Selected Poems
By: Charles Sheppard, AF 9488
Box 999
Huntingdon, PA 16652

Souls Cry Out

Souls cry out in the depths of darkness
The eerie sounds permeate throughout
The hollow vastness of empty prison life
Despair, hopelessness, loneliness, dejection
Over one million living entombed
With countless living dead
Welcome to the US penitentiaries
The clock never stops ticking
And time rolls on
But life inside these frigid walls
Comes to a sudden dead halt
Instantly you become subhuman
Despised, ridiculed, scorned
Humiliated and violated
You're just a number, not a name
A number from A to Z
Who can easily be replaced by another
AA to ZZ or any combination of numbers
It's an economic boom
Politicians ride the wave
Into office and out
Souls cry out in the depths of darkness

Voluptuous

Voluptuous body with the hourglass figure
Tantalizing
Hypnotizing
Gyrating
Heart breaking
Body shaking
Clock stopping
Booty popping
Body rocking
Breast swaying
Love staying
I'm always saying
Baby without you
I'm breaking

A Chance Meeting

Our meeting was adventitious
But then again fate plays an impersonal role of its own
Creating at time spectacular events
Such as you and I finding
One another under these circumstances
Then being attracted to each other and having
So Much in common to keep our interest
Long enough to find we care
And very possibly
Love one another
Never physically embracing because
It's much deeper
Than just physical
It's Mental, Spiritual, Cosmic
Even though I long for your touch to
Consummate our relationship
I feel that when the actual
Event takes place our togetherness
Will be totally complete
Rare Occasion
A chance meeting has brought
You Beautiful Woman
Into my life

The Warmth of Your Touch

I felt the warmth of your touch
Chase from my heart
The cold emptiness of
Yesterday's broken dreams
Your unselfish - understanding
Gave strength when the weakness
Of my character had fallen
To the knees of surrender
And now I escape from
The solitude of my thoughts
I discover that I am but again
Enslaved by my heart
With you as the warden
Of my Love
I have found
Peace

Reminisce

Baby, a moment of your time
To reminisce through sweet memories
Encapsulated with Love
We were so special together
When you inhaled
I exhaled
When you hurt
I felt the pain
When you laughed
I smiled
When you cried
I shed the tears
I will cherish all that we have shared
All we have known
All that we meant to each other
Every second that I breathe
Is a breath that I take for Love of you
You are my Garden of Eden
My heart's desire
My Life
My Love
My Everything

Where Did It Go Wrong

Where did it go wrong
Where did the fork in the road
Turn us in opposite directions
Where did I lose focus
On the one thing that meant
Everything in the world
To me
Where did I lose you
Where did I become
Blinded
By a vision
Other than yourself
Where did it go wrong
Where
Where did it go wrong

My Love

My beautiful and tender
Experience
Pleasing you is my greatest desire
Greeting my Love
I pray that my message
Somehow creates a positive
Reaction in your life today
Bringing you peace of mind
Incorporated with the ever present
Knowledge of my deepest Love
And Appreciation for you
Just being there for me
To hold on to
My Lifeline
My Love!

Delicious

Delicious memories
Of your sweet
Taste in my mouth
Your warm
And tender touch
And your soft
caress

A Day in the Life of Misery

I awoke this morning from a restless nightmare
To find that in reality
The very worst of my present situation
Was just beginning
The cold which I clung to in my sleep
Is nothing compared to this freezing
Chill echoed in this hollow tomb
Baby you have disappeared
From my life, my world
Taking with you the warmth, the Love
We once shared
Leaving me in misery
The very thought of you at once warmed
And fulfilled!
Now even that isn't enough to
Console my weary mind
The world within me
Moved and shook with the very mention
Of your name
But now I'm trembling from
Your icy disposition
My days are a lifetime
Of misery


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