She is Like the Sea

A woman is very much like the sea
There is always so much more to her than man
will ever know or see
She moves and swells rhythmically, alluringly, seductively
Powerfully unstoppable and unrelenting

In her eye is reflected the breadth of the skies
and the depth of the oceans
Within those depths are mysteries which men will
never see or even hope to understand
Mysteries to entwine and confound a man

It is purely arrogance of man to think that either
can be conquered in any sense of the word
In vessels of wood, steel, and other fiber he sets sail
In vain attempts to tame, to control, to prevail
He thinks that he has won

She is just as temperamental and quick to change as the seas
At one moment she is warm, welcoming rolling
Heaving with you and rising with pleasure and joy
Sustaining you with love and life
Enraptured, you are, like a school boy

Without warning, the moment is gone, the storm has come
The warmth is gone and the harbor is cold
The waves crash without ceasing, without mercy
Every little chink and crack is forced apart
She gets inside and finds your heart


Very much, she is like the sea
Very much her eyes reflect the sky

Very much like the curves and lines of her body
With a strong and steady hand, with respect
She will embrace you, this woman, like the sea

(C) Marc Trepanier 2016

Love unspoken
A heart forever broken

A line not crossed
Never to give love's token

One to be saved
Passion's depth, never spoken

One heart is lost
Love forever unspoken

'Neath waves of tears
Quiet screams of anguish hushed

Strangled for years
The life of this love to crush

Dark life to fears
Given to a Dark Heart's rush

So many tears
Shed for love unrequited

Withholding all
Preventing one heart's delight

Internal squall
Grows and rages in the night

Protecting love
Keeping the beast locked from sight


Destroying all



(C) Marc Trepanier 2016
Image Information https://jasongoodnight.com/2010/09/22/my-heart-is-black-a-rant/ 
 

Falling

Falling
Silently
Relentlessly
Unceasingly 
Darkness falls
Cold, hard walls
Made of stone
Aching heart
Left alone
Inside
Falling apart
Crumbling
Tumbling 
Decaying
No words
Worth saying
Just delaying
Parts playing
Lies saying
All decaying
Rotting
Crumbling
Decaying
Wasting away
To dust 
To rust
Crumbling crust
No sarcophagus 
Just the body 
The heart
Rent apart
In the dark
Bones Cracking
Tendons Tearing
Muscles Shredding 
To pieces 
No relief
No respite 
No release
From this pain

Wracked over         

And Over

And Over

And again
In agony
Torturous 
Afflicted
Broken will
No avail 
Relentless Infliction 
Inciting 
Causing 
A brand new
Betrayal 


A blitz poem

(C) Marcel Trepanier 2016

image from http://loocid-blog.tumblr.com/

Top Stalker Songs

Stalker Songs

We all have those songs. Those “special” songs. We all have them. Songs that bring us back through time and space to a moment from our distant past. We can be somewhere with our friends or family or with a date and hear a song in the background. Just a few chords or some lyrics and, suddenly, memories flood back. 

We have songs that are connected to memories of our first date with a special someone, a secret liaison, a new car. Maybe, there was a song that was dedicated to a love interest who did not quite know you. Someone with whom you took long romantic walks, but who was unaware of your being there. 

Stalkers. How many of us have had stalkers? Statistics hold that roughly 22.5% of us have been stalked. That we know of, that is. Some stalkers, the predatory type, make the stalking their, well, their foreplay. It is the thrill of the hunt for them. There are four other types of stalker than the predatory type, psychologists tell us. The other four types to take on this relentless and neurotic behavior include the rejected, intimacy seeker, incompetent, and the resentful stalker.

Some of these songs were knowingly written with evil intent and were admitted to be just that. Other songs were claimed based upon other works. Some killers have also made this claim; that their "work" was based upon or "inspired" by another killer's previous exploits.

Or, maybe they all had written these while watching Play Misty for Me. No? Not all could use that groovy movie as an excuse.

Honeycombs 

Have I the Right?

