Bare Soul

By Jean René Bazin PierrePierre

Once in a lifetime it appears,

Its lovely bouquet offering,

To blesséd souls while mirroring

God's love that His creation, steers.

Once in a lifetime, come what may,

Of the worthy it reaches shores

And their lives it blesses in scores,

• Language: English
• Publisher: JeanRené Bazin PierrePierre
• Release date: Mar 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9798987581964

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Bare Soul

Copyright © 2023 by Jean René Bazin PierrePierre. All rights reserved.

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All illustrations by the Haitian artist Patrick Gaspard.

ISBN:

979-8-9875819-5-7 (hardcover)

979-8-9875819-4-0 (paperback)

979-8-9875819-6-4 (ebook)

Printed in the United States of America

Foreword

Twas just an ordinary day,

Nothing announced what would ensue,

No hint to me made its way through

But there she was, strolling my way.

With no glamour, rather timid,

She looked at this stranger shyly.

I looked at her quite rapidly

But yet my thoughts tempered my speed.

She was different, genuine, austere,

Attired so not to be noticed,

Nothing that could reveal the bliss

That was concealed within her sphere…

But when resigned she went north-bound,

Leaving me dull, in profound pain,

From my heart the tears that yet drain

In these pages their echo found.

True love given from God above

Brands hearts where it chooses harbor.

It never sways in its ardor,

But brightly glows in their alcove.

Tween Us Two

Tween New York and Connecticut,

Tween a job here and a job there,

Tween a smoothie and a doughnut

My mind’s curtain suffers a tear

And you appear fresh and uncut.

Tween my short night and my long day,

Tween all the care I so provide,

Tween the times I forget to pray,

I pray mournfully deep inside

For what one day I sent away.

Tween the way home and way to work

Tween the false hopes suffered often,

Tween a thought that my spirit perks

And the rest my spirit dampens

I think of me as a sad jerk.

Tween the wives and the you-know-who’s,

Tween the many ones gone too soon,

Tween the ones who remind of you

My heart replays like a cartoon

This love that once was tween us two.

Forever

Now that we’ve entered forever,

Now that we met at the crossroad,

Now that, at the age of silver,

For life we are blest to reload

On someone to ride the front seat,

On someone to worry about,

To share the joys and the defeats,

The seasons of rain and of drought.

Once again since we have the chance

To hold the taste of what’s so dear,

To rekindle our dear romance

Against all the odds and the fears,

We can, since we are empowered,

Safeguard this recovered treasure.

We can, since we have been showered

With blessings beyond our measure.

We will therefore, at light of dawn

Give thanks for what we don’t deserve.

And when the moon shines on the lawn

We will pray our love to preserve.

So many times in history

People given this chance once more,

Taking for granted His mercy,

Had lost what they so bargained for.

We paid a price of heavy toll

With long years of sorrow and pain.

We should avoid any dice roll

That’d jeopardize this love again.

So now that you are in my arms,

Now that I can hold you so tight.

Now that I, laden by your charms,

Will get to kiss you through the night,

I solemnly, to the Heavens,

Declare my overdue promise

To be yours until my life ends,

Cherish you till my heartbeats cease.

My Beloved Wife

She wakes up in the morning,

Jovial like a bird singing.

It’s always a reflection

Of dreams she doesn’t mention.

Then shortly she disappears,

Her voice remains in my ears.

So my cloudy mind pictures,

In the bathroom, her gestures.

She emerges from the steam,

Full of vigor as it seems.

The smile brightening her face

Makes me long for her embrace.

Her frail body maneuvers,

Graciously moves and offers

With the light barely dawning

A spectacle worth watching.

She slowly makes arrangements

And revises all garments.

She knows she is monitored,

She performs to be savored.

The few bites of her first meal,

The make-up she applies still,

All carefully enacted,

All lovingly presented.

Then comes the moment sublime.

I close my eyes for my prime.

Tenderly she comes to me,

Her face closing in slowly,

Kisses me repeatedly,

Makes me promise to only

Think of her all through the day.

Then to work she’s on her way.

Then I turn over and pray,

Give thanks for days like today

And thinking of tomorrow,

Hope for the same scenario.

Our Time

There’ll be a time for me and you

When love will come back to settle

All accounts so long overdue,

When fears were still kind and gentle.

There’ll be a time for me and you

When hand in hand we’ll have the choice

To grieve over what we’ve been through

Or for our gained wisdom rejoice.

There’ll be a time for me and you

For then wrapped up in Nature’s arms

We will savor what is so true;

The treasures of our inner charms.

There’ll be a time for me and you

That will stifle all the false hopes

That crush hearts, bodies and souls too,

Setting a stage for us to mope.

So here’s the time for me and you.

Daffodils and lilacs galore

Adorning the stage for us two

To perform love just as before.

Junie, My Angel

Junie my angel

Junie my sweet dove

Come close and dispel

My nightmares of love

Junie my promise

Junie torn apart

Come so I dismiss

All the scars that keep us apart

Junie my angel

Junie peaceful soul

Come out of your shell

Return what you stole

Junie my soulmate

Junie my sweetheart

Come and reinstate

My most treasured part.

Come open the cage

You should have the key

Or break the bondage

It’s not that risky

To start a new stage

Where we can write our love story

Junie meek and mild

Junie all alone

Come my blessed child

Come and take your throne

Reign over this land

Parched and desolate

Your time is at hand

Come and change its fate.

Junie fair lady

Junie my godsent

My sole melody

Come give your consent

End this tragedy

My plane long started its descent.

Junie my angel

Junie please be bold

People will come tell

What they know of old

Don’t buy any tale

That could make you cold

Their stories are stale

I long paid my toll.

Junie my sunshine

Junie my blue sky

Junie child on mine

Junie sweet and shy,

Be my angel fine

Please, don’t let Heaven pass us by

Junie my angel

Junie my refrain

Come write our gospel

And so crush my pain

Open up your mind

Wash your thoughts away

Deep inside you’ll find

What the Lord has lay

For our souls to bind

And journey His way

Junie lucky charm

Junie my lifeguard

Open up your arms

Do not disregard

This poor castaway

With gesturing cries

If you go away

He will surely lie down and die.

Us Two

Just by the thought of you

My heart comes genuflex,

Just the mere thought of you,

Right there my mind reflects

On the tender moments

Stolen from your routine,

The wrenching sentiments

That right along they bring.

The sudden summer rain

Can no