tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87444489397464275102024-03-08T02:33:01.447-08:00hairlessoneGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744448939746427510.post-23470729877489791262010-10-03T20:49:00.000-07:002010-10-03T21:12:14.666-07:00All the man you ever wanted.....Never has there been a single tear fall from my eyes,<br /><br /> at least when you were looking.<br /><br />There was a method to my madness..<br /><br />.A single tear could start the erosion of all I thought I could be for you.<br /><br /><br /> I wanted to be the strong one.....<br /><br />I wanted, needed, to be all the man you would ever need.<br /><br />I have feelings ..but I dared not show them....<br /><br />To do so would not be manly....to do so would mean my letting go..<br /><br />of what I had fought so hard to keep from you...<br /><br />If I have never be gentle enough with you...<br /><br />blame it on my upbringing...attribute it to the fact of trail and error...I being the loser this time.<br /><br />but .....do not say I did not love you...<br /><br /> I loved you the only way I knew...<br /><br /><br /><br />I Need you ...<br /><br />I want you to know that...when you drift through crowds of unfamiliar smiles,<br /><br />When you are a stranger in a strange land...I need to make sure you understand what,<br /><br />and who you have become in my life.<br /><br />When it seems that all is lost...that no matter what the question...love can be the only answer.<br /><br /> <br /> Gary D. Eaton 3 October 2010Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744448939746427510.post-1079964940654445972010-10-03T20:23:00.000-07:002010-10-03T20:48:00.449-07:00Tulsa Sunrise/Day oneLike a mythical dragon...the sun chewed away the shadows on the tulsa terrain.<br /><br />now, full bellied, contented, he waddles westward....awkwardly across the sky...<br /><br />Had you found me alone....captive in the tulsa twilight...<br /><br />I would have welcomed you my familiar friend....<br /><br />As it happened, I laid indivisable in the arms of one... whose touch was more powerful,<br /><br />...enveloped in a warmth equal to a thousand October suns...<br /><br />I cradel his sleepy smile within my hands.... as you stir from your saturdays slumber.<br /><br />I offer myself up to you...I offer you the pureness of this moment into our lives....<br /><br />A moment sure to convince even tinkerbell ..that wishes do come true..<br /><br /><br /> 25 October 1980 Gary D. EatonGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744448939746427510.post-71445532596004463452010-09-23T21:00:00.000-07:002010-09-23T21:35:56.721-07:00Requiem....In arrogance or ignorance...death touches us all.<br /><br />The familiar smile...a memory now,<br /><br />The strong hands that helped us to our first wobbly stance...those who mold our tomorrows from<br /><br />our yesterdays..Those who taught us how to love by loving us.<br /><br />from what they have taught us...let us teach..<br /><br />Give someone a memory of being loved..<br /><br />For who they were...and what they were for us lives now within us...<br /><br />Within you now lives the strength to help the child take it's first step...<br /><br />Entrenched in your smile is anothers smile...a smile that someone needs.<br /><br />Hand to hand...love is exchanged...<br /><br />The ineviitable awaits us as we wait...The seconds of this life are counted for us....Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744448939746427510.post-41620715439113760632010-09-23T20:41:00.000-07:002010-09-23T20:58:51.327-07:00bondage...tied and boundUntie the ropes..if you notice..I still bear the scars of being tied to someone before.<br /><br />Hard as I have tried..I can't be locked away for the sake of love.<br /><br />I asked for nothing more than for you to love me...as I love you.<br /><br />But once when my back was turned...You tied me to what you expected of me,<br /><br />You bound me to what you thought I should do...If I really loved you.<br /><br />If you want me to walk with you in this life unfolding...I will..<br /><br />But do not expect me to walk inside your footsteps..<br /><br />If you want to know something about me ...ask me...I will not lie to you.<br /><br />I have lied before...and lied again to cover lies...and I won't again..<br /><br />A time or two I lied to myself..and more than once I almost believed...I was,<br /><br />or could become who they wanted me to be for them...instead of myself..<br /><br />If you love me....Don't ask me if I love you....alpha, omega, my love for you is constant.<br /><br /> <br /> Gary D. EatonGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744448939746427510.post-16468939588930074832010-09-23T20:19:00.000-07:002010-09-23T20:29:18.109-07:00Christmas Past...Neon Christmas trees flash strange patterns on the snow,<br /><br />soot laiden footprints carve a planters row in the drifts along what used to be sidewalks.<br /><br />streetcorner Santa's ring out to all the yuletide message of love, hope, peace, goodwill to all men.<br /><br />feed the hungry he cried...help for the needy,<br /><br />...But not one word...for the man alone.<br /><br />No chairity has yet been named...no telathon to bring attention to the man...who has no one.<br /><br /><br /> Gary D. EatonGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744448939746427510.post-82258567635538611892010-09-06T18:19:00.000-07:002010-09-06T19:09:38.127-07:00God Must Be Sleeping.A man stopped me on the street today, shouting god is dead...<br /><br />I Shook my head ....He is only Sleeping.<br /><br />What about the hunger he said...what about the war..what kind of god could let humans<br /><br />ultimatly..destroy themselves and each other...so...god must surely be dead.<br /><br /><br />God is resting now I told the stranger, meerly taking a moment for himself of sorts.<br /><br />Look Up I said,.....Look up..look around you..each sunrise..The Universe..god finest creation.<br /><br />God is meerly resting...Humans I said with all our flaws , faults, and fears..are Gods Masterpiece.<br /><br />God knows our imperfections....and he's o.k. with them for now.<br /><br />But come judgement day..You cannot even imagine an excuse he has not heard.<br /><br />Tears welled up in the strangers eyes....Why has god forsaken me.<br /><br />I have military medals for killing a man..and a Dishonorable Discharge for loving one.<br /><br />Now they want to vote on my rights to marry the person that I Love.<br /><br />I told the Stranger..A god that know's the number of hairs on your head..your before..your after.<br /><br />He has not left you at all...he is meerly sleeping.<br /><br />The stranger turned to walk away...as I recognized him..he was the guy who cut my hair last<br /><br />week...the man who bagged my groceries..he was my brother..a friend..the kid we made fun<br /><br />of on the playground because he could not throw a baseball.<br /><br />God Said...and I heard him.. as he walked away into the crowded sidewalk.....Judgement is mine...love one another..as I love you.<br /><br /><br />Gary D. Eaton 6 September 2010Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008469898722786514noreply@blogger.com0