Walking My Own Road

Walking My Own Road

I know this road

I have walked it for so many years

To get to where I am now

It is a shorter journey before me

And such a long distance behind

Still, I would travel that road

Walk all of the way back

To my beginning

Start my life all over again

Take the time to learn more

Talk to more people

Maybe say “I love you” a few moments sooner

Maybe make it last a little bit longer

I wish I could change my road

Turn at the first intersection

But this is my road

I created it as I lived

Now, I cannot go back

My soul will not permit it

So, I walk the road

I don’t wish to but I have no choice

Step by step I must proceed

Knowing the end is coming closer

Life In A Freckle

Life In A Freckle

Who do we think we are

The only planet

In the only solar system

In the only galaxy

Such a massive reality

But, maybe that isn’t true

Maybe we live on an electron

Orbiting  a nucleus

With eight other electrons

(Yes, I counted Pluto)

In a molecule

Inside of a freckle

On the face of a little girl

Living on her own electron

Orbiting its own nucleus

With three other electrons

Inside of a molecule

In another girl’s freckle

And on and on in an endless line

Learn From The Little Children

Learn From The Little Children

I love watching little children

Their playful innocence

The way they can turn a box

Magically into anything they want

Am empty bowl into a chocolate sundae

And a hug into something really special

They can see the universe in a snowflake

And a snowflake in a distant star

Even when a day is going really wrong

The smile a child gives makes everything right

There is something unique in children

It doesn't matter what color you are

What god you follow

Or what you look like

To a child who has not learned to hate

You are a friend to play with

And talk to

Maybe, if we leave children alone

And not warp their minds

Someday we may all be friends to play with

And wouldn't that be nice

The Fire Of Fall

The Fire Of Fall

After months of heat

Burning sun

Creating a deep green canopy

The Northern Winds come

Cooling the air

Chasing the Sun below the Equator

The green fades as the light dies

Bright reds, oranges and yellows

Gives us a new beauty

It will not last long

It is such a short time until there is no color

And the whiteness of snow

Covers the land

But, it also only lasts a short time

And the cycles begins again

The Email Novel

The Email Novel

I have written her an email

Said hello

Told her I missed her

And that I loved her

Then I said goodbye

I waited for an answer

When I got it

It was amazing

Lines one through thirty two

Told me about what she ate for dinner

Lines thirty three through thirty nine

Talked about her fingernails

Forty through fifty six

Told me about a picture she saw on Twitter

Lines fifty seven through sixty

Gossiped about a woman on the Bachelor

Sixty one through ninety

I heard about the dress she was wearing to her reunion

And lastly ninety one through one hundred eighteen

Was about her stubbing her toe on the dresser

There was never a hello

Never an I miss you

Or even I love you

Maybe, just maybe

If I send HER a book next time

I will get an email that I can read in less than two hours

At least I hope so

I Ain’t Going

I Ain’t Going

I can hear you screaming

Sitting outside my window

It is driving me insane

Endless and piercing

Are you Samael or Lucifer

It doesn’t matter

I know what you want

I know why you are here

But, I am not ready

There is too much left to do

You could take me to Heaven

You can take me to Hell

I don’t care

So, just fly away and take someone else

Because I ain’t going anywhere with you

But, if you are just a bird

Just get the hell out of here

And let me sleep

Amber

Amber

Millions of years ago

A tree stood in the tropical heat

Then something happened

A wound opened

It just cut through the bark

Still the tree bled

A thick golden syrup

Swallowing all it touches

Until it reaches the grass below

The tree died so long ago

The syrup stayed on

Through heat and cold

Flood and drought

And it became a gemstone

Admired and loved

A treasure with a piece of ancient life

Something more valuable than gold

And it all came from a tree

Reopen The Bases

Reopen The Bases

The U.S. Government hires so many

Dresses them in uniforms

And send them out to fight wars

They fight and some die

Others come home crippled

Unable to work or find a home

So, they live on the streets

While thousands of homes sit empty

Government homes the president ordered closed

Someone, somewhere has to ask why

Why are the closed bases not given to the people

Given to the soldiers who asked for nothing

They served for the love of a country

A country who turned their back

When they stepped off of the plane

Take the time to thank them

Give them somewhere to live

Somewhere to be a person again

Instead of the unwanted that you made them

After all, they served you

Now is your turn to serve them

Reopen the bases and give them a home

Give them their lives back

Let Us Talk

Let Us Talk

Hey, old black fellah

I see history in your eyes

Fifty thousand years of your people

May I sit down next to you

I wish to hear your stories

Tell me of the Lost Generation

The bigotry your people have faced

The massacres when the Europeans first came

The final acceptance of your people

Into the newly formed Australia

Tell me of your myths and legends

Tell me of your Dreamtime

I want to know more about you

I want to know your people

Please allow me to sit with you

Let us talk

Help me to understand

The proud Aboriginal people

Pain Of The Waves

Pain Of The Waves

Why can’t they see

My mind torn by thoughts

By dreams

And by nightmares

No man could imagine

Thoughts that no man should have

Wave after wave

Created by a storm on the horizon

They crash on the beach

Tearing it to shreds

As my mind struggles to make sense

Of what there is no sense to

I go from the light of happiness

With unicorns and angels

To the pits of darkness

A place of demons and pain

Within the single beat of a heart

My eyes tear as another wave crashes

As I know of the pain it brings

I claw my flesh to make the thoughts leave

But, I know that until the seas calm

The distant storms fade away

And the waves return to the horizon

I will not know peace