1000 Hearts - (May 10th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

I have the strength of a thousand hearts
That beat with love a thousand fold
From loneliness I've learnt to depart
My trust to warm this heart once cold
A thousand dreams I've had each night
Each one embraced with open arms
From out of darkness into light
Of heavely presence that never harms
In love I wander bestowing a smile
As lively and joyous as they can be
And all of the while I'll smile and smile
For my soul is one and my heart is free

Inspirational Star - (September 13th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

Stars come and go in the twinkling of an eye
As I scan across the cosmos of an ageless sky
Oceans of gases and dust in an infinite space
They brighten my imagination as they shine on my face
Life flickers in the darkness of this wonderous void
It dances with the comets, riding an asteroid
The heavens open wide as the supernova turns
Showering light on the planets like the sun as she burns
The stardust create clouds in a magnificent constellation
Forming new wonders and continuing creation
Satellites in sequence in the orbit of a rock
Spinning around in motion like the hands on a clock
I lay on my back and glance out far beyond
But for a moment I was in the spotlight..
A place where the stars had shone 

With An Angel's Embrace - (March 21st 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

Wings of Guardian Angel embrace me
Hold me close and warm my heart
Dance through constellations of joy and wonder
Although throughout life we've been worlds apart
Take my hands, and over valley's we'll fly
Arms stretched out with anticipation
Weeping tears with gratitude of the love
In this whirlwind emotion of celebration
Move with the rhythm of a thousand drums
Embrace my spirit of creativity
Reflect the sounds of a lonely heart
Release my pain in all it's intensity

I will wear the clothing of the many nations
Learn cultures with interest and gratification
Adore all the kids; help the sick and the dying
Continue the hope and never stop trying
Loving the unloved who embrace me unending
I'll deliver with kindness this service on which they're depending
And in all of that time I'll be strengthened in glee
As my guardian angel is embracing me 

Angel Tears - (March 29th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

I waited for the phone-call that she did not return
She told me that love had left me, and that her love I had to earn
I stood there still in the rain with warm tears running down my face
I had never felt more empty or heartbroken now than in any other place
My friends they tried to help me and invite me along everywhere
Then over time they just lost interest, and had no conscious thought to care
I stood there still in the rain, and the warm tears ran down my face
Here again my heart was broken, for there was no real love here in this place
I wept like a child that had lost his favourite toy
Yet no-one stopped, neither here or there, to help the little boy
His crying, so familiar, it is the pain that we all can't bear to hear
Somebody please stop and wipe away his falling angel tears

Angel tears are the most innocent of all
From his young blue eyes they gather and they fall
They take away some of the hurt, they cool the bitter pain
Maybe these beautiful angel tears are cleansing like the rain?

I'm standing soaking in the rain, warm tears run down my face
Are these the angel tears that will bring me back to my rightful place? 

A Positive Poem (For A Lonely Heart) - (Feb 4th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

Often my mind will wander
And the pain in my life I will ponder
And all of the sadness that I have collected
For all of those times that I've been rejected
Will show me how much a soul can hurt
They can show mw a sensitive mind so lonely
Alone, but knowing that true as it be
There is hope in all of the sorrow within me
There's a driving force that will lead me to tomorrow
And it gives me the strength for another day
It's a love deep inside that caresses my soul
A belief in oneself that much work must be done
And the outcome will be that I'll be connected as one
And contempt with the fact that I have a good heart
I will give all that I can and fulfill a worthy part

The Child Within Me - (Feb 12th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

There's a child within me who is happy with glee
With his spirit so free and innocent
He will dance with delight in the shadowy moonlight
And will harmonize songs with content
A smile he'll bestow as he dances to and fro
With the wind in his hair fresh and cold
But no matter how far he might stretch to the stars
He will never lose sight of what he holds

He will sail wildest oceans and shout out his name
And will cherish the sound of an echo
And when he comes home and settles down there
He will think of more places to go
More challenges there will be waiting ahead
More dreams to go chase and to see
For he'll never grow old and he'll never lose faith
Because that is the child within me 

My Magical Dream - (March 3rd 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

