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Lonely Man. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
Severed arms reaching
Eyes pleading
Sat in the dirt forever needing
Beggar is his name
People have no shame
Forgotten in life
Forever in strife
Lonely man where do you belong?
Known unto God
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Show of splendor Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
Sitting on a riverbank
minding its own business
looking very pretty in its summer dress of symmetry
Catching my eye with its golden petalled blossom
Nodding very happily among the coronopus
Putting on a show of splendor just for me
How can I not love this simple gesture
God in his wisdom great and fearful
Created this perfect little plant to make the world more joyful
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We are Soul. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
We are Soul
Please believe me
Just relax and you will feel me
Whispering to you in your dreams
I am you and you are me
Always together for eternity
We are one
Can't you see
Always forever never apart
Living and loving right from the start
Come let us run for tomorrow awaits
Waking is so very hard to take
You know me in your sleep
But you forget me when you rise
Please believe in me
Just realize
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What is Life. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
This is a 5.7.5 poem
What is life to me?
Life is adventure and free
Seize the moment run
Time. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
Time goes by so slowly
Life goes by so fast
We are just the sand
In a desert so vast
Time is the reaper
We are the corn
Time is so plentiful
when we are born
When we get old
time is the same
But you and I cannot remain
When we are grieving
time is the healer
When we are sleeping
Time has no meaning
When we are dying
Time does no crying
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Love is All. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
This is an Acrostic poem where the first letter on each line make up a word.
L ove is everything to me
O nly people don’t seem to see
V oices from the inner regions
E arnestly telling us to simply care
I nside messages we cannot recognize
S tymied by years of ignorance and greed
A mazing dreams if we could but see
L inked into love through past lives unknown
L et the light shine through to a mind at peace
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What is his name. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
What is his name?
Where are we going?
We are all on a roundabout to somewhere,
Some of us are conscious of something called God.
Some of us are conscious of nothing but greed.
Where will it take us this mental aberration?
Should we sit down and simply surrender?
Should we carry on in ignorant splendor?
Life is so complicated in its striving for riches.
God is so simple if it’s cut back to basics.
Love cannot help if we don’t take the care.
A man told me to give and to share.
But we can’t see the point of working to give.
How can we share if we need money to live?
Who will care for us in our old age?
Surely not a man who thinks he’s a sage.
He’s not here anymore, did he really exist?
I’m sure you won’t find him on anyone’s list.
Simply look inside yourself, don’t be scared.
Call out his name and you will be heard.
What is his name? I hear you say.
Whatever you believe, I say in reply.
So go ahead, don’t be shy.
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What is God, Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
What is God?
Is it the Power?
Or is it a man?
Could it be an Alien?
I like to think it’s a person
But I’m probably mistaken
All the knowledge in the mind
Just makes it harder to define
I’d like to dream and go to heaven
Just to ask to see the boss there
I would ask him why the world is so troubled
He would have to admit it is a muddle
I wouldn’t trouble him with little things like the weather
Although I would ask why people have to die in earthquakes and floods
I’m sure he would understand the needs of a simple man
To want something to believe in besides religion
Religion doesn’t help they are all the same
Professing to be better than the rest is a silly game
I think I’ll get into yoga it might help me pass over to Nirvana
Then I would know all the secrets of the ages just like the sages
And I could share it with everyone and say it was from above
But people would probably laugh at me for telling them to love
So I will just tell you my friend I’m sure you’ll understand
Simply love, that’s all
And now I’ll go to bed
I think it’s for the best and I do need the rest.
Good night.
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Why do I worry. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
Why do I worry so?
Is it my mind that punishes me as soul?
Why can’t I realize and simply live
Do I have to be a do-gooder and forever give?
I want the whole world to grasp the simple truth
That everyone is soul
But they need proof
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Faithfully, Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
Forever searching
Always in need of God
Intellect too high to see
The simple truth for all but me
Hopefully someday I’ll know
Fulfillment in my heart will show
Unlock this hidden door of mine so I may see the truth behind
Love will come in greater splendor
Longing for caring arms so tender
Yearnings rewarded love will be accorded
This is an Acrostic poem. The first letter of each line makes up the word Faithfully.
Wonderful Trees. Copyright Colin James Platt 2014
Wonderful things are trees,
waving about in the breeze,
showing off their color and light,
what a beautiful sight.
Protecting the birds that live high above,
helping the Earth, protecting from flood.
Whether mighty oak or tender sapling grow,
it is up to us and our children to sow.
A tree is like eternity, reaching for the sky,
It can be there when we are born
and there when we die.
From weeping willow to tallest pine,
all the wonderful woods and forests are mine.
My Cat Poem. Copyright Colin James Platt 2014
My cat is so lovable she really makes me humble
She loves to play and cuddle and roll around and tumble
She can look into my soul with those oh so seeing eyes
What does she feel as she licks and cleans her daughter?
I can only say its love, what else?
I watch her as she sleeps, I can see that she dreams
I know she is a soul, just like you and me
Please keep in mind this simple token
That we are all part of God and the chain cannot be broken
End of life.
Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
End of Life, when will it be?
What is life?
Who can tell me?
Surely the church would know
In its high and mighty stature
Towering above the city in splendor
Sharing its love for those in need
Keeping its knowledge from those who read
Forgetting the poor if need be
Remembering the rich for its own greed
Who can explain the unending need of man for God?
Spirit will soar above the spires of men
Destined for who knows where or when
Can man remain upon the Earth
when fire and flood will someday come
We are but seconds in the days of life
Destined to die in mortal strife
God in his wisdom high above
Looks down on us with his perfect love
Thai Dancer. Watercolor
Angel. Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
I have a Guardian Angel
He loves and cares for me
Although I could be mistaken
He could be a she
In dreams it is my mother
When awake it is my wife
When driving he is advising me to care and tend for life
When I was in the army he guided me safety
When I was I Africa he guided me home
To think that he is a man or woman really doesn’t matter
If we could see the truth behind the mirror of illusion would shatter
I know that in reality we are never apart
All I need to believe is that he is in my heart
A Flower is like Heaven.
Copyright Colin J Platt 2014
A flower is like heaven.
It is with us for such a short time.
Although heaven is eternal, it is fleeting.
We cannot grasp the significance sometimes.
We can’t see the truth for the beauty?
Life is a puzzle for sure.
Maybe God wants us to figure it out for ourselves?
But man is a vain creature, he only wants the reachable.
The unreachable is fleeting but still there.
I can see it sometimes in my dreams, reaching out to be grasped.
I sleep, I reach, I grasp, I hold, I wonder, I marvel, I wake, I lose.
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