Guildford Windley

The Lily pad
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The Lily pads upon the water
In a small pond, they float
Like small clouds in the sky lazily floating by
A world full of problems fades, as you lay on the ground in the shade of the weeping willow tree
To sit on the grassy mound above the shore
On a sunny afternoon with but a few clouds to dot the otherwise clear day I find myself lost in trance watching the birds come in
Landing on the water with a little splash, looking for food and a place to rest
Ducks and geese plenty playing among cattails and the reeds,
All they sing and fill the air with the sounds happiness
Water lilies layout before you, as if Monet Had dab the oils and had painted this beautiful day.
In the distance, you can see the old arch bridge that crosses the quite lily lake, and you can see the travelers as they make their way across heading for their destination to busy not to notice or even pausing to see the beauty that lies before their face
Here is a world at peace, where all sorts of creatures come to play and drink
If I had my way, on the bank I would stay, a portrait lost in time
A painting, I would be, a painting by Monet
Guildford H Windley
May 3, 2019

The Song that Beats within my Heart
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The song beat in my heart
Beats a sad note to hear
The world that was so beautiful
Not so beautiful anymore
In a world of so much hate and racial divide
A world cold to those who are now marginalized
In a world where women, have to fight for their equal rights
My heart beats, with a song of sadness, of this place
The plant we call home
Where we turn the land that was once so good, now into barren earth the soil so poison
The air no longer can we breathe, for the smokestack of the cars and factories that billowing smoke does climb that air at one time was so fresh and clear
The water once pure no longer do we drink, for the poisons we flushed into them, the rivers and the creeks
Then the corporations have the gall to charge you for bottled water that you need
We did all this to make things that break within a week
So off to landfills do we seen this stuff we spent the time to create
More junk, more land do we need, but no places for the poor to sleep
No housing or a place to go, heartless are the answers for which the power gives, drive the homeless out is their solution
But much of the homeless are those who work, but the income that they make does not a living do they get
Sure there are those on the down and out who suffer from addiction and a mental condition, they need a helping hand, not the scorn of others and most of these here folks you wish to kick about, were at one time our countries fighter
We sent them off to war on a distant shore the person you see laying on the ground, unkempt and of foul smell is the shell of the body, the person who they were is still off on some distant shore in that god damn war
My heart does not sing a tune for the tears run from my face for the tragedy that we face
America, in some eyes maybe great to them, but what they see is greed to most human beings
We plunder and bomb the people we hate, and then extract their wealth
We overthrow the government and replace them for our own dictators and then have the gall to lecture the people on democracy all the while we’re an oligarchy
When people flee their home because of violence and poverty and seek a better life
They come to our shores, but what do we do
We tell them to go away our doors are closed
Yes we took your wealth, but we don’t want you
My heart is sad to think of the evil in our land
A war machine that keeps the wealthy rolling in the money, while we waste the youth on fighting
For wars that are never ending
Where corruption rules the day, a government that stacks the deck against the common man
A place where corporations do what they want and pay no heed to the people they steal and rob and no taxes do they pay
All the big shots send their money to their offshore accounts, their billionaires but when it comes to taxes they have taken a vow of poverty
The America I wish to see, take a new road where we are actually free where people matter more than riches
Where we can breathe clean air and drink, sweet water
The food we eat won’t actually poison us
A place where my heart can rejoice with a new beginning
A song that I can share of a world with hope and not despair
For a world at peace, with love and respect for all no matter who they were
This is the song I want my heart to sing
Guildford H Windley
April 28, 2019

The Crash
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h the air we breathe
The food we eat
The water we drink
The education that makes us thinks
The places we work or the places we play
The roads, bridges, and buildings
The various modes of transportation
Banking, insurance, medical and corporate practice
Communications and social media
In fact, all that could affect us, all we need to trust
Once were regulated, now they are not
Gone, they will go down in history, those federal agencies
FDA the environment, education, labor and others that we relied on
The Republican says look what we have done
We have freed up capitalism, cut their taxes we are going strong
But at what price have we given to them
As their profits soar and we can’t trust them anymore
Cut cost and pollute, don’t care what goes into the food
The air fills with toxic particles water you can’t drink
Will sell you water at a price and will overcharge you in fact
Our country facing global warming the big shots could care less
Yes the economy is moving along, but the deficit soars
Demands from the right to cut out entitlements do away with Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
No more unemployment, no more welfare
All will be gone as the people cheer the wealth will increase for the rich
Then as sure as there is a sun in the sky, the economy will fall
When the dust clears, it’s 1934.
Guildford H Windley
April 23, 2019

