoking
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A soul separated from itself,
A burning, freezing feeling,
Which one to choose,
The body’s breath stealing,
The life from inside,
The fire let loose,
While the cold ice hides,
Red to the touch,
But colder then frost,
This icy fire,
Which within my soul is lost,
Choosing one apart,
Loosing the others last breath,
A journey my soul must start,
To come to the end,
Only half way decided,
Between Fire and Ice.
_______

A Fool’s Game

Posted: 30th June 2009 by Timothy A. Rhoades in Love Poems
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What is Love?
But a fool’s game?
Who needs love?
Leave the fools to tame,
The wild nature of that emotion.
Let them bear heartaches name.
Let them be the ones,
That bow their head in shame. 

If this be a fools job,
Then let me be he,
The fool who knows for himself,
And now does see,
That love is the blessing,
That sets our souls free.
_______

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