Malcolm James Furst

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The truth or a lie

My deepest memory,
my mother said to me,
life’s a fairy tale
with happy endings.

Life
is either
the truth
or a lie.

Could
be neither
or both,
tell me why

I never got my happy ending
I did my time and walked the line and
I’m losing all my faith
in human kind.

My mom and sister died
and left me all alone
With no one by my side
Nowhere to call my home

Pain
is either
the truth
or a lie.

Could
be neither
or both
tell me why

The world is full of death and anger
racing madly ever after
I can’t catch my breath.
I”ll lose my mind.

You walked into my life,
an unexpected joy you said,
welcome to my world
and happy endings.

Love
is either
the truth
or a lie.

Could
be neither
or both,
tell me why

I feel like I can’t love without you
Knowing all I do about you?
I need a piece of you
and peace of mind.

Man with Reddish Hair

You are, in your beauty, smooth and sleek, young and fresh.  An innocence glows out from your visage.  Yet, a knowing innocence as if you can see what is in my soul.  All ways to my soul are straight and true.  I will dance with you , should you wish, but let me know when you are ready to entwine all you are, oneness, with mine.  We will then be a unity divided when apart, but whole when together.

This beauty is shocking and stunning when considered from afar, but warm and natural when realized.  Be with me and I will be with you.  You are too young and too innocent.  You know this and you’re looking for someone to fix something neither broken, nor reparable.  Take a deep breath and bide your time.  Peace will come at once and in dribs or drabs.  Though seeming paradoxical, this is not.  When it appears, you will understand.  And you will join me, though we are separated by miles.

When I Know You

When I hear you,
I hear joy, tenderness, laughter, and light,
strength, passion, will, and might.

When I see you,
I see life, beauty, wildness, and truth,
the sun, the moon, wisdom, and youth.

When I smell you,
I smell flowers, musk, your hair, your hands,
dawn and dusk, the beach, the sands.

When I touch you,
I feel your softness, your power, your grace, your art,
the blood coursing through you, the beat of your heart.

When I taste you,
I taste earth, water, cool, and sweet,
body, blood, salt, and heat.

When I know you,
I will know everything worth knowing.