Stranded

 

Stranded

(A lone voice whispers)

Stranded forever

Everywhere I seem to go

I never knew heartbreak

Could feel this cold

We used to rule our world

Like kings and queens in gold

Laughin’ in the spotlight

With a love we thought would hold

Now the silence got a voice

And it’s calling out your name

Every memory hits different

Now you’re just a flame

(Stranded… stranded…)

Everywhere I go

(Stranded… stranded…)

Missing you the most

I’m stranded forever

Everywhere I go

Now I know heartbreak

Like summer misses the snow

We were fire together

Now I’m out in the cold

Yeah I know heartbreak

Like summer misses the snow

We once sat smiling

So proud to be seen

Living like a movie

Every moment a dream

Now the crown feels heavy

And the throne’s just a ghost

All the love we carried

Is what I miss the most

If I could turn back time

I’d hold you a little more

Now I’m dancing with your shadow

On an empty floor

Everywhere I go

(Stranded… stranded…)

Baby don’t you know

I’m stranded forever

Everywhere I go

Now I know heartbreak

Like summer misses the snow

We were fire together

Now I’m out in the cold

Yeah I know heartbreak

Like summer misses the snow

Maybe love don’t die

Maybe it just fades

Leaves a little light

In the mess we made

And if I find my way

Through the afterglow

I’ll carry your warmth

Even in the snow

I was stranded forever

But I’m learning to grow

Yeah I know heartbreak

Still I won’t let it own my soul

We were fire together

That’s a truth I’ll hold

Even in heartbreak

I found gold in the cold

Found gold in the cold

(Stranded… no more…)

Everywhere I go…

There’s a piece of you…

I’ll always hold…

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

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Morality

 

Senryu

Morality

Like birds on a wire

Praying to embrace some light

Will we watch and learn

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(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

            Senryu are 3-line, unrhymed Japanese poems (often 5-7-5 syllables) focusing on human nature, irony, and humor, rather than nature. Known as "human haiku," they offer witty, sometimes cynical snapshots of daily life and human flaws.

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Relationships

 Relationships 

Senryu

Lost in the chaos

It was never just living 

It was about you

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(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Senryu are 3-line, unrhymed Japanese poems (often 5-7-5 syllables) focusing on human nature, irony, and humor, rather than nature. 

Known as "human haiku," they offer witty, sometimes cynical snapshots of daily life and human flaws.

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Secret Confessions

 

(A lone voice whispers)

You're my book of revelations

Every page, a divine creation

My alpha and my omega

My rebirth through every weather

You’re the rhythm in my heartbeat

Soft and sacred when you hold me

Life and death inside your eyes

Heaven wrapped in your sighs

And if you walk away from me…

Oh girl, what would I be?

If your faith in me is gone…

Tell me how do I go on?

You’re my hope… and my joy

My night… and my day

Don’t you ever drift away

You’re my light… when I’m lost

The only truth I can’t deny

Girl, you’re my reason why

Oh stay… stay… don’t fade away

You’re the song my soul can’t destroy

My hope… my joy…

If you leave, I’d be in shadows

Dancing with my broken echoes

Every prayer would sound your name

Every tear would fall the same

You’re the fire in my silence

The calm within my storm of violence

Only you have ever known

The child inside I’ve never shown

So if in me you don’t believe…

Girl, that’s all I’d ever need

To fall apart, to lose my way…

Don’t let our love just fade to grey…

(C) Copyright John Duffy 

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Transmission

 

The Heart Shaped Tattoo

 

The Heart Shaped Tattoo 

(A lone voice whispers)

Some say

To love and lose

Is still better

To have not heard its love song

Filled with rhythm and blues

And that's why my lost love

I'll always love you

For you once lit a fuse

So beautifully

But fire don’t last forever

When it burns too deep in me

Love don’t fade away

Even when it breaks in two

Time can’t steal the flame

That still leads me back to you

And that's why I'll always treasure

Its heart shaped tattoo

Even if the ink runs faded

Baby, I still feel you

'Cause to me

You'll never ever be old news

No… you’ll never be old news

We danced

Through highs and lows

Like a record spinning stories

Only broken lovers know

Yeah, we lost the melody

But I still hum our tune

Maybe love ain't perfect

But it leaves a mark that stays

And every scar you gave me

Lights a brighter kind of way

Love don’t fade away

Even when it breaks in two

Time can’t steal the flame

That still leads me back to you

And that's why I'll always treasure

Its heart shaped tattoo

Even if the ink runs faded

Baby, I still feel you

'Cause to me

You'll never ever be old news

No… you’ll never be old news

Maybe we were never meant to stay

But you taught my heart how to feel this way

And even if you're gone

Your love made me strong

Now I can love again

Carry on

And that's why I'll always treasure

Its heart shaped tattoo

Not a mark of something broken

But a love I made it through

'Cause to me

You'll never ever be old news

No… you’ll never be old news

You were my rhythm…

Now I found my blues turn gold

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

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The Man in Black

 

Ma chérie

 

Tina MacBride