The Dark Side

 

The Dark Side

You want to know my mind

What I am thinking

Can you stand the darkness?

Will the demons scare you?

There are no prayers for hope

God would never tread these lands

What will you say of my twisted reality?

Is it because of drugs or alcohol?

Could it be the way I see life?
I know there is beauty in the world

I have heard so much about it

It’s hiding what you don’t want to see

Take a walk on the other side

See what I see

Dream what I dream

Let the words flow

Tell what you have seen

Take time to write a dark poem

Write of its beauty

Enjoy a world you have never known

Then return to your world

A world of flowers and bunnies

But know that darkness exists

And it is a part of your life

The Words

The Words

In the distance

I hear words of hope

Talking about love

Speaking of the end of war

Saying we are friends

We are brothers and sisters

We were born of God

Mother Nature was our mother

They do not want us to fight

The words echo through our being

Spoken by the wind

Shared by the animals and trees

The problem is we do not listen

We turn a deaf ear

Still the words keep repeating

Over and over again

Until the end of time

Then it will be too late

Our global family will be gone

No one left to listen

No one left to love

Balconies

Balconies

Where did the balconies go?

Lovers can no longer read sonnets from below

Romantics can’t climb the vines to kiss their true love

Couples need a new way to elope

Romeo cannot woo his fair Juliet

Love is truly lacking inspiration

Where did all the balconies go?

I do not know but in today’s world

We need just one

Built for romantics and lovers

And the idea of love

Reflective Memories

Reflective Memories

The dark light of loneliness

Shining off of reflective memories

All of the saddest moments of my life

The times I wanted to die

The times I fought back for one more breath

Memories of my still birth so many years ago

My first lost love when I was only six

The dog my father had put down while I was at school

My mother's death when I needed her the most

Lies that people have to me to keep me quiet

If the universe would end tomorrow

If I would struggle for my last breath

I would have something to say

To let everyone how I felt about my life

I say just one line of three little words

Those would be “It's about time”

Then I could rest with the pain behind me

And it's about time

The End of Life

The End of Life

I have only a few minutes left

The end of the world is coming fast

Just ninety minutes

So little time to do what I wanted

Not enough to love a beautiful woman

Not enough to sing a song of peace

Not enough to have a really great meal

Not enough to be smarter than a fifth grader

Maybe not enough to drink enough to forget

It will be enough to confess my sins

To make make amends to any spirit I have offended

I will have enough time to look at the sky

To take the time to look at the stars so far away

So many planets

So many stars

So much life

Why are we the chosen ones

Given a warning of when we are going to die

Doesn't anyone else have a 12/21/12

It just ain't fair!

A Love Poem

A Love Poem

I have been writing for hours

Trying to find just the right words

I want to tell you of love

And how I feel about you

The night comes and then the morning

I know what I want to say

The right words just will not come

My finger strike the keys

Words appear on the screen

They are the perfect words

Written with all of the love I have

I look at them and smile

The computer flickers

The screen goes blank

My perfect words are gone

Lost somewhere in the universe

If only I would have hit save

If only

One Second

One Second

One second

Not a lot of time

A mere speck in the universe

Enough time to fall in love

Too little time to get to know someone

Enough time to have an idea

Too little time for a second thought

Enough time to say the wrong thing

Too little time to take it back

Enough time for a single heartbeat

Too little time to live your life

Enough time to create a memory

Too little time to remember

Enough time to be born

Too little time become who you are

One second is such a short time

Almost unnoticed as it clicks by

Yet it can be so important

It is enough time to die

Too little time to be mourned

It is just one second

What does it really matter?

American Reality

American Reality

Is this the American dream?

