Little white lies
as they slither through a life
like a worm through the earth
leaving tracks in the truth

Little white lies
as they tangle within relationships
saying yes when feeling no
keeping quiet to save the sorrow

Little white lies
as they interweave through the years
knitting the fake amidst the cake
hiding the false for loves sake

Little white lies
as they ramble through the mind
getting lodged against things real
affecting what bits to let reveal

Little white lies
as they twist and turn
can make an unremoveable stain
leaving behind an insane pain

There once was a man of eighty
He loved the feeling of liberty
He could never be confined
The trouble was when he dined
He marched about with his naked dignity

I watch from the window
I see the gardener there
As he approaches each shrub
As he caresses every foot of hedge
This I see from my lofty ledge

She comes along then
And takes her seat
Watching him in the summer heat
Seeing him reach and bend
Wishing she could be his friend

He notices her nearness
Sensing her following gaze
He smiles to himself in wonder
Would he  find the right words to say
Could he muster the courage today


Watching them
Watching each other
I realize people often play safe
Not wanting to make a mistake
But wishing to try for loves sake

There was a woman so blue
She cried so much, her tears filled her shoes
Along came a man with a cure
He hugged her and  she started to purr
Now she awakes and stretches with a "meow"

Dark and gloomy night
The sky like a blinking screen
Ink stains the plain page
Leaving ebony designs
Which heighten our dreams

Once upon a time
her day was filled with laughter
Then he stole her freedom
and she cried ever after

Once she could smile
the whole day through
After he came, she turned
sad, lonely and blue

Once she loved him
with every beat of her heart
Now her only wish
is that she never let this start

Once she felt happy
in the life that she was leading
Now her every memory
is of the way he left her bleeding

Once can never come again
somethings can never mend
She'll walk through life alone
Trust will never be her friend

I love fast
I love strong
I love like a red, hot flame
branding my flesh with your name

I love quick
I love long
I love like a deep oceans' storm
climbing with waves to your form

I love with frenzy
I love with madness
I love like a summer's tempest
leaving in my wake an answered quest

I love without doubt
I love without pause
I love like a flowing field of grain
taking the pleasure and the pain

I love through the day
I love through the night
I love like blue indigo dye
giving off the answers to why

Ignorance is no longer bliss
It is downright dangerous

Not understanding your fellow man
No more trying to do the best you can
Not learning the lay of the land
No time spent just trying to comprehend

Living life in an unmindful daze
Ignoring the signs of this extraordinary phase
Spending your time in an uninformed haze
Disregarding what is right in front of your gaze

So stop and spend time to discover
Just what hides behind every man's cover
To gather insight you might need to hover
Just stay the course and you'll eventually conquer

Once you stop neglecting the people you meet
Once you stop skipping by them in the street
Then you'll become aware that sharing is a treat
Then you'll go out of your way to make sure you greet

Being informed and mindful, that is bliss
Wanting to be you best and never feeling amiss

Who I am
Can only be
Because of who I was
Who I are
Can only come
From who I were
Who I is
Will always be
Who I am
Because it's me!
I am
I are
I is
I be
I was
I were
A living free
A giving me!

Read this fast
Pure as a song
Read this quick
You can't go wrong
For there's  a sign
That you belong
Among the brave
Amongst the strong

Call him up on the phone
Remind him to bring along the bone
That they will use to beat the drum
Letting all know it's time to come

Placing the crown upon the head
Of the fool elected to play dead
The cage is filled with eleven doves
Passed around are as many gloves

All stand in line and face the west
No time to waste, not time for rest
They begin to sing their fraternity song
Hoping this evening nothing goes wrong

Which pledge will be the chosen one
Whom all will worship with the rising sun
Another will pass the test of the wood
He will then have everything given him good

I can see in my mind
a world that is kind
an existence so refined

I can see the design
which is hiding behind
the confused rhythm and rhyme

It can't be too hard to find
if I just follow the sign
and let it lead me to define

I know I can appear blind
and occasionally opine
for past days in the sunshine

I'm sure I can stop
and rewind,
remembering that
LOVE is the bind

It can't be too hard to mend
It takes so much to pretend
I'd rather we all just be friends
Living in a world of no amends

If you peer over the edge
What is it you'll see
There deserted on the ledge
A glimpse of the real me

Balancing the brink of doom
Secluded from the pack
Circling the margin of the room
Preparing my attack

If you survey the empty border
Isolated, there I'll be
Don't approach as a consoler
I'm not looking for pity

