Today I am silent
and at ease
with the lifeless voices
that echo
through these four walls

Today I am comfortable with being alone
and facing all the demons
that dwell deep within
these four walls

Today I feel free
from all the troubles
that life has handed me

Today I laugh
as I look out
The mountains and trees
recognize me
They smile back as I thank them
for their beauty and insight

Today I reflect on the past
So many lessons, so many obstacles
They build the blocks
that stand the tower strong
but weaken
behind these four walls

Today I address the present
and welcome the thoughts
that cloud ones mind
They bring about new wonders
That only time can unfold

Today I dream of the future
And all of the unknowns it holds
It fills me with excitement and anxiety
A fire and ice
A black hole



Today I am happy
with just being free
with what urks
deep inside of me

Today these four walls
remind me
to take these moments and
appreciate ones unique perspective
of their reality.

The rain sings as it braces my skin
Its sweet, soft touch
Clings to my concept of being
It rushes over me
Hit by a freight train
Chilling to the very nerve

It pounds to the ground
screaming of its existence
scrubbing over
every last inch
of life’s impurities

It mocks my heart
Down to the center core,
Destruction,
Innocence
Its intent,
Its power,
unknown-

She twists the **** of the door
the wood creaks of her arrival
He glances towards her
Questioning her sanity,
How could she come back for more?

He asked her to leave,
She refused
He chose to try and ignore
the girl who implanted
Such a ****** sore
That clutched his heart
Down to his center core

She sobbed at the sight of him
And her memories of their explosions,
bare upon the floor
The memories of holding him,
peacefully by the sea shore

She stood there
Awaiting for what he had in store
Deep within his conundrum
Little did they know,
This was only,
The prewar

The shadows bring a certain comfort
That spites one to hide from the light
that bares ones weaknesses
and cancerous thoughts
That consume and copulate
And duplicate, and destroy
the very depths
of the mind.

The children’s laughter echoes through the streets
As the wind blows
The autumn leaves
grace the shallow creek

The soft colors awaken my smile
A new perspective of being
Reality--
It reigns of a dark slumber

But the autumns trees
and smell of winter’s eve
soothes the lonely nights

The cold breeze bites deep to the bone
Reminding one to breathe
in life’s sweet touch
a painless ease

The clock ticks, a persistent sound
So timely, predictable, comforting
Straight like a board, simplicity is complexity
The small hand is their conductor
Pup-petting their very motion

The walls creak the sound of despair
Longing to be relieved from their shackles
Hollowing out their insides, Revealing their holes
Concrete, stucco, asphalt  
Solidifies their existence

The board mocks their silent screams
An empty canvas to be scribbled upon
Steered by the gestures of its very strokes
Tainted by the smell of the ink’s sweet high
A reflection of their inner thoughts

I break the stillness of the trees
Climb the tallest of mountains
Provide the oxygen to promise life
I am weightless, free, light
I whistle through the forests
Awakening their eyes

I antagonize hurricanes
Destruction, darkness, death
I sound the chimes
That ring throughout
The streets
Awakening their cries

I unlock the hold of the stem
Empowering the dead leaves
To fall upon the silent streets
Coloring the autumn months
Awakening their lives