I think therefore I am
I think
I mean I hope so
I’m sure that’s right

I am therefore I think
I think so anyway
I am what
I think
I am not sure

Am I even here
Where is here
Does it think it’s here
Am I only here because I think I’m here
What if I thought I was there
Would I still be here

Where is there
Does it still exist without me being there
Would it still be there if I stopped thinking about there
Am I there and just don’t know it
Could I be there just by thinking I was there
Where is there
Could it be here

I think therefore I am
I am therefore I think
I think I’m lost

I thought you loved me
I should have known
It was all a joke to you

My tears fall like acid rain
As you play your hateful games

Kids are our future
Don't destroy it

Pretty sunset glow
Like a painting in the sky
Pretty to look at

See the rose
Smells so sweet
Beautiful

Snow falls down
Fluffy white
Beautiful

The full moon shines bright
As we lay upon the grass
Starlight lovers we

Stars in the night sky
Shining down their light on us
Lovely to look at

Hay blows in the wind
Water flowing in the creak
Birds high in the tres

Leaves upon the tree
Changing in touch bright colors
Falling to the ground

Freedom is for those
Who fight for it everyday

Don't stop believing in yourself
Always
Reach for the stars

Let your light shine
Show the world
Just how awesome you are

Be who you are
Don't apologize for it
Celebrate yourself

Stand up for yourself
Don't let others push you down
Stand up for yourself
Prove your worth

People will say things
To try to put you down
People will say things
To try to make you dislike yourself

Don't listen to them
They just blowing hot air

Stand up for yourself
Prove them wrong

When you touch me
It's like being touched by an angel
When you kiss me
It's the sweetest and finest wine
When you speak
The words are soft as silk

I could go on and on
Describing how awesome you are
You have touched my life
In so many ways

Lord
Open up the Heavens
Let your mercy fall like rain
Wash me clean

Hey funny man
Why do you look so sad
You're up there laughing and carrying on
It don't look like you've got it that bad

Hey funny man
Why the tears
What has caused you to cry
It hurts to see you this way
Please get past the hurt and the pain
Please come out to play

Hey funny man
Is the a secret that you hide
Something in your past
That took away your smile

Or was it something during the show
That has taken it's toll
By leaving you sad like this

Well I got to go
I hate seeing you sad though
So long my friend
Hope things get better

Depression is like
A spear of ice
Stuck into your heart
Freezing you
From the inside out

Depression is like
Living in a world of shadows
No sun to warm you
Always cold
Always alone
You can hear people talking
But they sound
Distant and far away

Depression is like
Being half dead
You may be alive
To the world around you
However
You feel dead inside

She was taken from her family
At a young age
Sold as a slave
She works hard labor
During the day
She preformed ****** favors
At night

She's been beaten
Molested
Broken
Scared for life
The bruises a ****** purple

Her only friend
Another
Like her
Bought and sold
Into slavery at a young age

Together they fight to hang on
Together they draw strength
To make it day after day

Both beaten
Both abused
Together as friends

I’m a man of the Earth, just give me a plow
While I’m out working, I’ll praise him out loud
I’ll sing his song, while out in the field
Milking the cows or changing a wheel

I’m a man of the Earth, with the simple’s of life
I have a house and a truck
Two kids and a wife.
I have a pet dog that I think is best.
My, how the Lord’s blessed again and again

I’ll love you lord from now and all time
I will forever sing your praise
When I have finished
I know you have heard
but Lord my praise is simple
For I’m just a man of the Earth

Fireworks of love burst within my heart
Beautiful colors of
Passion light my dark soul

Lord you're my God and king
I will praise your name
With my voice I sing
Your praise forever

You did save my life
With your sacrifice
Now I can live
Forever

You have set me free
From the pain indeed
And the sin and death
That plagued me

I'm in a bad mood
Just let me be
Don't nag me with questions

I'm in a bad mood
Give me time to calm down
Don't try to fix it
You'll just make it worse

I'm in a bad mood
I need to be alone
Give me time
I will be fine
My mood will change back

I'm in a bad mood
Don't push me
Just let this flow
It will pass
I promise

I am the voice
Of one calling for freedom
I am the voice
Of one shouting in the streets
I am the voice
Of one excited with joy
I am the voice
Of one without food to eat

Voices come from everywhere
Can you hear them
They are calling
They are crying
They need to be heard

I am the voice
Of a farmer working in the field
I am the voice
Of one sick and ill
I am the voice
Singing a song
I am the voice
Just humming along

The voice of the people
The voice of a nation
Sing with joy
Or moaning with dread
Raise your voice
Let it be heard

Say a prayer
Bang a drum
Say AMEN

I didn't choose poetry
It chose me

When the world needed a voice
I was chosen
When the lost and hurting
Needed to cry out
I was chosen

Like my brother and sister poets before me
I speak for those without a voice
I comfort the hurting
I bring joy to the sad

I didn't choose poetry
It chose me
I accept

Just because I can't speak
Doesn't mean I am dumb
Doesn't mean I am stupid
I can communicate
Just in a way
Different than you

