Waterfall

The water crashing down

Slamming upon the lake’s surface

Rushing rapidly

Thrashing thunderously

Yet the sight and sound

Causes no fright and anxiety

Upon the viewers plenty

Rather a calm, melodious sound

And placid, beauteous sight

For those bystanders many

The clear water foaming

Sparkly under the sun

And a rainbow peeks from

The clouds above

The water fresh and renewed

From a recent rainfall

The lake pure and serene

Nature, quiet yet noisy

Booming yet tranquil

A place of true beauty

For those young and old

To behold

To sit back and relax

And observe the placidity

Shoebox Valentine (song in progress)

Dark chocolate hair, milky smooth

Into a truffle curlicue

Voice minty to relax and soothe

Musical taste in every chew

Mouthwatering caramel skin

Deep, warm pools of his toffee eyes

Sweet on the outside and within

Staring at the candy, you sigh

Melting like butter in his grasp

Cheeks grow hotter than the oven

Deep toffee eyes meeting, you gasp

Giggling at what shall happen then

Puppy love, oh so young

Puppy love, innocent

Puppy love has now sprung

Puppy love, so content

Your shoebox valentine

Elementary friend

Your shoebox valentine

Now at childhood’s end

Handing over a homemade card

Staring down shyly at his shoes

Then the single rose from his yard

Cut to tell you his feelings true

Turning red and pink as the rose

Matching the valentine décor

Standing up on your tippy toes

Peck on the cheek, stare at the floor

Puppy love, oh so young

Puppy love, innocent

Puppy love has now sprung

Puppy love, so content

Your shoebox valentine

Elementary friend

Your shoebox valentine

Now at childhood’s end

Looking up shy without a sound

At any which way, all around

Out to recess at the bell’s sound

Side by side one another bound

Childhood innocence, so pure

Intent clean and untainted yet

Their L-U-V blooming still sure

Their first and never to forget

Puppy love, oh so young

Puppy love, innocent

Puppy love has now sprung

Puppy love, so content

Your shoebox valentine

Elementary friend

Your shoebox valentine

Now at childhood’s end

Your shoebox valentine

Young memories anew

Your shoebox valentine

Young days’ L-U-V true

Your shoebox valentine (Puppy love, oh so sweet)

Your shoebox valentine (Puppy love, such a treat)

Your shoebox, oh shoebox

Your shoebox valentine

Planet Yesteryear

Confusion swirls around the mines

Of deepest dark in thoughts alike

Clap with the thunder booming quick

Sing with the rain as sad a song

Dream and perhaps you’ll awaken

Continue dreaming eyes open

Wide and glazed over searching still

Looking far for that last lone star

Liquid dew now condensing perched

Softly roughly upon the face

Green envy and greed consuming

Newborn from friends unfortunate

Pardoned to heaven luxury

Fake yet one cannot, will not, see

With sight blundered hesitation

Yearning for wishing for the sky

While sitting upon such clouds high

Stone cold, dead in the market

People plenty push past busy

Disregard your glare as eyes met

Hurting inside over nothing

Planet yesteryear haunting you

Fear showing through anger flashing

Jealous envy tears appearances false

Never enough for those you wish

For love they shower another

Falling in the hellhole hate

Bleeding a healing heart

True colors of a shattered soul

The crimson tears of bleeding skies

Drowning in the pain of promises lost

Singing that lachrymose lullaby

Of poison kisses and empty embraces

Requiring a placebo for the soul

But none comes to calm the storm

Naught arrives to wash away the numbness

Nothing can dust off the grains of sand

From the lonely beaches of planet yesteryear

Heartstrung (song in progress)

