I also write poetry here is a selection from 1991 - present. I hope you enjoy it Keep Out By Paul Bryant Each has a dwelling place, centered deep inside Created by God, for him there to reside Your center is placed, with chambers all round Where love from family, and friends can abound The size of your chambers, completely depends On wheather or not, you keep God centered within Without God there, your centers a pit And if you let him, there Satan will sit Not only sit, but rant rave and shout Until you pray, God please kick him out With A chain God creates, from the nails of the cross God bins up the Devil, and gives him a toss With his sons blood, God fashions a sign Satan KEEP OUT!, this soul is mine A Fart in the Wind, written March, 2010 (lol even the title rhyms) A fart in the wind, dissipates fast no mater what speed, it left your ass if under a nose, it happens to pass no odor is left, to make you gasp the question is, and shall always be if a fart doesn't stink, still a fart does it be? for even though, it makes a thunderous peel if it has no odor, is it stil real? for a fart is more, then odor and sound but is it such, if no one's around? for like the ole adage, bout the tree that falls is a fart still a fart, if no ones there to be appalled? Another TV War Morbidity of watching, live War on TV Truth stranger then fiction, in the carnage I see Everywhere I turn,into my mind theres burned Images I see, that makes my soul bleed Because of this, I contemplate The brutality with which, my minds been raped But that which I fear, and do loath the most Somehow I've become, a willing host If it were, within my power I would tear down all the TV towers Send into deep space, all the satellites to roam Never to beam another war to my home For I would be happier, and far more jolly If there were no war to watch, only kukla Fran and Ollie By Paul Bryant March 23rd, 2003 PRIMED Caught up in the murk and mire, of feelings held within It's easy to forget ones' self, and to others just pretend It doesn't really hurt at all, those spiteful words you spewed Stabbing like cold hard steel, with words you ran me through When every thing is said and done, And I just walk away I save these feelings in my soul, for use another day Pain is loaded in the breach, cocked N' primed and ready Lord help the one who happens by, my aim is none to steady Any one who comes my way, and smiles or says hello With defusing smile and quick response, on them I could unload Lashing out inflicting pain, feeling then remorse For causing pain in others, when my angers' run its course By Paul Bryant TOGETHER :(Published in Veterans Voices Magazine Fall 1990) By Paul Bryant (C)1990 We all have a place deep down inside, Where no one can see us, where we hide and cry. A lonelier place there cannot be, Than inside ones' self, where no one can see. Like still waters, emotions run deep Calm on the outside, While inward we weep But this isn't right and should not be; Feelings that are shared are precious indeed. To experience a tear through anothers' eye Doesn't hurt as much when together we cry. A greater gift cannot, be given, you see, Than to share our heartaches in loving harmony. If all could learn to pull from inside A need to share instead of to hide, A better place this old world would soon be, And all it takes to do this is you, 'n you, N you and me. SAVE THE CHILDREN Rain cascading down, like a whisper through the pines Misting through the branches, almost stopping time Serenity and peace, permeates the air Oh lord I wish, I could be there The hustle and bustle, of the city makes me blue The tragedy, of the children, with nothing to do Children who are board, and bewildered with no hope A lot of them turn to drugs, just to cope Frustration, Anxiety, Anger and Fear Inside this city, all are found here Won't someone save the children, from this battle zone Learn them what it's like, to have a healthy, happy home By Paul Bryant Snow Snow comes snow goes snow's the reason you don't feel your toes, Snow that's blown on a winters breeze makes your nose run like a sugar water tree Snow flakes dancing to a disco beat by a hard wind blowing that shakes the trees, Snow flakes waltzing accost the lawn by winters breath gentle as a fawns ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER Snow comes snow goes snow's the reason you don't have your toes, Snow that's blown by a winters breeze makes your nose fall off from radioactivity, Snow flakes waltzing accost the great planes where once were cars and even trains. By Paul Bryant ANGER Anger just eats you up, makes you burn inside When it grabs a hold of you, can even make you cry All consuming powerful, Dynamic in its way And if here I want to be, The anger cannot stay Anger sneaks up on you, Hits you from behind Even though you know it's there, from it you cant hide I have only found two ways, to stop it in its' tracks ignore it and it'll go away, or go on the attack But now I've found a better way, I hope it's here to stay Just love the one who made you mad, it'll blow the anger away By Paul Bryant ODE TO A DONUT Powdered or jelly or lightly glazed These little delights are what I crave Morning night or afternoon Any time is never to soon I love them buy they don't me The more I eat the bigger I'll be By Paul Bryant DAY PASSES My mind runs over the days that's gone From trials to troubles and well beyond Listening and learning from all I see Not knowing how each will turn out to be Each an experience unique to it's self Cataloged by life and put on a shelf As each day, passes by Older we get and harder we try But try we may and try we might Tomorrow is always out of sight Once passed for ever gone Except in our memory where it plays on By Paul Bryant COFFEE Coffee swirling in my mug Way to hot to chug a lug The warmth spreads as it goes down In the kitchen or down town Coffee here coffee there A little caffeine to get me where My eyes don't droop or fall asleep A pick me up that can't be beat Some like instant some like perked Every one knows its' worth The time it takes to make a cup If you need a pick me up By Paul Bryant Viet Nam War Vexed by precepts I don't comprehend Even when lived over and over again Understanding is out of my grasp Of how every war is always the last It seems when a war has been over a while We forget the warriors who fought some how When the war is over, they begin To treat us like were less than men The reasons we fought are to each his own We just wanted to be welcomed home Given back our pride you took away With the hatred you showed us in every way By Paul Bryant