words written on napkins
meant to change the world
the poetry of motion
the song of a kiss
the way my cigarette burned down to
touch on my lips
a hero fights dragons with a sword
made of ink
while the ruins of a nation crumble
to dust
sound the trumpets!
bang on the drums
welcome the harbinger of this peaceful
resistance
but wait. the change we sought
the sit ins and protests and flowers
we gave were met with the deafening
silence brought on by the gun
poets unite and take up your arms
for time calls when the sword is
mightier than the pen!
we are the broken
we are the lost
we are the fallen
and we are not quiet!
we fight for this day
words written on napkins meant
to change the world lay crumbled
in wastebaskets
for hands meant to write
now form a fist. - resist!

coffee shop motion
a city to standstill
slow dance this turning sensual beat
where free minds play
and ideas take root
in this grassroots gathering
of love like the ocean
swelling to drown out the sea
and the cry of mocking birds
sings me to sleep
safe in the knowledge
that change comes to mind
when colorful trees strip with the time
and this green earth keeps spinning
powered by the powers below and above
when angels and devils
fear not to make love
we'll tear down these walls
built by greed and hate
and show one another
we make our own fate!

motivation brought bought and sold
by the onset of insecure doubt
terrified by the prospect of living
outside the lines
my soul is colored pale with the brushstroke
of the unknown
i wander aimlessly looking for a
sense of direction in this mist
insubstantial thoughts do little to
keep my head above these turbulent waters
and my blood draws sharks from afar
seeking to ******* flesh and drag
me to the depths of this unforgiving
life

call me the cancer fairy
i bring burnable gifts of
chronic emphysema and hopeless addiction
with death on your lips
i hope that you think of me
as the cherry ember glows low
and soft grey ash caresses
even softer fingertips
viva la cigarettes! a love story in smoke

i want to change the world
one mind at a time
to open the eyes of those stuck
in the fold
with words to the wind
i write to the world
in hopes that these sounds
touch the hearts of the few
and spread like wildfire
all consuming of thoughts with
motion to live free for passion and love
a candle to hold indifference darkness at bay
a spark struck with hopes to be an inferno
of change

the coffee shop smell on this chill
autumn day reminds me of times outside
these worries and cares free like the
bird that spears through the sky
where are my wings?
i lost them in a deal with the devil
to live for my life
now hope burns in my lungs and
rises twisting turning on this
northern breeze smoke flows from
my lips like a gentle last kiss
my love set sail to the wind and
fly with your mind
for you will always find me in this
unforgiving sky
with a glance from the side
and a whisper of love
i will find my way my wings
and your love

eyes closed as clouds burn through
this sunset dream
will you remember me
when the unforgiving dawn breaks
and these speeding
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electro beats
pause to allow our hearts to beat
rhythmic thumping inside our chests
that never seems to be noticed
until that quiet moment when the moon sets
yet how we realize
these mechanical machines
of pistons springs and gears made flesh
only run on sunlight sugar and love
we still know that we were meant to fly above
our minds that wander free
to this forrest of electricity
rave baby rave where the drugs flow free
and i can forget my ineffectivity
with the ladies that move so slow to the beat
and my body feels nothing but
the moving grinding heat
that scorches my mind and burns through my soul
i felt yo move int he depths of it all
and it felt like love at the first taste of a kiss
that brought our lips closer in paper thin bliss
and in that one moment that passage of time
i had nothing left except the thoughts in my mind
of neon dreams made real in the lights
that these cheap bic lighters lit up the night