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~~ Richard Jason Johnson ~~
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Dew Drop Morning
Dew drop morning
As though rain were pouring
Birds singing
Their morning song
I'm feeling
Thoughts of never going back again
To that world
Of pain
Dew drop morning
Insects beginning to awake
Sky is cloudy
Not a bit of this is fake
As the misty air
Life is not fair
But I'm OK
For today
Dew drop morning
Life is burning
Won't you please understand me?
Won't you please try?
You're not gonna die!
Clean your face up, silly!
Don't cry!
Not today!
Dew drop morning
The world awakens
For another glorious day
It's showing
Me the proper way
To be happy
But I don't
Need that anymore
Dew drop morning
The silence fills my mind
And yet the bird calls
Echo on
I'm too deep
With thoughts to listen
At the moment
Don't really care
Dew drop morning
The colors fill my mind
My thoughts are churning
My mind is mourning
To be saved
From these vicious ways
And I am learning
To live, no matter what comes of this
Dew drop morning
I close my eyes
And I open
My mind
It's the only way
I'll ever find
A way to go on
Living by the morning, so long
Dew drop morning
Luscious summer days
That come
And go
Never again
To let the wonderful
Memories show
My mind screams "No!"
Dew drop morning
You've got to let your soul free
Think it through
Don't rely on me
Wonderful morning
It's gonna be a beautiful day
If only
Happiness could stay
Dew drop morning
Cold breeze rushes by
From my mind
These words
They fly
And I'm ready
To learn the truthful way
Dew drop morning
Getting cold
Negative thoughts
They're getting old
A better way to live...
Hey, what do you say?
I'm inside now
Breakfast on the way
Dew drop morning
Beautiful day
Dew drop morning
Death
He came home
And spoke thoughts onto me
Deep thoughts
Which I have heard so many times before
But a change
A reason
The words had meaning
And truth
And I felt them
As finally he cried
Short yet deep breaths
Quick
Like a sickness
At the loss of his friend
And I see now
That every man has thought
And truth
When viewed into
As emotion allows us to do
And I sat
With hopeless thoughts
Once again the child I was
A child not understanding
And I knew I was this way
For such a great test
Such an experience he now faced
And I could do nothing
But imagine how I might feel
And my thoughts were false
As still they are
He was deep with it
And now open
We listened to music
And I drank juice
And there came to me
An odd feeling
And with it
A need to be
And I am
A new realization came
A realization of how important friendship is
And I went over it in my mind
The night wearing on…
Somehow
From sadness
There came happiness
Thankfulness
If I was to live
I was to live right
To see in a new way…
I saw again
As I had twice before
In terms of pure beauty
I saw the colors
Every beautiful thing
That exists on this earth
Is made of brilliant colors
I saw food
It is a wonderful blessing
As not all men are so blessed
I saw light
The light that meant hope
And by finding hope
We no longer need to be saved
I heard the beauty of music
Precious sound
Perfect sound
I felt the peacefulness of sleep
The final relaxation
And I wanted to read
I want to read everything
Every thought
Every word
And live
Live every moment
And when my death comes
I will die
Only to be reborn
For I have faith
A new faith
A final faith
An end to sadness
Thank you
Bless you
Goodbye
Amen
Copyright 1999 by Richard Jason Johnson
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