I liked you when you didn't swear,
When innocence was commonplace;
Maybe we're all growing up,
Lost in life's cold embrace.

I cannot wait to see You
The day You break open the sky
And bring together the faithful
To lift Your name on high.

You're an anxious bird
Holding you down for so long
Made you wish to fly.

You're reason denied
Right and wrong are black and white
I am the dark grey.

You were the morning
When the sun returns with hope
Now night confuses.

You're the color red
Red hair, red shirt, red hands
From speaking the truth.

You are a spider
I don't want to be afraid
But you're poisonous.

You're a short-circuit
Sparking and damaging
In my motherboard.

With a sigh you turn away
With a deepening heart
No more words to say
You will find that the world
Has changed forever

And the trees are now turning
From green to gold
And the sun is now fading
I wish I could hold you closer

Time and tide will sweep away.

They give you more love than me
because they know you need the encouragement
and I'm fine all alone.

His dark mood was calm
And with a look in his eyes
That spoke of patience.

At least
We stayed away from the fire
The rest were burned.

Don't move

They surround the ones who struggle
And pull them down to the depths
Where their flames are snuffed out
And they all meet their deaths
Introduced by the king of the hall
Where they join all the rest
And wish they had stayed still

So don't move.

You—
You should listen.
Keep holding on,
You're not alone.

I shiver, and find
I have been believing lies
They clung to my back
And I never wanted to
But now I see and shudder.

I feel something coming
Something important and strange
Maybe if I proof my soul
I'll be prepared to change.

Take me away from here,
I've always wanted to run away;
Show me how to fly,
I'm sure it's easier than they say.

I just can't focus,
I'm in a cloud of nothing;
And I don't know why.

Last day of my week
I feel lucky—I'll be free
And party tonight.

The wind blows outside;
It sounds like the ocean waves
On a grey morning.

Tonight will be different,
I'll go to sleep soon;
Just as long as I'm not bothered
By the light of the moon.

There's words I don't say
I hold deep inside of me
But when I'm tired
They come out, unexpected
Clumsily, I turn bright red.

I can't see you anymore
Oh, are you still there?
Sorry, I thought you'd left,
And I didn't know where.
It's okay if you're gone,
I've been discovering me;
Maybe someday I'll know who I am,
If you will just let me be.

I'm just too tired;
Last night was just frustrating...
I can barely type.

It's driving me mad
I can't sleep and I can't read
Or knit to music
Or anything, and I'm done
I've had enough of it all.

It's 10 PM and I can't fall asleep
Try as hard as I may
It's frustrating and I wonder why I
Can't have this energy in the day.

Inspiration sparks
It flows and bursts into flame
I am overcome.

If you do use me
Without your safety glasses
Be forewarned, I'm sharp
I cut to the quick, and swift
I don't mean to but I hurt.

I'm a flame
Can't you see me burn?
I'm a fire
When will you ever learn?

I'm a match
Ignite me and feel me chafe;
I'm a blaze
Can't touch me and stay safe.

I feel like ramming my crowded thoughts
Into a red brick wall
But somehow I feel that would only cause more pain
And wouldn't help at all.

I feel strong tonight

A hundred songs burst from me

In colorful bloom

The darkness holds fear no more

I laugh in the face of death 



Dreams cannot threaten

I fear no nightly phantom

Day will come with joy

But until then I will sleep

And rest my wearied body. 



My mind is awake

Thought after thought captures me

Musings, wonderings, 

Daydreams before I slumber;

Life is bright and wonderful. 



Yes, I feel strong tonight.

I'm forgetting already
And that really helps
I just have to remember
You're not good for my health.

Waves of the ocean
Waves of the brain
Waves of the air rush
Over wires in the rain.

Is anyone else afraid
Of the monster of the dark?
He comes out every night
And preys upon my heart.

I awoke at 1 AM
And had no reason why.
Perhaps my dreams were torn from me
And with them my sleep so shy.

Maybe my mind could sense that I
Had gotten three emails so far
And maybe I wanted to see if one
Would make or break my heart.

It wasn't there. But it could arrive
If I stayed awake but ten more minutes;
I read the ones that I had received
But felt no spark of interest.

I wondered again why I'd woken late
In the bowels of the night;
Maybe somewhere in this world
Someone special gained their sight.

Yesterday someone's ears were ringing
And their friend said, You know what that means—
Someone's talking about you, girl
And I wonder if this is the same.

If I'm awake because someone's dreaming,
And I'm awake in their dream,
I know it's not the one I dreamed of
Unless in school he's fallen asleep.

Maybe the planet was calling out
And only I could hear them;
Maybe the world begins to turn
One notch faster at 1 AM.

I'm a rainstorm
You think I'm done, and then
I begin again.

If you were a poet,
I wouldn't dare read what you wrote
About me.

Did you speak from sadness
Or fear, or anger, or hopelessness
And was that why you spoke the way you did?
Surely it wasn't true, but
I can't tell if you believed what you said
All the same, though, I can't get your words out of my head.

Like an old piano
Scratches along every keystroke
You played her,
Played her until she broke

All alone in a big room
I could let my voice travel all the way to you
Wish I had the key
To open the door to eternity
And see
If you're next to me
Any way it goes,
I know it's hardly anything I could hope.

I've felt exposed and blinded by light
And lately felt too free
But I love it when Dan says
*If you're warm, then you can't relate to me

You say, "30 days, 30 poems"
And I go, "But...what about
30 days, 250 poems?"

This song has always been in my heart
But now it feels like it is creeping into my soul.
I don't know how long we'll last apart
But someday I'll be part of a whole.

Do you know who you are?
Or, who you are to me?
Frankly, I don't know anymore
Who you are, or seem to be.

If I were to run away
And leave my cozy home
I'd make the decision consciously
And then wander off alone.

But I suddenly find myself so far—
How did I reach this place?
I seem to have fallen far,
So far from Your grace.

I didn't just wake up one day
And decide to run from You;
I simply slipped from your presence, slowly
Without meaning to.

How will I reach your throne again,
How can I now return?
If I make this decision consciously
Maybe I will learn

That to leave is easy, sadly;
But to return is never hard—
You will always be there, arms open wide
To hold me with Your hands scarred.

I'm sorry for every time I've run,
And found myself so far...
Maybe this time, You'll draw me close
And You'll whisper to my heart,

*“You are forgiven.”

If the Titanic was made to sink,
Then so was my heart,
For I made sure it was impenetrable.
Oh, what a wretched man I am!
Who will save me from this flesh?
Paul whispers in my ear,
Oh, don't worry my friend
You're in good company;
Poets before me have tried
to measure this love,
And if 40,000 brothers cannot
with all of their quantity of love
make up this sum,
Then how can my heart contain this mass?
It would only burst at the seams into
a million tender pieces.
So what then?
What good is a broken heart to You?
Could you even hear my heart from there?
And like a father assuring his son
to come home,
Oh my son, it's enough, it's enough.
So who am I to accept this grace
that just falls like rain?
Cause we all know I chose to lay
my head in this desert.
But like a fish out of water,
We only know then what it means
to be parched.
So if Christ is alive, the love,
and the groom,
Then take heed my friends,
For chivalry is not dead!
For I know no other lover who would
have met me here in this place.
So I awake and I rise from my bed
of complacency--
Oh, my God I've been sleeping
with a corpse!
Oh, and these bed sores they still
rest in my bones,
Oh, how I've made a beautiful dance
with this cadaver, but my audience
is appalled!
Oh, how strong these tendons;
How they desperately need to rip
from this ancient Adam.
So light up the sky, and
Set me aflame;
Burn this bone and tissue,
For I no longer want to be
entangled in this sinew
That hinders my reach towards You.

I want to forget
That you even existed,
But know what I learned.

You built me up to be someone else,
Then you took it all away.
I don't know how you think I'll survive;
People weren't built that way.

I don't even know
What I should say anymore.
I'll leave you alone.
It's what you want anyway.
But it makes me sad...Sorry.