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Best Poems From
GREENWOLFE 1962
(MARCH 23, 1951)
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I Have Not Lived My Life Alone
I have not lived my life alone
Lonely though I be.
I'm satisfied, just as I am,
To share the world with thee.
No one knows, and I won't tell,
The truth about our lives;
And how it is I've managed to
Make sure our love survives.
I have been told today of you,
And of your latest trial.
And so it was, I once again,
Stared lonely at your smile.
It made me think that once again
It's time to shed a tear.
Ere I should lose them all at once
If you should leave me here.
And so I turned the little valve
So they would flow a bit.
And prayed to God He'd see my pain,
And take some note of it.
It's in this way, though far apart,
I'm still quite near to you.
For when I cry, I feel again;
My love, all through and through.
In sharing in your joy or pain,
Though oh so far apart;
I still can feel the warmth and love
That lies within your heart.
So I shall shed a tear or two,
And keep the rest at bay.
I'll surely need them all at once,
Should you depart one day.
The only hope for my escape,
From drowning in their flow.
Is leaving soon enough; that I'll
Have left, before you go.
Only God, in mercy knows;
What this life has in store.
Whenever this one ends for us.
I'll pray, we'll share, one more.
GREENWOLFE 1962
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38.
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If You Would Only
If you would only call me once ,
And write a letter too ;
It might just end the pain I feel
That comes from loving you .
If you would only be my friend ,
And when you see me smile ;
You'd bring me happiness unbound
And make my life worthwhile .
If you would only come one time ,
And sit down by my side ;
I'd tell you things you'll never hear
That others choose to hide .
If you would only hold my hand ,
As I prepare to go ;
And kiss my cheek one final time ,
That's all I'd have to know .
Yes , all I need from you my dear
Is just to know you care ;
Then I'll have joy for all my life
And still have some to spare .
Then with such joy, I'll surely be
Delivered from my plight ;
And go to sleep , contented then
To sleep alone at night .
Yes , if you did these simple things ,
That's all I would require ;
Then I could live without it quenched ,
The love that I desire .
GREENWOLFE 1962
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Imagined Love
You can find imagined love
Right there between the lines.
It's surely there when transported
Into our hearts and minds.
It still emerges vaguely,
Until you give it life.
It's only then, when flourishing,
It causes pain and strife.
You never can return it.
Nor can it be replaced.
It seems to disappear at once,
With both blind souls disgraced.
I do not choose to give you
Another soul's torment.
So I'll just ask you kindly dear,
Don't change the words I meant.
They are not written vaguely.
Nor can I thus conceive,
Of how you can imagine them;
The things, you now believe.
So, just remember truly,
Though it's the one you see;
Don't focus on imagined love,
The only love from me.
GREENWOLFE 1962
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Jake , The Rounder
They called him Jake , The Rounder ,
He did just as he pleased .
He always made a legend of
The life through which he breezed .
He played each game a plenty
And always won his share .
But it was at a hustler's game
His legend came to bear .
He took ole Stanley Moses
For quite a wad one night .
As Moses thought he had him beat ,
But it was Rounds all right .
Jacob Brooks had met a girl
And tried to make a play .
Then Rounder found them both alone
Just at the break of day .
Rounder's girl , or so he claimed ,
Would never stray again .
And Jacob Brooks was never seen .
Where did he go back then ?
Janie Clark was next to run
Afoul of Rounder's games .
They found her in an ole creek bed ,
Said killed by Corey James .
Rounder took ole Perry Smith
For one and forty two .
All that good ole Perry had .
He died , that's all we knew .
Rounder next met Mickey Starr
At Simpson's Bar and Grill .
And rounder might have lost that night ,
But he gave Starr a pill .
I don't think he ever knew ,
And no one dared to say .
And who would be the first to get
In Jake The Rounder's way ?
Rounder ruled the bars back then .
Most closed now , as you know .
But Jake sure left the only way
A man like him should go .
There he was , next to a tree
One cold December day .
His body blistered by the heat
Of branding irons , they say .
You may wonder who it was
That left him as he be .
I guess it's time I tell the truth .
His girlfriend , Jane , and me .
GREENWOLFE 1962
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