I KNOW I’M RIGHT

 

A mind said, “I know I’m right!”

   Love is only in the heart!

Look at love without any spite,

   It’s sadness that breaks it apart!

 

Look at what is stored there . . .

   True love will not betray!

It’s like a breath of fresh air,

   And like the dawn of a new day!

 

Yesterday is gone – time will pass,

   And tomorrow will come!

But know that nothing will last,

   And there is nowhere to run!

 

A mind said, “I know I’m right!”

But only love can fill one’s night!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 1, 2025

 

LIKE NO OTHER ONE

 

If I could do one thing . . .

   Then it would be done –

To touch you in places

   Like no other one!

 

I would fill all your dreams

   Wipe the tears from your eyes –

Run my fingers through your hair,

   And watch your spirit rise!

 

And when I hold you in my arms

   Love will be found –

Then you will know you’re mine,

   As the evening moon goes down!

 

If I could do one thing . . .

It’s your heart I would never blame!

 

Thomas Theophilus© June 29, 2025

 

 

 

CONTENTMENT

 

Moon over lake,

   Where the wind likes to play

Dancing in the moonlight –

   Sing until your heart’s content,

And know it’s right –

   For love comes at night.

 

Thomas Theophilus© June 29, 2025

GOD ALREADY KNOWS

 

   Why

Do you lie?

You were given many chances!

But you made your bed –

You blamed it on circumstances,

And now the truth you dread!

 

Why is the heart so evil?

And what do you have to gain!

Always partaking in upheaval,

And finding others to blame!

 

Is there any truth in you?

If so, then what do you say,

We are all judged by what we do,

So don’t just look the other way!

 

Listen to you soul – hear it call

Turn your eyes to the sky

God already knows it all –

So why

   Does your heart lie?

 

Thomas Theophilus© June 29, 2025

 

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

 

Slowly, quietly, shadows cross the room

It is as dark as a tomb –

In this darkness I cannot see

It’s like this loneliness hidden in me –

In my heart and mind, I search

Like a night owl setting on her perch –

Or as the fog rises from a bog,

Alone life’s journey I jog . . .

Lifting my rose-colored glasses, I peep

And then realize that we are all like sheep!

But life keeps on passing by . . .

Then all I can do is wonder why:

Young men prophecy, and old men dream,

But why do I feel I’m swimming upstream?

 

Thomas Theophilus© June 28, 2025

 

LOVE HURTS

She looked away

Quietly,

So shy,

But I knew!

 

It was not her fault,

Sadness,

Rejection,

Lies,

And this:

“Love hurts!”

 

For a moment,

She looks up,

Eyes of passion,

Then I saw

Her tears!

 

Such beauty

A tender soul,

Hidden,

In a secret place

That only I saw

The love

On her face!

 

Thomas Theophilus© June 27, 2025

 

IT WILL MEND

If a broken heart

Could call out my name,

What would it say?

Was it love to blame!

O dear one

“There’s nowhere to run!

Love can now laugh –

I guess sadness won.

 

“Poor little heart,

Crying all alone,

But time moves on,

Like water over a stone –

Flowers in a meadow

After summer they died,

As we looked back

How hard they cried!

 

“Lost in time

So cut me some slack,

The world is not an oyster,

And I can’t look back!

Time marches on,

And I can’t get down,

I will wait until tomorrow

Love will be back around!

 

“This you should know

About a broken heart:

In time it will mend

Even though it fell apart!

So, what did you learn?

With love – take a chance

There are no guarantees

Just enjoy the romance!

 

Thomas Theophilus© June 24, 2025