I TOLD YOU SO

 

I will admit to only one thing

   “You are still the one!”

I sit here and search my heart,

   And know, from love I can’t run!

 

I stare into the darkness . . .

   As tears form in my eyes –

Time didn’t erase your memory

   As I wait for dawn to rise.

 

I know tomorrow will be the same,

   As I’ll think of you again –

Regrets now fill my troubled mind

   Wishing these feelings would end!

 

“I still love you,” In told you so –

Darling, am I being too bold?

 

Thomas Theophilus© April 29, 2025

 

EYES THAT CAN SEE

 

The clouds roll in

   The wind lies still –

There’s sadness in me

   I’ve lost my will,

 

And I don’t know why

   Thoughts in my head

Of a time gone by

   O the words she said!

 

The sheets still linger

   Hearts filled with desire!

O what went wrong?

   Of such nights on fire!

 

I lie awake at night

   The darkness is still –

I count all my memories,

   And I’ll love you until,

 

The stars no longer shine:

   “My regrets will be

That I let her slip away,

   Now, in darkness I see!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© April 26, 2025

 

 

THIS I KNOW

 

Into the darkness of my soul

To a place I shouldn’t dare –

Thoughts fall upon thoughts

On regrets that aren’t there!

But the Devil still whispers:

“The world belongs to you!”

And God does not exist . . .

So, do I question what to do?

Always the lure of the world!

Like circumstances matters not –

As endless thoughts still twirl

Listening to the Devil’s plot!

Into the darkness of my soul

Where God lives – this I know!

 

Thomas Theophilus© April 19, 2025

 

 

LORD IT’S TIME

 

Trash blew along an empty street,

   And in the distance is a sound of a train –

In an old tavern where people meet,

   As whiskey somehow numbs their pain!

 

On a park bench people sit in the shade

   The smell of cigarettes fills the air –

There is endless talk of the USAID,

   And how our elected leaders don’t care!

 

And we wonder how we became so dumb,

   And why we put our faith in mankind –

But I say, “Justice will soon come!”

   And to that I pray, “Lord it’s time!”

 

“For there is nothing covered, that shall

not be revealed; neither hid, that shall

not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye

have spoken in darkness shall be heard

in the light; and that which ye have spoken

in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed

upon the rooftops.” Luke 12:2-3

 

Thomas Theophilus© April 14, 2025

  

 

 

 

 

MYSELF TO BLAME

 

I’d like a different thought

   For every time I think –

I look at all the battles I’ve fought!

     Then my mind goes blank –

  I guess it’s time for a drink

    Soon today will turn into night,

    Then it will be one less thought to fight!

 

The world in which my eyes see

   Leaves little hope for mankind –

But that’s just thoughts in me!

     What I can see gives me pain,

   And heartache, for all the souls lost –

     Too many thoughts drive me insane,

     But I just have myself to blame!

 

Thomas Theophilus© April 11, 2025

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THE LITTLE THINGS

 

It’s the little things that run our lives,

And with that said I’ll have to declare:

“We all breathe the same air!”

It’s the little things that run our lives,

And with that said we can only pray -

That God will grant us another day!

But others will not always treat us fairly,

And with that said I’ll have to declare:

“We have to forgive them all!”

And their wrong deeds to never recall -

It’s the little things that run our lives,

And with that said I’ll have to declare:

“Feelings of revenge are all gone today,

And the little things are now packed away!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© April 5, 2025