Old Age
The hand shakes
The back aches
The heart quakes
Then life breaks.
poem by Howard Simon
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Earth-quakes?
God shakes
The earth with quakes –
A way, some men, He wakes,
To know the genuine from fakes,
And to prepare more souls for Elysium Lakes!
God takes
Some lives, He makes –
Like fallen leaves, He rakes,
And gives some men more pains and aches –
A way, sometimes, the ‘cakes of souls’, He bakes!
Man takes
No blame for quakes;
He is not wise but makes
All blunders, mortal sins, mistakes,
Without in life, ever applying the brakes!
God makes;
The Maker takes;
Should man not for God sakes,
Then understand the pow’r of quakes –
An index of the Omnipotent’s aches?
Copyright by Dr John Celes 1-15-2010
poem by John Celes
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Like A Woman
Like a girl my baby aches
and like a woman she
tells all the world she never breaks,
but can’t break free of me.
Like a girl my baby takes
whatever she can see,
but like a woman never makes
her own way to be free.
Like a girl my baby wakes
when it is time to pee,
but like a woman fills like lakes
when we are I and she.
Like a girl my baby quakes
when we two disagree,
but like a woman she awakes
when she and I are we.
Inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Just Like a Woman”
Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Ev'rybody knows
That Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
Queen Mary, she's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess That Baby can't be blessed
Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.
It was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that
I just can't fit
Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world.
Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl.
poem by Gershon Hepner
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Down the road
As I walk down these roads I see people crying,
Trying not show their true feeling toward the person they love,
The more I walk on these roads I understand that people have suffered enough heart aches,
Down this road don’t have a clue where it will take me,
Continue knowing that I have a glue on this hand and my other hand holding a knife,
A glue that might give me a clue,
A knife that might end my life,
Yet I have a decision to make which I want the knife or the glue,
Who am I to judge what I want in life that might end it,
I am out of my mind,
I need to start over but there is no where to began it,
I have suffered enough,
I take it back,
Take back all the pain, heart aches, sorrows, agony,
Take it all back,
You have caused me to see them all,
I don’t need this,
You have feed me lies, hate, and hopes,
I am fed up with you,
Please make this go away,
Down the road I go knowing what will this life take me.
poem by Jennifer Rondeau
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Nobody Can...
I know I don't exist here alone!
Nobody can...
Do what You do.
And nobody can...
Show that to me to prove.
Or...
Heal my aches to make me,
Forgive whoever breaks my heart.
Nobody can...
Do what You do.
And nobody can...
Show that to me to prove.
Or...
Heal my aches to make me,
Forgive whoever breaks my heart.
With my faith in You,
I have taken leaps.
And with my faith in You,
I get a peaceful sleep.
I know it's only You,
Who has got my back.
And...
Protects me from all attacks.
With my faith in You,
I have taken leaps.
And with my faith in You,
I get a peaceful sleep.
I know it's only You,
Who has got my back.
And...
Protects me from all attacks.
Nobody can...
Do what You do.
And nobody can...
Show that to me to prove.
Or...
Heal my aches to make me,
Forgive whoever breaks my heart.
I don't exist here alone.
That I know is true.
I don't exist on my own...
I CAN'T without You!
With my faith in You,
I have taken leaps.
And with my faith in You,
I get a peaceful sleep.
I don't exist here alone!
Nobody can!
NOBODY.
Can do what You do.
And nobody can...
Show that to me to prove.
Or...
Heal my aches to make me,
Forgive whoever breaks my heart...
To stop my tears.
Nobody can...
Stop my tears,
But You.
NOBODY.
NOBODY can...
Stop my tears,
But You.
NOBODY.
NOBODY can...
Stop my tears,
But You.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Soon As My Heart Breaks
Soon as my heart breaks
Soon as my mind starts telling me
That Ive had enough
That Ive given all Ive got to you
With nothing in return
Soon as my heart breaks
Soon as my soul stops aching for you
Then Ill be alright
Maybe I can sleep the night
Knowing that Im free again
But how can I walk on knowing youre the only one I need
Cant you see me
Soon as my heart breaks
Soon as I hide the tears I cry
That youll will never know
Holding back the side of me
That longs to leave but cant let go
And how can I move on knowing your love is the one I need
Cant you see m
Cause if my heart breaks
Ill have to find the strength
To say the words goodbye
Soon as my heart breaks
song performed by by Taylor Dayne
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As the Music Plays
As the music plays
my heart aches
it aches with pain
pain of the past
and pain of the present
As the music plays
my heart aches
it aches with hurt
hurt that I have caused
and hurt that has been caused
As the music plays
my heart aches
it aches with passion
passion that yearns
and passion that wants
As the music plays
my heart aches
it aches with love
love that will never be shared
and love that will never be known
As the music stops
my heart no longer aches
it doesn't feel anything
the music has stopped
and so has everything else.
poem by Carissa Thiessen
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When Your Lonely Heart Breaks
When your lonely heart breaks
Dont sit counting your mistakes
Dont be waiting for love to come back
Dont be wastin time
Dont be lost in crime
When your lonely heart breaks
When your lonely heart breaks.