Food lines around the block

Families run out of their homes

Tent cities destroyed and rebuilt

Children living in cars

People begging on the streets

The elderly digging for pennies

To find enough to buy their dinner

A nightly can of generic dog food

While the rich eat their prime cut filet

And sleep in nice soft beds

They take their billion dollar bonuses

Never looking around at real life

They pass the poor, the children and the elderly

Not even taking the time to look at them

We starve and struggle just to live

They live the American dream

We sit, pray and hope

For just a second of the American dream

Instead of living the American nightmare

Long

Long

It has been so long

You left my life

I left yours

No tears

No good byes

One day neither of us were there

All that is left is a box

Not even wrapped with a ribbon

Notes that you sent me

Poems I never gave to you

A picture of the two of us

Taken the day we fell in love

But, all of it has turned to dust

Blown away be a passing breeze

It has been too long

The Deer

The Deer

Walking through the woods

Silently across the snow

Leaving a row of tracks

The man hides in a tree

Looking down into the forest

His eyes catch a faint motion

Down below a deer looks up

Their eyes meet for a second

A gun is leveled

A trigger is pulled

A bullet flies into the air

No more deer

December 22nd

December 22nd

I am not worried

There is nothing I can do to stop it

History says the world will end

It knows when it will happen

Yet, it doesn't know how life will end

Will it be from the wrath of God

A drastic change in the weather

Maybe man will cause it

After all we have tried for all of time

Guns and gases

Bombs made to destroy a planet

All offered by the gods of old

Created by man to kill his brother

If it happens I want to be the last to die

I want to say that the rotten bastards finally did it

Then take a gun and blow my head off

But I am not worried

I am not scared

I am sure that the sun will rise again

People will wake from their nervous sleep

And December 22^nd will be just another day

Chilling

Chilling

Today is the day

A day to just chill

Learning to enjoy life

Without the stress of the day

A frosty can of cold beer

A chair positioned just the right way

With a sexy woman on my lap

And an old movie on AMC

The sun shines in the window

The day is so beautiful outside

Yet here I sit with nothing to do

Nowhere to go and all the time in the world

Today a day I have dreamed about

A day that will never come again

But who cares

Tomorrow is for all of the other stuff

Today is just for chilling

And I am going to enjoy it

I Will Never Know

I Will Never Know

I am just an old man

Living my life

More memories behind me

Fewer dreams before me

I have done things that seemed right

Things that I would never do again

Making love in forbidden ways

I remember every moment

Taste every flavor

Smell the wide variety of scents

Every sensation

All etched in my thoughts

Still my mind's eye is blind

It cannot see what I remember

Time has passed without mercy

Taking remnants of my life with it

The imagery has long since gone

I go on living without a past

Trying to resurrect a memory

A memory that my life has denied me

Maybe a memory I was not meant to remember

My mind's eye is blind

I will never know because it cannot see

Or maybe it will not see

I will never know

The Blue Flame

The Blue Flame

Laying alone in my bed

My past has become a blur
My future is still unknown

Memories are becoming fantasies

Fantasies are dying as they pass

I see myself burning in the bitter cold

A blue flame enveloping my body

Heat and cold in an unnatural blending

Yet the pain does not cause me discomfort

Instead a pleasant feeling encircles me

I do not understand what the flames are

I don't know who to thank

I will never know who to blame

I awake in the glow of the morning sun

All of my memories are gone

Shoved into a dark corner of my mind

Lost to decades of time

The flames shield me from a painful past

Hiding me from my lost loves

From the mistakes I made as a youth

They hide the things I may have said in haste

From the hatred I showed my fellow man

The flames burn as my protection

Protecting me from me

Allowing me to look to an unknown future

Without the painful images of my past

Death's Rhythm

Death's Rhythm

Death beats a steady rhythm

Sounding loud within my chest

Starting at the time of conception

So strong and powerful

It counts down second by second

You try to really live your life

Doing things that make you happy

Finding the love that God gave you

No matter what you can do

No matter what you can say

You cannot plead your case

