 1983
Morgantown, WV
For
me you should mourn not,
For
I have died during the battle hot.
Mourn
for those who have someone not,
For
I am one sorry, sorry lot.
My
life is over and eventful not,
For
I have fought and fought.
Through
the battle I forgot you not,
for
I am one sorry, sorry lot.
Promise
me you will forget me not,
A
love for me you had not.
Promise
me still, you will cry not,
For
this sorry, sorry lot.
1983 Morgantown, WV
Too
late to care,
Too
late to share.
And
now I'm blue,
Cause
I'm thinking of you.
All
the fun we could have had,
All
these thoughts make me sad.
Now
I do what I do,
Cause
I didn't say I Love You.
1984 Morgantown, WV
Birthdays
come and go,
As
time does surely show.
As
with every mans age,
Is
the turning of a page.
As
time goes rolling on,
All
the loved ones gone.
No
more playing and having fun,
Cause
you’re the only one.
1989 Fort Hood, TX
A
cold and lonely night,
Rain
dampens every thing in sight.
As
I let my mind roam,
My
thoughts run toward home.
Rain
keeps falling from the sky,
A
tear drops from my eye.
The sky above is rolling
gray,
These
memories are here to stay.
1988 Fort Hood, TX
The
man-made thunder starts,
Terror
runs through their hearts.
The
weapons deadly steel will fly,
Only
to rain death from the sky.
Men
with families start to dream,
Hear
the deadly shells scream.
Far
away are the sounds of home,
It
is here their minds will roam.
As
the sounds of war pass by,
See
the tears in their eyes.
As
the thunder fades away,
The
men will live another day.
March 1989 Corpus Christi, TX
The
time has come to say good-bye,
Our
memories will never die.
Friends
I hope we can be,
Forever
like the sea.
Deep
inside emotions churn,
The
flame will forever burn.
Please
don't forget about me,
Friendship
is forever like the sea.
1989 Morgantown, WV
Tears
fell from his eyes,
Yet
no one heard his cries.
The
pain too great to bear,
No
one seems to care.
His
heart full of pain,
He
had nothing to gain.
Slowly
his tears fall,
Shadows
danced on the wall.
In
his mind he tried to fight,
Only
to die one cold, dark night.
What
was he supposed to do,
When
he had no one to talk to.
1990 Morgantown, WV
Can
anyone tell me why,
Young men must fight and
die.
So
we can be free?
If
so, then let it be.
Men
give the ultimate sacrifice,
This
all should suffice.
If
it's so we can be free,
Then
let it be me.
1991 Morgantown, WV
As
I sit in my lonely state,
My
mind always racing along.
Inside
myself rages a serious debate,
About
myself and what is wrong.
Always
in search of perfect love,
Yet
that love I can never find.
Is
it sent from the stars above,
Or
is it a small part of my warped mind?
September 1991, Mountainlair (Morgantown, WV)
Alone
in life I seem to be,
All
alone except for me.
Here
and there I sit around,
Watching
people without a sound.
I
see the people walking by,
Yet
none will look me in the eye.
Could
it be they don't want to see,
What
the world has done to me?
July 1989 Camp Dawson, WV
I
am lost in love,
In
a world of push and shove.
As
the world rushes by,
I
begin to cry.
In
a world of hurt and pain,
It
is hard for me to refrain,
From
the tears of lost love,
In
a world of push and shove.
August 1991, Mountainlair (Morgantown, WV)
Today
I thought of you,
With
your eyes so blue.
I
see them sparkle with light,
Like
the stars at night.
Tomorrow I will think about
me,
And
how lonely I will be.
Sitting
in my cold, dark room,
Thinking
of the impending doom.
Forever
alone I will be,
From
this I wish I were free.
In
life I play this part,
And
try to mend my broken heart.
March 1989 Corpus Christi, TX
The
tide rolls in,
The
sorrow begins.
A
gull flies by,
A
tear in my eye.
