Archive for February 2012
Saturn
I normally use a compass
to pinpoint the direction
of exactly how we got here,
but this time I don’t care to
look past the “right in front of me,”
so I’ll take it for what it is,
beautiful.
A Lesson in Harmonics
Exploration is important
for those who don’t succeed
in mixing with other creeds,
reproducing with other breeds.
Vision is always blanked
when limited to things
you only want to see,
such carelessness that breathes.
Killing those you’ll never meet,
or talk to over tea,
when we send them overseas
without a manual for peace.
Telling our kids that
playground fighting is obscene,
you should act better, yes indeed,
now do some homework, now go read.
But the lies they print on pages
for their youngster eyes to see
don’t tell them of the pain
of those you forced to bleed.
Instead we choose to mislead,
without teaching them to think,
and by the time they wear their special robe,
you’ve gone on to succeed.
This can’t be what they taught
inside the capital of Greece.
A focused life ain’t focused
if it’s focused on money.
So kill the greed,
hatred release,
burn all thoughts preconceived,
for peace and harmony.
11001
Thoughts are like fluid
falling a drop at a time.
Like a static IV,
they’re consuming my mind.
And I insert them in code
into this handheld device.
One’s and zero’s consume
my cryptic life.
Misread you
I was merely telling you,
emptying,
undoubtedly expressing
a problem of mine.
But you only bashed me,
and judged me,
and told me your side.
I was merely looking
for a friend to listen,
someone to confide in,
not a reinforcer of the mistake
I know I’ve made.
Lexica
Lit another fire
on my way home
from bridge burning.
I’ll grow out of it,
you’ll see.
Judged straight off
the flat end of the Earth.
Quite a fall.
I’ll be happy one day,
you’ll see.
The question is…
How do you stop yourself
from counting lines on the lips.
Part 2 for the books.
First words inked.
I’ve always only remembered
the least memorable details.
And you have no idea why
I choose to tread water, poor thing.
Answerless for fear of falling over
the railing, into the water, never-ending.
And it’s likely
I’ll never write because of it.
Answer this: when will I grow
a few inches north of cowardice
and challenge the
societal damage?
Preconceived and too determined,
I can be just the worst person.
Standards set so low and shallow,
but we always seem to drown.
Pound your gavel
into my face,
and judge, and judge,
and judge away.
Bays
Half asleep
or half awake,
I’m struggling to tell.
Yawns occur
at rates unknown,
contagious like a spell.
Drawings shape
on your front page,
it’s admiring to watch.
Waiting for
the day that comes
we just sit down to talk.
Strato
Empty fields left open
to run through
match the
parallelled skies.
At the end,
a body to splash to.
Dive in
and capsize.
And jump
to land on top
of the motioning
cloud.
Fall
with the rain
and spread thin
across the ground.
I’m in between us
I miss the way
you’d make me try
just as much
as I miss your smile.
And all the words
you love to speak
and fill up pages
of my belief
in something real,
something warm.
Nothing to replace
the look you gave
when running up
a child’s dream.
Casted
We need help
in the most dire of places
as the most familiar faces
disappear in plain sight.
Take me to where
the fog reigns supreme
and the forest silhouettes
are endless.
To a place where breaths
are admired with the likes of
love and peace, found deep beneath
the well I wish to fall into.