1964

This song asks have I the right hold you, to kiss you. In short, to keep you. Does your stalker have the right to keep you?

Well, does he? Or is it a she?

There is, what is described as, a distinctive beat. One that is made by beating a cast iron tub with a broom handle. Or is it, perhaps, someone being beaten into submission in that tub? A head being knocked against the cast iron tub? The predatory stalker has his prey.

Anyway, the song asks "Have I the right to hold you?"

The lyrics ominously state that "You know I've always told you / That we must never ever part

Oh ooh ooh oh / Have I the right to kiss you?

http://www.popmatters.com/post/170681-stalkers-playlist/

Corey Hart

Sunglasses at Night

1984

The hunter is close to his prey. He can see her. He can likely smell her perfume. He is close enough to almost touch her. Suddenly, without warning, he finds that he is in mortal danger. 

His target is armed. A razor sharp switchblade is now expertly brandished. It is so much more than an even match. This stalker, clearly the incompetent, has been found out. He is confronted and is now begging, powerless.

Somehow, these sunglasses are going to protect him while he watches his target weave her stories. "Watch you weave / Then breathe your story lines."

The stalker, the hunter becomes the hunted. He suddenly pleads for his life, "Don't switch the blade / On the guy in shades, oh no!"

As Corey Hart tells it, this all came from an idea of smoking in the rain. Just innocently smoking in the rain.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9394

http://www.popmatters.com/post/170681-stalkers-playlist/

Cheap Trick

I Want You To Want Me

1977

Seeking Intimacy

I Want You to Want Me is the heart's desire of someone who is seeing an intimate relationship with the intended. This song gives voice to that painful desire of wanting, needing someone to want them. Is this stalker seeing intimacy or is he incompetent with an anger problem? Perhaps he is another like Pennsylvania's own Caleb Farley. 

With lyrics like these one would wonder, is she being watched from a car, through a remotely activated computer camera, or what? Where is her watcher? How is the stalked tracking his prey? Would the words below mean the same if they were written on a note? On parchment in an antique ink formula? In blood on a wall?

I want you to want me / I need you to need me / I'd love you to love me / I'm beggin' you to beg me / I want you to want me / I need you to need me / I'd love you to love me.

http://www.popmatters.com/post/170681-stalkers-playlist/

Blondie

One Way or Another

1978

“Heaven has no rage like love turned to hatred / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” This is what the 18th Century playwright William Congrieve wrote. Debie Harry definitely seemed to be that woman scorned. She was more than obsessive. In “One Way or Another” we find the theme song for Hollywood’s black-bag operations. 

Finding this person, this object of her …. hmmm, desire. Getting that person at all costs. It would seem that even kidnapping in broad daylight was not off the list of options. 

These lyrics actually were inspired by just such a thing. According to interviews with Debbie Harry she was being stalked. This song is the result of that dark time.

One way or another I'm gonna find ya / I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha / One way or another I'm gonna win ya / I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha / One way or another I'm gonna see ya / I'm gonna meetcha meetcha meetcha meetcha / One day, maybe next week / I'm gonna meetcha 

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=905

http://www.popmatters.com/post/170681-stalkers-playlist/

Animotion

Obsession

1984

This is about a stalker, actually. It harkens to a 1965 thriller, The Collector. In that story the villain collected butterflies, and people. In this song the stalker clearly tells you that he will collect you and have you. This stalker excuses confidence. Confidence only in the first part of the chase, though. As he continues his pursuit he shows that he wants intimacy, he is seeking that intimacy. In this pursuit he is an unmitigated failure, he is completely incompetent.

Oh, how teens gyrated and danced and vamped in under 21 clubs to this song. With strobe lights flashing. Sweat, cologne, and perfume mingling. Such an obsession. Such a time. Who must I become to make you sleep with me? That line, that question holds an Edward Geinian horror of a skin suit which was visages in Silence of the Lambs.

