Once More

All that we pretend to be

masks adorned for all to see

Thick and thin and one by one

shown to each and everyone

All these layers take their toll

bearing on the heart and soul

Shaded dim by fear and doubt

blurs the insight looking out

By warmth of light in which we see

through cold and dark complexity

All thats true within the core

will shed the layers clean once more

Copyright 2015

Archie Papa...

Tears of Yesterday

Today holds promise 

in tomorrows eyes

As yesterday leaves

only subtle goodbyes

The moments pass

without a care

Some bring joy

and some despair

The future draws

the past away

In this moment

we will stay

   

Today has promise

hope is kept

Tomorrow may sing

as yesterday wept

Copyright 2015

Archie Papa...

The Message

At first we're just strangers

or those walking by

Until souls send a message

from hearts that won't lie

From the simplest energy

the attraction of light

And what may cast shadows

is clean out of sight

We gaze in the eyes

as this energy expands

The mind need not think

what the heart understands

While soon these connections

spread both far and wide

And the best traveled path

keeps friends by our side

Copyright 2015

Archie Papa...


Artwork by 
Leonid Afremov

Shattered

In all I try and take to keep

the self I only serve

The curve is short and very steep

I get what I deserve 

In all I wish and look to see

gaze both far and wide

Beneath my feet obscurity 

holding back my stride

In all the time I never find

these moments slip away

Tomorrow kindly steps behind

the shadow of today

In all these pieces on the ground

might fit so perfectly

Hope is first what need be found

for all that shatters me

Copyright 2015

Archie Papa...

Timeless

Another day passes 

before your eyes

Precious moments all lined in a row

Tomorrow is pulling 

with yesterdays push

Makes today the star of the show

Ideas look forward 

while memories back

Riding right now like a wave

If it's well spent 

or wasted away

It's time we will never save

Frantic or lazy

are all in due time

And less about simple math

Counting and measuring 

you cannot enjoy

This life, this journey, this path

Heartbeats keep rhythm

and emotions make rhyme

As the song of the soul plays sweet

Take just a minute

Or give some away

To those on the path that you meet

Copyright 2015

Archie Papa...

Lost Between Love and Fear

As there is light there is darkness

And as there is love there is fear

So far apart one might push us 

While the other draws us so near

A glimpse in these passing moments

But jewels held in fond memory 

And all that may lurk within shadows

Cast far as the eye can see

With words we make the connections

With feelings we need not say

And once we share the faintest spark

We share the light of day

As soon as we step from the darkness 

Our focus becomes perfectly clear

Knowing that those in the shadows

Are lost between love and fear

Copyright 2015

Archie Papa...