HERO

There's a hero deep inside your soul

Pushing you onward

The world needs you

And the many gifts you bring

There's a hero making others whole

Moving them forward

So thankful to you

Awakening the warrior within

I CAN FORGET

I can forget the smell of rain

I can forget your laugh again

But what I can't forget is the way you left

Your blue eyes full of disdain

I can forget you holding my hand

Smiling at the marching band

But what I can't forget is feeling bereft

I hope you can understand

I can forget long talks we had

I can forget not feeling so bad

Wanting a friend, not a dead-end

One day I won't be so sad

WASTED AGAIN

Damn, wasted again

Time, alone without you

Waiting, to see your tace

Phone, ringing in my ear

You are not coming

Car, broken down car

Heart, broken down heart

Tied, to one who doesn't love me

Sadness, permeating my soul

KAREN

My name is Karen if I ignore you

My name is Karen if I scream

My name is Karen if I ask to see your manager

Then I am Karen Supreme

But I am Karen when I hold my child

I am Karen showing you love

I am Karen for all the good reasons

Made from the Lord above

PHOTOGRAPH

This is a photograph of you and me

I kept it all these years, you see

I miss your laugh so terribly

And I wonder sometimes 

If you still laugh so uproariously

This is a photograph when we were young

In this one, I am sticking out my tongue

Climbing monkey bars, rung after rung

Until the recess bell said we were done

This is a photograph from long ago

It reminds me how I miss you so

And why was it you had to go

I will always remember you smiling though

MIRROR

The mirrors burned

The duality phenomenon

To the point where

We could not see ourselves

As individuals 

As creative beings

As sentient versions

Of humans again

We couldn't see ourselves 

At all

LIFE

I was expecting you there

A sublime creature to embrace

A chance to embrace life

Not having imagined before

How it would feel in your arms

Your eyes telling me I am home

The music stops, and that's my cue

To run away from home again

CLOUDS

Did you ever tell anyone

What I said that night?

As we walked along

The boardwalk 

Looking at the lights?

The clouds in the sky

Seemed to be laughing with us

"This won't last forever."

I said.

COME UNDONE

I think I've finally had enough

I think I've come undone

You keep your distance

I fall toward the morning sun

I am not scary

No reason to fear

You are the one who vanished

I am still right here

MONSTER

I see the monster inside you

As I look into your eyes

All my life I've seen you

Like a nightmare in disguise

You smile and everyone 

Like the friend you can't be

But sooner or later everyone

Gets a look inside and sees

That you have a monster inside you

The one who takes me home

That's why I had to give up on you

Before my confidence was gone

CHAINS

I deserve what I got

Can't hardly complain

Left here to rot

Bound in these chains

Captivating eyes

A scintillating smile

"Please hold this," she surmised

"Just for a while"

My eyes burned

When they sprayed me

As I turned

The guards said to me

"Foolish man

There's no turning back

Your suitcase, black and tan

Is full of crack"

I deserve what I got

Can't hardly complain

Left here to rot

Bound in these chains

HUMAN LAUGHTER

The song of human laughter

You who have requested

Every word repetition

Replace what has been placed

Like nature's lover

It is over

FREEDOM REIGN

One call

One voice

The people's call

One choice

To let freedom reign

End all the pain

Get the world back to sane

When freedom reigns

SAMUEL

I did the crime

I did the time

Now all I want to do

Is escape

I am not looking for pity

In this rundown city

Leaning against a well 

As I vape

I ask the Lord above me

If anyone could love me

Or have I gone too far

To go back

I heard him say, Child

You are still meek and mild

In my eyes

You never fell off the track

LONELY

Don't have to feel so lonely

I am still right here

Don't blame yourself, shame yourself

The answer is very clear

You were never alone dear

We all lose something

In the end

WRITE A POEM

Write a poem she said

As if she expected

My fingers to begin

Dancing across the keyboard

As if disconnected

From my mind and heart

That's not the way

It works, I said

Immediately my fingers 

Stopped.

She said, See?

You stopped believing

I never did

THE FEAR

We yell

We argue

You threaten to go

Enter the fear

You can't go

How could you go?

I plead

You take it back

Idle threat

I can't live this way

And suddenly I can leave

In spite of myself

FRIEND

I would do 

Anything

To call you friend

But now we are 

Strangers 

And that's where it ends

SHE ALONE

The music began

And she alone danced

Waving her arms

Feeling the beat

As the world yelled

While stomping their feet

About rights and fairness

She alone rejoiced

She was the only one

Who understood 

What life was meant to be

NOCTURNAL

I am nocturnal

This is my life

Awake after midnight

Storm or strife

I search online 

For people like me

Whose sleeping schedule 

Won't let them be free

I am nocturnal

I don't know why

Making friends

With the nighttime sky

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

While you were sleeping

In a peaceful slumber

I called out your name

While dialing 

Your telephone number

While you were sleeping

I whispered I love you

At the glowing moon

Hoping you would hear me

And come back soon

While you were sleeping

Tears fell from my dark eyes

I tried so hard to be patient

But after a while

I realized

While you were sleeping

Without a care in the world

I cloaked myself 

In loneliness

I could never be your girl

HOPE

This life requires all hope

A time when courage

Vibrates from within

Watching in silence

As the violence continues

A time to remember

That closeness of family

Is our only treasure

I put my arms

Around the world

And say a prayer

For peace among men

A circle of love

CHAOS PATTERN

Worldwide chaos pattern

Don't know where to turn?

But I have two strong arms

To hold you

A big heart

To love you

Two ears

To listen 

Two warm hands 

To wipe away those tears

A love that will

Pick you up before the fall

It will never be this dark again

And that is all

AWAKING NIGHTMARE

Awaking nightmare

I look around

Moonlight bathes my room

Flowers on my bed

Prayers filled with gloom

Waiting for the hero

Who will rescue me now

Nobody rescued me then

And 24 hours later

It all begins again

Awaking nightmare

No one could help me

Looking for a hero

In a Patrick Swayze poster

Finding zero

DESIRE

Fountains of water

Rivers of despair

I have waited

A lifetime for you

Do you really care?

Geysers of love

Bubbling up inside me

Don't go just yet

Not while I still

Need you beside me

Oceans of hope

Crashing against the shore

I know we have

Loved so much

Always wanting more

VOLLEY

Watching the ball dance

Touched gingerly by eager fingers

Excited audience awaits

To see where it lands

For me, I know

I can see the passage

The moment of freedom

Where the ball touches the floor

A LOVE STORY

She whispered me:

They sleep there

In that room

He loves her

Isn't it wonderful?

From this moment

Incredibly life begins

Life of love

I say her:

That was supposed

To be me

In his arms

In that bed

She should be

Where I am 

Looking from here

From a distance

As life begins

ULTIMATE GOAL

The unforgivable crime

Was the most curious thing

The funds for coffins

Offer up the cleanest coffin

Without explanation

The living image disappeared

Ultimate goal achieved

THE BREAK

She seemed anxious

When she announced your break

Not wanting to hurt you

Yet all you saw was red

Your world became revenge

And how to get it

How could you strike with thorns

When all she ever wanted

Was to stroke your petals?