You are an obsession ... There's no balance / No equality ... I will have you / Yes, I will have you / I will find a way and I will have you

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=10870

https://www.google.com/search?q=animotion+obsession+lyrics&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Police

Every Breath You Take

1983

Jealousy. Obsessiveness. Possessiveness. Sadistic in nature. Even Sting said that this song is evil. This stalker, this hunter is unambiguously the predatory type. Or is this stalker resentful and seeking revenge?

There is nothing in this song about love. Even Sting himself will tell you that. It is about hunting your prey, watching them, patiently waiting for the prime opportunity. Or, better still,  setting up the perfect trap. Then, striking.

Can't you hear the stalker? Can't you hear him? Laughing as he sings this? Listen to the song again. I think this time you will hear it.

Every breath you take / Every move you make / Every bond you break / Every step you take / I'll be watching you.

Every single day / Every word you say / Every game you play / Every night you stay / I'll be watching you.

Oh can't you see / You belong to me?

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/police/everybreathyoutake.html

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=548

Morrissey

The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get

1994

This song fits the profile of the intimacy seeker. He has latched on to a woman who is not aware that she has become this man's target. He truly believes and will behave as though the two are in love. 

These lyrics, this song, clearly talk about becoming the driving image in the target's mind. The central figure on one person's entire landscape. This one person, our stalker, wants their obsession to become as obsessed with them as they are with their obsession. They want their target to become as deranged, just as mad. 

The difference, you see, is that the stalker knows the terrain, he knows the madness while the victim does not. She has nothing to hold onto in that barren landscape of his insanity once she is there. Once she is hopelessly entrapped within it.

The more you ignore me, the closer I get / You're wasting your time / The more you ignore me, the closer I get / You're wasting your time / I will be in the bar with my head on the bar / I am now a central part of your mind's landscape / Whether you care or do not / Yeah, I've made up your mind

Hello 

Lionel Ritchie

1983

This is supposedly written from the perspective of a young man too shy to talk to the beautiful women walking by. He cannot bring himself to speak as they approach. This fits the profile of the incompetent. He desperately desires a close relationship, but is so unaware and unsure as to how to build one. Still, he hopes and believes that his actions will create that bond of intimacy.

In this song, as the stalker, he cannot give up his hunting blind. Maybe he has not hunted or watched long enough. Perhaps, when he does touch her hair, he will be doing so to collect it as a trophy. Perhaps, when he kisses her lips, he will keep them in a box, as did Ed Gein.

I've been alone with you / Inside my mind / And in my dreams I've kissed your lips / A thousand times / I sometimes see you / Pass outside my door / Hello! / Is it me you're looking for? / I can see it in your eyes / I can see it in your smile

http://sabotagetimes.com/music/8-songs-probably-written-by-stalkers

The Beatles

Run for Your Life

1965

They put it right out there with no ambiguity. It is as clear as can be. This is right from the predator. Beatles ... I wonder, flesh eating Beatles?

Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl / Than to be with another man / You better keep your head, little girl / Or I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl / Hide your head in the sand little girl / Catch you with another man / That's the end ah little girl

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-famous-love-songs-with-creepy-stalker-lyrics

Rick Astley

Never Gonna Give You Up

1987

His target knows him. They dated. He made promises to her. She broke up with him. He made promises. He is going to break his promise to her. Never going to leave her. Never going anywhere she isn't. 

Never.

This stalker is the resentful stalker.

Gotta make you understand / Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down

http://sabotagetimes.com/music/8-songs-probably-written-by-stalkers

The Human League

Don't You Want Me

1981

Typical love story. Boy meets girl. Boy makes girl a star. Girl no longer wants boy, she is now too good for his type. Boy snaps. Is this one resentful or is he struggling with rejection? 

Is it power politics? Or is it personal? Is there a dark ending to this? Does it end somewhere in a dark, dank alley with a split skull? Or is someone always just a little behind? No, this stalker is the resentful stalker. He is looking for revenge. He wants vengeance, blood vengeance.

