For My Mother
I can’t save time in a bottle,
or say I love you in a song.
The feelings are too complex,
The emotions far too strong.
I cannot comprehend it
Cannot find the words to say.
But were it not not for you, Mom
I would not be here today.
So for all the times you loved me,
When I would only push away.
For all the times you held me up,
and kept the darkness at bay.
I may not always show it,
But know that this is true.
For everything you give me
Mom, I love you.
Happy Birthday Mom. 🙂
-Shaman Romney 2014
Myself and I
Here I am, beside my self,
And I decide to see.
If I can have a conversation,
between I and me.
It shouldn’t be too difficult,
I’m such a clever guy
It should be a great discourse
Between me and I.
I turn and look me in the eye,
Open my mouth to speak.
But then I find I’m saying
The exact same thing as me.
I try to get a word in
But I speak before I can.
I cannot say a thing;
Cannot interrupt this man.
I finally stop to listen
only now I see
That I’ve also gotten quiet,
To listen up for me.
And so I do this back and forth
Until I’ve had enough.
We both start to wish,
that I would just give up.
And so I have decided
silence is my best course.
I’ve learned that speaking to myself
is something i shouldn’t force.
Shaman Romney 2014
I look into the mirror,
and look into my eyes
staring back at me
Staring back at me
I see a man of strength,
confidence and life
staring back at me
staring back at me
I see a child, alone
crying to the world
staring back at me
staring back at me
I see a spark of life,
A universe contained
staring back at me
staring back at me
I see a being
sum of all parts.
staring back at me
staring back at me
I see myself,
staring back at me.
Shaman Romney 2014
Today I saw my past
Flicker by, a memory
Today I saw my past
drifting towards antiquity
Tomorrow, shall I see
today as just another dream?
Tomorrow is today;
Another future memory.
-Shaman Romney 2014
Shame on The Universe 