Let
It Show
Every time that you, reveal your colors true
I'm just not sure what to believe
By descending candlelight, I waited through the night
Lost within this gnarly web we weave
I couldn't bare to let you go
You couldn't bare to tell me what I needed to know
You left me standing in the cold
But still I knew your love was inside
I remember knocking at your door
The day you opened up to me along the shore
Hand in hand you told me everything
But even footprints fade away
One thing I can tell you baby
My heart just can't let go
And I don't care if our colors clash
If you love me let it show
Let it show
I need two, two perfect hands
I need an ace, to help her understand
I need a break, lady luck on my side
Our just a place
Where I can hide
And though I'm no good for you, and you're just no good for
me
And you just can't believe that I'm your kind
I'll hold you every night, as I squeeze my pillow tightly
To every other lover I'll be blind
I want that chance to bring you home
Lay by the fire as we touch I read you poems
About a love who couldn't dare to face a
Decision so black and white
One thing I can tell you baby
My heart just can't let go
And I don't care if our colors clash
If you love me let it show
Let it show
Or just let me go
Let it show
December 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
In
the Middle
If I could only reach your mind
If you could only make me see
I'm sure we'd find that place where we
That place where we would always go
Under the apple tree now in the snow
I'm sure this cold would melt by the fire
Cause all it takes is one look, one sigh, one touch we'll
meet there in the middle
For just one night, then just for one more day, if I had
one wish I'd wish that we could stay right here
Right here in the middle of love
In the middle of love
As we look down upon this world
We see a pale blue dot under the Sun
Where every king and queen has come and gone
So should we fight to make us all the same
When from our differences that's where we came.
Now is the time to nurture the garden, where all it took
was
One girl, and one boy, it took just one kiss that met there
in the middle of
One night, then just for one more day, if I had one wish
I'd wish that we could stay right here
Right here in the middle of love
In the middle of love
A friend of a friend, of a friend of your friend
And you're standing at the door
Of every soul be it lost or found
And the beauty of this relationship is that it
Brings you to the core
Of where we all share common ground
So here you and I we stand together and all I've got to say
to you is
Hold my hand I need you near I'm sorry for all the things
I've said
When I see you smile I know the weight of the world is
equal to my love for you
So join me now under the apple tree where we can be as we
are
One girl, one boy, one hope, one joy
We've got one chance to make it to the middle with love
Meet me in the middle with love
In the middle with love
October 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
One
More Summer
She would always come to me
She’d let me touch her shoulder
She’d seek advice
She’s forever been so far away
Yet closer than my closest friend
But I’ve always known
What we could be
She would never say good-bye
She comforts me and cries
So is it okay?
To sit and watch her go
To simply say how so
I was pleased to meet you
I hope we still stay friends
But I more than need you
And my heart just can’t pretend
For if only one more summer I could see
You again
I just can’t contain myself I’ll jump up and write her a
letter
With blood as my ink she’ll know I’m pouring my soul on the
line
I’m gonna squeeze the sun to include a drop of pure liquid
sunshine
I’ll seal it with saffron and the essence of a first
night’s kiss
I’ll say, Dear Kirsten, won’t you please
I’m down, here on bended knees
For if only one more summer I could see
You again
She would never say good-bye
She comforts me and cries
And that’s okay
But now, how things could change
Our lives could rearrange
I’m so, please to meet you
I hope we still stay friends
But I more than need you
My heart just can’t pretend
For if only one more summer I could see
If only every summer we could be
Here again
March 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
A
Precious Memory
A memory in the air
That helps him to breathe
Like he did
The day she appeared
In just a moment of time
She turned with a smile
That left such a spell
That’s held him for years
He still wants her
He still needs her
A clumsy, tender, young love too much for a boy
Who wished to enjoy
The heart of a girl
But he would never forget such a precious jewel
That sparkles and shines
Now buried away
In his pocket
And for her in her locket
As sure as the Sun and the moon
They remain haunted
By all they both wanted
All too soon
January 2008
© John Andrew Suchocki
Truthfully
True
Born on this day
Awoken by the sensuous memory
Of where we went last night
Now tell me do I really have these facts right
Your skin was soft in the moonlit river
Where we washed our cares away
You drew my hand down into the darkened waters
Where you asked for me to stay
I’m so into you
And you’re so into me
Into this love we’ve gone
We’ll circle on and on
On and on
Born on this day
This tension holds me and I’m blind to all reason
You’ve carried me away
I’m addicted to your touch and temptuous teasin’
You whisper to me in my ear I hear
You say that I’m the one
I’ve swept you off into a wave of sunshine
You’re so pleased with what we’ve become
There’s a first time for everything
When life is fresh and oh so new
Hold me close before we disappear
Like a cloud that drifts so swiftly from our view
That’s not me, and that’s not you
We’ll be forever truthfully true
Born on this day
Born of this night
December 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
Almost
There
I’m a wave on the water
A ripple in the shifting sand
The echo of thunder
Running wild and homeless
No attachments do I bare
The beat of the road keeps me aware
Driving onward nowhere bound
The purest love and strength I’ve found
Like the Sun
I rise to greet the sky
Like the wind
I can’t catch my reasons why
Is this how it feels to find where your heart belongs
And how can it be that it’s taken me so long
To be the one who I am, when all I did was as I was told
When all I did was as I was told
To be who I am and not what they want of me
So where should I go, now that I’m running free?