Death still beats a steady rhythm

All you can do is live for the moment

Ignore the steady pounding in your chest

Forget that time is short and precious

Live, love, enjoy what you are doing

Then when Death's rhythm stops

You can laugh in his face

Taunt him for eternity

Tell him that you lived a good life

That you have been happy

Tell him that you have made others happy

Then, as final words, tell him you are ready

You have no regrets

Then get your wings and enjoy eternity

Always remember that you lived

And that you had a good life

That is all you will ever need

Panther

Panther

Red eyes glow as you walk through the forest

You search in the darkness

Looking for an innocent creature

Claws sharpened as you wait

You know what they can do

You know just where to strike

The creature doesn't suspect

It is just living its day

You wait

You strike

The battle lasts a mere moment

The creature is now among the dead

Creatures you have killed during your life

You stand tall

Full of your latest conquest

And after all is said and done

You will live to fight another day

But only when your eyes glow red

Until then sleep in the forest you control

And the land will be at peace

Shadow Of Fear

Shadow Of Fear

It follows me where ever I go

Nipping at my heels

It torments my body

Tortures my soul

I know it hides in the light

Coming out in the night

The perfect disguise

I face it down but I know

I know that it knows me too well

It knows my weaknesses

It knows what the world is truly like

It knows my feelings toward life

The shadow of fear is immortal

Haunting one and then another

Hunting for the weakest of us all

Yet it doesn't kill

It watches as we lose our minds

Terrified of even ourselves

Even when we are suicidal just watches

Pushing just one step further

Not letting us turn away from the pain

It takes me to the limit and beyond

And it just laughs

My World

My World

Why do you want me to leave?

My comfort is the blackness

The demons claw at my feet

My ears echo the screams of a million souls

Fire is my bed at night

Sulfur is the smell of my garden

I never had a choice

My ideas scared you

Nightmares crept into your dreams

The thought of me scared you

Made you question your own reality

You drove me into Hell

Keeping me away from humanity

Keeping your existence safe from me

Saving the souls of your children

I am here watching you

Seeing everything you do

I will bide my time in my paradise

Burning with my thoughts simmering

When the time is right

Your faith shaken by questions and doubts

I will be there to take you by the hand

I will lead you into my world

You will see what the darkness offers

And your screams will join the others

I will just sit back and listen

You are in my world now!

The Aged Actress

The Aged Actress

She walks on stage

The people have all gone

The light have faded to black

Still she walks to center stage

Her eyes glisten in the light from the exit sign

Her looks have long since gone

Age has taken a bad toll on her

Yet, she remembers the days so long agao

She would take the stage

Singing and dancing

She owned the stage

To the audience she was their goddess

A beauty beyond what God could create

Now she stands before an empty house

No one wants to see her dance

No one wants to hear her sing

She is a has been no one cares about

Still she stands on the stage

And lives a life only in her memories

Memories that will soon fade

The star that she was flickers and dies

And she will be gone

Even from her own mind

I Am Human

I Am Human

My eyes shut for another night

Images flow across my eyes

Barely shadows they float by

Some grey clouds on the horizon

Birds fly by going nowhere

A stagnant lake lies before me

Not a single wave or ripple

The birds swoop and die before me

Dragons and demons tear the world apart

Leaving me in a world of complete dark

Screams of pain and terror

They fill the early moments of sleep

Somewhere pleasure comes from the suffering

I want to open my eyes

The terror holds them shut

Not allowing me a chance to escape

I can feel them tearing into my mind

I don't care what they do me

The world is one of my design

Scary and deadly to others

It is my home

It is where I choose to be

Alone and fighting an unseen enemy

Yet, knowing that I am immortal

I am a god in my world

The all powerful god of the underworld

I will reign until the sun rises so far away

And I change into a mortal human

With of their faults and foibles

I am human

The End

The End

The end is nearing

The final day is at hand

Time to be judged

Sent to Heaven

Sent to Hell

Did you life a good life?

Did you laugh with the sinners?

Did you cry with the saints?

