Rodney

RODNEY D. NELSON

ABOUT ROD’S POETRY

I worked on this book for ten years of my life in good times, bad times, and times when I was so happy and had high hopes. These poems are a part of my life. Each of them have some part of me, my days of being in love, my days that I was away in prison. Times when I was happy to have a son. And the sad times as well, like the passing of my father. That hurt me so because I was in jail. The death of all my friends and pain. All these things played a part in my life’s story. This book may never get published, but to me and my feelings it has been copied over and over. All the time I spent days being by myself, the pain of not telling anyone how I feel and the need to be loved. My time is coming soon, I know. I hope all the people I hurt can forgive me. It’s in my book.
January 27, 1998

Excerpt from Rodney’s book:
I would like to tell you a little more of myself. Half of these poems were written during a very long and cold time in my life. I was doing an 8-year sentence from October 1984 all the way to 1991. I missed some very good times. My son was getting older and the lady of my life walked away from me.

I Love You Tracy
In each and everything that you do
Longing for your touch when the day is enough
Only hoping that it never ends
Vibrating through my soul, the feeling it sends
Echoing in my heart like an endless song
Yearning to love you by my side all night long
Only you can cheer me up when I’m feeling blue
Understanding me seems to come easy for you
Touching me in that special way that only you can
Reminding me that I’ll always be your loving man
Always showing me how sweet love can be
Caring, lovingly about my needs and me
You’re a special lady and that’s why I love you Tracy.

Fool for Your Love

Some will say that love ain’t nothin’ but a game
That fools and losers are all the same
And you always lose when you play
But I don’t care just what they say
Cause I’m a fool for your love forever.

People tell me that love comes to a foolish end
And that my broken heart won’t ever mend
I don’t listen and they don’t know
The tender sweet love that you show
So I’m a fool for your love forever.

They may say that I’m a fool, but I don’t care
I will always want you to be here
Side by side, just two fools in love
And never getting quite enough
And I’m a fool for your love forever.

Sometimes there was no paper to write on.
I used whatever I could find. The poem
above was written on toilet paper.

 

Wings
I have wings
But I dare not fly
I am free, yet still I’m confined
And I know of pain
Someone please teach me to cry
January 25, 1998

 

A Lover’s Night

There’s a full moon in the sky
A million stars dancing their melody
I wish we didn’t have to say good-bye
But I guess that’s just how it’s got to be

I remember making love
The two of us on a night just like this
As the night played its love song up above
Beneath the sky we were locked in a kiss

The night was you and me
Our only wish that it would never end
In our eyes was all that we could see
On each other’s love we learned to
depend

It’s another lover’s night
But the two of us must spend it apart
You’re not with me but love is still in sight
Because I keep it there inside my heart

Read Rod’s Poetry here: I Have A Dream