Just because I can't speak
You don't need to give me pitty
No need feeling sorry for me
My hands do my talking for me
My pen and paper
Sometimes join the conversation
I can read lips to
So even though I can't speak
I am not lost to the world

Sometimes a good cry is all we need
To wash away the darkness
So our souls can be clean
Then our souls sparkle
with a happy  gleam

Sometimes a good cry is all we need
The heart grows dark
sometimes dark as can be
we open the floodgates
and let the cleaning start
Now we have a happy heart

To cry
To wash out the inside
To push the darkness of life away
So we can move on to brighter things

There she stands on the street corner
Selling tulips from her cart
Her family is poor
So she helps to support
The only way that she can

Nine years old
Dressed in tatered worn clothes
She has never been to school
Selling flowers is all she knows
She sells the flowers
To those who pass by

Many have sean her
She is a regular sight upon the corner
A few have bought flowers
Many more just pass by
Not even with a glance her way

She sells the flowers
To better herself
To better her family
To prove
Though they are poor
They are not helpless

50 years later he cherishes them still
Sitting in the closet silent and still
Lunch boxes from days gone past
memories that forever last
First fight on the playground
The great cafeteria food fight
His first kiss
On and on
The memories flood in
As he looks at his past once again

These old lunch boxes
have new lives and stories to share
A first aid kit
A tackle box
just to name a few
New memories made
As each story's told
In with the new
Never forgetting the old

A flower given as a friend
To a friend
A flower given in peace
In hope for a better tomorrow
A flower given in peace
In hope for a better way

I like to cook
I like to create
I like to throw things together
Just to see how they taste

A liitle more spice
A little more flare
A little more love
A little more care

Each new creation a work in it's own
New flavors to try
New styles to like

One beat
One drum beat
One heart beat
Since the beginning of time the beat always was
Beating in continuous form within the storage of the human soul

The heart skips a beat
The drum beat changes
The beat gets faster and more intense
The throbbing heart feels it will explode with the pressure
There is no warning to be had that excels within the intents passion
That spills from this thing called the human being

The heart skips another beat
The drum beat pulsates with the driving of the heart
Faster and faster the heat begins to grow between us
The heart beat
The drum beat
The two beats join forever as one
The one beat beats out of control
The emotional high is more than the human soul can contain

As the beat intensifies in speed and scope
The passion overflows from our hearts
The passion, the flavor, the very essence of our soul
Is exemplified within this one beat

As long as our hearts beat true nothing else matters
The passion, we have gone to far to turn back now

The heat calms down
The deed is done
The excitement wares off
We sleep

One beat
The heart beat
The drum beat
From the beginning of time the beat always was
The beat always will be

To dance
To express oneself through
Movement and rhythm
To show joy
Joy of life
Joy of family
Joy of friends

To dance to the beat of life
To join with all creation
To rejoice in freedom

The freedom of life unbound
Now strings attached
Nothing standing in your way
Complete
Joyful
All inspiring freedom

To dance
For joy
For freedom
For life

One beat
One song
One voice
One

God the beat
Always was
Always is
Always will be
Before the beginning of time
It was so

The Holy Spirit the song
Joins the beat to give it
Movement and action
It's drives the beat onward
So it doesn't stand still
Or fall on dead ears

Jesus is the voice
Joining the other two
It gives
Words
Power
Grace
The voice calls in the wild
It calls for all who will listen

This is the very core of existence
We exist only because
The Beat GOD
The song THE HOLY SPIRIT
The voice JESUS CHRIST
All live in perfect form and balance
Without this balance
All falls apart into the void
Full of darkness and chaos

Party all night until dawn
Restless energy to spend
Party hardy my good friend
Hangover later

Going through this box in the attic
What did I find
An old rag doll
Lost away in time

This had once belonged to my sister
So many years ago
Cancer took her from us
How I miss her so

She was only ten
The doll by her side
My parents put it away
The pain of our loss
Was to much to hide

When I left home
This box came along
I forgot what was in it
However God knew all along

I placed it in the attic
Until I had time to go through it
To find out what was now mine

Now to see this doll
After all these years
The memories of my sister
Bringing me to tears

To place it back in the box
I shall not do
It's shall live upon my couch
In my living room

You broke my heart
No
Shattered it
Left it in a pile of ruin

I gave you the best I could
I loved you with all my
Mind
Heart
Soul
But that wasn't good enough

I found out about the cheating
I found out about him
You said you was glad I knew
And
You hoped it would destroy me

Yes I was broken
Yes I was shattered
Like a mirror fallen off the wall
Your deed had left splinters

But I'm still standing
You will not drag me down

Clink
Clink
Go the glasses
As another toast is made
To life
To good time

Beer is the drink of the day
Having a good time
Watching sports
Or just being together
As long as beer is around
Have fun
Life's a party
Ejoy it