I often will dream of magical places
Of fabulous beasts and heart-warming faces
Like a lorikeet kingdom on top a mountain of gold
And from a magical spring I drink, and never grow old
There's a marvelous museum of Kings, Queens & Knights
And a cowardly lion who cries when he bites
On a chimney top high I sing to the moon
The monkey's beat drums for the rain is coming soon
Then a rainbow of flavour falls down from the sky
Mixing with the fairy-floss and sweet candy pies
A pelican sings songs of the tales of far seas
And the wind whispers secrets through the leaves of the trees
The snakes slither slowly through the slippery soft sands
They wriggle and giggle as they push with their hands
The elephant trumpets through the fog of the night
As an elderly man holds his banjo close tight
Then a silent wind blows, not a sound can be heard
And the party awaits for my next magic word
'Karla-wampa' I shout from the next breath that I blew
And every word after then echoes healthy and new
In this dream full of fantasy I say freely what I mean
Looking forward to the next moment and whatever lies unseen 

On My Knees I Prayed - (March 15th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

The intensity of my pain collected, and tore apart my heart
I fell on weakened knees and prayed, this plea I was to start
Oh God please let this pain reside, for I am broken whole
I long for human touch and kindness to caress my troubled soul
Please let me start from this moment now, not ever to return again there
I want to feel renewed once more, and with strengthened eyes I'll stare
And wonder at all that is around me here, to laugh at things that I love
With this freedom I'll fly high amongst the clouds, to the heavenly skies above

The Lost Child Tomorrow - (April 24th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

Ever since I have become an adult I don't really feel like I'm alive at all
I experience everything yet it still seems so far away from me
Places simply haven't any meaning, at least not since I was small
These feelings aren't quite right, it's not like it ever used to be

When will the child return, when will he settle down?
Feeling all alone makes me wander 'round and 'round
Circles I have made, straight lines I never cross
Where to go and who can help me, this little child who's lost?

Maybe tomorrow, I will find where I'm to go
Maybe tomorrow, someone will tell me so
Maybe tomorrow, I will find someway back home
But then again tomorrow I may still be all alone

Days just pass me in and out, and years grow wings and fly
The stale air around me soon will suffocate this weary head
As I place my face between my hands I begin to cry
If I don't feel so alive, then tell me 'am I dead'?

When will the child return, when will he settle down?
Feeling all alone makes me wander 'round and 'round
Circles I have made, straight lines I never cross
Where to go and who can help me, this little child who's lost?

Maybe tomorrow, I will find where I'm to go
Maybe tomorrow, someone will tell me so
Maybe tomorrow, I will find someway back home
But then again tomorrow I may still be all alone

Leave A Mark - (April 26th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

Leave your name signed at the bottom of a page
Like blood on white carpet, the mark will stay there
Leave your spit on the wall of graffiti slang
And your mark of opinion is inscribed into memory
Leave your picture on the desk of a loved one
Your mark of character reaches out beyond the glass frame
Leave your sound recorded on a tape
They'll listen through time at your mark of endearment
Leave a trademark symbol that lives beyond your grave 

Chess Master - (April 24th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

My life is so much like a game of chess,
Only the best moves will lead me to my ultimate goal, friendship

Everyday a move must be made, pieces of my life to set
Everytime a move is made, the closer I will get
Power of the mind at work, I ponder at this task
Simplicity from an organized thought is all that I need ask
Collected whole, the work is known but still my goal is far
'One wrong move could make things harder than they already are'
Use this wit and determination, follow through until the end
All in the effort to reach that goal, all in the need of a friend 

Death Of The Lorikeet - (April 26th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

(This poem is a heartfelt dedication to a lorikeet who died in my arms on Monday May 5th 1997 in the backyard of my parents' home. It was captured after a storm had passed through, leaving it stranded underneath the back porch)

Sweet baby lorikeet, you were captured against your will
But nobody stopped to consider if you were injured or if you were ill
You were confided to a cage and intended as a pet
You must have felt so lost and dazed as you sat there cold and wet
I saw you lying still in there and my heart began to break
For then I realized that you were sick, so a promise I did make
To nurse you back to normal health as I held you in my arms
To warm your nervous body with no intentions to be of any harm
I knew you needed love and care, it reflected in your eyes
I prayed with you when I went outside to let you gaze up at the sky
I felt you twitch so dreadfully much, but no more there could be said
Your wings folded slowly and angelically, then I realized that you were dead
But I did not cry, I felt at peace and a calm swept over my face
For I knew that you had gone and gracefully flown away to a far more safer place 