Maybe you didn't care

You may have chosen to live life

Your choice could have been to hide

Living your life through an ancient book

Words meant to restrict life

Deciding for you how you should live

What you can say

Who you may or may not love

The judgment will be swift and final

You will not have the right to appeal

They just want to know one thing

Did you live a good life?

Did you laugh with the sinners?

Did you cry with the saints?

Maybe you just didn't care

Coal

Coal

Standing at the West Virginia state line

Looking into the green mountains of Kentucky

Seeing a past that I would long to forget

Memories of moonshine and watermelon wine

Of a girl with a sweet Georgia accent

And the smell of magnolias in her hair

A house in a town of 300

Seven children sharing a single bed

They cuddle close for warmth from the winter cold

Reading by firelight late into the night

Coal dust covers everything I own

A world made up of just shades of gray

A life of sadness and depression

Their faces are black from coal dust

Their lungs filled with cancer

No one will mourn their deaths

Everything and everyone by the company

Even their souls are owned by the mines

People live and die never knowing better

Never looking out of their small town

Never seeing beyond the entrances to the mines

Their eyes tell of such suffering

Children starving and unable to learn

As their clothes fall apart and fall in the mud

No one knows of how they live

No one knows how they suffer

No one knows how they die

No one cares as long as the coal keeps coming

No one cares

Hero Cowboys

Hero Cowboys

The peaks of the Rocky Mountains

The  mighty rivers of the northwest

The epic wastelands of the south

The endless miles of grass in the east

Men wandered surviving them all

Horses were their only family

Their guns their only friends

Every hill could bring a new life

Every turn hides death from a piece of lead

Names like Gene, Roy, Tom and Audie

They lived every Saturday afternoon

Fighting in a small town’s saloon

Shooting the bad man in a gunfight

They never hurt an innocent

They lit up a dark movie screen

To millions of boys they were heroes

Always fighting for the power of right

They always got the girl in the end

Where have the western heroes gone

The ones who were faithful to their characters

Hollywood has moved on

They don’t make heroes any longer

They are only found in fifty year old reruns

If you are lucky enough to find them

Mommie

Mommie

Mommie, I was born just hours ago

You looked at me

My eyes were barely open and could see your face

You were happy for a moment

Then your look changed to hatred

What could I have done in such a short time?

Was I that bad of a child that you despised me?

I know I cried

Calling for your love for just a moment

But you would not let me look into your eyes

Now, I lay into the cold winter's winds

There are no blankets to keep me warm

Rotting food surrounds me

I am too young to survive on it

I cry harder than I ever had before

Yet, no one hears me or no one cares

Half of my life I have been alone

Something no baby should ever feel

Tonight will be my first night

Tonight will be my last night

I never even had the chance to be held

Never had the chance to smile

Never had to chance to be love

I just have the chance to die

Life In The Jungle

Life In The Jungle

Walking through the jungle

It appears to be hell on Earth

Dark and humid it draws your soul

Snakes hang down from the trees

Hoping that someone wanders close
Spiders the size of cats live in the trees

Their venom poisonous enough to kill with one bite

Cats wander the jungle looking for their prey

Some died at the hands of the deadly paradise

Others wasted away trying to find their way out

Yet, there is a temptation to go walking

To see what the jungle has to offer

They forget that it is an alien world

A world humans are not welcome

They enter under their own risk

Some come back changed

Others are just unheard of again

Such is man's life in the jungle

Two Warrior Hearts

Two Warrior Hearts

Two warrior hearts

Beating separately

The sound is deafening

Telling all other hearts to stay away

They have been alone for so long

Fighting different battles

Under a dark moon they meet

The stars fade away as they get closer

Their beating is the same

Sounding as if they are just one heart

One heart wounds the other

The other hearts wounds the ffirst

Cutting a vein in each other's hands

The weaker heart beats even stronger

That night they shared the sting of blood

Such passion erupts without a word

The two hearts become one

They are united for all time

They are not married

They are bound by blood

A stronger bond cannot be found

A Klingon love is eternal

As it should be when two warrior heart meet

Lost In My Mind

Lost In My Mind

Lost in my own world

So hungry

So thirsty

Where are the animals?

