Betty She disagrees with me She shows me She lets me see She believes in me She knows me She sees thru me What she hides She shows only me And I know And I can see The woman Nobody knows Betty Lives to be free By: Roger Harkness
Betty She disagrees with me She shows me She lets me see She believes in me She knows me She sees thru me What she hides She shows only me And I know And I can see The woman Nobody knows Betty Lives to be free By: Roger Harkness
Before This I once walked in another place A place of security A place I did not want to leave My head looked down I was afraid of what I seen down there No, I can’t go down there I cried I pleaded He put his hand on my shoulder Everything will be okay It’s time for you to go… (more…)
Be How do the trees grow Nobody seems to know The flowers die Nobody knows why As the bricks are laid People are paid Nothing is ever made It is said we’re playing in a pool of blood The flowers are gone It’s going to flood We have become the mud This can’t be I’ve got to get out and… (more…)
Be What You Are Be good where you’re at People will love you at that But don’t say If I were Or if it was Then you’re on the shelf Fooling yourself Wherever you’re at Be good at that You are not what that other person it Cannot be good At something you’re not Be who you are And be… (more…)
Be Humble My Friend Millions of us stand upon the face of this earth From this earth we were born To this earth we all return Be careful not to put yourself up high Becoming blind to your origination Just a creation That ‘s all we are Don’t become blind Expecting others to pay homage to you I tell you… (more…)
From: Across the country — from the halls of Congress to state capitols to Coal River Mountain — people are coming together to stop mountaintop removal coal mining and to work towards a clean energy future for America. Some stories we wanted you to know about: Earlier this month, the New York Times published a roundup of news reports of… (more…)
Attitude If positive feelings are allowed to flourish Negative feelings will not If negative feelings are allowed to flourish Positive feelings will not We are the creators of our own attitudes By: Roger Harkness ***************** Another one of my little lazy poems. I probably wrote this in Antarctica in the late 80s when I was writing three to five poems… (more…)
As A Child This is a great big world So much to feel So much to learn All I want to do is have fun A rainbow is magnificent A dark pit has something to be feared I just want to explore Learning to dance I love to sing Wishing everyone was my friend Everybody can’t have everything Toys aren’t… (more…)
Are We Sure I know You know So what do we say Lets talk about the weather Because we’re really not sure Whether or not We know If we’re not sure Why do we believe I say no I don’t know But will listen to perceive Leaves fall from the tall From a wind above And love Do you You… (more…)
We really should not be so hung up on breast feeding, I mean, we really shouldn’t, there is no logic to it. We allow children to play violent games where they pretend to shoot and kill others and think nothing of it, yet breast feeding a most beautiful with such great holistic potential and so many shun with shame, I’m… (more…)