IN THE MIDDLE

IN THE MIDDLE

There’s a demon that lurks deep within.

He makes me do bad things, he makes me sin.

There’s an angel that helps me do good and keeps away the devil.

He keeps me pointed in the right direction but I keep drifting back in the middle.

There’s a darkness that consumes my soul.

There’s a light that keeps me with a goal.

The angel has no harp and the devil has not fiddle.

Between the two of them, I’m stuck in the middle.

Some believe there is a God and he has a great plan.

Others believe we are just here and we have to do what we can.

I believe it’s just not that simple, that life is a riddle.

I believe a little of both, so I guess I’m in the middle.

There are those that are far to the left where they stay morning, noon, and night.

There are those that go in the opposite direction, they go all the way to the right.

The left and the right both have their agendas and neither will give a little.

Then here I sit on my fence, smack dab in the middle.

Some people work from dawn to dusk.

For others it’s playing from dusk to dawn that’s a must.

I like to work and play so I have no time to piddle.

I have to work and I love to play so I guess I’m somewhere in the middle.

Some people like to move in the fast lane others like to take it slow.

Some are very laid back while others are always on the go.

Some want to hang with the jet set while others just want to sit and whittle.

I go while I can and then sit for a little so that’s me resting in the middle.

Some people are always happy and others are always mad

Some will laugh at anything and others are always sad.

Some days it feels like I’m in a nursery rhyme, hey diddle diddle.

But you can find me where I always am in my spot in the middle.

In the court of public opinion there are those that feel they are the judge.

When judging what’s right and what’s wrong, they will never budge.

In this trail called life when asked for a conviction or an acquittal.

 You know where I stand . . . that’s right, I’m in the middle. 

STANLEY HENDRIX

10/27/2011

My book of poems "DEEP DARK SECRETS" is available online at WWW.PUBLISHAMERICA.COM, WWW.BOOKSAMILLION.COM, WWW.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM, WWW.AMAZON.COM,and WWW.BORDERS.COM 

OUTLAW POET

OUTLAW POET

Don’t ask the outlaw poet questions if there’s answers you don’t want to hear.

The truth is in words that rhyme and the flowing of a tear.

He will show you the demons in the dark that you fear.

He will bring you into the light and show you all that is dear.

The outlaw poet has a rebel inside.

He takes on life without missing a stride.

He says what’s on his mind, he says how he feels.

He says things people can relate to, he talks about what’s real.

The outlaw poet knows all your thoughts, it’s like he’s been in your head.

He knows how you’re feeling, what you’ve done, and the things you’ve said.

He makes you see all the passion that life has to give.

He makes you face the sorrow and still want to live.

The outlaw poet is a renegade with words that rhyme.

He speaks of life’s beginnings and the end of time.

With every word he writes there’s a message he sends.

He talks of roads traveled that take you all the way to the end.

The outlaw poet sees all that you see.

He knows the chains that bind you and how to set you free.

He hears the voices that you think only speak to you.

He knows the way when you don’t know what to do.

The outlaw poet can taste the blood from the battles of life.

He’s seen bad karma that will cut your soul like a knife.

He lives in reality or so it may seem.

His fantasies are his reality and his reality is a dream.

The outlaw poet knows your deep dark secrets.

You don’t have to worry, so have no regrets.

Just keep living your life and try to be brave,

Because what the outlaw poet knows he will take to the grave.

The outlaw poet knows everywhere you’ve been.

He knows about your dark side, he knows about your sin.

He knows these things because they’re just a part of life, you see.

I know all this because . . . the outlaw poet is me.

STANLEY HENDRIX

10/26/2011 

My book of poems "DEEP DARK SECRETS" is available online at WWW.PUBLISHAMERICA.COM, WWW.BOOKSAMILLION.COM, WWW.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM, WWW.AMAZON.COM,and WWW.BORDERS.COM