Where is the water?

Where is the light?

There isn’t one star to guide me

The sky is full of faint lights

To far away to help me find my way

No hope of ever seeing the sun again

It is a world of black

My mind is making me do without

Maybe it wants to kill me

I do not know

I do not care

Let it bring starvation

Let my tongue swell with thirst

I will fight with my last breath

Struggling against my mind

I will not let it win

I cannot let it win

I am stronger than anything my mind can create

It can keep its barren world

It can keep the dry river beds

I will survive despite my mind

I will survive

Dying Dreams

Dying Dreams

My dreams are locked away

Hidden in the darkest room

No windows or doors

Not even a single crack

No chance for them to escape

No chance to ever be granted

And no one cares

No one even thinks of my dreams

Not one person cares

How could I ever had expected more

My dreams are just left to die

Alone and without light

Without any hope

Just dreams that have died

Just like a million others I have had

And a million other I have forgotten

Alone In The Night

Alone In The Night

Stand alone in the night

Listen to nothing

The pure sound of silence

Bathe in the light of a billion billion stars

So far away

Yet they look as if you could touch them

The moon rises from the horizon

A beautiful shade of amber

Let your imagination go

Allow it to run free

Hold you fears deep inside of you

Then and only then

If you can just believe

You will see the beauty of the night

The beauty hidden by the sun

Disguised by the warmth of the day

You will see the miracle God created

Knowing

Knowing

It is so hard knowing

Knowing that you know the time

Not the day, week or month

Just knowing that it is coming

Coming sooner than you expected

Years, months and days passed by

Sometimes seeming to last forever

Other times racing by until there is very little left

Still you take time to remember

Remembering everything you did

Forgetting a lot of it

Thee people you knew

The women who you loved

There are so many things left to do

So much life to be lived

Such a short time

If your life is measured in weeks

It is so hard knowing

Knowing how little time you have

Knowing that you are going to die

It is so hard knowing

Cold Air

Cold Air

North winds sweeping down

Ice covers the frozen land

Snow falls day and night

When The Mind Goes

When The Mind Goes

It is sad when a mind goes

Trying to remember what has been forgotten

Are the memories real?

Are they something the mind has created?

