NOT ONE THING

 

The night falls asleep, when I

Think of those that lie –

In the shadows of a forgotten time,

When sadness has drawn the line –

Then I woke up to a new day,

And know that life is a game to play,

But for some it’s life they dread

Never thanking God for their bread!

And when these emotions rise in me

The true meaning of life I can see –

And when the world is in a mess . . .

I watch the lilies of the field undress,

And then I know that Life is good –

I’d change not one thing if I could!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 29, 2025

 

LOVE WANTS TO PLAY

I told my heart, “Try to be glad,”

   When in love don’t ask why!

If you should fail don’t be mad,

   And don’t sit around and cry!

Don’t let regret fill your head

   Because love is just a game,

And it’s played mostly in bed

   Enjoy moments you can claim!

I told my heart, “Try to be glad,”

   Upon the pillow where you lie

Thinking it’s the best you’ve had

   Then the heart says, “O my!”

Remember, the night won’t say:

   “Why didn’t love want to play?”

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 27, 2025

ONLY IN HIM

 

So much beauty in this world,

But none can match a rose uncurled –

Watch a lily of the field undress

Or watch a child as they rest –

 

O, how this heart beats in me . . .

All this before my eyes can see –

Water flowing from a gentle spring,

As the wind has nothing in can claim –

 

O! the beauty everywhere I go,

As I watch a gentle river flow . . .

It’s like seeing a baby smile,

I just sit and watch for a while –

 

Thoughts of wonderment are so small

As I try to understand it all –

But then, there are no words to say,

Except, God grant me another day –

 

“If I could paint a world for you,

And in my eyes, you could see, too,

That God gave this beauty to us . . .

But it’s only in Him that we can trust!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 26, 2025

GOD DECIDED

 

A little tin soldier until I was ten

Whatever my dad said I knew I’d win –

But with no reason of his own

God decided to call him home . . .

This is when my world fell apart!

Anger, and sadness filled my heart –

He was the smartest man I ever knew

Because he always asked God what to do!

This journey has not always been easy,

And understanding of life was hard to see –

I remember the things that I was taught,

But conformity I guess I’ll always bulk!

Then I can say these words with pride:

“My dad gave me wisdom before he died!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 25, 2025

 

WORRY NO MORE

 

When this life ends

I guess we will all be there

To see what comes next

Or stuck in a rocking chair!

 

Every day we take for granted,

Then sit around and bitch,

Yes, I can only say what is true,

Or lie, maybe I don’t know which!

 

The storms of life will move on,

Only God knows too where,

But we must endure it all,

Knowing that most don’t care!

 

Every day the sun will rise,

And the grass will turn green –

People will go their merry way,

And we all will dream!

 

We are alike, but not the same,

We try to run our own race,

And we stayed in our lane,

But sometimes we lose our place!

 

Sometimes we just forget, so sad,

And we don’t know what to do,

Accepting reality is hard,

Our thoughts are different, too!

 

Take a walk in the evening

Just stare at the moon . . .

And know that God rules it all

There is always time for the tomb!

 

You know your heart best,

And every time it will beat –

So why do you worry so much?

Enjoy a meal – sit down and eat!

 

And know that life will end,

Someone will turn off the lights,

The final curtain will fall,

And there will be no more fights!

                                                            

So, find some contentment in life

To your troubles close the door –

And let them pass on by . . .

Soon our worries will be no more!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 24, 2025

NO COMPROMISE

 

Passion is so hard to hide,

And it’s not a matter of pride –

It’s as deep as the ocean

We cannot hide that emotion!

Locked in our hearts, we know

That love will have to show!

So, we got lost in your eyes,

And with this – no compromise!

Then we grasp for a breath of air

Oh! Why did you take us there?

Feelings that seem so bold,

And we never want to let go!

So, we got lost in your eyes,

Now that can’t be a surprise.

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 23, 2025

SO STILL - SO STILL

 

In the night this dream came to me,

   I was standing on a distant hill,

Fog was rising off the sea . . .

The birds were in an old oak tree,

   And the wind was still, so still –

 

Then I awoke and I felt this dread,

   A feeling that I had lost time!