Like a flower to a bee
The beauty of my inner voice sings to me
Sweet and simple, kind and true
It’s taken me forever just to listen to you
Everyday
There’s so much that needs to be done
I’m almost there
But in this moment I’ve begun
When the stars stand still
My breath it catches me
And I’ve found the will
The will to touch these dreams
Is this how it feels to find where your heart belongs
And how can it be that it’s taken me so long
To be the one who I am, when all I did was as I was told
When all I did was as I was told
To be who I am and not what they want of me
So where should I go, now that I’m running free?
Nothing has changed,
Only my outlook
Happiness never arrives
It’s only uncovered
December 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
She's
Gone
There was a girl I once knew who lived across the alley
She'd come home from work and let her hair down every day
at five
She'd let her clothes slip off and in no time I'd see her
step into the shower
Kinky little underwear on the floor would disappear into
the steam
And she's gone
She doesn't even notice
She's so gone
She floats away like a lotus.
With her hair in a towel she'd turn on the radio looking
for sonic paint
Frying up a veggie burger with melted cheese and brocholi
just to feel like a saint
Ah hell, she opens up the freezer for a little caramel
pecan perfection
She sinks into the sofa as the cream slides down her throat
there's no recollection
And she's gone,
There's no emotional rescue
She's so gone
Denial always gets the best of you
I want you to know, I just gotta say, I need you to be my
fantasy
I want you to know, I just gotta say, I need you to be my
fantasy
She curls up into a little ball with her favorite little
romance novel
She remembers the day that boy across the alley dared to
say hi
They struck it on for a while but it just, you know, didn't
seem natural
Those awkward, stupid conversations where every subject was
so, well so factual
They could only agree that the best thing for them was just
to wait
So she flips off the light, drops her book to the floor to
master@#!$
She's so gone
She needs a real reaction
She's so gone
Searching for her self satisfaction
She's so
I want you to know, I just gotta say, I need you to be my
fantasy
I want you to know, I just gotta say, I need you to be my
fantasy
September 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
Fire
in the Hole
At 85 miles an hour
She’s slicker than black freezing rain
Hardening on the highway
Nothing can shake off this dame
The danger is clear
As clear as the lilt in her voice
Her beauty it charms
With such affection that leaves me no choice
I hear from her girlfriends what she wants me to be
She’s painting a picture that I know just can’t. . .
But she keeps coming on and on and on and onto me
Fire in the hole
There’s no escape when
Desire, it takes hold
And though I try to tell her gently
She keeps coming on and on and on and onto me
By the look of her innocence
She’s a crystalline rose in the rough
Shows me off like a diamond
Like a diamond she knows to hang tough
With sparks in her eyes
With the passion for life she has found
Why don’t you touch me she cries
As her bathrobe falls to the ground
I hear from her girlfriends what she wants me to be
She’s painting a picture that I know just can’t. . .
But she keeps coming on and on and on and onto me
Fire in the hole
There’s no escape when
Desire, it takes hold
And though I try to tell her gently
She keeps coming on and on and on and onto me
Do “I do” or do “I don’t”
It’s awfully hard to say I won’t
Fire in the hole
January 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
Green
Eyes
Green eyes
Where has my lover gone
I’m wasting away
Hoping our love will bond
And light up the sky
And fill up my soul
Now that my love is not here
I know what I fear
There’s some one who’s better than me who can take you away
Your blue eyes
I remember that special night
You yelled to the world
Oh yes that indeed we might
Be one of a kind
You swept me away
Leaving me stranded in hope
But when I awoke
Impressions beside me so vacant these sheets so cold
Green eyes
Sentimental lady
You’re as tender as they come
But as the ground beneath you crumbles
Your senses become senselessly numb
As high as the sun you do rise
Is as low as the moon you do fall
You’re shifting your eyes
And the funny thing is
That’s not how it is
He cares for you madly but sadly you’re killing the flame
And oh
Now that your love is gone
It’s the end of the road
So you’ll just keep moving on
In search of a soul
Who lights up the sky
Dear lord now when will we learn
The love that we earn
Is only as close as the trust we give in return
Green eyes
January 2008
© John Andrew Suchocki
Ordinary
Magic
Looking down from way up high
We see the Sun, it always shines
Ya, we’re bathed in a basic goodness
So just look up and you’ll be fine
Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Tell me that you understand me please
Your every little fear
Your every little hope
Will wash away with time
It’s time you awoke
Stop waiting for angels
In a sunbeam of angels
You’re moving, you’re huffin’ and puffin’
You’ve got ambition and a drive to go
Yet in the end that amounts all to nothing
If when you got there you missed the show
Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Tell me that you understand me please
Your every little fear
Your every little hope that you hold dear
Please
Time might just heal you but it’s always the same
With each breath comes a moment of truth
How you now feel, well that’s all apt to change
As sure as the passing of youth
Until we’re gone
Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Tell me that you understand me please
January 2008
© John Andrew Suchocki
Brand
New Day
There’s no looking back as I’m racing up this highway
I’m a streak of light at 100 miles an hour
And I’m gone, so gone
I was so tied up and bound into the heart of that town
Where the beat it’ll push your pulse
A mouse in a maze, forever lost in the haze
Pushing for more than my most
Until the glare of the spotlight grows dark
And I’m bowing away from my mark
So here I’m tearing my soles from the pavement that stole
my breath away
And closing those doors that were so open before I turned
away
To this brand new day
I’m trading in that skyline for a garden
Fluorescent city lights for the stars
And I’m gone, so gone, moving on
Another legacy left in my wake
In spinning my wheels there’s no break, this I know
For me there’s no leaving that stage I’m just turning this
page to gain more ground
Yes it’s so sad to kiss the past good bye but the Earth is
turning fast and I have found
A brand new day
July 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki