Poems From The Heart of Wayne Hoss

  Love is trusting

  Not just thrusting

  Love is something that cannot be bought

  It is one thing that must be earned and caught

  Love is what I have for you

  And I wish you felt for me

  For if it were so true

  I would sprout like a tree

  Love can make one bloom as a flower

  Or can crush ones heart

  If you love with all of your power

  Neither of you will ever part

  Love is a four letter word

  The sweetest one I ever heard

  Love is me, love is you

  Love is free, love is true

  Love is not a bit of hurting

  Nor does it consist of flirting

  Love is all I have and want to give

  In this heartache of a life I live

  Someday I hope to get it in return

  From you whom makes my heart burn

  I leave my heart to you to keep burning

  Or douse with water and keep my world from turning

  Satan in a Bottle

  Possessed I am by Satan in a bottle

  And as usual, I climb in my Car

  With my foot heavy on the throttle

  I must stop this, before it goes too far!

  As pressure's mount I get dry lips

  Once again I stop at a bar

  I figure this time only a couple sips

  And again, I play russian roulette with a car!

  Sick in the morning, again I miss work

  Slowly, I am losing my family and friends

  Behind my back, they call me a jerk

  How can I ever make amends?

  Of this evil bottle I wish I was rid

  I often wonder why I keep coming back

  Drinking is the stupidest thing I ever did!

  Seek help I must, to get my life back on track

  I leave a message to those who never started

  Don’t drink, and to the others; stay out from behind the wheel

  Before you, or someone innocent ends up departed

  If a drunk killed your family, how would you feel?

 

  Missing You

  Sitting here thinking of you

  Your presence lacking making me blue

  I carry your love in my heart

  Nothing in the world can tear us apart

  It's a small world, or so they say!

  If that's true, why do you seem so far away?

  It is on life's roller coaster that we ride

  As I find myself needing you by my side

  I miss the smell of your heavenly perfume

  So I pray daily that we will be together soon

  I miss your smile, so perfect it seems

  So I keep you in my dreams

  You can bet that you are always on my mind

  Better than all of earths women combined

  If you need me you know that I am here

  Even in the distance I am near

  Just pick-up the phone and I will be there fast

  Even quicker than in the past

  Because now I realize I need you more

  Than I ever thought I needed you before

  I am heart broken to see you go

  But, you must follow your heart, this I know

  Your personality seems to fill the sky

  Making it even harder to say goodbye

  Always remember when out on your quest

  You are loved and special, you’re the best!

  You will make new friends of this I am sure

  Because you are kind, caring, and all so pure

  All I ask is don’t forget me

  If ever needed you know where I'll be

  Get Them Out!

  In the beginning they join to be cool

  Eventually into drugs and ditching school

  Won’t be long before they're in trouble

  So you'd better set them straight on the double

  Get them out, get them out, get them out of that gang!

  I write this poem for parents whom will listen

  You’d better get them out before they come up miss'in

  You’d better set them straight before they end up dead

  Or laying in a coma in a hospital bed!

  Get them out, get them out, get them out of that gang!

  If they don't end up dead, they could wind up in Jail

  This time the last because the judge denied bail

  Maybe he shot someone just to join

  Or stole someone’s collection of coins

  Get them out, get them out, get them out of that gang!

  The Proposal

  I want a new car

  One that will take me far

  One with plush velvet seats

  And gas mileage that can’t be beat

  I want a new job

  One where the Boss isn’t a snob

  One where I will make more money

  To bring home to my honey

  I want a new house

  One that doesn’t include a mouse

  One with a pretty Pickett Fence

  The color doesn’t make a difference

  I want a new Life

  I want you to be my Wife

  I want you to wear my Ring

  The shiniest ever seen

  I want to be with you for ever

  So darling please don’t say never

  I want to buy you a fur coat

  And a beautiful new boat

  But most of all I want to but you a pretty white dove

  To be a symbol of our never ending Love

  So Darling please say “I Do!"

  So that I can always be with you!

  Together we will go far

  In our new family car

  We will move into our new house

  And buy our first child a pet mouse

  I will help you slip on that new fur coat

  And teach you to water-ski behind our new boat

  Together we will paint that new Pickett Fence

  The color doesn’t make a difference

  Together we will feed that pretty white dove

  The symbol of our never ending Love

  So Baby please set my worries free

  And answer, “Will you marry me?"

