Arley Cox

Singer . Songwriter . Mentor .

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I Wanted To Tell You (poem)

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I Wanted To Tell You


I wanted to write you 

Something special

But I couldn’t think 

Of what to write 


I wanted to tell you

Something that would

Fill your heart

Fill your heart right up


I’m sitting here

Wondering how

Not knowing 

Exactly how to tell you


To tell you

Yes you 

You are made 

Of special stuff


Of things more beautiful 

Than you know


I wanted to tell you

That I miss you

Because of this

You dance in my memory 

Or the way 

You look when you think


The way you talk 

And the feeling of 

Your heart in a room


It’s the little things 

You see

The little things 

I’ll remember most


All the joy you bring

Even when you 

Don’t feel good enough

Those days when things feel hard


The darkness comes

And it shrouds around you

Like a heavy cloak


Because the grief sits in your chest 

And makes it difficult to breathe

And I know

I know, I know,


It must 


Since you sometimes 

Just dont know 


I thought I would tell you


I wanted to tell you

So I don’t forget

To let you know

Before it’s too late


Cause it might be too late one day


So I wanted to write

You something special

So you remember 

That you are singular


Miraculous really

A truth and beauty 

That takes my breath 

Out of my chest


I wanted to tell you

Tell you right now 

To tell you 

All of the things 

You are broader than


All of the things 

you are brighter than


And I sit here

As the days get darker

I settle in and wonder


About all of the things

That are so stunning 

In this life


And 


All of the things

I wanted to tell you


*A little bumpy one

From me to you

Cause I just wanted to tell you

Simple as that*


by arley

Sometimes It’s Hard (poem)

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Sometimes it’s Hard

Sometimes it’s hard

To feel the things

That sit inside your chest

Even though 

Every time 

You try your level best

To be all things 

To everyone

Time and time again

I see your heart 

Struggling and beating

To pretend 

“That’s not true”

You’ll tell me 

“Everything’s ok”

“Just buck up 

I’ll get through it

Move on with my day”

But oh your heart is heavy 

Dear 

Come hush it for a trial 

You don’t need 

To hold so much 

I’ll bear it for a while 

It’s moments just 

Like this you know

Where you could straight let go

Of your sweet 

And heavy head

Your heart together sews

The greatest weaving

Works of art 

Still and listen in

Trust that voice

Inside your being

Cellared in your skin

It whispers soft

And sweet to you

Longing you attend

See to the very

Underneath 

Where it all began

Hooked in your soul

Where it got lost

Many moons ago

Got turned into 

Some dark crooks 

Where it roots to grow

Do not ignore

The meager dark 

Hiding in the corners 

Cloak it in

With tenderness 

Helps to keep it warmer

It gets slight

With sympathy 

You can show yourself

Do not ignore

Those dark spots

Or put them on a shelf

Sometimes it’s hard

To remind yourself 

Load gentle on your heart

And soon enough

These precious things

Will 

Never 

Fall 

Apart

by arley

Lighthouse (poem)

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Lighthouse


A beacon of hope

When waters are rough

A call to danger ahead


A light so bright 

When things get dark 

Shows us where to tread 


A remembrance

Of times gone by

Sparks lit in the heart


Glowing and showing

The way back home

Going back to start


A blinding shock

Shielded eyes

Way too strong for some


Retracting back 

Into the dark

Hark the sounding hum


Of the point

That calls you home

Silent sometimes so


In the dim and dark

You see

Directs you where to go


Clears that 

Black and haunted space

Shines light warm and true


Like a hearth

Burning bright

Calling into view 


A place to cease 

And rest your head 

When waters surge to swell


A home, a lantern 

Buried peace

Halts the hounds of hell 


That snarl and nip

Around your feet

Begging you to plunge


Back to the deep 

And dark recess

A protest not for some


Come out upon

Your trace rock point

And show those in the dark


There is hope 

Straight up ahead

An ever fixed mark


Where the waters

Calm and quell

Ships find veiled cover


Protection lighting 

The shore away

Cast’s glow where shadows hover


Lost hearts find

The way back home

By solemn blazing hues 


Soulful calling

From the rocks

Jettied into view


You are safe 

And sound right now

Enveloped in the light


Still your breath 

Be true and clear

Rest 

With 

Me

For 

The 

Night

I wrote this one because I was thinking of how there are so much history and story attached to them.

They stand 

Both in dark and in light


“Begging you to plunge

Back to the deep 

And dark recess

A protest not for some”


Meaning it’s easy for some of us to slip into the darkness of whatever we might be feeling. 

We go without a fight

No protest


Lighthouses

Are also beacons

In where

I liken them to people 

You know those people who shine so bright and true in your life.

They emulate safety, truth, honesty

And goodness 

They are like a warm voice

Ever calling out to you

And when they shine their light 

Your soul can be at ease

Because you have 

Found your way 

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