If My Love Were Water . . .

by Thomas M. Pender

If my love were water

            It could rain upon the world

            Such to rival the Great Flood of Noah

If my love were feathers

            It could fill a pillow for each time you rest your head

            Until the stars no longer exist

If my love were pebbles

            It could overwhelm the ocean floor

            And replace the world’s waters with seas of stone

And if my love were pennies

            Such a number would have to be created

            To equal its earthly value

But since my love is only emotion

            Which cannot be measured but in sighs and glances

            I shall resort to such silliness as words

            To attempt to measure my love for you

written by t. michael pender  5/8/91

copyright 1991 T. Michael Pender.  All rights reserved.

Fools And Kings

by Thomas M. Pender 

With a title inspired by a Billy Joel line, this was a poem from a transitional phase, in which I was talking myself into coming out of my shell and learning to say what I felt and wanted.  I wasn't quite there yet, but I was very close. . . .

 

If I am labeled a Fool

For speaking my heart

Then I hold my head high

And speak for all Fools

For Kings have high rank

And shining adoration

While the Fools are shunned

And ignored

Yet

Were I to remain silent

And let you leave

Without knowing I care

I would merely be a silent Shadow

By voicing my emotion

And my honest affection

I may risk ridicule

But I have survived ridicule

For one day

My honest proclamation

Will catch a dream

And that love

Will make this Fool

A King

written by t. michael pender  10/29/86

copyright 1986 T. Michael Pender.  All rights reserved.