Loneliness

I couldn’t help but notice you were lonely
Though you tried with every trick to hide the tears
So deep in your face was this lonesome place
That couldn’t be erased by all the years

At first you were too shy to show an interest
A captive of your deeply seated fears
Then finally we spoke in the silence that we broke
Lay the cloak and dagger drama as it nears

Are we capturing the moments as they gather
With an open heart and mind and open ears
Or have I captured you
And we don’t know what to do
As the end of all we have bitterly nears

So take me as I am or go your own way
To each his own a different drummer hears
But if you want to try then don’t let a good thing die
And then I will climb atop the highest piers

Jeff Hall
7/15/2010

For Brandy

Eyes of fire that glow so green
Most beautiful I’ve ever seen
Ice cream skin that melts my will
Hands of strength yet gentile still
Sagacity to calm the wise
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Ginger hair entwines the soul
One touch truly takes its toll
Firm and lean with endless charms
Forever take me in your arms
Feel my love begin to rise
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Freckled face kissed by the sun
I want to kiss them one by one
Blue jean dreams come loose and tight
Chemise that makes me see the light
Just one glance will hypnotize
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Sail us cross the Milky Way
Stars will vanish where we lay
Let us consummate our love
In the heavens up above
Maybe then you’ll realize
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Jeff Hall
11/26/2005

Forever Here

Everything is everywhere
Forever here
Nothing goes away

I feel your love it’s always there
I miss you dear
Time is all today

So I keep on thinking that you might come see me
If I speak to you will my thoughts just float away
Or could it be that yesterday is really tomorrow
And everything that happens happens today

I don’t know why we feel the pain
When life is gone
Does the cycle end

There’s got to be another plane
Where life goes on
With a special Friend

Now I know that love will grow for you’re right here with me
It was always there and will never go away
So people remember the only thing that can die
Is the love you feel and show
And everything that happens happens today

Jeff Hall
11/25/87

One Single Tear

No sound no light
So deep in the night
You silently touch my face
This cannot be true
The image of you
So strong and full of grace
Behold your charms
Two trembling arms
Reaching to softly embrace
Collapse in the air
For no one is there
You’re gone without a trace
These dreams will stay
When I go away
You’ll find one single tear
There’s nothing else left
A true love bereft
When shed I will disappear
So take what I give
And learn how to live
With hopes that have no fear
When God has no will
I will love you still
With all my heart my dear
Jeff Hall
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I'm Not Alone

You weren’t the reason for day and night

And on occasion I’d pick a fight

But now you’re gone

With the dawn’s early light

And I have no way to say it to you

Your life and mine were so intertwined

For God’s own secrets we searched to find

But now you’re gone

So I’m left behind

And I have no way to say it to you

I promise I will choose my words carefully

The pain you left inside is my own

Just tell me where to look for that old sweet smile

To show me that I’m not alone

Now go beyond the world that we see

To the One waiting for you and me

For now you’re gone

Where everyone is free

And I have no need to say it to you

Jeff Hall

2/9/2010

In memory of my twin sister

Debbie was and always will be a free spirit. In the past she rarely could find an outlet. Here’s hoping she has finally found one. According to her own assessment she was also a very old spirit. Old in that she had been around the block a few times on a plane from which few of us ever operate. She channeled in such a way that made you want to come along for the ride, but all you could do was remain behind and watch and pray that she return in one piece. While the rest of us shuffled around in circles, she was riding bareback on a wild appaloosa, wind in her face and oblivious to the perils that lay in her wake. Toward the end she just needed someone to be there for her. Not uncommon for someone who had become so fragile. Not uncommon for anyone.


Even when Debbie became so pale and weak, you could sense a multitude of things churning around in her like a horse that had been separated from its master. Some might say she did this to herself. And maybe in the final analysis that’s true, but she didn’t deserve it. She just wanted something back. Something to hold onto. I don’t think she ever found it. Again not unique. Here’s hoping she has found that Something now.

I am very thankful each time I catch a deep breath or wake up with a clear head. Some folks can’t ever seem to make that claim. To them I say, keep working on it.

Debbie and I spoke to each other everyday without exception, until her last two days. I never called her back. Our uncle had just died; he was our last remaining kin in the states. I was starting a regiment of Chantix and four hours of sleep a night. I guess I’ll never know what happened those last two days. I can only pray and give thanks that she has finally found peace.

To her daughter Natalie and family and friends, I know it’s hard, but I am asking you all to be happy for her. She suffered a lot of setbacks and trauma over the years.

I’ll end with a condensed version of the story of Molly, a horse about whom Debbie told . In short, the horse was abandoned in Hurricane Katrina, was rescued and sent to a farm after weeks of roaming lost. She nearly died from a pit bull attack and had to have one leg amputated. “She's tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood that she was in trouble.” Said the surgeon who rescued her. A human prosthesis designer built Molly a leg. Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers. Anywhere she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck. She inspired people, and she had a good time doing it.” It’s obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life,” Moore said. “She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others.”
The bottom of her new leg has a happy face embossed on it. Everywhere she goes she leaves the imprint. Debbie left smiles everywhere she went and I hope the rain doesn’t wash them away either.

Thank you all for your love and support and God bless you.