A Message From The Future

People of time before my parents and I
Our world is so frightful, each day more do die.
The oceans and rivers, made acid, eat flesh,
We gasp for our air till our last feeble breath.

You thought life eternal, always would be,
Thus careless you were and poisons you freed.
The year is only Twenty One Hundred and Two,
And life is a nightmare, we wish it were you.

We scramble for shelter in what does remain
Of what were once cities that towered and reigned.
As soon as we think a place may be safe,
Great clouds filled with horror blister our face.

We wish you were here to see what you’ve done,
Your babies know cancer, raw sores, and no young.
They plead for God’s mercy and never get hope,
Pain fills their faces, and blindly they grope.

You could have stopped this - if you had cared,
But you weren’t willing for earth to be shared,
Your self centered lives were lived in great greed,
And never did you consider your seed.

Rodney Crater
Copyright 2007 Rodney Crater

The Place Where Dreams Begin

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Take my hand, let’s journey to the place where dreams begin,
A place where lovers speak soft words and hold each other in.
Let’s cast away chaos that our daily lives impart, and
Grace each other’s melodies with words spoke from the heart.

Wish upon the stars, my love, that light the evening sky,
Fill my mind with visions of the things that make you high.
Tell me of your deepest needs and yearnings from inside,
Help me know what I can give and which I must abide.

Delight me with your revelry of desires to be born,
Let me help free passions of which you have past been torn.
Dream the dreams of paradise where two are made as one,
By oceans blue as heaven underneath a magic sun.

Tell me that which frightens you that I may cast away, the
Darkness of which you’re afraid, my best of will be stayed.
Comfort in a friend who’ll help when times seem at a loss,
One who’ll be there for you – no matter what the cost.

Dream the dreams of happiness, those you well deserve,
Take me to the places for which you have sole reserved.
Let us share this moment - a nirvana made as we,
A place of endless happiness where both our souls are free.


Rodney Alan Crater
Copyright ©2007 Rodney Alan Crater

Lovers As Friends

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It’s a natural thing that lovers sing
of each other at first with desire.
But let lovers be friends and the song never ends;
It continues to light passion’s fires.

Lovers that meet in a moment but fleet
Leave empty but for satisfaction.
Its lovers that trust that go well beyond lust
And always share an attraction.

A lover and friend gives support to you when
Your moments are difficult and tough.
The burden they share, it’s you for they care
Your welfare is reason enough.

The shallow escape that some lovers take
Leaves empty the feelings of heart.
And later or soon they abandon the swoon
Left lonely again as they part.

A friend as a love is as hand is to glove,
Together they make love complete.
You’ll never know, greater love as is so
When love and true friendship do meet.

Rodney Alan Crater
Copyright ©2007 Rodney Alan Crater