The
sun slowly set,
It
is hard to forget.
The
look in your eyes,
As
I said good-bye.
April 1992 My Room
Here
I lay awake in bed,
With
thoughts of you in my head.
I
wonder why I even try,
Sometimes
I just want to cry.
I
see you once in awhile,
And
I melt with every smile.
When
you leave my heart is like lead,
With
thoughts of you in my head.
The
thoughts go well into the night,
With
hopes that you might,
See
something deep inside of me.
Yet
I know this will never be.
So
here I am once again,
Knowing
for sure I can never win.
Yet
here I lay awake in bed,
With
thoughts of you in my head.
March 1989 Corpus Christi, TX
Down
by the sea,
The
waves saying to me,
Your
time is here,
There's
no need to fear.
Find
peace in me,
For
I am the sea.
There's a part of you,
In
the ocean blue.
April 1989 Morgantown, WV
As
I talk to you through the night,
Only
three words I try to fight.
I
love you a re the words to hide,
As
I bury them deep inside.
In
my dreams I hear your voice,
After
that I have no choice.
To
tell you this I would surely die,
Even
this brings a tear to my eye.
I
love you more with each passing day,
How
can three words be so hard to say?
I
am lost and don't know what to do,
So
how do I say I Love You?
March 1989 Fort Hood, TX
I
am far away from home,
Here
my memories roam.
The
memories are so hard to take,
So
hard I begin to shake.
A
love lost but never won,
We
always had so much fun.
The
memories make me blue,
As
they all turn to you.
The
fire there did not light,
Once
upon a summers night.
The
memories will never die,
As
a tear comes to my eye.
1989,
Fort Hood, TX
Long
ago I lost my heart,
A
new affair I hoped to start.
My
life is wrong this I know,
Yet
my love for you I had to show.
How
could a love be so strong,
Yet
my love be so wrong?
My
love is lost and gone for good,
This
I never really understood.
May 16, 1991 Rome
Sitting on a 747 in Rome,
The
first stop on the way home.
The
sky is cloudy, dark and gray,
But
it's the start of a beautiful day.
Soon
we will resume the flight,
And
the U.S. we will see tonight.
Back
to the land of the free,
Will
the states seem the same to me?
September 1989, Mountainlair (Morgantown, WV)
The
soldier came home,
Never
again to roam.
His
battle won, but forever lost,
People
stare and wonder at the cost.
The
soldier sat all alone,
In
the dark he is chilled to the bone.
In
his mind he relives the fight,
That
happened one cold, dark night.
He
hears the shouts and screams,
In
a never ending night it seems.
People
stare and wonder at the cost,
They
will never know the friends he lost.
Their
faces come in his sleep,
He
awakens and starts to weep.
His
friends are gone for good,
This
the people never understood.
May 16, 1991 Over the Atlantic
Ocean
To
A Young Stewardess
Flying
above the clouds so white,
High
above the ocean blue.
I
never thought that I might,
Meet
someone as nice as you.
On
so many flights I've flown,
And
so many across the sea.
Never
have I known,
the
kindness you've shown to me.
March 1990 Fort Pickett, VA
A
young man goes far from home,
Off
to a new land where he can roam.
The
decision he made, he thought was right,
The
decision he made was to fight.
The land was hot, green and
wet,
Built
with blood, toil and sweat.
A
tracer goes into the night,
A
battle cry and time to fight.
The
protesters chant and sing,
They
know not the bloody thing.
None
care who won the fight,
They
didn't see that man die that night.
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December 1990 Fort Campbell, KY
The
call to arms has come,
It
came as a shock to some.
The
world is not the same,
Yet
they all came.
As
the minute men did before,
They
all head for the door,
The
home fires still burn,
Yet
some may never return.
For
the men in the Guard,
This
life is always hard.
Yet
this country we will defend,
And
the world we hope to mend.
May 12, 1991 Jubail, Saudi
Arabia
I
look deep inside my heart,
I
look to the stars above.
