second of the 6th

Sleep stirred so
the mountain ranges crumbled
into the rumbling sea

A loved bird set free
set loose to not yet return
on purpose

But actions in rapid effect
each have a purpose
purportedly to neglect

So winds they wavered
and the ground, it swallowed
everything possibly dreamed

The bird lost forever
without a will to survive
carried with it all enjoyed

you found

you found my funny bone
and tickled it home
you found my favorite wish
and its silly twist
you found my heart strings
upon which love wings
you found me and I found you
before we actually knew
our love was true

5/11/09

I heard the footsteps
before the snarl
the angry thing
it grabbed me
and threw me far

Frozen like tepid crystal
I heard it crack
before the shattering
and the fall back

Today is the day
I died on the inside
the sun actually bright
with no place to hide

Picked up my own pieces
but used no glue
nothing too sticky
faith will see me through

Faith in love?
you ask with a laugh
and somehow it was
never a question

At least from my side
of the rickety bridge
that holds us here
for quite a ride

the thing it sways
and will unhinge

But you hold tight
until you can't anymore
the angry thing
awaits the gore

You shatter
scattering mess
No will no more

2:45

so weak
so weak
that I can barely speak
words bursting
at twilight's peak

2:35am creeps so slow
who knew the beast
would bite me so
that there's tears
that rolling appear

my heart breaks
by my fault
why ask the why
from the fallout

heartstrings attached
and strung about
not so intertwined
as what you once thought

smug and brash
so independent
inpatient temperament
world against me
you see

crumble pieces mine
all glued and held
together, not touching
the weight unbarring

the weakness shows true
and bashful
makes for you
mimic
un-congratulate
belittled by myself
and no one else
take the broken moment

best

so contagious
non-anti-outrageous
spunky smiling
laughing not chiding
lights as rays
peer down dark caves
find her again
truly heart sent
and hold and cherish
gripping life's rarest
where the real meaning
lies within beaming
his small hands hold
worlds never sold
his laugh is the best

Like Your Music

melodies please follow me
hold my hand in yours forever
carry me along like your music notes
into the winds, into the seas
I laugh; you are so clever
my heart keepsakes your quotes
and see the chorus is where I follow
surprisingly all see the unexpectedly
jumps and hoops and landings
blindfolded in my inner hollows
calling my name to beckon me

before/after

tell a story of madness
in love without your sadness
that carries love and hoping
above all that entails coping

where my heart is held high
and my spirit is nearby
and every moment means
much more than every dream

before it came and ended
before the tears descended
before the stars they lied
in my face while you denied

the evil poison diminished my soul
created a shift big enough in our woes
again, again, and again once more
strength is taken away from me
reliance both and your honesty

because now no promises exist
your love for what we wished
is gone
all gone
so long

Fool of

oh dear agony
you continue to enslave me
while my eyes burn
and emptiness churns
somehow you are familiar
somehow you are so killer
there is nothing to be
but a beauty or a beast
and what is left of life
when you don't hold the knife
when you take the stone
and smash it against bones

those others' words
just can't be heard
they are but fools laughable
together in adolescent travels
they are so eager to avoid
the big picture instead toyed
nothing to do but ignore
everyone who is not my core
embrace this day's moment
to ensnare what's heaven sent

barred 05/10/09

Broken, broken
barred unspoken
Love lies here not
beneath this angry hot

Temper, temper
better remembered
Evil eyes see not
farsighted worries rot

Center, center
attention getter
Hands here hold do not
tender unclasped hands sought

Seas

Capture my netted heart
Enrapture my longed soul
Hit me in the arm long parts
Throw me in a shallow bowl
Lonely in a room
of mouths and minds
Breaking verbiage tradition
Melting molded conditions
Better to be stolen away
My inner preclevities
than lost amongst them
the endless
seas