Thoughts are bouncing in my head,

   As I try to organize my mind . . .

Then I wanted to go back to bed,

   Was it the truth I needed to define?

 

My world began to close in, I could see

   From my eyes, it was God’s will,

That I understood all the fears in me!

“Lean on Me my child,” and see,

   And the wind was still, so still –

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 13, 2025

LIFE-QUAKES

 

It looks like any other day

Trash is blowing in the street,

Graffiti states everyone’s view,

As grass pushes up the concrete!

In fact, there is nowhere to hide

As I hear the whistle of a train,

And the sounds of its sadness

Not understanding life’s pain –

The dark clouds start to roll in,

Like painted messages in the sky

The wind is so still, O so still,

As time slowly passes by . . .

No point to think about yesterday –

All the excuses I’m sure you’d like,

And I’m sure I would lie anyway!

So, go ahead and take a hike –

Like all, I have had my problems,

And around me I have built walls!

In truth, no one wants to hear me,

And the heartaches a mind recalls!

 

I wish I could tell a better story,

And I know how this must look,

But it’s about Life-Quakes, and

No, I’m not trying to write a book!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 22, 2025

 

 

MIRRORS DON’T LIE

Dumb people, smart people,

Average people, alike,

Then you have those

That want to talk smack,

Woke people, trans people,

A man in a dress –

Woman with a beard –

The world is a mess!

Liberals, conservatives

Whites and blacks,

Some are just not sure, so

They fall through the cracks

Be what you were meant to be

Mirrors don’t lie you see!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 20, 2025

 

 

ALL THE BLESSINGS

 

On the wings of time I ride,

And I have these feelings inside

That something good will come today,

And all my worries will fade away!

The wind drifts across time,

And I have found peace in my mind.

 

The sunlight – the brightest I’ve seen –

It’s like night that let me dream,

The truth is simply that

In this world I wear many hats,

I look at life – my heart wants to sing,

To all the blessings God will bring!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 19, 2025

 

THE EAGLE

At the break of day

The Eagle spreads her wings

Owning the skies

As the earth sings.

 

In the evening, she finds rest

As most lie in their bed

Unaware of her presents

As stars dance in her head.

 

Her eyes can see all

As creatures fill the night

Governed not by man, and

Tomorrow, another flight.

 

The Eagle spreads her wings,

But only God knows all things.

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 18, 2025

 

 

 

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK

  

All but sadness

   In my heart I hold

Longing for the day

   My love you should know!

 

All my sadness

   This heart will cry,

And just what if

   Tomorrow I will die?

 

All my sadness

   I will carry it all day,

And if I should forget

   I guess I lost my way!

 

And sad I am

   For this love in me,

So, darling please know

   My heart you didn’t see!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 17, 2025

STOP AND LISTEN

 

Leaves crackle beneath my feet

Where dawn and sunlight meet –

The world is rushing on by . . .

And we seldom stop and ask why.

So, friend, why are you in a hurry,

And why do you always worry . . .

Did you stop and smell the roses?

Or look at what life composes –

Please, stop and listen to the wind

Why are you rushing to life’s end?

Listen to the birds as they sing . . .

Realize they don’t want a thing!

Know that it’s time you can’t borrow,

And let God take care of tomorrow.

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 15, 2025

UPON THE MORN

 

Have you walked in the corn

Or felt of a bull’s horn . . .

Have you watched an Eagle fly

Or heard a child cry . . .

May be watched a bull frog leap,

Or felt the wool of a sheep.

 

The pitter patter of little feet

Or leaves blowing on the street . . .

Looked into the eyes of fear

Or saw the color of a tear . . .

Flowers that bloom in spring,

And a morning when birds sing.

 

We must experience it all

So, there’re memories to recall . . .

We’re so caught up in the world

We never see a rose uncurl . . .

Stop and watch the sunrise,

And count clouds in the skies . . .

The crow sits in the corn,

As he waits upon the morn!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 15, 2025

IN PLAIN VIEW

 

Most people are blind

   That’s what I’m told –

Rose colored glasses

   Was that too bold?

