New-Pearl Not to Be Searched

By Steven Shapiro

The ocean is a gift for life, commonly taken for granted by people. We must enjoy it, as it was given to us, but never interfere for our own pleasure. Nature must swim and walk through it's own journey.

Your quest under the sea has taken a dive through the abyss, down to the ocean floor,

As you plunge deeper and darkness begins to prevail

You hear a voice, below your face,

But the gentle sound must echo a thousand miles through the mysterious waters

As your search for this soul continues for months and years,

You finally look right below you and see a lonesome pearl

So white, and strikingly pure,

How can something something so beautiful, so wise, start as only a tiny grain of sand?

And she sings a tune which makes you stop your search,

Maybe a search that shouldn't have occured,

For a magnificent pearl has cunningly snuck below you, and you didn't even know,

Yet, you are not alone with this object, representing everything you've dreamed of,

She lies in the precense of an oyster of great tenacity,

He protects this beauty with his powerful wrath,

And she remains locked inside the intensity of his jaw,

Unhappy she seems, but still in comfort she remains,

As this has been her home for a century

The oyster unconciously leads you to your frustration,

Or maybe you lead yourself,

He's just holding on to our dream, you are trying to capture it,

And you float into a mistake of terrible magnitude;

You interfere with nature,

With all the strength God reserved for yourself, you try taking the pearl away,

You attempt to force the great jaws to unlock, but to no avail,

You attempt to negotiate with your charm, but to no avail,

The brightness of the ocean begins to blacken,

And your site of your long journey is starting to look bleak,

And your dream is starting to fade,

As some dreams were meant to be only dreams

So you swim away to get back on your journey, to enjoy what God has given you,

But only a little bit more sad,

And then you hear that voice again, a voice to precious,

It is the pearl, still waiting right beneath you,

Bewildered and even scared, you don't know why it remains,

And you come to ask why it stays,

Then you realize she was always there for you,

The oyster is just a friend letting her grow,

And handing her to you.

 

New-"Beauty"

By Steven Shapiro

 

Beauty is a blessing that everyone has hidden within'

It's the heart that lets us reveal our beauty,

Beauty is the soul staring at adversity and laughing back at its face,

After overcoming scowling hurdles, and wanting to go through them once again,

Beauty is the sprinter reaching highest speed through harsh pain,

Yet finding a way to go faster, more determined than a desperate cheetah,

Beauty is the gentle dance of the humpback whale,

It's ever so elusive, but its soothing cry asks to be explored,

Beauty is not so much what the eye looks like,

But what it does to look fascinates my soul,

Beauty is not the intellect of a great man or woman,

It's the determination that brought that man or woman to great knowledge,

And above all, beauty is the look of joy I see on ones face,

When they saw they helped another person smile.

 

"A Prayer"

By Steven Shapiro

 

My dreams have a hazy image that don't seem to clear up

I'm in a search for love, but it's nothing but an endless struggle

I've Promised to serve you, but everytime I try, I crash

There's a gift within' me, that you want me to use

Yet uncertainty and fear have kept me from finding such a blessing

Everytime I sweat or bathed in pain through hard work

You've graced me with the light of satisfaction, at the least,

But I continue to lose sight of my work, when I need light the most

Your patience with me will take through unknown caves

Caves that will allow me to bask in success, joy and love

Your patience has already taken me through unseen crevices

So unseen, that I never knew I was there

Like everyone else, you showed me the way to improve

And I know that I have, but I don't know by how much

Yet I still fail you, but you still manage to guide me to where you want me to be

That is why, one day, you will help me rise above the pain, sorrow and fear

And I will have done my job.

 

 

"Patience"

By Steven Shapiro

 

Down in the darkened shadow of mans sacred ego

A little boy screams, he knows its time to go

Humbled by life, saddened by night

He still remains patient, he knows his sky will turn bright

Though angered, his faith will never be consumed by hate

For he is calm and will not fall for that bait

Timid he is, from harsh scrutiny in the past

He wants to break out, like a tiger in a cast

His time will come and pure happiness will be found

Cause he always walks forward and never turns around

Down in that darkened shadow of mans sacred ego

A little boy shines, his time has come, to go.

"My Abyss
By Steven Shapiro

Calmly floating through the murky water by my deep obscure trench,
One would ponder why I don't struggle in fear of finding life, light, air,
But I open my eyes, with no need of light,
And I only see there will be brightness and even stronger life,
That's if I continue to explore my abyss,
My abyss with colors of hope and blessings,
Hiding in the darkness, I will soon be able to see through,
Yet if I strive to break the surface, I will only find comfort which will captivate me,
But if I move deeper, towards more concealed beauty,
I will find the true meaning of my abyss,
My abyss which has kept me safe when I was blind,
My abyss, which has brought me to a new home,
A home that will make me happy.

