Chris Winfield

"Down where the drunkards lie In the wind-swept gutter I stoop to retrieve my soul Lost when I dealt with the devil The Satanic Lord offered me riches Beyond even my dreams of avarice Restored youth a..."

"You said you loved me You know you did That day when we Talked for hours You said that now I should know that All your words were true Did I believe you? Or Were your words like Water through a siev..."

"I call upon the heavens above The stars and planets too To guide me in my quest for love, Hopefully leading to you. Blackbird, sparrow, hawk and dove Birds of every hue Please sing and shout To tell ..."

"Night draws its dark cloak over me As I sit by the dying cinders I weep for what would never be A vision of you still lingers. I sang a lullaby for you When you lay in your bed at night You laug..."

"I lie in my bed and see The green bellybutton monster looking at me He tickles me toes Then moves to my nose He's me bedtime friend you see. I found him one night There was something not right ..."

"I dream of you in my bed at night Dreaming of you holding me tight Kissing my pillow instead of your lips Drinking your love with gentle sips Wanting to hold you so close to me Knowing our love w..."

"My heart bleeds for you everytime you go away My heart sings for you whenever you are near I love you with a love so true I love you each and every hour My body aches to have you here But you are dist..."

"Lonely people Meeting, passing, never touching Always needing, wanting, never finding Lonely people. Crying, laughing, searching until the end Lonely people. Looking for love, peace of mind Sec..."

"Why can’t you see? That you’d be good with me? Need, want, love must be possible Wanting, needy, me for you. Soul mates reaching across the ether To out-distance the distance Which separates us...."

"If to God we cannot turn in times of trouble, times of stress Who, then will comfort us in our deep distress? Bringing peace to the anxious mind Calm to the heavy heart He surrounds us with his lo..."

"Peanut here's my poem to you you set my heart a flutter Oh peanut, dear peanut why can't you be As gay and as mad as a nutter? Your tragic end just has to be In a jar of crunchy butter. Written Novemb..."

"The shadow hides the pain On the faces by the grave He will never laugh again Nor will he shout and rave. His hidden secret life His abuse of son and wife. Will never now be told, Not even when they’r..."

"Everybody is lonely sometime Everybody is blue How can I be lonely When I've got you? When you are here I'm alive When you are gone Desolation Grief is mine How can I live apart from you? Writ..."

"When war comes I shall sit down and sing About the ones we lost so long ago And the ones we are losing now When Peace comes As it surely will I will stand up and shout Of victory for the losers..."

"The dawn, the dusk and scent-filled day Serve to remind what Was nearly thrown away Down dales and vales up hills and moors Glad thanks go out To those of mine and yours Who died that day Stay ..."

"Do I walk the narrow path? Looking for contentment Seeking happiness Resisting temptations Or should I wander the winding way Succumbing to pleasure? Does the winding way lead to your door? Or ..."

"When I'm alone my thought turn to death Not mine but yours I see you lying on the table White, flaccid, pallid, uninteresting But I'm not crying, 'cos I've icicles in my heart I didn't see you as liv..."

"When I'm alone in my bed Images arise in my head Of time unknown And words unspoken Lies untold and Vows unbroken Written December 2nd, 2001 © on Dec 01 2001 11:14 PM PST   0 • 1"

"The rain blots the landscape As my tears blot this page Although you're never with me We are never far apart I carry you with me hidden deep in my heart Nothing will ever part us No-one can come betwe..."

"Soft, soft and never dawning Night creeps on. Silent, strong The dark one roams over lake And road, fallow field and river long And winding. Black as velvet until Morning breaks slowly upon The fresh ..."

"The night made white by falls of snow The Child looks down on the scene below. Around the fire the people throng, Raising their voices in seasonal song. Their laughter fills His heart with glee, ..."

"I have a thing to do I have a thing to say I never meant to hurt you Please don't leave me this way. I'd climb a mountain for you I'd paint the sky above. I'll run a marathon for you, my love. ..."

"The letter on the doormat lies Stained with tears, full of sighs. Returned love letters are so sad Our life together wasn’t all bad. My love to you on every page Hoping to assuage your rage. Ret..."

"“Your servant Lady,” the young man said, As he knelt before her bowing his head. “Arise Sir Knight,” she proffered her hand But he remained kneeling not daring to stand. “Arise Sir Knight, I need ..."

"I remember the magic of my early life While you remember betraying your wife You taught me how to shoot and fish And I’d obey your every wish. In my teenage years you were lost to me Now you’ll be gon..."

"Through out the long darkness Stay with me my love Touching, gently touching Stay with me , my love Side by side we lay Stay by me, my love. In brightness we awoke Stay with me, my love He stirs, He ..."

"I am the wise fool You met yesterday A fool for you A wise man to resist Forgotten feelings fill My heart, tired but refreshed Young but old, seeing you I love but hate Hate but love you Written Febru..."

"Life is long and deadly Death is short and swift Life is death Death is long and Life is folly Folly and fun Death is solid, reliable Dependant So why prefer life? Written February 10th, 2002 © on F..."

"The Leaf falls dying, Sparrow brown Moving in the wind Of passing cars Twisting, writhing, tattered Torn vein from vein By savage wheels Once green and vital now dying Lies the leaf. Written February..."

"Little kitten small and brown Watch her tumble and fall down Shaky legs and squeaky meow Sinks to happy dreaming now Mother’s licked clean her fur She settles down begins to purr Small round tummy fil..."

"Wolf is my dog he’s mainly black I tickle his tummy while he’s on his back He knows a few tricks, like “sit” and “die” And he really appreciates home baked pie! He wags his tail and breaks a glass Was..."

"Another lonely Friday night Sitting here, getting tight Drinking doesn’t clear my sorrow The way I feel there’ll be no tomorrow You’re out again, not by yourself It seems you left me on the shelf But ..."