Those people I should know

The things we may have done

It is so hard to tell what is real

It is sad when a mind goes

Seasons Without Sun

Seasons Without Sunlight

The skies are so dark

Clouds block out the heavens

Day appears to be night

As the sun races past

The moon goes through its phases

Unseen and unnoticed

The darkness continues

Week after week

Month after month

The clouds drift by

A solid mass

Changing but always there

The coolness of autumn

The coldness of winter

Seasons without sunlight

Under The Weeping Willow Tree

Under The Weeping Willow

I saw you when we were kids

Playing with blocks on the kindergarten floor

We grew up

You became a beauty

I became a geek

I never had the never had the nerve to talk to you

Then we met

Under the weeping willow down on the shores of the river

We met, we held hands and we kissed

That old weeping willow shed its tears

The willow's tears that flowed in happiness

We had found the love we both wanted

I proposed and we wed

Promising to share our lives from then on

Never to part

I saw the love in your eyes

The geek married the beauty

And the rest of our lives began

Under the weeping will down on the shores of the river

We shared our vows

The rings shined on our finger

That old weeping willow shed its tears

The willow's tears that flowed in happiness

We had found the forever we both wanted

Our baby was born on a summer day

The sun was warm and the breeze gentle

She was named willow

And she smiled at the sun shining through the leaves

She loves her mother and father

All the love in the world could be seen in her eyes

Under the weeping will down on the shores of the river

We were the perfect family

A beautiful little girl with a future of love ahead

She brought pure happiness into our lives

That old weeping willow shed its tears

The willow's tears that flowed in happiness

We had found the family we both wanted

That winter the love of my life died

She went to sleep

She answered God's call

All her prayers would be answered

I am sure that she was welcomed to Heaven

And given a beautiful pair of wings

Under the weeping will down on the shores of the river

I laid her body to rest

A beautiful love that will last forever

She is smiling because she was loved

That old weeping willow shed its tears

The willow's tears that flowed in sadness

The love of my life was gone

Demon

Demon

Such evil

Hiding in plain sight

Hatred flowing free

It watches every movement

Listens to what is said

A demon from the bowels of Hell

It wants the world to burn

To destroy itself

Its eyes are burning skulls

Crying tears of putrid blood

Screaming in eternal torment

They watch as we suffer

That is what it was born for

Created by man

It is feared by its creator

It watches

It schemes

It sets man against his brother

Fighting war after war

Until man exists no more

Fractals

Fractals

Colors, strands and beams

Arranged into a rainbow

Twisted around each other

They form a warped vision

Every piece large

Every piece small

Connected in an infinite web

Confusion and clarity

Chaos and order

All in one place

Spread across the Universe

It is seen in the mind

Conjured up in nightmares

Just a series of mathematical equations

Numbers in the right place at the right time

Creating such beauty

Losing History

Losing History

Buildings centuries old

Part of our history

They are who we are

They still echo with voices

Voices telling us who we were

Now, they are neglected

Left to rot under Summer rains

The art within is lost

The stories within the buildings are never told

The memories of who built them fade

They turn to dust as quickly as the buildings

Now is the time to save history

To let our childrens children know

That we had a glorious history

One to be remembered

Not left to fie and rot

They were always more than myths

For good or bad they have to know one thing

They were us

Jackie

Jackie

Doing 85 in a 35

Driving my daddy's El Camino

The engine roars like a hungry lion

A creature that would never be tamed

The wheels throw dust behind me

There is a redhead on the seat beside me

Daisy dukes and a halter top

Aphrodite has come to life

Her legs wrap around my stick shift

She takes it from first to fifth

Ever gaining speed on this country back road

Fence posts rush by in a blur

I can hear no sounds except the wheels

Tearing up the road as we fly over it

So many accidents on this road

So many people killed on “Dead Man's Curve”

What makes me think I can make it?

Is the chance worth the love of a girl?

Would I ever get a night with her

Or even a kiss?

The speedometer hits 110

The stars are no longer points of light in a distance sky

They begin whirling they are so beautiful

She moves closer tome

Her skin glistens in the light from the dashboard

Beads of moisture looks like a million diamonds

The song on the radio is pounding into my body

Building ecstasy far beyond what any boy should feel

Stopping would cause the feelings to wither and die

The faster we go the erotic she feels

Her every nerve controls her passion

Burning deep within her ivory skin

Bringing her to the edge of orgasm

The brakes lock

The tires squeal as she screams in passion

The motor dies with a bang

The wheels stop in total quiet

Then there is just silence

The silence was broken by her voice

She told me her name was Jackie

Then the door opened as she disappeared

Was she just in my mind?

An image conjured from my loneliness?

The motor died next to a tree

A white cross stood before me

Surrounded by dying flowers

One word was on the cross

It was faded because of the falling rain

It was a name

“Jackie” it said

Then I knew that she was gone

The Song Of An Angel

The Song Of An Angel

Standing in the bottom of the canyon

The sun beats down heating the rocks

The wind burns my skin as it blows by

There is not a cloud floating in the sky

Water turns to steam as I try to drink

The branches of dead trees build a roof

Brown shrubbery makes up my bed

A voice echoes through the chasm

Sweet and melodic it flows

The notes of a beautiful, unwritten song

So far out of place it makes me think

It makes me look through the branches into Heaven

An angel stands there

She is singing for me

Trying to give me hope in my hopelessness

Beckoning me to be at peace

To rest my tortured soul in her hands

I climb to her still hearing her song

Looking back I see my body

Torn and burned by only God knows what

I feel so sorry for the man below

My soul has found happiness in her song

Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box

The skies rip apart

Filling with a hot white fire

The winds blow both hot and cold

Burning and freezing

Birds are replaced by black dragons

Smoking cinders fall like rain

Covering the ground below

Burying people as they run

The ancient gods rise up from the ashes

Full of vengeance and hate

Desiring peace they fight for humanity

What has caused the world such pain?

