Hiding in Plan Sight

There are people in this world that 

their sole purpose is to steal your joy, 

to bring a grown man down to feel like a boy.

Do you know what it feel like to carry 

this world`s heaviest burdens on your own,

into adulthood and all on your own till your spirit is gone? 

There are people in this world that 

profess chivalry is dead, 

there are those that have a revolving 

door alongside their bed.

Where do you stand and what is it 

that you stand for, ?

Who`s right, who`s wrong and just who is it that`s

keeping score? 

There are those that wish to tear 

you down, 

there are those that smile for your frown. 

There are those that walk and they are 

those that run,

they are those that dwell in darkness and they are 

those that bask in the sun.

There are those that hide their pain 

with a smile,

they are very few that makes you feel like 

living is worth a while. 

There are those here and there are those there, 

I see demons everywhere .

written by Michael Parker 

My View

There is persistence within the 

soul to be free,

as for me, my joy comes from jumping the

waves as my soul frolics across the sea.

I love to close my eyes and turn 

my face to the sun, 

realization in the mind comes when you notice

there`s no where left to run.

We all pass our time with all the little things 

we do,

we are either taken back or made stronger by 

every little thing we go through.

They say that beauty is in the eye 

of the beholder,

my idea of beauty is changing every day as I grow older, 

the mind will never recognize beauty as long as we allow our 

hearts to grow colder.

I use to wonder what this life is really for,

I let all that go and don`t even care anymore. 

The Tide is high and it`s either sink or swim,

the only thing I fear is hidden deep within.

Come walk with me and hold my hand, 

we`ll pause and write our names among the sand.

Written by Michael Parker 

Garden of Gods

Garden of the Gods is on my mind today, 

just why, no one can say. 

The memories I have of Tennessee flash before my eyes,  

my spirit flies. 

I drift above the memories of all the places we've been,

 all the festivals we've seen. 

There's always been a magic to our love, 

I've always thought that you were sent from above,

 my Eden,  my love. 

Some said that this love wouldn't last, 

and here we are, six years have past. 

Where would we be and what would we have done, 

without ending up here in the valley of the sun. 

The ocean whispers my name,

 I hope you hear the same. 

Peace is something we create and not something to be found, I miss you every moment you're not around. 

Thank you for your love and patience through the times when I was lost and blind, 

thank you for your understanding when I wasn't so kind. 

Nothing lasts forever and someday everything will come to an end, 

while I'm still alive, I want to thank you for being my darlin, my lover, my everything, and especially my friend. 

The ocean's waves will always reach for the shore, 

I will be yours, forever more. ~Your Micheal~ 

To the most beautiful woman in the world, my Eden.