 

Most people are blind

   Unwilling to see –

Truth is all that matters

   So just let it be!

 

Most people are blind

   Doing what they may –

Just tickle their ears,

   As time slips away!

 

And blind they are

   This is so true –

They just won’t see

   What’s in plain view!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 14, 2025

 

DO YOU RECALL

 

We love the best when we give it all

Never holding back – big or small!

The heart knowth all things . . .

And love, it seldom can change!

Rocks of hate may break our bones,

But another heart we can never own –

The passion of love a heart can bleed

When it is filled with need . . .

And then, when we were young

Sweet words fell from our tongue!

No one needs acceptance as much as I,

But love brings a tear to my eye –

We love the best when we give it all

Can you remember – do you recall?

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 10, 2025

 

 

WE ALL WILL DIE

 

Last night I stared into the sky,

And in my heart, I could only sigh,

Why such beauty I know not why!

Wonderments of God will never hurt,

But why did He make us from dirt?

A gift maybe or just a little perk!

Then I wonder why heaven is so far,

Hidden somewhere beyond a star,

Reality I guess that’s where we are!

Then upon the wind came this sound,

“Remember God never lets us down?”

In the Bible are truths you have found!

So, I think how great it is to be alive,

And to taste the honey from a beehive,

Mere thoughts on paper I contrive!

I love God, and to this I can never lie

I always want to live better, so I try,

Knowing that one day we all will die!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 11, 2025

MUSIC SOFT AND LOW

 

Two sheets in the wind

A bottle of whiskey in a box –

A glass with a twist of lime

(Make that on the rocks!)

 

A lady sat quietly at the bar

With a dress above her knee –

She looked so damn good …

Until she looked back at me!

 

The bar was filled with smoke,

And the music was soft and low –

I wish I knew why I was here,

But the whiskey will let me know:

 

“Love is not found in this place,

And the truth I must face!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 10, 2025

 

LOVE WON’T WAIT

 

Do you think it’s profitable

That a heart, a soul, or mind

Forget the true purpose of love –

You know it’s the truth you’ll find!

 

Where love is there is always hope

Knowing that time is your friend,

And why waste it on the wrong things

As you march to life’s end!

 

Of course, you rationalize excuses,

And try to forget about them all –

Because you can never except the truth

Knowing it makes you look so small!

 

But do you think that love will wait?

Just know this, “Truth you can’t hate!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 10, 2025

 

 

RHETORIC WE DON’T LIKE

 

The cold of winter – the warmth of spring

Global warming, they say, is the blame!

 

Devastation we can find all around,

But the truth has yet to be found!

 

Surely people want to know as much as I

Even if it hurts, we want to know why!

 

From the truth we cannot ever run

So never listen to someone’s evil tongue!

 

The Rhetoric we don’t like a little bit,

And the narrative doesn’t always fit!

 

But in the end, who can we believe

If you can’t handle the truth, just leave!

 

Global warming – the weather will change,

But lately something seems very strange!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 9, 2025

 

LOVE’S GAME

I’d like a different thought

   For every broken heart –

A better idea I’ve sought

     It doesn’t need to be right

 Just one that won’t fall apart!

    I need to sleep at night

    While all the stars shine bright!

 

A true heart no one will ever see

   So, it’s this that I thought,

 Should I keep love hidden in me?

      O I guess I have a fear of pain –

   So, it’s love I’ve always fought!

     I just need to learn love’s game,

     And not let it drive me insane!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 7, 2025

 

 

THOUGHTS OF HER

 

Her picture hangs on the wall

While leaves of autumn fall –

Thoughts of her bring tears,

As I look back over the years –

Then I saw frost on the ground,

As another tear streams down!

 

I think of regrets, and how it starts,

And all the times I’ve fell apart –

But today is a new day . . .

And then my soul begins to pray!

I must let it all go, and then –

Tomorrow it will all start again!

 

Her eyes in the picture follow me,

And her memory won’t let me be –

They say love is like a piece of art

A painting made to break a heart –

I would run, but I asked where?

She was the only one that cared!

 

Thomas Theophilus© July 7, 2025