"Blinded"
By Steven Shapiro

I gave you my hand, I gave you sympathy, I gave you relief,
You turned your back and walked away
I offered you a smile, I put my arm around your shoulder, I sent you encouragement,
You disregarded me, you fell asleep, you became blind
You needed to cry, you needed a friend, you needed a heart,
I showed you happiness, I gave you me, I offered you my world,
Now you say you have no one, now you lost your faith, Now you lost the meaning of life
YOUR BLIND

"Nameless Poem 1"
By Steven Shapiro

It was you, who always walked beside me in my dreams,
It was my hope for you, which carried me through ferocious gusts of wind,
But when your not beside me, I feel weak, and I miss you,
I've prayed to feel your love,
And I have asked to shine for you, above all,
Yet, no matter what, when I can't see your smile, I feel sad, and I miss you
Thoughts of you, have helped me fly, when I slipped into the abyss,
Though I never thought of you, like anyone else, because you are so beautiful, both inside and out,
But if your not there, for me to hold, my heart gets heavy, and I miss you,
When I walk outside, and the cold air makes my eyes tear,
And see that you are here with me, the cold air gets warm, and the tears turn into happiness,
Yet, if your tender warmth is not here, the Winter makes me freeze, and I miss you,
If I hear you one time, my ears feel passion,
But if I am with you, my soul with fly,
Yet, if I can never have you with me after that, my spirit will die, because I miss you so much.

"Hello Mysterious"
Steven Shapiro

Why does such a week last for a decade,
As I wait for you to catch my eye once again,
Why does a female so vaguely known to me, bring curiosity stronger than my heart could ever hold,
As hope for your love filters through my soul,
Why does anxiety race through my blood,
As I ponder how everything could leap far, from my reach,
Why does an angel like you, have to be quite away from the grasp of my hands,
As my heart screams louder to run harder, to touch your flower soft skin,
Why does my optimistic mind like mine, remain positive,
As yet I imagine all the negative results that might happen when I let my words attempt to speak for my feelings to you,
Why does my heart have to write down my sentiments,
As I realize I might end my lonliness, by speaking with you, the mysterious

Nameless song by Steven Shapiro

If I could go to sleep tonight and dream of you through the night,
If I could wake up tommorrow morning and see you smiling right at me,
I'd never need a diamond ring to light my eyes,
The sun would still be gold, but not as gold as your heart,
The moon would still be bright, but not as bright as my face when I see you,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you, oh yeah oh baby,
If I could swim across the ocean and see you waiting for me,
If I could fall off a mountain and see your there to catch me,
The tundra would be cold but your love would keep me warm,
The owl would stay up late but so would we be as we would dance through the night,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you, oh yeah oh baby,
The sun would still be gold, but not as gold as your heart,
The moon would still be bright, but not as bright as my face when I see you,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you, oh yeah oh baby,
The tundra would be cold but your love would keep me warm,
The owl would stay up late but so would we be as we would dance through the night,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you.

"Wishing Upon A Star"
By Steven Shapiro

Looking in the darkened sky, I look past the moon and into the stars,
And I make a wish, beyond my reach, but my hopes are still high,
and suddenly, there you are standing by my side, and you give me your hand,
Your smile is bright and all my saddness is put aside,
Cause all I'd like is to be with you just one of these days,
And we will dance in the sky far beyond our dreams have reached,
And as I look deep in your eyes, all I see is your love,
And with your love, all my troubles are faded in the past,
and my heart has found a home,
As I look into the sky, all I wish to the twinkling stars is to have you in my arms,
And I hold you tight, and you hold me back and we realize this is what we have waited for,
As I wish for you, upon a little star. 

"There Are The Nights"
By Steve Shapiro

There are some nights when I'm in doubt,
I see myself with my hands full of regret,
There are those nights when I am lost,
And I cannot find my way through the storm,
But there are the nights I see your face,
And all my faith has been brought back to my heart,
And then the night has turned to day,
There are these nights when I'm alone,
and I know that no one is there for me,
There are some nights when I'm in need,
And I feel I need your love to breath,
But there are nights when you are there,
And I know I can walk in the air,
It's then the night is here no more,
There are these nights when I am scared,
And I need to guide myself to be safe,
There are the nights when I go blind,
And I need to take your hand so I can see,
But there are the other nights when I am holding you tight,
And you whisper in my ear and say you love me,
It's then the night becomes my friend.

"My Good Nothing"
Steven Shapiro

Thinking back to what has never happened, but could have happened,
Confidence is down to the abyss but so are my regrets,
Everyday I tried and received a handful of nothing,
Yet nothing was the same, nor will it ever be,
Pondering now, a handful of nothing might not be quite a sting aftereall,
For what I see ahead, for the sunlight I see in what is still an obscure future,
Rays of light would be nothing if nothing had not crept into my heart,
Perhaps the lost confidence, which supposedly had washed away from self pity, never left afterall,
And the path I now choose to walk ahead, brings not self hope, but faith in all the steps I take,
And what lies ahead, is a gift brighter than all the paths ends, I've lurked on in the past,
And the nothing I have, is what is left to be lost,
And the one alterity this walkway, and walksways of the past,
I go in with a smile knowing that only nothing is there to go away,
And losing the nothing I have is getting gold.