All alone amongst the weeds All alone amongst the withering seeds All alone amongst the prickly bushes All alone waiting to be snipped at All alone staring down the leering cat All alone in a sea of conformity All alone in a garden of unfounded temerity All alone […]
Needle in the layered brick No warning, no foresight So shut your mouth We are here finding a way Need no naysayers Need no cloudy lens The heels are pointed The sun is hiding But a light still comes through To build a wall Resilience solidifies No pinpricks […]
You should be running You don’t want to stick around So go ahead There’s nothing you can do Fate has settled in It’s clear to see Hurry up before it’s a waste of time
If only there was a caramel sundae on my doorstep With cherries and mirth on top If only there was a plane waiting to whisk me away To a far away universe dipped in chocolate If only there was a time machine Filled with candy canes If only […]
Everything is still while our minds keep going in endless circles. We’re tired yet wide awake. We want to run while we hide. We remain still so we can then move.
Your tears and fears filled the air turning the gears Your near miss, was a constant hiss Before it all, the road was set up for a fall Your quiet demise was a hectic surprise A dark cloud egging one to be proud Your tragedy was a dramedy […]
I sometimes look into the darkness To see what tragedy I might catch I stare trying to make out a form But all I catch are scurrying rats I go in and out of the darkness Sometimes seeing my reflection I follow the flickering orange lights That shield […]
Seasons change and come and go The years roll by faster and faster Nothing is slowing down the rollercoaster Plunging through depths of desire and ire Need to hold onto the rails and stifle the screams Oil the seats yet bolt them down Lickety split goes the story […]
Two empty lemonhead boxes under the pillow A bladder full of borrowed tears Dreaming of lollipops and popsicles Spinning on tiered goals of marzipan A belly full of ache Shards underneath weathered feet Candyman needs to pass out more sugar And frosted eyes need to stop wishing for […]
I watched a sad, sad movie last night It made me pause and ponder I longed and then I dreamt I reached for the field of lillies I awoke to a dreary realism Remembering that it no longer mattered That note, that bloody note It changed everything and […]
