I remember when people left their doors unlocked
Today that is how you get robbed
I remember when neighbors took care of all the children on the block
Now neighbors are too busy to get involved
I remember when children knew not to talk back
Today children accused parents of child abuse
I remember when Fathers made sure their children didn’t lack
Today fathers can't find a job
I remember when Mothers cooked meals from scratch
Now meals come ready made
I remember when Grandmothers would sew all the school clothes
Today Grandmothers party with their children
I remember when Grandfathers would take their grandchildren to the fishing hole
Today Grandfathers are hard to find
I remember when at school children pledge allegiance to the flag
Now pledge allegiance to the flag in public is a crime
Look at the trade that was made
I remember when

It's not that
I have nothing
Flowing through my mind
It is simply that
I have too many thoughts
Ideas and images
And I currently seem
Incapable of sorting them out
Into anything worth
Expressing poetically
It's hard to write
When conflicted
And bombarded
By endless emotions
That are always changing
With new information
There is plenty I can say
I simply fear
The emotions and words
Will be to jumbled to
Enjoy
Or to successfully
Express how I'm feeling.

I want to touch you
All of you
From the bend in your toes
To the crook in your nose
I crave the feeling of your not-quite-straight teeth
the underneath of your chin
Where your stubble begins
Your usually chapped lips
Pressed upon mine
The feeling of the bumps of your spine
Would probably give me chills
And thrills
To feel your fingers through my hair
I can't bare
To think of you away from me
Don't you see?
We're meant to be.
we fit perfectly together
And I'm sure we can weather
Any storm
I was born and bound
To love you
The hounds of Hell
Are ******* my heels
This feels like damnation
Not salvation
Being in love is not beautiful
Having shared love is
I'm in the business
Of having the first
But not the latter
This ladder that I climb
Is falling apart
And I'm falling down
Falling
Into the ground
So for awhile
I'll
Be bitter
But one day I'll be better