Whats your problem, shes gone
Youre still movin, movin on
You got memories, she got strong
Theres a lot of things
That arent gone
When your lonely, lonely heart breaks
When your lonely heart breaks.
When your lonely heart breaks
Dont be cryin for good times you had
When your lonely heart breaks.
When your lonely heart breaks
Dont sit counting your mistakes
Dont be waiting for love to come back
Dont be wastin time
Dont be lost in crime
When your lonely, lonely heart breaks
When your lonely, lonely heart breaks
When your lonely heart breaks.
song performed by by Neil Young
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Heart Can
Heart can, and
Heart will.
Heart lives, and
Heart dies.
Heart aches, then
Heart breaks.
Heart meets, then
Heart loves again.
poem by Heather Schroer
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Love Is
They say its a river, that circles the earth
A beam of light shining to the edge of the universe
It conquers all, it changes everything
They say its a blessing, they say its a gift
They say its a miracle
And I believe that it is
It conquers all, but its a mystery
Love breaks your heart
Love takes no less than everything
Love makes it hard
And it fades away so easily
In this world weve created
In this place that we live
In the blink of an eye the darkness slips in
Love lights the world
Unites the lovers for eternity
Love breaks the chains
Love aches for everyone of us
Love takes the tears and the pain, and it turns it in-
To the beauty that remains
Look at this place
It was paradise, but now its dying
Ill pray forlove
Ill take my chances that its not too late
Love breaks your heart
Love takes no less than everything
Love makes it hard
And fades away so easily
Oh oh oh
Love breaks the chains
Love aches for everyone of us
Love takes the tears and the pain, and it turns it in-
To the beauty that remains
song performed by by Vanessa Williams
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Flash Tan Queen
Diamond studded man
Ruby coated plan
Makes my heart ache to think that money could take you from me
Midnight dream
Almost made me scream
Nightmares came now that money took you from me
(chorus)
Well, youre a flash tan queen from the southern shores
Like a rotten peach layin in the georgia sun
Well, you can lay all day, get your back real brown
But a dollar can take away your frown
Fat rat queen
Golden limousines
All of these things just come between you and me, yeah
Lacy white gown
Just makes me wanna frown
My heart aches now that moneys taken you from me
(chorus)
(solo)
Shakes me apart
Make believe hall
Im feelin like a flower stuck on somebodys wall
Midnight dream
Lord it made me scream
My heart aches now that money took you from me
(chorus)
Oh, youre a flash tan queen
song performed by by Reo Speedwagon
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Where Are You In My Life?
I wish i could see you one last time
Just so i can put away my fears,
so i can have you in my mind
even after you leave my side.
I lost you a while back
and i know ill never get you back again.
You may not be with me but,
I feel your presents with me
deep within my heart,
but its not enough
I'm missing you in my life,
I need you by my side,
To guide and protect me
It hurts to know your not here with me.
Every time i go to hold your hand,
I realize your not there.
Your somewhere i cant reach,
somewhere i cant see,
it breaks my heart,
knowing we're apart,
an i cant find you.
If i could change time
To bring us back
I'll do it just to see you
because of how much i love you,
and how much i miss you.
Until then i have to be alone,
without you by my side
with the question still unanswered
Where are you in my life?
poem by Kerrie Maurer
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Aches
My heart aches when i talk to you
My heart aches when i don't hear from you
My heart aches when i long for you
I don't know why
You've taken over my thoughts
I can't even explain
You're still a stranger
Far Away
I want you close by
I miss your embrace
Holding you close
I miss you
poem by Margaret Smith Vail
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Your Long Journey
(d. watson/r. l. watson)
God's given us years of happiness here
Now we must part
And as the angels come and call for you
The pains of grief tug at my heart
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take your long journey
Oh the days will be empty
The nights so long without you my love
And when god calls for you i'm left alone
But we will meet in heaven above
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take your long journey
Fond memories i'll keep of happy ways
That on earth we trod
And when i come we will walk hand in hand
As one in heaven in the family of god
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take your long journey
song performed by by Emmylou Harris
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Broken Sound
I wake up
Something more than what Im supposed to be
Something more than I have meant to show.