Air Of Mystery - (July 4th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

The many times I've perfected all of my creative works
Splashing my talents onto an empty page
Learning to master the spirit deep within me
And caress my soul that grows with moving age
My presence I believe is good, true and special
A touch of mystery in where it all came from
A heavenly place might be the place where I was born
But my motherly earth is the birthplace where I truly belong
My air of mystery, my creative space
A loving void that surrounds me whole
It gives me my inner majesty, and holds together my life
And bounds all the regions between my heart and my soul
I can walk through many hardships and never bear a scar
As if I were an immortal man, or an incredible magician
People may one day admire me from afar
But rarely in this lifetime has my heart been given just recognition
One day when I leave the arms of her, my precious mother earth
With a silent voice, no beating heart and a presence long gone
Someone, somewhere will awaken the sleepy spirit
Feeling something real within my poetry and song

Walk Into My Life - (July 14th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

Autumn morning, bitter breeze
Brittle leaves lay on the path
I'm alone and walking freely
As the sun rises over the horizon
A new day dawns, she is a fresh beginning
Clean, cool air glides over my face
Here she comes, her hair is gleaming
Sunlight dances in her grace
She is faith, she is hope
She warms a heart that once was cold
She walks into my life this morning
She is strong, loving and bold 

Before You Say Good-bye - (July 19th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

Before you say good-bye please remember me
For I have tried the very best that I could try
All of my intentions were good, and honest
You may not have seen it, but my respect for you was extreme
I cherished every experience, with a happy heart
I tolerated your faults, looking beyond them
But now that you say good-bye, you will lose the things you had with me
The opportunity for an inspirational companionship
I only wish that you knew all of the effort that this has taken me
Then you could see the depth of my commitment to you
Please reflect before you tell me those words

You Will Never Know - (August 18th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

Sometimes as the world spins 'round
I feel like such a lonely clown
Whose smile seems always upside down
When he should be so happy
I cannot seem to find my way
No matter what the time of day
Can't find the song I want to play
Please tell me what is happening
You stare dead straight into my eyes
I feel like I could fall over and die
You are so lovely my oh my
I'm falling in love with you
I get so happy deep inside
In fact so happy that I could cry
With you to wipe my teary eye
I think I must be dreaming
You are so very bitter sweet
You help me get back to my feet
When all my hope had got me beat
How can I ever thank you?
You'll never know how I was saved that day
When you took every bit of sadness away
And now this happiness is here to stay
Hold me in your arms
Life seems now so full of fun
All because of a single one
So now this life has just begun
You know you are my angel 

Love One Infinity - (September 5th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

You can never love another, unless you love yourself
The truth of human kindness is an innocence you've felt
In your dreams and in your hopes, so deep within your heart
When you love the one inside of you, that strength will never part
It was something lost so long ago, all the way around the world
Now we love one and we love all, every boy and girl
A million hearts inspired and love beating all the while
Each millionth heart gives life and joy to every millionth smile
Infinite lives are growing strong, infinite dreams to see
Infinite rules to break and make with all possibility
Why love just one, when there are many longing for your touch
To love from one to infinity requires not that much
I dream, you dream, imagining places in our souls
One day hand in hand we'll go there, never growing old
We stop, we wonder forever in thought of the better day
There isn't any sadness or loneliness coming back this way
Love is near, there is no fear of what may lie ahead
When you are loved the feeling is greater than anything ever said
So from me to you I give this word to love YOU everyday
In each and every kiss you give and all the things you say

One Must Imagine - (September 18th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

How can we sail the oceans, how can we ride the wind?
How can we walk over mountains if we never stop to imagine?
How do we follow our yearning hearts and anticipate an outcome?
How can a beautiful picture be painted without an imagination?

One must try to imagine what another heart does desire
Whether it be swimming through crystal-clear water or walking over hot coals of fire
Dreams are a part of our backbone, where our adventure stories come from
Dreams can be times of wondrous escape, only created by our imagination
How lucky are we to imagine and then build something from the unknown!
To reach beyond to the distant stars and then bring it all back home
If something can be thought up then that thought can be done
Anything we dream can be brought to life by the power of your imagination 

You Are Success - (October 8th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

Can you handle the pressure that's there in your face?
Deliver your skills with immaculate grace?
The trials that you take become games in your mind
So you place yourself higher on the ladder that you climb

You are that success if you put your mind to it
To be the best 'aint something new because you already knew it
The first day you took a ride on your new bike
With the wind in you hair you smild wide with pride
And the speech you wrote that received a thunderous applause
You put in the efforts and you reaped the rewards
Creed becomes the doing; your life an adventure
The success becomes common when determination is sure
Tomorrow there is hope for the sun, it WILL rise
So stand tall and proud with life in your eyes
Remember your promise to hold on to the dream?
Well, you're going to conquer the world because YOU are supreme!

