Howard Lee Walker

San Jose, California, USA

Angels Never Know

Angels never know
the thrills
there are in loving,
or how sweet a kiss can be!
Angels never know
how sweet life can be,
or walk hand in hand
with a lover talking their way!
Angels never know
how a surging heart
filled with compassion
for the world throbs!
But neither do
I,
and an angel I've never
been.

I've Cruised

I've cruised with love
since I was born, but never completely claimed
by any special one.
I've cruised with her splendor
and trembled beneath her touch, yet...deep...within my mind
it seemed never to be enough.
I've cruised with her frowns, each time she turned me down,
yet...deep...inside me,
even after I picked myself up,
the pains of her leaving
were never enough.
I've cruised with the fools
of needing her,
and cried with the agonies of having her near,
yet...deep...within
the presence of her was never
enough.

For Fruits And Fruit Lovers

Like an orange
riding from the farm...
I have no face...I have no arms.
Arms to hold the world, I've lived in so long, and haven't held a thing
that hasn't been held before, and discarded.
Like an orange
that has been tossed aside...
I ride like a gypsy through the country side
of countries....in search of my own,
but find that I've seen everything before,
only now,
it makes no sense...