Although you’re no longer by my side

Although we each take our separate ways

Although both take our different rides

Although we’re split in where we shall stay

The two of us, inseparable

The both of us, connected, one soul

The pair of us, twins, identical

The differences, forever condole

Pulling on heartstrings as we depart

Bawling and crying our waterfalls

Held together strong in our hearts

Through our weakened states, standing tall

And we are heartstrung

Bound tight in this song

And we are heartstrung

Flowing with the tears

Each and every step of every day

Turning to my side to discover

Not walking alongside there to convey

That the sight brought upon you shivers

No laughter, no tears, no sharing thoughts

Farewell the midnight phone calls and texts

No guilty ice cream after we fought

Goodbye to giggling over what’s next

Pulling on heartstrings as we depart

Bawling and crying our waterfalls

Held together strong in our hearts

Through our weakened states, standing tall

And we are heartstrung

Bound tight in this song

And we are heartstrung

Flowing with the tears

Days drag on, only seconds gone by

Remembering all the times we’ve shared

The prank calls, oh how clever, how sly

The playground games, running in our pairs

And we are heartstrung

Bound tight in this song

And we are heartstrung

Flowing with the tears

And in our newer lives apart

Know I am a phone call away

And closer, residing in your heart

Any distance can’t cause our bond’s fray

Stronger than any ocean’s power

Nothing brings about our disarray

Picking up on our school days’ chatter

As if it were simply yesterday

And we are heartstrung

Bound tight in this song

And we are heartstrung

Flowing with the tears

And we are heartstrung

Tighter than this song

And we are heartstrung

Always both along

Break Like a Doll

Barbie looks gone with the fantasy life

No more fairy tales, no more daydreams

Realities faced and harsher grown

Like thorns of a rose anew

Barely born yet biting scorn

Tearing through flesh smooth

Carving thy name in blood

Leaving behind scars of recollection

Shattered armor cracked and sliced

Hatchet crashing down

Caressing the porcelain skin so smooth

And a single look from the metal head

Shatters a break down the eye

In a path of human tears

Towards the chest ceramic

Unveiling an iced center eternal

The endless tomorrow of being dead

Trolling around, feet dragging behind

Bags under the eyes drawn on dark as ink

The spray painted base covered in detail

Each wrinkled line etched deeper

And more defined lay the result

Of endless tiredness and broken pieces

Which can make no amends and seeks no repair

Instead fall deeper into the toy box of despair

The games surrounding you

Swirl around your thoughts

Engulfing and digging in

In that confinement, dark and alone

Feelings in ashes, mentality forlorn

Emotions were toyed with

Each action entertainment

Was nothing real?

One can no longer tell

Arm comes ripping off

Leg bent at an awkward angle

Head twisted three sixty

Hair tangled and caught

Upon a hook dangling

Trapped in your own box

White Lies

Can’t believe that I couldn’t see your lies,

Couldn’t tell what was true

Stared me straight in the eyes

And didn’t falter through and through

Your words but a disguise

False care you displayed

You brought upon yourself this demise

How gullible to fall for such a façade

Told yourself it was only a white lie,

Miniscule and unimportant

Thought you were going to try,

But guess I should have caught the hint

One twist of the truth

A small exaggeration

Only an unnoticeable bend

Just putting a bit of a spin on reality

But who you hurt the most wasn’t me,

Though I look back and wonder

Why you chose to deceive

A terrible blunder

In the end, it goes back to you

You lost my trust and belief

I bid you adieu

You aren’t worth my grief

Thoughts Intergalactic

Staring at the ceiling every night wondering what is above me

Imagination consumed by the dark sky engulfing meteors

Flying by so much faster than my human eyes can possibly see

That chance of emerging myself in space, simply a blur

How would it be to dwell in the space above?

Looking down here would seem so much further

What is up there that I would hate, that I would love?

But I would be able to see this world so much clearer

So unlike what I'm accustomed to would it be

Would the buildings on the moon be craters?

At a loss without my land, grass, flowers, and trees

Rocks and sandy dust doesn’t match the comfort of the waters

If only our own planet Earth weren’t so boisterously deafening

I could settle away from crowds in comfort, simply thinking

As the Hourglass Cracks

The hourglass,

Steady and dependable

The curvy smooth glass,

Flawless at touch

The grains of sand,

Within it drip,

Slowly and gradually,

Telling of time passed

The continuous reminder

Of seconds gone by

The constant cue

Of minutes elapsed

The consistent indication

Of hours surpassed

Time does not wait,

For one or for all,

It keeps its pace,

Always moving forward,

And all must keep up

To meet the day’s, the life’s goals,

But within each and every one,

Living and breathing,

Upon this very Earth,

Beats and drips their own

Unique hourglass

And once the time has come,

That hourglass shall crack

Insanity's Truth

Words from those

In an asylum

Or those held high

In educational ranks

Genius brinks on insanity,

Mentally ill

Or prodigious

Drunken words,

Spoken boldly

And directly

Slurred but true,

The silent words,

Unable to say

While sober

And afraid

Sleep induced words,

While one is in deep slumber

Mumbling phrases

While turning in bed

Quiet whispers,

Difficult to hear

Or to comprehend

Yet true still

The unconscious thoughts

Those in one’s subconscious

Secretly feel

Unknown to even oneself

Told not to believe

Certain words,

Thoughts and phrases,

Yet logically,

When mind has no control,

Words of honesty

Finally are let go