The Old Tracks

As I walked it in my youth, that rocky old road
They were already gone then, run down, desolate
They had always been, abandoned for years
Overgrown with sumac and ivy,
All metal pulled out for scrap,
The wooden ties long gone for other things.
Yet I still shook with the thunder of their passing
Could still hear the roar of the [...]

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My Special Friend

My special friend is a friend who shares.
The one who listens, the one who cares
Always quick to lend a hand
To ease a hurt, to understand
My special friend is a glorious blending
Of loyalty and cheer, faith, love, and trust
With kindness too, in great abundance
In short, my special friend is you!
And I hope, I’m yours…….
Steve ‘Easy’ Whitacre [...]

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My Shadow

Passing through years of time, making me who I am now
Each wrinkle and scar a testimony of life well lived
Time wroth furrows mapping each bend in the path
Life’s blood runs now slow in these old veins
Once golden hair now awash in the white of snow
Yet I still hold to life as death touches cold against [...]

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Grief

All night the clock ticked, and outside a moon like day,
And I, in the ravages of sleep, head on a stranger’s breast,
Shed tears, like a task not to be put away….
In the false moon light, overwhelming grief in my happy bed,
An ocean of tears, set to undo joy’s rebirth.
I would not wake at your word, [...]

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Grandmother

Reach down and remind me every time I wake
Help me to remember all that is sacred
From the tiniest leaf to the tallest of trees
From the little ant to the thundering great herds
They are all sacred
Help me remember each and every blessing
To always offer my deepest gratitude
To each that has touched my life and each life [...]

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Stuck Outside

It’s time again, time to come down
I am perched on the ledge, deep bottomless depths
Inside myself, I know what I should do, need to do
But I can’t, too afraid to face that edge, fear of that fall
The mirror shows me starkness, honest to eyes
Lost, wasted, faded shell of what I was
Vast disappointment in the person [...]

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Simple Web

I have learned in my travels of the great web of life
The entirety of existence, connected to all the other parts
Intricate filigree of interactive pieces creating a reality we all share
I know now of the importance of each to the support of all
Nothing you do, whether good or bad, does not impact the whole
A helping [...]

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Season

The wind whispering through the threadbare trees
The blossoms all fallen, the leaves long gone
No bird sound to fill the air, all now far to the south
A boundless desolate landscape, barren and awash
The bright days of yesterday, now dimmed and demure
Stark and almost silent, hard edged and cool
Faint echoes of the past bringing pain to my [...]

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Named

All human beings are but limbs of the greater being,
Having been created of one substance, one source
When time and events affects a limb with pain,
The other limbs cannot at rest remain,
Cannot but feel the pain of the other,
If thou feel not another’s misery,
Then thou art ill named human…
Steve ‘Easy’ Whitacre July 29th, 2008

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My Place

My mind considers Love, and finds it’s the world
Filled with the wonders, displayed munificently around
Ever undimmed by the darkness, unending in its decline
With all of its wars, and death dealing pain
No matter the dangers, and darkness amass
It steadily fills me, with what I need most
For man may know truth, and practice it faithfully
His ego ire [...]

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