Raise your glasses high
Make another toast
Then drink
Beer

Don’t laugh at me
I’m just like you
I laugh
I cry
I fall in love to
Yes there are problems that go with this name
They are things I was born with I’m not to blame

Please don’t laugh it hurts me so
Each harmful word is like a nuclear blow
So don’t look on the outside but rather the person within
So we may become the best of friends

Please don’t laugh
Don’t throw your jeers
Don’t get your joy from my tears
I can’t help the way I was born
Please don’t give me all your scorn

Please don’t laugh and give me pain
Can’t you see we are the same
Yes I was born different than you
Yes I have problems this is true
These things are just a part of me
Your hateful words cause pain to me

Please don’t laugh
Can’t you see
We’re all a part of humanity
I wish you could see
How you make me bleed
Just by being so mean to me

Please don’t laugh
I’m human just like you
I just want to be loved to

Woman, don’t taunt me
Don’t play games with my mind
Yeah, I admit your body looks fine
What’s going on up top, that’s what I want to know
Don’t play with my emotions, my heart, my soul

Don’t flash me your wares
Yeah, great pair
Those I could well do without
What, are we gonna pout
Because I’m not impressed by the size of your *******
I don’t want a woman who looks like great art
If she doesn’t show me she is at least a little smart

A good looking woman will talk about herself all day
That kind of talk just pushes me away
Or they talk about things that don’t matter
Man, I can do without all that chatter
Looks are good
Looks are fine
I however want to know your mind

Let me know your feelings and your thoughts
Yeah, personality first that’s what I was taught
A good looking woman likes to strut
So do those call-girls on the street and they’re just *****
One night stand, no I want more
So do me a favor stop coming at me like a *****

Honey the last thing I will say
Babe if you don’t show me some class
You can pucker up, bend over, and KISS MY ***
Because honey I’m out of here

The machine will find you
Once it does
It will destroy you
Or tag you
To be part of the system
Another
Mindless
Emotionless
Drone
Just going through the motions
Following orders
Never caring
Never loving
Never an individual again

The machine owns you
You have no choice
From the day you are born
The Machine owns you
The machine tags you
You become a part of the system

Still there is hope
There are those who resist
Though they know it is a lost battle
They fight anyway
For there is always hope
To keep the individual person alive
To sound a voice
To release a cry
To let the machine know

Don't judge me
I am not what you see
I know I have Birth defects
I know I was born different than you
I have risen above my problems
To show you my heart beats true

Don't judge me
For the scares upon my skin
They do not define me
Nor the soul that lies within
I just want to be accepted
I just want to be friends

Don't judge me
You have no idea what I've been through
The surgeries
The pain
The heartache
The rain
Cuts and bruises from defending myself
from bullies like you
So shut your mouth


Don't judge me
My birth defects
My problems
Are just a small part of my life
Look beyond all that
See me through new eyes

Don't judge me
Thou I may not be
As smart as you
I am not dumb
I do have a brain
I do know how to use it

Don't judge me
Yes I have birth defects
I am not ashamed
I work hard to rise above
So please stop calling me names

Don't judge me
I just want to be loved
Is that asking to much
To look beyond my outer shell
To see who I truly am

Don't judge me
I am human
Not a freak

What's on my mind
Do you really want to know
Are you willing to travel
Those dark and twisted tunnels

What's on my mind
Do you wish
To explore
The emotional and mental state
Of my thought process
The cobwebed corners
The dusty nooks and crannies

What's on my mind
Are you ready
For such an adventure
It may scare you

She huddles in the corner
Tears flowing from her blackened eyes
She cries in silence
Afraid that he will hear
Afraid her cries will make him mad
Afraid the beatings will continue

She bleeds
Where he has struck her
The salt from her tears
Sting as they wash over the wounds

Still she is silent
For to let him her hear cry
Would mean a victory on his part
That she will not allow

Just bring it world
Whatever you wish to throw at me
I am ready
I am willing
I will face it head on

Just bring it world
I stand firm
You can not hold me down
You can not shut me out
I am here
I will fight you
And you know
I am a fighter

Just bring it world
I am not afraid
I am not moving
So
Just bring it

How dare you
Touch my daughter in that way
How dare you
Treat her in a manner as this
You S.O.B

The words of that day
Ring clear in his head
That awful day he found
That man naked
With his 10 year old daughter

This one
He had once called friend
Being an only child
Had even let the kids
Call him Uncle
Now the real beast had emerged

The rage grew within him
His desire to protect his daughter
Was strong
He grabbed a metal baseball bat
And started swinging
The beast
The monster
Wasn dead
Fallen quickly

He was convicted of ******
He pleaded guilty
Though his case for protecting
His child was strong
He was still sentenced to life
Without perole

He has no regrets
He would not have changed
His reaction to what he saw
The monster
The creep
Got what he deserved

He was the whiskey
In the relationship
Rough neck
Country
Cowboy
She was the wine
Elegant
Glamorous
Upscale life

A relationship grew
Between those two
That created a brew
That was the best
Of both lives

He was the whiskey
She was the wine
Together they built a love
To last for all time