My Computer Said No
I thought a contest
I would enter
That would put my name
Front and center
But alas and woe
When I did a word count
My computer said no
But my heart said yes
I knew I had written
Words that would leave
The reader smitten
My computer still said no
But my heart said yes
The world of the writer
Is not one of rules
That are easily read
In a vision my heart spoke
I stood at the water’s edge
Watching the waves fall
A sensuous lover
Embracing most boldly
The silent rocks
Who one day will speak
Thanking the sea
Who will weep
At the beauty of the moment
And I
I stood at the water’s edge
And let the sea talk to me
It told of love
It held my soul
I breathed
And the memory
Washed over me
Would this be blasphemy
Would the word count
Be called a false accumulation
I hoped not and traveled on
Shall we dance
Shall our fingers touch
Shall our hearts beat
Shall our minds meet
Shall we dance
Like the rain
Upon the window
Like a kiss
Upon the lips
Shall we dance
Till the morning sun
Touches our skin
Till the evening moon
Calls upon the stars
Shall we dance
Shall we tremble
At every move
Shall we leave the shore
And swim to sea
Shall we dance
There was a beginning
To their Love
It started
When her eyes met his
The rain dancing
All around their bodies
Their love was alive
In a ring of fire
Shall we dance
They walked on the waves
That touched at the shore
Where they danced
Dancing in the sand
The sun flying through her hair
The moon shining in her eyes
The waves crashing at her door
Dancing in the sand
A carnival of life
A holiday of dreams
Latin blood all astir
Dancing in the sand
Footprints chasing each other
To the rhythm of the sea
Washed clean to start again
Shall we dance
The wind stirs a tropical breeze
The palm trees wave to me
Eyes laughing
We dance in the sand
The dance of love
Again my computer said no
So for a walk
I did go
I went looking for a mermaid
I took my suntan lotion
It was at the seashore
Waves of illusion everywhere
I went looking for a mermaid
I took my suntan lotion
The edge of the sand
The tide as low as can be
She smiled and talked with me
Our feet within the sea
I am looking at a mermaid
I have my suntan lotion
On an island
That wasn’t there
She could be found
Only when the tide allows
I went looking for a mermaid
I took my suntan lotion
The sea shell to my ear
The mariachi band
Guided me to her
My home she said
I was looking at an angel
I had my suntan lotion
Wave after wave
The sand gives way
We float as we kiss
Her touch softer than soft
I went looking for a mermaid
I took my suntan lotion
We walk and the waves talk
Past islands that used to be
The Sun bakes the sand
The tide says we must part
I went looking for a mermaid
I took my suntan lotion
Mermaid Island disappears
Tomorrow I will look
Past Starfish Bay
On an island that isn’t there
I went looking for a mermaid
I took my suntan lotion
Home again
I counted the words
My computer said no
One vision from the soul
And you have reached the goal
Swirling amongst the echoes
Of cascading underground worlds
I descend upon a scene of brilliant light
And hear the humming of mighty windpipes
To see the solitary figure
Playing the ever-pulsing heartbeat of life
And one could tell
That all was well
With him
Cast under this moment
Of spell
For the sights he played
He played so true
That the colors in front of my eyes
Changed from yellow to blue
And through this vision of translucent hue
I saw the hummingbird
Making the whole dream true
As he danced his way from my heart to you
Yes you
To whom my story is sent among
Look deep into the words
And see a dream that is equal of you
Of songs that whisper
Memories of places long behind
And you
Who only want to love for equal in return
Must let your mind cast back awhile
To a man who played a style
That was
The whispering of the angels in the song
But how far it is we have traveled
From our piping stating place
For now the colors change
Through blue to red
And from the fires
Deep within the cavern low
The man is playing softly
To a song
That sets the heart aglow
With embers of emotions
Past but not forgotten
For with each note that is played
Another heart-breath is taken
And saved
But look
From between the shores
Comes the message of cold
As bolts of white light tingle my soul
As the winds of time leave me
I slide downwards
Into a legendary flow
Where the beauty of the snowbird
Shows icen worlds
Frozen beneath us all
But hold
Now a sound I do see
Of the gold the man is playing
In his song called destiny
As she winds her way around
The craggy crystals of life
And melts a world beside the sea
Where silently I float
Past the stars
Into the song
The man has played so long
Into this vacuous palace
Of sleeping heroes
Long rejoiced
And loved ones alive
But fading fast
Wither not
Oh flowers to truth's dream
For you who blossom
To show your beauty
Will be the singers of the song
So when the waves
And the wind
Do tune accord
Then you will see
The path walked by the Lord
With its curling cresting sighs
Tumbling at your sides
And looking down
Is but the mirror of Eternity
Whilst above
Shines all the love
To make any of this be
Tony Waterfall
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