Category: Poetry
Masquerade
One after another
Eyes watch the run
Making clowns innocent
Of dying virtuous fun.
Paradise in the chase
Laughing fools
Complicated in theory
Simple hidden rules.
Another step forward
Four behind
Missing is everything
No way to rewind.
Laughter shaking the earth
Looks seemingly shy
Theory for all
Without intention or why.
Marching band plays
Couples slowly come
Alone at a table
All limbs numb.
So much promise once
Lost to missing time
Practice the hidden smile
Alone everything is fine.
Illusion’s Candor
Sounds of sandpaper rubbing-
Walking through drying fields
Drops escaping the puddle
As toes remember their feel.
Noises promise company-
Loneliness weighs on shoulders . . .
Walking up high for peace-
Leaves the body feeling colder.
Pieces fit into the puzzle-
Broken as eggshells on the floor . . .
Knowing something is different
Failing to prove the more.
Regard all hidden realities-
Ending fantasy’s game . . .
And while truth stands in sight-
The mind hides it just the same.
State of Time
Pleasant sounds now have ominous tones
Begging for the worst
Painting the best.
The artist is unknown
While work is displayed
Manipulated understanding.
Young are born
Old still age
Brevity highlighting it all.
Muscles ache
While wasting away
So is the state of time.
Heartbreak
I was everything
Then nothing
All at once.
I was wanted
And rejected
Within a matter of months.
I was over
Once started
Wet forced dry…
You came
Then you left
A relationship high.
Without light
No home
Lost a path to take.
The moon
A savior
Guiding heart to break.
Free for Life
Living a life
Locked in a cage
Materials and money
Built and made.
Oblivious to you
And even to me
Forgetting to stop
Or appreciate the trees.
Time was gone
Before my past
Escaped the cage
Free at last.
The dollars were gone
Back was a sense
Fights forgotten
With needed defense.
Nature caught me
Returned to the earth
Forgiven for all
Given new birth.
Again to grow
Endless smile on me
Returning as something
I always forgot to see.
Beautiful and big
Honest and true
Hearing the stories
Painfully told by you.
Stop I whisper
It’s never too late
Life is for living
Not sealing your fate.
Find the rainbows
Look at the trees
Surround yourself with life
Live to be free.
Endless
A depth without knowledge
Strength without muscle
Stopping all
Pushing everything.
Consequence silenced
Gains imagined
Built and structured
Without conscience plan.
Believed reality
While imaginary
Structured always
Architect of the mind.
Daily Lesson
Quiet the heart
Wake up the mind
Find the balance
In this day to unwind.
Peaceful steps
Down a winding road
Lifting weights
Of a heavy load.
Laugh at irony
As the feet trip
Hold the tongue
Watch the lips.
Now to rest
From where you’ve been
Until the sun rise
To try again.
With Care
There were words
On the tips of tongues
And then silence
Before heartbreak begun.
No intention
Or dreadful deed
Just ignored
No matter volume of pleads.
To forgive
When no hurt meant
Is still difficult
With feelings bent.
Loneliness is often
When it should only be rare
And most often given
From the people who “care.”
Your Best
ROY G BIV
Is the rainbow
The sun
Makes each shadow
A heart break
Reveals some pain
The peace of nature
Makes you sane
Unexpected loss
Leads to unexpected leads
The anger of another
Born by ignored pleads
Revenge an appetizer
Best served cold
Discipline is wasted
If not learned till old.
This moment now
Is the past simply waiting
And my happiness
Is not available for debating.
So my problems
Are simply something to fix
And my success
Can teach you some tricks.
So to each his own
Until help is the request
At the end of the day
Just do your best!
Time Fallacy
There they stand
Thinking of all the time ahead
Racing to grow up
Ignoring lines they tread.
Enjoy being a kid!
Sentiment each parent sells
The dream that is always preached
Too often doesn’t turn out well.
Waiting to take responsibility
And rescued in their youth
Then shock from friends and strangers
When time reveals the truth.
You don’t have time you see
So stop wasting another day
Enjoy being young and open
But don’t ignore adulthood on its way.
Nothing lasts forever
Especially keeping time
Regrets leave more moments wasted
The body gets past its prime.
You should only have 1 BUT in your life
And that should be your ASS!
Don’t believe in having later
Or anyone will just let you pass.
Enjoy your youth, yes!
Don’t depend on the best is yet to come….
Adulthood is long and hard
And you will wish to again be young.
Chase that dream each day
Work hard to make it real
Preach honesty in your life
Keep negativity from what you feel.
You don’t have time, kid!
But you do have today . . .
Don’t throw it in the trash
Use your time to work, learn and pray.