Don't, don't you want me? / You know I can't believe it / When I hear that you won't see me. / Don't, don't you want me? / You know I don't believe you / When you say that you don't need me. 

http://www.liketotally80s.com/2011/01/80s-music-dark-side/

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4149

Def Leopard

Two Steps Behind 

1993

It is said that this was about being there for someone and helping them through tough times. But it also seems that it is about being there because now they owe you. They owe you and they will pay.

Oh, they will pay. They will pay. Yes, they will. You are going to make sure of that. This is revenge, oh yes, this stalker is also a resentful stalker.

Walk away if you want to / It's ok, if you need to / You can run, but you can never hide / From the shadow that's creeping up beside you / There's a magic running through your soul / But you can't have it all 

(Whatever you do) / I'll be two steps behind you / (Wherever you go) 

and I'll be there to remind you / that it only takes a minute of your precious time / to turn around and I'll be two steps behind.

 https://coolaggregator.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/ten-love-songs-that-sound-like-stalkers/

SEO Best Practices

You have a site. You want, no, need traffic. Traffic = Cash Money. But, you are new to the cyber world of business. So, what do you do? “I optimize for search engines,” you say with a smile. Confidence is great. How are you going to complete your Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

That is a good question to ask. Google, the Search Engine gods, have their mysterious ways of managing this. They also change these ways several times a year. Not that they make it common knowledge for the new entrepreneur. How and what these changes are is probably not relevant to you or your business.

It once was that we could simply stuff our page and tags with all sorts of single words. It might have looked something like; write, writing, business, seo, search, engine, optimization, best … and so on. Not anymore. The Engine Gods got wise to this. They write algorithms to keep people who do this off the top of the search results list. The thing to do nowadays is to use key phrases. Make these phrases descriptive using words or terms that your target audience is likely to seek out. Something like “SEO Optimization Best Practices” and the like. This change will possibly stretch your creative muscle a bit, at first, but it makes sense.

It makes sense because, knowing why someone is searching a topic and what they want, is more accurately captured in a statement than a pile of words that are just shot-gunning for results. After all, you want the right people to find your page.

The content of your page has to be tailored for the audience you really want. How frustrating is it to run a search, for the umptieth time, and see a long list of promising results. But, when you click the top links, you get … nothing. It feels like trying to pick up the last person at the bar at closing time. They pass out in the car on the way out, don’t they? Not the image you want for your business, is it?

So, you or you writer create content that is written for your audience, your seekers. It has to be high quality and relevant. Here’s the rub, as stated above, you cannot just pepper your page with a plethora of “key words.” Those key phrases we talked about will go nicely in the text as well as the key word tags. So long as they are accurate, engaging, and further the service you are providing the customer, these terms will appear in the body of your work.

Placing your links on other sites is a prime method of driving traffic to your page. The links should be clear, should include key terms, and condensed. Long strings of characters and numbers actually puts people off. We are told not to judge a book by its cover, but we all judge a site by its link. Does it look legitimate? If not, there goes a potential paycheck.

When you go to post your link somewhere, say on social media (there’s that F-place) you will include a concise and informative description of what the link will take your reader to. Does the description grab the reader? Will it really link to what the reader is told? Can it be Tweeted easily? Between Facebook and Twitter, that is a significant amount of potential clicks. One study shows that 47% of Americans rely on Facebook for advertising choices. Thank you, Jeff Bullas, for putting that together.

Between FB, Twitter, and reddit you have a significant amount of visibility. Make it look great.

Now, the final aspect is your page itself. Is it easy to navigate? Does your reader have to click link after link after link to find what they want and need? Does it load quickly? Speed and aesthetics can make or break you.

Another aspect to consider is using meta tags. Meta tags are a way for webmasters to tell the search engines what they are all about; that is, what the site is all about. These tags are placed in the HTML text for your page. They operate behind the scenes. Using tags alone will not necessarily bump your status up on search engines, but they are still useful.

When using multiple approaches, such as these, you are increasing your visibility and ratability for both readers, customers, and search engines. Remember that old adage, “There is strength in numbers.” Use multiple approaches and you will increase your traffic flow.