I'm
trying to find the place to start,
To
describe to you my love.
The
time I've spent away,
Just
increases the pain.
And
with every passing day,
The
pain pours like rain.
My
life I can start again,
If
I knew what to do,
Or
knew how to begin,
To
show my love for you.
May 16, 1991 Rome
I
see your smiling face,
Every
time I close my eyes.
Though
I am far from that place,
My
love inside still cries.
Why
can I never find,
The
place in your heart?
Is
it all in my mind,
Or
should we just part?
The
mistakes we both made,
And
those things we didn't do.
Why
can't we let them fade,
So
I can show my love for you.
February 1, 1991 Over the
Atlantic Ocean
I
feel pain at the sight,
As
the coast fades away.
The
feelings I try to fight,
As
my mind goes astray.
My
thoughts turn to home,
And
then they turn to you.
Then
to the sand in which I roam,
All
of them make me blue.
The
night sky is full of stars,
The
moon is pale with light.
It
is hard to hide the scars,
That
were left from the fight.
August 1, 1991 VFW 548 (Morgantown, WV)
Hear
the quiet of the night,
The
sounds in the absence of light.
Feel
your heart race and pound,
With
every step and foot of ground.
Hear
the lonely sound,
Of
the rotors going around.
Feel
the joy swell inside,
As
it comes to give you a ride.
Slowly
it rises high,
Deep
into the nighttime sky.
Now
the ride is done,
As
you hit the ground at a run.
Hear
the lonely sound,
As
you lay against that mound.
The
rotors going away,
Are
we here to stay?
Unknown Date
I
think I'm going crazy,
My
life is very hazy.
I
don't know what to do,
When
I think of you.
I'm
lost and all alone,
The
cold chills me to the bone.
The
love we could have had,
The
thoughts make me sad.
Too
short the time we had,
This
is truly very sad.
My
love for you is strong,
My
only wish, I'm not wrong.
Halloween 1990 Morgantown, WV
The
end has come to another day,
With
children in costumes out to play.
I
watch the children run and roam,
As
I sit here alone at home.
The
days of youth have long since past,
Why
do they seem to go so fast?
My
body so young, my mind so old,
Why
in my heart do I feel so cold?
My
love has been long since lost,
I
see my age and ponder the cost.
Love
for me no one had,
As
I sit here alone and sad.
Unknown Date
What
is it about me,
That
makes me so lonely?
Is
it the love I've never shared,
Or
the people who never cared?
Why
does my love go on,
After
my emotions are gone?
How
much can one man take?
I
write as I begin to shake.
The
end has come I fear,
Yet
I face it with good cheer.
To
no one I will say good-bye,
As
I die deep inside.
February 14, 1990 The Book Exchange (Morgantown, WV)
The
worst day of the year,
I
can't believe it's here.
Another
day of pain,
Why
did it rain?
My
heart is torn in two,
I
wish I could tell you,
All
that I want to say.
Yet
I knew there was no way.
I
need someone to care,
I
need someone to share,
The
words I have to say,
On
this Valentines Day.
February 7, 1991 Saudi
Arabia/Desert Storm
Deep
beneath the earth and clay,
Where
my body will someday lay.
Lay
my friends long since past,
A
shadow upon me they will always cast.
They
died for a place desolate and bare,
Their
lives they gave because they cared.
For
a land far away and so small,
Their
call to glory will forever call.
Their
faces are forever in my mind,
A
stranger band I will never find.
Friends
I will someday see,
As
the end comes for me.
January 1991 Fort Campbell, KY
The
world leaders seem quite content,
When
they say war is imminent.
The
lives lost are not their own,
When
the bullet hits the bone.
Soldiers
and sailors prepare to fight,
Nations
at war show their might.
Death
and destruction it will be,
All
of this we will see.
Another
round hits and burst,
One
more soldier for a hearse.
He
will never again see the gore,
Of
this world at war.