How was I supposed to know
That Ive wanted, and Ive waited.
And I can be the one
To show you that lifes not simple enough.
And I can be the one
To tell you Ive held this back for too long.
And my heart aches...
These feelings Ive held inside for you.
And my heart aches...
How can I stop the pain?
song performed by by New Found Glory
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We Should Have Met Long Ago
This heart aches to be with you
How it wished that all the miles
Would just fade out into the blue
And it would be with you all the while
This heart aches for you and me
Longing to bring back that lost time
When so much younger we could be
To share this last love in our prime
Too late it is, though persistently
It torments our hearts for aching so
Fate had played the game so clearly -
We should have met a long long time ago.
poem by Cynthia Buhain-Baello
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The Test
I held her hand, the pledge of bliss,
Her hand that trembled and withdrew;
She bent her head before my kiss...
My heart was sure that hers was true.
Now I have told her I must part,
She shakes my hand, she bids adieu,
Nor shuns the kiss. Alas, my heart!
Hers never was the heart for you.
poem by Walter Savage Landor
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Whatever
Im liking you too much
Dont take advantage of
My tender heart and everything about me
In giving you my trust
Im giving you my love
So do take care, please be gentle with my heart
cause everything I do is bout you, baby
Baby, I dont wanna be apart, ooh
Ive been loving you from the start
Heres my heart, heres my heart
Everything I do is all about you, baby
Whatever you do, whatever you think
I look in your eyes
You dont know how my heart aches
Whatever you say, whatever could mean
Youre breaking my heart
I want it all the time, I want it every night
I cant stop thinking, cant stop thinking about you
Im burning with desire, my heart and soul on fire
So do take care, please be careful with my heart
(bum, bum, bum) anything you do, I crave it, baby, baby, baby
(bum, bum, bum) I cant get you out a my mind
(bum, bum, bum) loving you I cant deny youre in my heart
(bum, bum, bum) deep inside, everything I do is all about you, baby
Whatever you do, whatever you think
I look in your eyes
You dont know how my heart aches
Whatever you say, whatever could mean
Youre breaking my heart
I maybe a fool for you, baby
Well, I cant help myself
Maybe Im too in love
What else can I do but go crazy
For your love, boy, Id give anything
(bum, bum, bum)
(bum, bum, bum)
(ho?h?h
Whatever you do, whatever you think
I look in your eyes
You dont know how my heart aches
Whatever you say, whatever could mean
Youre breaking my heart
Whatever you do, whatever you think
I look in your eyes
You dont know how my heart aches
Whatever you say, whatever could mean
Youre breaking my heart
Whatever you do, whatever you think
I look in your eyes
You dont know how my heart aches
Whatever you say, whatever could mean
song performed by by En Vogue
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My Heart Melting
Too tired to check and edit, watching an episode
of the Secret Millionaire, an old lady dancing and
laughing with joie de vivre - ignoring a diagnosis
of cancer, an old age home and minimum wages,
a caregiver who loves it when her back breaks at
the end of the day
An undercover hero arriving by bus, staying in
an uncomfortable caravan - washing his clothes
by hand, people of Cornwall opening their hearts
and inviting the stranger into their homes; my
heart melts as it delights in the goodness of
small lives, people doing their best
This is what gives humanity zest, the wonder
of people serving each other, lovingly feeding
the elderly, dancing to forget pains and aches
of old age - this is my only goal in life: to find
happiness in little things, see beaming smiles
and feel my heart melting
I cannot stand the ice-cold stone that forms
in my chest when my feelings are forced
to bleed to death…
poem by Margaret Alice Second
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You Dont Know Me
(eddy arnold/cindy walker)
You give your hand to me and then you say hello and I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone could tell you think you know me well
But you dont know me
No you dont know the one who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight
Im just a friend thats all Ive ever been
But you dont know me
For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too
For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too
You give your hand to me and then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away and in my heart I cry
To never never know the one who loves you so cause you dont know me
song performed by by Emmylou Harris
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Back In My Heart
A grey ghost night
On an eastern flight
Sixteen thousand miles away
I lay awake
When the morning breaks
But what can I do to get you
Back in my heart again
The towns top gun
Safe at number one
No mans will can change my life
Safe and certain
But now Im hurtin
So what can I do to get you
Chorus
Back in my heart again
Blowin through my life
Life a cold winters wind
Now in my mind I know I didnt win
I want you back in my heart again
Baby, baby
What can I say
I was wrong so I ran away
A million miles
Wont make me smile
I want you, want you, want you
song performed by by Reo Speedwagon
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