Did you ever wish
you could dance with the fish in
sea choreography

                               Kelly McManus

If you agree to
intentional division
yes it will cost you

     Kelly McManus

Will you learn in time
being a warrior race
is just a disgrace

          Kelly McManus

So how's it going
your still beholden to them
war will never end...Kelly McManus

The Lord won't take sides
in mankind's wars it's spelled out
in the thou shalt nots

                                Kelly McManus

It's a rigged system
that's favoring assassins
over peacemakers

               Kelly McManus

As the echoes of yesterday
fade into the melodies of today
the songs of tomorrow
will be sung
when that time comes
until then
I will rub my brow
considering
the here and now
waiting for things
to change
into something
better than yesterday
or today could provide
closing my eyes
temporarily
cutting the ties
with this reality
dreaming
of seemingly
everything...Kelly McManus

Government's slowly
taking away your freedom
with legislation

                   Kelly McManus

They don't have the right
to jeopardize all our lives
with their wrong choices

                 Kelly McManus

When the garbage truck
comes to collect what remains
after the next war

                         Kelly McManus

Their incompetence
is the greatest threat we have
just thinking out loud

                       Kelly McManus

Spent philosophy
honoring and promoting
animosity
                  Kelly McManus

Hobo on the rail
stogies and fortified wine
his only lifeline

                 Kelly McManus

When you get your wings
don't be proud or the angels
toss you off the cloud
                                       Kelly McManus

Span my conscious mind
passionately cross my heart
unseparated

Their repetition
broadcasted as a service
to the deaf and mute...Kelly McManus

All of the learning
was wasted on pettiness
and frivolity

               Kelly McManus

Let the status quo
completely control your life
kiss freedom goodbye

                      Kelly McManus

Are you entertained
as they tinker with your brain
legion is their name

                         Kelly McManus

What remained of them
chose to battle not befriend
an unsightly end

                    Kelly McManus

A rose bud opened,
sharing a sweet aroma;
helping me to cope.

                        Kelly McManus

No other human
is superior to you
an unwritten truth

    Kelly McManus

As the daylight dims
and the evening begins
soon see what night brings

                   Kelly McManus

Don't let them master
your mind with repetitive
thought control techniques

                      Kelly McManus

Please wont you lead us
uncertain of the past and
fearing your future

                Kelly McManus

Tears rolled down her cheek
in shock unable to speak
no ice cream this week
                                         Kelly McManus

They bait and switch your
hopes and dreams until your left
with less than nothing

                               Kelly McManus

Not always easy,
to keep your humanity;
ration your passion.

                        Kelly McManus

China still leading
the race to put cameras
every place you go

             Kelly McManus

There was once a time
man just a fish on the sand
now found floundering...Kelly McManus

Evil rules the world
that's why people live in fear
of disappearing

                       Kelly McManus

It's such a tight squeeze
and hard to find your way out
with a narrow mind

                          Kelly McManus

Gone man gone
all those dreams you
clung to so tightly
gone all gone away
now there's nothing
left for you but
a slow agonizing death
of your own design
even though
you were warned
time and time
again to listen
now there's nothing
to hear
but you weeping
in fear of what
tomorrow brings
one last bird sings
so long

             Kelly McManus

It's their corruption
finding new ways to destroy
all us girls and boys

                      Kelly McManus

World will have freedom
when we're eliminated
from the equation

                Kelly McManus

Hate's a finite set
where Love its opposite still
remains infinite

                       Kelly McManus

An acorn hit me
so I turned around to see
a squirrel laughing

                 Kelly McManus

I've been fed their good
since childhood it's really
indigestible
                                    
        ­           Kelly McManus

My thoughts aren't store bought
grown in my mental garden
picked fresh when they’re ripe

                                                  Kelly McManus

Only  question is
what will stop the geniuses
from destroying us

                     Kelly McManus

Band had a good groove
people were tapping their feet
in time with the beat

                                     Kelly McManus

Poetry brings us
back three hundred and sixty
degrees to no change

                                    Kelly McManus

A violent world
where some people think life's cheap
you follow I don't

                                     Kelly McManus

A bridge on a stream
one calmly listening to
natures symphony

             Kelly McManus

Why don't we elect
Watson for president and
congress and senate

                             Kelly McManus

Natural lighting
colors of flowers blooming
red yellow blue green

                   Kelly McManus

It's an ancient curse
so many obedient
to nosferatus

                  Kelly McManus

In a rigged system
elections are directions
they want you to go...Kelly McManus

Grinding my canines
I sit alone watching my human
eat the meat off the bone
but inside I groan while I think
how sweet that meat would be
between my teeth
oh master please I beg you
let's meet in the middle
throw me a bone
but first let me out to piddle
                                                   Kelly McManus

A pack of puppies
frolicking out on the lawn
barking up my tree

                            Kelly McManus