January 29, 1994 Morgantown, WV
Love
is something distant for me,
Since
I lost that feeling long ago.
It
is a feeling which longs to grow,
Somewhere
within the depths of me.
The
beast who was hidden deep within,
The
beast which I wanted to slay.
It
was you who released it to play,
And
now I must fight it once again.
Love
is something I want to show,
Yet
in reality I don't know how.
Love
as a feeling is here right now,
And
it is a feeling I want to know.
I
write these lines only to you,
With
hopes you might see,
These
feelings deep inside of me.
Now
I only hope they will show through.
May 12, 1994 Morgantown, WV
When
I think about the love I have to give,
And
the dreams which I hope to live.
I
often think of things in the past,
The
memories of which seem to last.
All
of those which I have loved,
And
to the wayside to which I was shoved.
These
are the things which stay in my mind,
And
no good results of which I could find.
With
all of the experiences I have had,
Many
of which always make me glad.
Yet,
none of these will help me find,
Myself
that very small peace of mind.
May 15, 1994 Morgantown, WV
Memorial
Day is a day to remember,
A
fallen comrade or service member.
Yet
to most, this is just another day,
Off
from work with which to play.
For
those who fought it is so much more,
As
we remember our friends and family lost to war.
Remembering
those who fought freedoms fight,
From
the brightest day, to the darkest
night.
These
were people from all walks of life,
Who
went to far off lands so full of strife.
These
were those with nothing else to give,
Yet
they gave all so someone might live.
We
all enjoy the freedoms, which were won,
By
someone's father, daughter or son.
So,
if it's no trouble, to ask in some small way,
Remember
those people on Memorial Day.
Fort
Polk, LA 29 June 1997
All alone I sit in a small
café,
Figuring out just what to
do.
What can I write, or say?
An emotion so strong,
And
my words so few.
Yet, words are my only way,
To keep myself from being
blue.
What can I write, or say?
An emotion so strong,
I only wish I knew.
Sipping my coffee, I ponder
the day,
I could reveal my feelings
to you.
What can I write, or say?
An emotion so strong,
Is my love for you.
August
1997 Leesville, LA
Watching
TV and seeing the faces,
Of
soldiers in far away places.
Their
eyes I see are hard and cold,
For
nothing can hurt the brave and the bold.
Onward
they look showing no fear,
Waiting
for the angry crowd to clear.
A
government this country wanted to mold,
Or
so these brave men were so often told.
Drawn
into someone else’s great civil war,
With
bloody killing fields longing for more.
Millions
of people have fought and died,
Millions
of families mourned and cried.
Peace
in the region we will bring,
And
put a stop to this bloody thing.
But
when we leave what will we see,
Peace
and love, or a killing spree?
17 September 1997, Over the
Atlantic
Once
again the coast fades into night,
With
me travelling on another flight.
Off
to another troubled, far away land,
This
one with snow, not fine blown sand.
I
look out the window and see a star,
Then
I think of you and where you are.
When
I close my eyes, you are here,
If
I could just reach out and pull you near.
In
the morning I will awake and find,
Many
thoughts of you still in my mind.
Yet
so far away from me you will be,
From
that pain, I will never be free.
27 December 1997, Camp Caisson,
Bosnia
Longing
to learn the meaning of it,
Which
has forced so many to quit.
But
for me, I just look, listen and sit,
And
ponder the wonder of love.
Unsure
of the result of knowing,
This
thought, through my mind is blowing.
Is
it something gained through growing,
Or
is it sent from the heavens above?
21 May
2000, Huntington, WV
Talking
with you on the phone,
Suddenly I begin to feel alone.
With each and every word I speak,
I feel lost, abandoned and weak.
I told you I loved you the other day,
Hoping desperately to hear you say,
Those same three words back to me,
Yet, that was not meant to be.
So
alone, I sit and alone I’ll be,
Wondering if you will say them to me.
Suddenly I begin to feel more alone,
As I try to call you on the phone.
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