  The Jury

  They sit there for hours in a hard seat

  Listening close as not to miss a beat

  They hold peoples lives in their hands

  So they listen close to cries and demands

  Ordinary people like you and I

  Some of them just barely getting by

  They take time off of work to make a difference

  Listening to the prosecution, then the defense

  They listen to Witnesses and Alibi's

  Every chance they get, they look them in the eye's

  They are looking for honesty, looking for fear

  Reliving your life with the help of a peer

  In the end a decision is handed down

  Some of them may smile, some of them may frown

  Now the decision is read carefully to the Judge

  At last, they go home too tired to budge

  His World

  Oh how I Love the Lords blue skies

  And sitting in the morning to watch his sun rise

  I love feeling the winds of his powerful breeze

  And the comforting shade under his tree's

  I love the beauty of his clouds

  The streaks of lightening, and thunder so loud

  I love the smell of a new rain

  And petting a lions beautiful mane

  I love the smell of his fresh air

  And watching the playfulness of the cub bear

  I love all of his beautiful green mountains

  And watching the motion of his natural fountains

  I love his beautiful blue Lakes

  And everything that he makes

  I l
ove to stare at the moon

  As I pray that he will come soon!

  Life Flashes

  They say Life flashes before your eyes

  Life flashes before you die

  To me that is an eerie thought

  So many wars lost, so many battles fought

  I'm afraid in that replay there wouldn’t be much to see

  Because this life that I have lived hasn’t brought much harmony

  I walked the streets many a night

  Every step I took was a step of fright

  I laid in the grass wet with dew

  The cold rushing in from a hole in my shoe

  I shook and shivered all night long

  Perhaps in a way this made me strong

  I walked with a broken heart in the cold rain

  Devilish thoughts running through my brain

  So now I pray to be forgiven for all of my sin

  And that through the heavenly gates I am let in

 

  He Comes from Bakersfield

  He comes from Bakersfield so they call him a redneck

  He just tips his hat and replies what the heck

  He met a woman whom just arrived in town

  Confused by rumors she wore a frown

  She heard, “To live in Bakersfield you have to own cowboy boots and a truck!"

  She came here scared to death and down on her luck

  She heard, “They walk the streets with a pistol and a beer

  Only ride three things, including a horse and a John Deere!"

  But now she met Charlie and sees this isn’t true!

  He leaves his pistol at home, how about you?

  He goes to work early in Slacks and a tie

  She wonders now if these rumors were a lie

  They went out dancing one night after work

  She wondered ahead what dangers might lurk

  Expecting to see people dancing to the square

  Smiled when they weren’t, he even pulled out her chair

  Cindy met Charlie and it's a good thing

  She called home and said, "That Bakersfield man treated me like a Queen!"

  Life’s Maze

  Life is a confusing twisted maze

  Several dead ends, so many different ways

  Never quite sure which way to go

  Or where these steps lead that you gallantly sow

  Plenty of twists and confusing turns

  As the sand in the hour glass graciously churns

  No doubt you'll have to backtrack every now and then

  Never quite knowing what waits at the end

  Now at last you are almost there

  So be sure to take the road that leads in the air

  Do not forget that what you sow you reap

  So think twice before you leap

  Good luck in life’s maze!

  Never Again Will I Love so Free!

  As I lay in Bed staring at the ceiling

  I search for an answer deep in my Soul

  Perhaps there is relief for this pain that I am feeling

  Maybe I would feel better letting her know

  Perhaps she is blind to my suffering and pain

  And even deaf to my heart's cry of despair

  I wonder what she could possibly gain

  Throwing me away wounded and bare

  Painfully pondering as I pray for sleep

  Adding a prayer that she might awaken

  And hopefully she will see that this cut runs deep

  Maybe even feel some pity for the happiness she has taken

  What could he possibly give that I have not

  What words could he speak that I have left unspoken

  Doesn’t she realize that all her lust bought

  Is deathly cries from a heart that lay broken

  Thought I knew pain until this dreadful night

  As I cry "Oh Lord, don’t let this be!"

  My heart rumbles and explodes out of sight

  Never again will I Love so free!

