Poetry A-E

Accepting the Sand in the Hourglass
Anxiety
As the World Blurs
Be Thankful
Bipolar Schizoaffective Prison Cell
Bound
Break the Ache
Butterflies In My Hair
Change
Changing
Colorblind
Crystalline Lens
Cut So Deep
Dance with Time
Dancing in a Field of Dandelions
Dilated Pupils
Dream Guy
Drug Dealing Death Penalty
Entropic Swamp
Eternal Pension
Everything Is Changing

Accepting the Sand in the Hourglass	Top
So reflecting on the stars above, Whose lives have come and gone, Leaving behind their life's trail, Invisibly streaking, like a comet's tail I stop and wonder why? The moon is disappearing, Behind a dream-like cloud, A sound is stirring deep inside, Waiting to burst out loud. The alarm clock screams "carpe diem," And runs as fast as legs can go, But stops upon the water's edge, Frozen, pushed back, By the surf of liquid snow. So I stand between the cool gigantic waves, And the dry sizzling sand. My scorched heart wants only, To jump against the waves and splash, To swim against the current fast, Under water, fresh and clear. While sizzling sand will burn and brand, The current will swallow me whole. I can learn from the burn, But the water will twirl my soul.

Anxiety	Top
Anxiety Ties me up Strangles me Chokes out life Squeezes my heart Stabs my chest Shakes my soul Takes its toll

As the World Blurs	Top
A single tear drops to the floor Straight ahead I stare As the world blurs around me I feel small and alone

Be Thankful	Top
Give thanks when you're happy Give thanks when you're mad And when you're feeling peaceful And especially when you're sad Because in times of trouble When you're feeling extra low The gifts we have been given Appreciated lift our soul To express thankfulness Takes self-pity and tears it apart It squashes ungratefulness And warms up the heart It helps you count your blessings And realize your true gratitude It changes your outlook And refreshes your attitude So be sure to be thankful Give thanks in every state of mind Be sure to be thankful And contentment you'll find

Bipolar Schizoaffective Prison Cell	Top
Grasping to your sanity You feel yourself drifting away Holding on to all your marbles in one hand You space out staring into entropy And crash they all fall to the floor Your world is complete chaos again Your mind has scattered Your life is shattered Once again Try again Once again Interruptions Paranoid assumptions Mania Depression Suicidal ideation Take a deep breath You are me for one minute I'm serving life In this bipolar schizoaffective prison cell

Bound	Top
Swinging on a star, dancing in the night, A fresh gleam of light illuminates bright. Lonely in the sky but caring not why, Woman on the Star feels a heavy weight. A feather's light touch or a gentle wind, Loosens heaven's grip on a soul so pure, And a body bound while thoughts float around, Looking back for what? Burning bright and high! Living in the sky! Regrets' blaring gaze, Unsatisfied rage. Unfinished business, Going door to door Jehovah's Witness, Travels less than I who roams the dark sky, Just trying to fly, To break the strong tie, From my earthly roots, Fleeing only truth.

Break the Ache	Top
Crack out of the shell Cry out loud and awake Walk in a brave new world Dissipate the dull ache It lives inside the shell It's too cold to let out With frozen lips blow it away like a kiss It flies to make the sun burst apart And warmth rains down like a cinnamon spark Until the flavors gone And the shell is broke The guy on a wall had great men Even they couldn't put him together again So the question is If an ache inside, Wants out so bad It screams and cries, Risk the fall And risk the break? Just to let one ache awake? Or keep it safe and still inside, Will the shell wash up next high tide? What if the ache inside never died? A life worth loving must be tried.

Butterflies In My Hair	Top
Butterflies in my hair My heart is melting gold And stirring in the air The ambiance is cold

Change	Top
I'm ready to move on I've learned from my past I'm changing my life My intentions will last I'm devoted to God I'm done drinking for sure I'm going to be responsible My resolutions will endure God has blessed me My life will not be the same I've learned from mistakes Bad habits I have to tame It's time to go forth I'm ready to pursue My future of worth

Changing	Top
I believe I can change It can be done I can fight this war It can be won Good always triumphs I'll change for the best I'll beat my addiction This is just a test To help me see I can change my ways My mind will follow What my heart says I know I can do it I just need to be strong I know I can change I could have all along

Colorblind	Top
The bare birch tree outside my window, Is whispering to me, That for him white is minority, and that I should try to see, What it is like to truly be, Painted a color other than me. I will never know for sure, If there will ever be a cure, For the fear of the different, May always hold a lure. If I could cast a spell on all, I'd wish that sight be colorblind, To prevent humanity's downfall, Racial hatred of ignorant mind. I saw a flicker in the eye, Of one towards another, A subtle but strong cry, A frequency so silent high, None can hear but one can feel, The electric shock of evil eel. For no reason of validity, A slap in the face, A superficial mask, Made of only race.

Crystalline Lens	Top
Peering through my crystalline lens I see a child laughing at me Spinning around under the stars She stops and looks at me With sadness in her eye She asks why Do we grow up to feel so down? So I look around And there's someone else I see Coming closer every second Slowly walking towards me In this frame all else is blurry I feel the world fall away And floating in time The child's question is answered: It doesn't have to be that way You just have to give yourself away Stop holding on to the rail Let the wind of destiny Blow you towards its goal Don't fight it with stability Or the comfort of the same Let go and see the winds Take hold on you Spinning you around On a starry night.

