Tears of Joy

Cry me a river 

from tears of joy

bring kindness and laughter 

this heart may enjoy

May sorrows be flooded

and washed out to sea 

by tears of joy

you cry for me

What teardrops of sadness

and sorrow destroy

is brought back to life

in tears of joy

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Archie Papa...

The Gravity of Love

Held with grace in this gravity of love

bound with all that dreams are made of

Carried through time and life just the same

with absolute splendor and joy in its name

Bring us from sorrow in the simplest light

with care and with kindness it holds us tight

Fall as we do in this gravity of love

caught in the arms of the angels above

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Archie Papa...

Remembrance

Marking time with memories

immersed in the splendor of light

joy has the palette of color unbound 

while sorrow has black and white

Moments fill the days gone by

as the years all line in a row

silhouettes motion in jagged gaps

while color moves soft and slow 

Love is the richness in memory

that fills in the shadows of pain

If fear should bring the darkening sky

then hope should bring the rain

Frame by frame the image starts

the essence of time completes

the distance of life may be counted by years

and remembered by how the heart beats

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Archie Papa...

Yours to Live

With hope these words will find you well

of love and life they've come to tell

a story told without such fears

will bring an end onto the tears 

Those pieces lying on the ground

fell but never made a sound

Pick one up and so you start

help to mend this broken heart

Passing time that lends to heal

I'll tell you of the scars I feel

And love like rain will fall someday

and wash each of the scars away

Gathered pieces rearrange 

have this life make subtle change

Gifting time in words we give

brings love to life that's yours to live

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Archie Papa...

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

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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

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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

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Archie Papa...


Artwork by 
Leonid Afremov