Pen and Paper Stories. Vacation for the mind.

  • Mindful Snow

    Mindful Snow

    Shhhhh Nature quiets all sound The still is working Unrest cannot be found. A few flakes Like a sheet atop grass Relish the moment Too quickly will it pass. No driving or walking Peaceful moment tonight… A mindful moment With the heart warmed right.

  • The Promise

    The Promise

    The will of the land With promise of time Briefly possible From the good and Devine. Yet torcher is chosen To sacrifice favor Steal from the enemy After friend and neighbor. Kindness wins a destiny Once promised and knew Do not lay down hands With work to toil through. Hope beyond the mind Live in…

  • Turn On The Light

    All gloom Some anger too Doomsday written By more than a few. When outside The sun still shines Blinded people Of sarcasm and wine. Oh and the blame So easy to pass And so it swings Lost is class. The point of the finger Mirror in toe Equal in error Transgressors fail to know. Oh…

  • The Artist

    Outside lives an artist Of work I admire Stopping tracks Beauty inspired… If time to take From daily wares Hope is watching Someone cares… Each day is available To learn beyond you Appreciate the gift Consumed by too few… Yes there is darkness After brilliant colors speak Listen to the lessons Strengthening the weak… Oh…

  • Eye Watching

    I spy An eye in the sky Watching me Watching you As any eye Or moon Would do. I see Paths near and far Tempting you Begging me Trust more Something old Or even new. I run Toward a light beyond me Dancing space Solid place A guide A stand Steps too.

  • Passion

    Loneliness beyond comprehension Whether here Or there… Your punishment to me For existing without purpose Or your pleasure. The hatred in your eyes And coldness in your heart Takes time Tearing me apart. I hate you Repeating this again My punishment For actions I’ll never understand. Reasons for all Even if you fail to find…

  • Pumpkin Snatchers

    Pumpkin Snatchers

    Halloween is a special holiday. It’s a day allowing kids, and even adults, to become anything they want for a night. Halloween is the only day that allows people to delve into the darkest part of their soul and display it on the outside. A day where people do not have to hide their sense…

  • Missing Answers

    How many fails Make a failure? How many wins Make a winner? How many punches Are a knockout? How many compliments  Are true? My friend in misery  Has many questions. Beyond the grave Bares the honest answers. So arguments keep dancing As only they have their day.

  • Missing Reason

    Speaking has lost sound As all is deaf. The cage bares a lock With a missing door. Hope is now less As sense locks in self. The parade of monkeys march As reason lay abandoned. Inner peace fully neglected Honesty too inconvenient. Truth now a mystery  And where the road leads from here.

  • NEWS READER

    Lethargic moves The limp from one To yet another  Energy from panic Sleep induced But living While dying In awareness Of nothing While believing  Everything  From nothing  Finally delivered.

  • Future Temptress 

    It haunts me Telling jokes Playing games Little pokes Tap, tap, tap Always the same sound  Opportunity knocking  But can’t be found. Windows are covered The door without a knob The noise is loud Between these sobs. Temptation is lurking  Don’t let it come in The temptress offers  Fate stalls again 

  • Almost Knowing

    A shadow  Where light once was A dream Even if reality. A few steps Mist in the clouds… Bluebirds fly Before the swelling sore. The break  Where glue held tight Loosen grips Of the devil and angel. So wait  Before the scale gives an answer And believe Once was over and never done.

  • Beginning to End

    There was a heartbeat  Guiding steps along linen walls Almost a guide And a fault to the end. Whispers loud Machines comforted chaos To the grasp of life And perseverance of death. Until peace became music Misery’s parade done and over For one then But never for all. And then the years Like all other…

  • Mind

    We are born to know you Strengthen you Build you Control you. Opportunity always open Danger near Pills and chemicals to help Or consequently destroy. Chemistry often missed In the courting effort For power The architect of fantasy. Command slowly changed Despite promise Or time Forgotten rules. Yes I was to control You! But like…

  • Friday’s Date

    Dead of night Walking through the mind Whimpering screams of children Bodies hidden to find. Calling each victim The run merely a walk Deafening is silence Only means which to talk. Rarely the day comes But maybe twice a year The spirit drives the hunted Guided through pain and fear. Friday to accomplish the week…

  • So Simple

    Such spirit Whispering through the skies So Simple The connection between you and I So lost When I try to lead my own way Now focused In the presence to find a way More strong In an environment to make you weak Heartbroken Before the guidance we all seek. Consistent As history has always been…

  • Silence Sake

    Midnight steps Silent for the sleeping Loud for woken ears Mindful minutes. Moments alone Not for loneliness But for space Needless to move But to feel Something beyond myself For the sake of living Before the day.

  • Being FABULOUS

    I was born a mess Kind of a klutz A little beyond simple… Feeling Fabulous. Lacked box to fill As I go punching holes Challenging my purpose Defining a role. Grasping for understanding How peculiar am I Searing the normal Trials to try. I am just me Neither wrong or right Just what is Strength…

  • Forsaken Karma

    The wrath Thin and draped Cancer of the mind Orchestrated by the heart- Forsaken love and understanding. Mistakes could find forgiveness Despite convoluted affairs Now suffering Drenched like a veil Not for hiding or deceiving But a reminder of once upon a time. No devil here As red was already taken To warn elegance Before…

  • Falling Life

    I fall By example and command Stilling the hearts Quieting of hands… To play a part Like a cactus in the clay Holding a purpose Proving a way. Blossom tops Gone for the moment Heroes once Now prose in a poet. Again to know Forever will falter Like the height in a child Value in…

  • Morning Elixir

    A drink for life A cup of daily thoughts Motivation dances Lessons are taught. No poison here As the emblem suggests Just caffeine and peace Spared moments I get. Slip slowly and purposefully Allow cells to dance And if you interrupt this time RUN! While you have barely a chance.

  • Haunting 

    For there are times The brain falters Wisdom is lost Even when working. In Satan’s massacre Or muted cells … Angels missing Hallows lurking Oh the truth will out I suppose – Even in the haunting where it dwells.

  • Nature’s America 

    Storms rage Is it Heaven or Hell? Satan’s game Or warming tell? We fight to know And believe in kind Like so many others Who wish to rewind. The answers are hidden In Present’s past We can pretend for now But nothing lasts. Heed the warnings Spare the truth Protect what’s important Future fruits. For…

  • My Only Forever 

    I am lucky Not for now or never But for here and now My only forever. I could dread the trials Or the following day But I’d miss it all Living that way. I must see the sun And love the stars Appreciate the moment Of where we are. Not fear the future By what…

  • A Little Hope

    I tried. Not once. Not twice. More than I am capable of counting really. Why? Hope. The promise of hope. I thought I had it, and maybe I do, but I don’t have hope in you. Maybe I lost hope when I started thinking about it, what it should be, or where it wasn’t. My…

  • Vice

    Soft scratches alert  To hear you  That you are there  Until you aren’t  And I wait  As any caged prey would do For a return Or consequence  Of proportions beyond me Or anything  Even the moth runs from the flame While perched on the door  Waiting for eternity  Or just the day.

  • Truth In Shadows

    Captured focus Rainless rainbow circles Armored by clouds Earth’s moon tangles a sun. To wonder now Like children in a field Nature dances in shadows Minds rejoice precious minutes. Beginning with the end Mesmerized by prediction Value of a quiet victory Consecrated by time.

  • Watched

    Ever feel like you are being watched? Something knowing all you do? Suddenly relief knowing It was someone as precious as you!

  • 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…

  • 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…

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