Frustration mounts,
And with it comes
An unholy fury

To struggle
In everything you do,
That is hardship

To want something more
Is impossible
Is dreaming

Walking down the beach,
And looking at the waves,

They roll in and out,
In and
Out

Like the ebb and flow of time
They flow,

A great cycle,
Everpresent,
We flow-
And wax-
And wane

People live
They contribute
Find a meaning
Then go on

Like the ocean meaning changes
Ebbs and flows
In and
Out

I must find my meaning
Among these flowing tides,

And when my tide goes,
I too must
Sail on.

Along a softly babbling stream
Moss covered trunks silently lean
Sunlight pours from on high down
Flies now idly ply around

A fisherman -me- on the bank sits
Floater bobbing, teasing fish
Sparrows idly flit softly by
While above the clouds now softly fly

The bugs, they flit from here to there,
While plants their flowers slowly bare,
Mosquitoes sound their droning whine
While stream trout nibble at baited line

Dappled bark and shaded stream
Memory hazy like a dream
I wish to travel back, back there
That timeless place, the Snake River

And this my idle classroom dream,
My heaven, fishing by a stream
Spins round and round my head at night
I'll go and grab my pole-first light

Pictures of war all around me I see
Pick up a gun and fight to be free
I see a soldier face down on the ground
Red White and Blue sparkles flash all around

Movies of killing, men dying all round
Snappy recruiters with pamphlets abound
Somewhere away, a carbomb explodes
While at home on TV: "Lets lock and Load!"

Freedom fighters and invaders
Infidels and patriots
Fighting round and round
Shootng at each other
Till they all fall down
Down
Down
.
.
.
.
Dead.

In dark of night
A moment bright
Upon our couch
In the twilight

And in this place
I see your face
A stolen kiss
Our little bliss

Ill hold your hand
And you'll squeeze mine
Ill trace your brow
You'll line my chin

Our moment will end
There shall be more
Your heart I'll mend
You're my amor

Watch how we dance and sway
Look at us dance today
Smiles on our faces-
We dance without care,
Knowing we must beware

Look at the people watching
They don't know who we are
No-one is laughing and
No-one is smiling
Watching us dance and sway

Watch how we dance and sway
No-one will look our way
They find us repulsive
They want us to leave
Never to sigh and breathe

Never to dance again

I do not have
A happy family...

There have been nights
Where I go to bed
With my ears still ringing--
--A lot of shouting, yelling, and screaming

It happens for to many reasons,
Which is why it never ends
But sometimes in a rare, rare dream,
Its singing I hear instead