I've examined the single rim
Its boundary my constant view
As if upon inspecting the brim
I'm hoping to notice a clue

Feeling the outsider
Regarded as recluse
Behold I'm the caretaker
Astonished and profuse

If you peek over the edge
Will it be me you'll see

Revenge is a scary beast
it invades ones soul
leaving not a moment of peace

Feelings have been insulted
one weighs the ways to retaliate
although knowing it will leave one faulted

Senses feel an injustice was done
all thinking is of the retribution to come
however could this have all begun

Emotions are enflamed
grievances carried are heavy
who could sight the offendeds blame

Sentiments may hold vengeance as vulgur
to get satisfaction from avenging another
wouldn't forgiveness be the better gesture

Revenge holds no borders sacred
it is a scary realm to enter into
to want to hear one plead as they bleed
Is that really what your heart and souls needs

That which drips from the poison pen
Making its home on the blank page
Words burning into the eyes of men
Causing sensations of hatred and rage

Doubt once raised from the venom spilt
Gives salacious gossip permission to thrive
Terms so vicious they make a man wilt
Causing havoc like an endangered beehive

Phrases so alarming to sully emotions
Seen in written form; off ones toxic mark
Are there no boundaries or exceptions
Just the shame of the blame in the dark

To insult anonymously is most cruel
He who holds that pen is a coward
Sign the missive and prepare to duel
Show the scorn of which contempt is powered

The wound caused by the tainted pen
Can live deep in the recesses of the mind
Anyone sane will always condemn
Hoping they'll never open one of its kind

You run hot, you run cold
This attitude of yours, is getting old
I'm getting tired of being told
That the way I am, is just too bold
I don't need a lecture, no time to scold
I don't want to wait til the bell has tolled
I need someone that I can hold

You figure that you can mold
Me into some token of gold
Then when you're done, I unfold
I am then ready to be sold
My soul has been rolled
Tucked up into the fold
I no longer have to try to uphold
This game of illusions when polled

Go follow storms hold
   from hot to cold
On soft sorrows sold

For floods shock
  from wool to stock
Of old mans' clock

Lost to strong flow
  from door to roots low
No blooms bold do show

So sooth scorns ghost
  from good grown host
Common honor bonds most

Please remind me why
The rain doesn't wash this off
I still see the stain
From kneeling on the green patch
Trying to reach thyme

In that fragment
of a moment
I felt content

A perfect sunset
day ends pleasant
with pure enjoyment

With a need so urgent
no second to neglect
satisfaction, I respect

Does happiness have a scent
Do we delight in its ornament
anticipating its' precious event

But when bliss is absent
if pleasure be upset
all we feel is regret

Joy to what extent
fills us with sentiment
swaying our every talent


Breathless and bent
full of gladness and
Wonderment

Come with me, we'll go on a spree
Spend some time to see
If this can turn into we

Talk of what we feel
Walk together toe then heel
See if our pace matches for real
See if we can compromise and deal

We'll stop to picnic by a stream
Eat perfect strawberries with the freshest cream
The rhythm of this day has been a dream
We are happy, or so it may seem

We watch the sunset from the top of the hill
This day spent together has been such a thrill
As the evening comes it brings with it a chill
With your arm round me the earth seems to stand still

As we return to where we began our day
Tomorrow you will travel along on your way
If I could only be brave enough to say
All the words you need to hear, to make you stay

But it would never be right
I couldn't make you live with such contrite
So we say goodbye--so sweet and polite
I'll always wonder if I should have
Put more into the fight

You close your ears
I'll close my eyes
Maybe we'll make it through
This life filled with lies

No one's to blame
No need for shame
Everyone knows this
Is all just a game

With your habits
With my disposition
Life for us has become
A state of deception

What about an end
With no regrets
We would each walk away
And just forget

No more anger
No longer doubt
We need to accept
That this hasn't worked out

Goodbye to monotony
So long to boredom
Admit it, we both
Deserve our freedom

My body goes numb
it's on the tip of my tongue
My anger and my doubt
should I dare to lash out
Or do I say not a thing
and give in to the sting
My head full of voices,
now's the time to make choices
To stay or to walk away
to get caught up in the verbal parley
Or just give up the fight
does it really matter who's right
The next time I'll be steady
calm, prepared and ready

If all you can see is black and white
Then you are missing such wonder and delight