Cut So Deep	Top
so i see when i wish to sleep a world awake counting sheep tossing. turning. tortured souls spooky spirits, drifting ghouls are we dead? or are we alive? supernatural secrets thrive in the minds of many mangled many mangled minds tangled in twisted morbid ways the curious thought sways from the purity of expectation to the pleasure of masturbation to the gruesome growling thirst for a bloody vivid hearse a corpse molding in the ground worms warble a tapeworm sound taunt and tease but for what? the painful blood drop from a cut can ease the innards of a few whose tongue they can only chew words form not of pain they feel the pain they feel must become real so sick! so stop looking as I cut the bloods covers the word slut and all the pain i thought i felt with my flesh will surely melt

Dance with Time	Top
Time is slipping away from me Through my fingers like sand It slides right through and gets away Falling beneath my hand Outside my grasp time once seemed But when I get the chance I'm going to hold on tight Together time and I will dance

Dancing in a field of Dandelions	Top
We're dancing in a field of dandelions, Blue skies floating overhead, Spinning out of consciousness, We're laying in bed... Sweet dreams linger, Until we drowsily awake, To face another day, Boring and gray. I see the sun in your eyes, I hear music in your voice, When you're around, Time slips away And light brightens my dreary day. Life, Death, and New Beginnings One yellow leaf falls spiraling toward the ground, One tear drops and doesn't make a sound. I start to cry because leaves will die And so will I, A little more everyday as I lose my Sanity. I put my cigarette out just as the song ends, And I wonder will a new one begin?

Dilated Pupils	Top
Dilated pupils shrink, In the bright light, The spot light-- The Moon beam, In the naughty night. Dark cold freshness, Stars sparkle clear, I'm twirling again, I've fallen near. Lucid love, If there is such a thing, Waves off guitar strings, Vibrating as it sings, Today. The devil's horns, Are thorns in my sidewalk, Stuck to two feet of fate. Predestination? NO-- A future I create. Hop-scotch alcohol, Feeding on my days, The devil dances, The penguin plays, In frozen snow, Slick it sways, To and fro. Stay or go? Night's bright light, Shines truth, shows right, From wrong? or from spite? Twirl with me, In a circle of nowhere, In a cloud of youth. Dare-- to care-- to share? You with me, Just a little peace, Unique and Beautiful. A shield from the light, Mr. sees in darkness, As clear as in day, Keep my pupils dilated. War worries fade away.

Dream Guy	Top
I know you're not perfect But neither am I Even still You're my dream guy You make me laugh I love your youthful charm And your sense of humor You do no harm I dreamt of you long ago Before I even knew you Now I found My dream guy through you

Drug Dealing Death Penalty	Top
Mental institutions lock up outcasts and give them drugs. Prisons lock up the drug givers and make them outcasts. A circle of hypocrisy, drugs aren't as bad as they seem to be; Why else would a doctor give to me, The same substance sold on the street, Yet lock up the seller who isn't discreet. Felony! For selling to a market, Like capitalism was set up to do. Restrictions based on morals... But the morals of who? One man wanted sex; One woman needed money. Two consenting adults; Police looked the other way. One man wanted a drug; One woman needed money. Two consenting adults; One is locked in prison today. What's the difference anyway?

Entropic Swamp	Top
Murky waters hold random chaos flowing, Immersing enchanted timeless plastic forests, Helium zephyr heavy choking cosmos, Distant earth below clouds stagnant, Tied kite-string prison chain, Drifting atmospheric swampy fringe, Spontaneous bursts, prosaic mosaic color, Fill emptiness's pit, smother another fire, Bones jumping out torn human flesh, Clumps piled, spineless bodies cluttered, Boneless cadavers squish between toes, Floating disease sneezed, tarnished lungs, Black diamonds cut decaying garbage, Landfill mountains, toxic ocean stench, Illegal Procreation, Overpopulation, Thick smoke fills childrens' aveoli, Buried alive first minute new born, Zero-gravity, windless climate, frigid space, Monsters haunt subconscious minds, Ghostly zombies, walking dead, pleasantville, Eyes wide and broad, never shutting, Sleepless existence, precious moments, Antisocial Purple Heart, minority intelligence, Mindless blob, instinct-driven mob, Tornadoes storm deserted barren arctic, Year 3002, Flowers extinct, Laboratory-grown food, Carbon declared rare element, humanity's space colony, Call me pessimist, I am a realist.

Eternal Pension	Top
A shattered mind May be blind But understands Human kind To be good Despite its evil It could Uproot and upheaval Devilish demands Flesh's reprimands Provide a gateway For comprehension Of an eternal pension

Everything Is Changing	Top
A sprout peaks out of the soil, Grows stong and tall, With leaves and all! But the summer's over, And the leaves are dying, The tree drops them crying. As the leaves rustle under old tenis shoes, Everything is changing colors, Everything is changing, Everything.