Pandora's Box has been opened

Hope has died a violent death

The last chance was taken from man

Rains will wash away the ash

The sky will heal

Man will survive

He always has

The gods will return from whence they came

But Pandora's Box will remain empty

Devoid of all hope

Standing at the Gates of Heaven

Standing at the Gates of Heaven

Standing at the gates of Heaven

I look between the bars

Such a paradise just beyond

Kept out of my reach

I am only allowed to watch

Gargoyles block my way

Holding me back

They rip at my cloaks

Tearing them to shreds

Black angels sing my praises

Wrapping leather wings around me

Holding my breaths deep in my chest

They tear at my heart

Pulling my arteries from my chest

Drawing my blood onto the floor

They laugh at my unending pain

Enjoying the torture they inflict

I am drawn away to a hell of my own making

Watching eternity from a molten rock

From now until the end of days

Snakes and demons will be my only friends

Only existing in my private hell

Mother Nature's Canvas

Mother Nature's Canvas

Mother Nature's canvas

Endless blue sky

Unchanging

She waves her brush

Such beautiful strokes

Moved by her breathe

They drift across her canvas

Lit by the sun

They become a masterpiece

Even though they may try

No artist could ever paint such beauty

No picture could ever match her work

Mother Nature should be proud

The world below looks up in awe

She has created such perfection

Using just a brush and her breath

That is a miracle to be admired

Demon Sleep

Demon Sleep

Sleep is such an evil creature

Living in the dark

Creeping through the shadows

It hunts every human

Wrapping itself around an active mind

Its tendrils draw ideas away

Sapping a person's will to think

Sleep will tell your mind what to see

The ultimate pleasure of a sensual woman

Or a demon tearing your soul to pieces

Sleep has complete control

It will never leave

Every minute makes it stronger

It knows what you desire most

Sleep will only release you in the morning light

It will wait in the light

Watching you

Planning what it will do

When the sun sets and the moon rises

Sleep will return stronger than ever

And again you will be under its control

Phoenix

Phoenix

Burning embers

The last remains of a mighty tree

Branches that reached for the sky

Leafs that shaded the ground below

They burn with a heat that man cannot understand

Slowly dying they spark and crackle

Flames still live within

Hidden from view they thrive

Fighting to get out

To be released into the heavens

The flames form the shape of a bird

Feathers stretching into infinity

Strong and yet fragile

It refuses to die

It struggles to stay alive

Wings reach toward the sky

Its body sways back and forth in the wind

Smoke rises from every breath it takes

Telling the spirits that it is returning

One last effort and the bird breaks free

The flames shoot into the sky

Burning everything it touches

It rises above the sight of mortal man

To a land where only the gods can survive

Beautiful beyond anything imagination could create

The phoenix has returned

The Desert Church

The Desert Church

The church down in the canyon

Always in the shadows

It is a place that even God has forgotten

Sand fills the aisle where brides used to walk

Rocks cover the alter where prayers were offered

Bats hang in the decaying rafters

The sacramental wine has long since turned to dust

And the holy water was drank by thirsty animals

So many people prayed and hoped in the pews

Just as many sins were forgiven

The desert winds reclaimed a place built by God

The prayers are lost in the blowing dust

Yet the bell rings throughout the day

Swung by the wings of an angel

Telling no one that the church is there

Letting no one know that God is still alive

And He is waiting for someone to notice

For someone to come to this church

For someone to pray

He is waiting for anyone

Starving America

Starving America

A crushing viper created by the rich

Its poison spreads through the country

Strangling the working class

Taking their jobs and shipping them away

Their children left to starve

Homes left empty as their shells rot away

Squatters scramble to find anywhere dry

Hungry people wander the streets looking for anything

