Daylight is devoured
As birds catch the last flight out
Endless sun chasers

I love when you lose something
and the first thing someone says is where did you last have it?

Umm...If I had the answer to that question, I never would have asked it

Pay no attention
To the girl behind the veil
She's not up for sale

They said looks don't matter
but they lied
No one cares how ugly you are
on the inside
So be certain your scars
will easily hide
Then choke down the razors
and smile wide

Dank dark dreary day
Ducks don't even want to play
In bed I will stay

I once knew a man
Who was shattered but caring
He died but still lives

I always sit in the corner alone
mostly ignored, yet always adorned
I squeak
and I creak, but it appears no one knows I'm trying to speak
I've spent years banging my head on a wall
getting absolutely nowhere
I had an epiphany this morning
I'm a rocking chair

Crunchy leaves add up
They line every path I see
I'm where I should be

I liken my heart
To lavender and ashes
Pretty yet barren

I want to say I'm sad
this place made a poetess feel so bad
She up and fled this site
like a black cat at midnight
And I miss somehow what I never had

Neptune's behaved well
Still Pluto's been just as good
But no one trusts dwarfs

The Moon mirrors clouds
As the sun ducks behind them
Shift change in the sky

To thee I do wed
at least that's what I said
you recycled those words back to me

How were we to know
at the time of that show
what good liars we turned
out to be

I will write a poem
It won't be very long though
In fact it's over

Butterflies and kings
One empress of pure beauty
One despot of ash

A downey woodpecker just checked out the place
It's a two bedroom, and he loves the space
Now he has a cozy place to sleep at night
And I finally have a neighbor I like

The sun calls in sick
Clouds rush to cover her shift
No sunshine today

When writing don't take yourself too seriously

Try to keep it fun

That's what I always tell myself

As I reload my gun

You don't see the forest or the trees
You wallow in your own image  
without any reflection
To catch a glimpse risks rejection
I thought you were just short-sighted
You also lack peripheral vision
Luckily history is less one-sided
And even less forgiving

Let's race up that hill
Let's run up that building
I swear if we stay still
We may as well stop living

Blades of grass add up
Planes and pastures stretch for miles
Giraffes graze the sky

Rings gone green, cracked pearls
Vacant locket and drab gems
My jewelry box

To the child I'll never know
I wish I could've watched you grow
And maybe I'd have grown myself
Maybe finally got some help
What should feel like a blessing
I can't keep from second-guessing
And the voices in my head
Have filled my heart and soul with dread
There are so many what-ifs
I can't promise life's a gift
I'm sorry I was not prepared
And instead I was plain scared
You'll never run or laugh or play
You'll never live to see one day
And as awful as it seems
You were only just a dream
Cuz what my mother couldn't do
Is what I'm going to do for you...
To the child I never knew

Thor isn't laughing
Neighbor borrowed his hammer
He ain't seen it since

The sun's rays beat down
Turning flowers into ash
Butterflies beware

Herons pirouette
As tadpoles gain their sea legs
Trout leap for dragons