I Feel So Small
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One night as I looked up at the stars
It occurred to me how small I really must be
There up in the sky were trillions upon trillions of stars
Who knows how many, there is more than anyone will ever see
We live on a small planet, in a small solar system, one not of importance in the scheme of things
In fact, there are planets so big they could swallow our Sun and all the planets and still have room
When you put this all together, one can see why
I question my own existence, for what is my life
What if I never was? What if there was no me
How would the world change without little me?
For one thing that I know those who dislike me
Those looked down on me, who judges me so
Those that cared for me, and those who loved who I am
All these people and those who could care less
Will, if I never exist, would their life be amidst
For without my life, the footsteps that I walked would never show
All the lives that I affected for good or bad would be changed for we would never meet
What if I never was?
My wife would not be my wife, someone else would have the love she now gives to me
Also all my children their lives would not be and in the course of time, so many lives would so change.
All because, a little clog, like me, never was
When you think about the enormity of space and of time itself
Just reflect on this, if there were no stars or light to use for reference, just total darkness of space, there would be no time
For, time is a state of mind, without a reference it does not exist
So with that in mind, think of this no matter how small you feel
To all, that you see like time itself, you’re a reference
So it goes for each and everyone one of us no matter how small we see our self, we were meant to be
Just like time, there is a reason, just like space without a beginning, one without ending
No matter how big the universe, it’s still the little things that count
Remember this, my friend, for want of an atom; there would be no Universe at all.
Guildford H Windley
April 21, 2019

I Feel So Small
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One night as I looked up at the stars
It occurred to me how small I really must be
There up in the sky were trillions upon trillions of stars
Who knows how many, there is more than anyone will ever see
We live on a small planet, in a small solar system, one not of importance in the scheme of things
In fact, there are planets so big they could swallow our Sun and all the planets and still have room
When you put this all together, one can see why
I question my own existence, for what is my life
What if I never was? What if there was no me
How would the world change without little me?
For one thing that I know those who dislike me
Those looked down on me, who judges me so
Those that cared for me, and those who loved who I am
All these people and who could care less
Will, if I never exist, would their life be mist
For without my life, the footsteps that I walked would never show
All the lives that I affected for good or bad would be changed for we would never meet
What if I never was?
My wife would not be, someone else would have the love she now gives to me
Also all my children their lives would not be and in the course of time, so many lives would so change.
All because, a little clog, like me, never was
When you think about the enormity of space and of time itself
Just reflect on this, if there were no stars or light to use for reference, just total darkness of space, there would be no time
For, time is a state of mind, without a reference it does not exist
So with that in mind, think of this no matter how small you feel
To all, that you see like time itself, you’re a reference
So it goes for each and everyone one of us no matter how small we see our self, we were meant to be
Just like time, there is a reason, just like space without a beginning, one without ending
No matter how big universe, it’s still the little things that count
Remember this, my friend, for want of an atom; there would be no Universe at all.
Guildford H Windley
April 21, 2019

She Is the One
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Feel the wind blowing in your face; it is her touch that you embrace
Feel the rain as it falls from up above it’s her tears of love
Look into the mirror do you see, who holds the key to your inner being
It’s her face like an etching burned into the recesses of your mind that’s where it dwells and holds it spell upon your thoughts
She there, right beside you each night do you see her, in your eyes
She’s every woman that can be
She’s every woman that you’ll ever need
She picks you up when you down, she knows just what you need to make you whole, to make you complete
For she is every woman, but she is all the woman that you need
You find yourself bewildered and confused under the spell she has on you
For she is every woman, but she is all the woman that you need
Your life is what you make of it, but she the one who makes that life complete
For she is every woman, but she is all the woman that you need
You may try to run but it’s you won’t get far, the urge that burns within you, is her tender love all aglow as it rages in your heart
Soon you back at her side knowing there is no place to hide, the spell she has on you, you know it keeps you satisfied
For in her loving arms is all that you desire
For she is every woman, but she is all the woman that you need
You look into her eyes, deep down within her soul you’ll see the truth that she bestows
Like a foggy mist that wraps around you, you’ll find your balance is lost, no compass to guide you
There is nowhere to run, there is nowhere to hide
As the power of her charms takes hold, her soul and yours are now one, the peace you seek you now have found
For, in the end, you know the truth
She is every woman
But she is the one, and only one that your soul was created for
She is every woman this is true, but she is the only woman that you’ll ever need!
Guildford H Windley
April 20, 2019