If you only see the snow or the dirt
Then who can help you when you really hurt

If you only think in either ink or chalk
Then you have never taken a proper walk

Blood runs red in every vein
The sea is blue, stop and feel the rain

Grass is  so green, a lemon so yellow
Nature so precious, as is the ordinary fellow

The world, an amazing jungle
Live in awe of its colors
Experience all it has to offer
Be observant, conscious dwellers

What if love was free
What if the sky were the sea
Would that be better for you or me

What if there was no doubt
What if we understood what life was about
Would we all laugh and shout

What if the sun never set
What if rain wasn't wet
Could we be better off yet

What if every cheek had a dimple
What if every move was habitual
Could life really be that simple

What if there was no war
What if nobody kept score
Should that lead us to adore more

What if love were perfect
What if we cherished every aspect
What if fiction were fact
Should we then be more able to connect

There is an utter in my mind
Sometimes is shouts and is unkind
At times it sings a carefree tune
As if it's a sunny day at noon

Oh, but it can be careless
Screaming at me with it's furiousness

In the morn when I awake
I wait,  I listen,  for my own sake
There is a voice that is so dim
It's hidden and arrives on a whim

But if you're careful and direct
You may hear the spoken secret
The faint hiss may escape my mind
Then it's no longer private
Then I can leave it behind

You need nothing but your smile
no cares, no worries, no style

As we venture out on an escapade
to ensure that our dreams never fade

Walk, talk, laugh and love
nothing else but heaven above

We roll in the clover,
one under, one over

We dare to caper away together
we don't even stop to notice the weather

When it starts to rain, we don't care
we giggle and find some cover to share

Oh, and when the night comes rolling in
that's when we know what this day has been

If but once in a while, we can take a chance
going off to explore in our lover's dance

Then we can suffer the days apart
knowing there's no end to what we let start

A sweet treat
A smooth heat
A bitter bite
A mellow delight
A delicate taste
So pleasantly placed
Perfect pleasure
To be had at your leisure
Flavored with a hint
Of refreshing peppermint
An essence of orange
A joy on the tongue
Melt in the mouth sensation
Rewarding any occasion
Chocolate's so dark and glossy
Mood soothing mystery
Try some and you'll see

Everything in me says "no"
But I still have to stay for the show

I'm not the type to leave slow
I rather cling round the shadows

I can always make you glow
When you follow from down below

I'm not the type to come and go
I seem to flow around like an echo

I can often cause a fiasco
Then turn about and become the hero

I'm not the type to not know
I undergo all to become a pro

When everything in me says "no"
I take a deep breath and ...blow

I met a man upon my walk
He seemed ever so inclined to talk
As he turned and walked in step with me
Under the shade of the gorgeous elm tree

Of what we spoke it did not matter
He stayed near me through all the chatter
We walked for a mile to the rivers edge
We sat on the bank, there on the ledge

Even the minutes of quiet were pure delight
I could have sat there with him throughout the night
When up I stood, he did then follow
Whispering around me like a graceful swallow

We crossed the bridge over the river
Hand in hand feeling the wood planks quiver
Beneath us the water so swift and clear
I've never let anyone before get so near

I awoke with a start, this memory on my mind
Perhaps this is the beginning and I can
Finally leave the past behind
Once again I might imagine that
People are kind

Please tell me why
I have to deny
I cannot verify
The one thing I try
That makes me high

Please tell me why
I have to defy
I cannot rely
On that which will satisfy
Keeping me from this lie

Please tell me why
I have to be sly
When everything is nigh
Still all want to vie
They want their piece of the pie
And I just want to unify

Please tell me why
Every beautiful butterfly
Has to prematurely die
It should be the harmony
That leads the way to unity

Please tell me why
I have to feel shy
I can't even cry
My eyes have run dry
I'll get by with just a sigh

Short and sweet
Tall and ****
Do I make you blush?
Slow and sleek
Fast and flush
Quick and quiet
Can you feel the rush?
Open and offered
Closed and cush
Locked and loyal
I'll beg you to hush!
Cold and clear
Hot and harsh
Humid and hazy
Wait for the push!
There's the final crush
So full and so plush
Now I give you leave to blush!

In a dream I heard a scream
Although it did seem
To be calling a name

I heard an empty rhyme
In a lovers foolish game
My heart went up in flames

There was a black gloom
Filling up a white room
Giving out a dark doom

A body in the frame
A mind is in a screen
The spirit reigns supreme

For sure there is a scheme
Of which I can redeem
And find hope and esteem

In a dream all was serene
I awoke to a beam
Of the suns bright stream