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The Poems of
Terri Lyn Stanfield

King Of The World

You're flighty and unpredictable
All you want to do is play
The consequences do not matter
As long as you get your way
You use people as if they were pawns
And to you, that's all they are
The means to satisfy your desires
For you to use, then discard
It all comes far too easy to you
Minimal effort required
Maybe if you had to work for it
The value would be higher
You waltz through life with a silver spoon
And a kingly attitude
You have not a drop of compassion
You are arrogant and rude
But there are limits for even you
And when you have been brought low
You will need a friend to help you through
And you'll have nowhere to go
You will be left hanging, all alone
With no one to help you out
And that is when you will discover
What life's really all about

copyright � 6/7/2001 Terri Lyn Stanfield
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Love Matters

The million stars that light the night sky as we gaze upward
The sand that provides a warm, soft bed for us
The sound of the waves coming into shore, constant and neverending
These things should combine to make me feel small
Inconsequential in the big scheme of things
But as I lay here in your arms, they do not
For you make me feel the most important thing in the world
And if I mean so much to you
How can I mean so little to the world at large
I'm not saying that I am not expendable
Or that I am vital to the status quo of the universe
But as long as we share this precious love
I know I have a place in this world
That I am essential to its continuation
And there is nothing, and no one, who can ever make me feel small again