TALE This is a tale, that needs to be told You must learn this lesson, before you grow old Cause the older you get, the less you believe In your worth as a person, A part of humanity But all contribute, To society as a whole It matters not, If your young or old The old have the wisdom, and knowledge of years The young have innocence, And can still cry tears From cradle to grave, And all in between we're a product, of everything we've seen By Paul Bryant HUSBANDS & WIVES A friend and a lover, A confidant A buddy a pal, That's what you want Someone to share, your inner most thoughts Even when it's, Heart aches you've got Troubled or sad, Feeling quite blue Some one to lean on, To help pull you through Pulling together, When times get rough Even a kind word, Can be enough Feeling your pain, When expressed with a hug Telling you your wrong, when you are with love By Paul Bryant Just a Thought Some are, Others are not Some wanna be, But a lot can not Some should be, and have no desire To face life, and be a live wire But some know, There's no where to go Down the dark, Stumbling road Ending in a hole, six feet by six So all through life, There playing tricks By Paul Bryant MAN Some believe in the luck of the draw I don't believe in luck at all It's not luck that man is around With knowledge to make cities and towns Some say from apes man did evolve Around this assumption science revolves They don't acknowledge our God who is true That created the heavens and earth for you They don't believe that there could be A power that's greater than them you see When there life on earth they complete With wonder a loving God they will meet By Paul Bryant TOMORROW Tomorrow never comes or so I'm told But if that were so we'd never grow old Never a sunrise or moon lit night Or even a rose in bright sun light Caterpillars wouldn't change, Into butterflies If this were so, I think I would die With the morrow comes a lesson, And inside we do yearn To make each day different, With every hour burned By Paul Bryant DRUNK Here I sit on the edge of my bed All hung over holding my head Haven't been sober since I don't know when Don't even know where I've been Tequila and salt white wine and beer Can't remember how I got here A hair of the dog to start out the day Seems like it's all ways been this way Each day is different, But still the same When I wake up, In even more pain Don't know why I'm this way Why in the bottle I seem to stay My friends were drunks, And their friends were too I don't know why, maybe you do If you do , I wish you'd explain Then maybe from the bottle I could refrain By Paul Bryant USE ?N LOSE I used to get high, Just to feel alive Because I felt worthless, and dead inside Empty and hollow, full of pain every one around me, felt the strain Drank up the groceries, snorted the house Never really knew, what life was about My children couldn't bring, their friends around Cause daddy didn't care, In what shape he was found My children made excuses, The wife she made threats But I didn't care, I wasn't ready yet Steadily down hill, spiraling I went Till my family "N Friends ?N money were spent I know this reads like a Hollywood tale But drugs are a bitch and life with them's hell Now here I sit, I'm all alone I have no family no friends no home So listen closely, Listen long Don't do drugs they'll do you wrong By Paul Bryant MIRROR LAKE Situated in a hollow of land mirror lake makes you hart beat the band It has a rare compelling beauty, of this I'm quite sure A nice place to study and a whole lot more Sunlight reflects from the water so bright, dazzling in day light, romantic at night Some come to study, some come to kiss Not one of these sights has the lake ever missed One of these days when you're so blue That the world seems to come crashing down around you Walk to the lake, maybe two by two With a friend or a lover, anyone will do sit and reflect in the waters deep hue Your friend will feel better, and so will you By Paul Bryant INSIDE: A feeling rising deep inside, Quivering quake a rising tide Ebbing from a unknown source, Arriving at a unused port Springing forth without a doubt, The likes of witch there's been a drought Never missing what's never been, They all spill out and start again The hearts' dam has over flown, I thought these feelings I'd out grown Never knowing what others see, I'll have to start just being me Others my not understand, Some times crying , Breaks, or Makes, A Man By Paul Bryant DAY PASSES: My mind run over the day that's' gone From trials to troubles and well beyond listening and learning from all I see Not knowing how each will turn out to be Each an experience unique to its' self As each day passes by Older we get and harder we try But try we may and try we might Tomorrow is always out of sight Once passed for ever gone Except in our memory where it plays on By Paul Bryant ANSWERS: Answers, answers, Where do I go To find the answers, That no body knows If there's no answers, Then why do I try I guess it's because, I don't wanna die And die I will, If I go on Traveling in circles, Like I've always gone Maybe the answer, Is within my self Searching for answers, that haft to be felt Could the Questions, Be the Answers I seek I don't know, I'll just wait and see I"m taking a journey, Down deep inside But will I like, What there I find And if I don't, Then what do I do Fight with my self, In my minds hidden room Wrestle and grapple and look from with in And find there the answers, Where they've always been By Paul Bryant For my, the love of my life, Glenda Bryant We have, been wed, for 20 years sometimes laughter, and, sometimes tears A little anger, but, a lot of love and humility, we learned, from God above Children three, from our love, did spring with them, all, that parenting brings Teaching them, together, our life lessons learned of love and god, and for righteousness, to yearn Loved ones have died, and new lives, were born on each others shoulders, those tears, were worn Some heart aches we've shared, we kept, from the world in our hearts only, did those emotions, unfurl Twin decades have passed, but twas, just yesterday I first held your hand, and this, I did say This is my wife, and to her, shall I cleave and together, through life, our journey shall be You're the only woman, I loved, and adore and only god, did I ever, love more But, on this earth, there never shall be a woman, I love, more than thee When my heart, be stilled, the final journey I take into gods bosom, for you, there to wait And wait, I will, till there you join me then together, shall, we ever be By Paul Bryant