Stranger Within Me - (October 17th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

I've spent a lifetime looking for my soul mate
For someone just to complete me
Someone who can guide me with all of my troubling questions
And take away those symptoms of insanity

I don't know where I am going; don't know what I'm doing
Or where I'm headed in my life
I feel inside a stranger who leads me off to danger
Who walks me on the edge of a knife

Who is there to guide me, who'll come to caress me
The person I am looking for isn't here
The stranger there inside me teaches me no lessons
His silence is the sound that I most fear
I want to know this stranger that supresses all of my anger
Become as one so then I'll feel right
Then if there was no progression and only depression
Then depression it is that I will fight
The soul mate I have looked for but will he/she ever come?
Can I rely on me to help pull through?
The stranger will not answer as my conscience tells me so
Another soul, is what I desire true?
Struggles in a lifetime between myself and others
Always longing to heal this wounded heart
The guidance of one loving is all I ask for
One time before I had looked inside myself as a start
But nothing I could find there, no comfort at all
So I wandered day and night until very late
And here I still stand all alone, except with a stranger within me
But I am the one with the tear running down my face 

Awakened Spirits - (December 13th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

On a night long after I had left the world
I awoke
Floating from the earth I travelled over quiet streets
Towards my home and the call of love once lost
Someone had remembered me and set my spirit free

Awakened by the living

Before me were my loved ones engaged in happy conversation
Joy was found here in this one tiny room
I looked back towards the hill from where I came
And I saw other spirits travelling to their homes
To the loved ones who remembered them in the better days

Yet the mortal ones had no knowledge that we were there
Floating amongst the people who had made our lives worthwhile

We were the free spirits awakened on this special night
Becoming immortal lovers

Flight - (February 8th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

I'm flying high up with the wind underneath
And stretching my arms to the sun
I'm shadowing all over land and sea
Bringing hope from the place where I have come
It was a place far behind where a tear I had shed
Was dried up and forgotten by all
And the pain and the sadness from what had been said
Never measured up to anything tall
So I've taken flight and I'm off far away
On a freedom flight of the heart
Conquering hatred and greed, and living each day
By finishing all that I start
I look towards the horizon and say to my soul
No matter how this journey may end
I'm believing in myself to grow stronger each day
And that my wandering spirit will mend

Everyday - (February 25th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

Hey look, it's another day
The sun is shining bright through my window
The morning breeze is gently blowing inside
And the air is fresh and cool
Everyday it's a new chance to start over
Everyday it's a brand new day, but hey....
Why dwell on things in the past
When all they do is bring you down
Why not smile and look beyond the horizon
Everyday the birds are chirping
Everyday as this world keeps turning

Spacewalk - (March 7th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

I have the clearance
I am ready
With both hands I grab the wheel
Turning anti-clockwise I try with all my might
And the hatch slowly opens

SPACEWALK ONE....

Space, dark and silent
Wonder how you came about
I'm walking amongst your bodies of dust and gas
I'm standing on the rings of Saturn, looking out
Past the solar system
Far beyond the the endless corners
Swimming in your sea of sparkle and shine
Racing with the comets
Balls of ice spinning like tops
I am dancing with your interstellar beat
And swaying with the flickering solar flares
A nudge of worldly gravity alters my course
Leading me to other planets with oceans of blue
Like my home, Mother Earth... she awaits my return

SPACECRAFT ONE....

Cockpit control
Many hours have passed and I'm still glued to the spaceport window
Staring out into nothingness
Waiting for my turn to walk outside 

Like You Care - (March 23rd 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones 

You pretend to love me but your heart is frozen cold
What is this thrill of wicked fury that you so dearly hold?
You manipulate me, you try to break me into nothing less than dust
You don't care to see that very soon your own bubble is about to bust

And then you life comes crashing down upon a slate of beaten rock
You wonder as the world spins 'round why only now you stop
For in you past you were so tough, like a hard and twisted stone 
And now your here left bruised and battered, scared and all alone 

Mark Of The Futurist - (March 27th 1998)
Written by / copyright - Greg Jones

First to bear the utopian child
Mother of centuries that have ended and begun
Second to nature conceived by a local science
Wonder of word and honoured to law
Third party created in mastication
The child torn from within and received in bloodied gloves
Fourth corner of the world debriefed
The dawn of a new millennium falls upon them
And the silent earth awaits it's saviour
He grows into one of royal bearance
Educated by those of high IQ and nobility
He learns of human nature and of their history
And then he speaks his first word..