Garbage cans become fancy restaurants

Spoiled and rotting food become gourmet meals

Anything to keep the body and soul alive

No one is safe from the viper's grasp

Doctors and businessmen move to tent cities

Babies are left in suitcases or killed

Better they die fast than face a living hell

Robberies and murders are common place

Violent fighting over a crust of bread

Hope died as the money faded away

Soup kitchens fill with hungry families

Everyone getting their one meal a day

The viper has struck

Grabbing America by the throat

Squeezing it to cut off its life

America will survive

The one percent will thrive

The rest of us...who knows?

Praise To The Gods

Praise To The Gods

Praise to thee Anubus

Praise to thee Ra

Praise to thee the gods of Egypt

Allow me to pass on my way

Allow me to enter the afterlife

I have lived a good life

I have suffered for your greatness

My heart is heavy with sadness

It will not pass your tests

The Field of Reeds is so close

I can smell the sweetness of the flowers

Please Anubus

Please Ra

My gods please forgive my sins

No one was hurt by me

I killed no one during my life

I stole not one crumb of bread

I pray to you immortal gods

Please allow me to pass

Allow me to rest

Allow my soul to live for all time

If you can find mercy in your hearts

I will praise you forever

My soul will be your temple

Praise to thee Anubus

Praise to thee Ra

Praise to thee the gods of Egypt

Fairy

Fairy

The tiniest of creatures

Born of dreams

They life in fantasies

Born with lacy wings

As sheer as a spring breeze

They make no sound

The creatures die as we grow

Logic takes over for fantasy

Fairies no longer have a place

Our lives have changed

Remember for one brief moment

Think back to when you were a child

Look at that flower growing in your yard

Look carefully through the eyes of innocence

A fairy will be there laughing and dancing

Leaping between the petals

All you have to do is shed reality

And see another world

A world that you forgot

All you have to do is look

The Woman On The Moon

The Woman On The Moon

Standing on the moon

She looks at the Earth

Her black hair rests on her shoulders

Her eyes are black as night

She stares at the horizon

Watching the Earth above

Circling the star in an endless orbit

So many people on that sphere

She sits alone

Do the people know what they do?

She cannot talk

She cannot scream to let them know

Their planet is dying

Maybe they don't know

Maybe they don't care

She cries without a sound

Her tears freeze on the barren ground

She watches that blue sphere

Traveling across her sky

And she is the only one who cares

Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy's Little Girl

Yelling at a little girl

Her face should be smiles instead of tears

Her daddy screams at her without mercy

Kicks and hits follow

Pain and bruises

Broken bones and a broken spirit

Her love remains unbroken

She tries to be daddy's little sweetheart

Even as her skin hurts

Such a sweet little girl

Hope has been torn from her heart

Her eyes stare into space

Unseeing and uncaring

She waits for days, weeks and years

Just to hear her daddy;s voice

Not yelling as he usually does

She just wants to hear an I love you

But in her soul she knows it will never come

Just more pain and hurt

Such is the life of daddy's little girl

They Will Survive

They Will Survive

A small tent village

Deep in a forest at the edge of town

Men, women and children

Scrounging for food

Eating stuff that other people threw away

The people were important at one time

They cured the sick and fed the hungry

They owned homes and fancy cars

They were rich, poor and middle class

They did nothing to cause this

All they did was live their lives

Scratching an existence for the families

The world changed in an instant

One after another jobs left to Mexico

The money dried up and the stores closed

No food, water or power

Their homes were taken by the bank

Left empty because all of the credit was gone

People migrated in ever growing herds

Looking for a miracle place

With food, water and power

Instead they found a tent and a forest

Tents hidden away from a condemning world

They will survive

Even with no help they will survive

They will survive