  Christmas

  Never will I forget the day he was born

  Starlight glittering on Christ lying bare

  He came to a cruel world, its love was torn

  Hatred and ignorance everywhere

  He grew up to make his father proud

  Taught people how to believe and love

  His long white robe, white as a cloud

  A walking symbol of peace, such as a dove

  Tormented and shamed for spreading the word

  Yet Gods word he carried on

  His words meaningful, the best ever heard

  Golden as true, sparkling as the dawn

  I wonder now this Christmas day

  Who really knows what it is about

  Still today greed slips the meaning away

  Yet I love him without a doubt

  Remember the true spirit of Christmas

  Don’t forget the first five letters Christmas

  Easter

  Easter is here a time to remember

  Second most important time of the year

  The first of course is his birth in December

  Close to our hearts his memory is dear

  Open now your heart too

  And let his love flow in

  Like a rapid river carrying a canoe

  Struggling to its destiny time so thin

  His empty tomb was not magic

  Simply our father God trying to reach us

  His son died a death for us so tragic

  Put through trials but never did he fuss

  Now today let’s worship him

  For what he went through for us all

  Let not our memories be so dim

  Wake up now before we fall

  Have a happy meaningful Easter

  God bless us all

  ~ Life of a Cop ~

  Constable of Peace

  They cruise the streets in a black and white

  Keeping us safe by day and night

  Working under cover to make an arrest

  Toting a gun and a bullet proof vest

  Life rapidly grows dangerous for a cop

  As another drunk driver pops open a top

  Gangs, rape, and murder on the street

  Make it even tougher to walk that beat

  Harder and harder we work our police

  Yet two hours later the criminal is released

  Teenagers running around with oozies

  Around the next corner are hookers and floozies

  He is called out to wrestle an addict with a buzz

  Called every name from a pig to the fuzz

  Several witnesses are gathered at the scene

  Yet, when questioned they seen not a thing

  Ignoring any fright deep in their soul

  They go places that nobody else will go

  Called out to answer a scream in the dark

  As yet another victim lay helpless in the park

  Every day is a bad one for him, so please think twice

  Next time he approaches you try to be nice!

  No More!

  No more drinking, no more drugs

  I am tired of hanging around worthless thugs

  Once again my life has meaning

  No more worrying about drug screening

  Forgot what happiness was for a while

  But once again I am able to smile

  All of my life I had a natural high

  Until I started needing drugs to get by

  All of those years a foolish waste

  Began with a decision made in haste

  Now today I am finally in control

  Once again my life’s river may flow

  So many years of feeling guilt

  Upon those drugs my life was built

  The fight is not over that is for sure

  With the Lord by my side I will fight to stay pure

  So for those who will listen to my confession

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nbsp; Please stay away from drugs deadly obsession

  Satan in a Vile

  In my early teens I was straight as a board

  Didn’t drink or do drugs, and I prayed to the Lord

  Then I was introduced one unfortunate day

  To Satan in a vile, not knowing the price I'd pay!

  A lot of money was not the only price

  Because now my self respect I'd lost twice

  I guarantee you that the third time was no charm

  As now I was hooked and doing my body harm

  Once the best worker in my employ

  Not anymore, thanks to these drugs I enjoy

  Thinking I was in control of Satin in a vile

  Yes, this he let me believe for a while

  Now years later, I lost all that I had

  Even had to move in with my loving mom and dad

  I even lost my two kids and my wife

  To a man that could show them a better life

  Still today I fight this invisible beast

  Who dwells in my mind, my life his feast

  Though weak at heart, I love God and my fellow man

  I pray harming his temple don't lead me to hellish land

  So kind, so wise, yet too foolish to say no

  I accept Satan’s vile as my head hangs low

  Listen please to my sad, sad story

  Avoid my heavy footsteps that lead from glory

  I pray someday to win this long hard fight

  If not, then I pray that my sad poem steers you right!

  Precious Parents

  Since I can remember you were both there

  Both of my loving parents by my side

  When all seemed lost and I didn’t care

  You stood by me and rode the tide

  If love were measurable I would need a lake

  Because that might hold your love so true

  At times I was down and had all I could take

  Both of you were there to lift the blue

  This poor heart crumbled and tore

  Beats only because your love shines bright

  You are my hearts crutch and so much more

  My only proof that love need not bite