Demanding happiness
requires standing
in an endless line
hoping that
something good
waits ahead of you.

  ~mce

see more.
breathe more.
take a leave more.
read more.
write more.
drop the strife more.
sing more.
dance more.
take a chance more.
do more.
play more.
seize the day more.
say more.
hear more.
hold someone near more.
love more.
give more.
cause we all gotta live more.

I wrote a perfect poem once. I scribbled it down on the back of a half used napkin. It wasn't short and is wasn't long. The lipstick laced food marks couldn't taint what was already perfect. There was no love and no sadness in the words. It embodied only emptiness - it's most pure form. Nothing left wanting, no thirst unquenched.

In a moment of clear sight, I knew only the right words were forming. In that moment the half empty bar around me sunk, drowned, imploded and combusted - for all I cared. I had just written a masterpiece.

His mind poison to others
His mind gave him life
His mind scares the family
His mind gave him peace
His body harsh to onlookers
His body gave him armor
His body littered with cuts, rips, nicks, and scars
His body the canvas in which he paints memories and feelings
His life a challenge that must be faced everyday
His life will get better... all it takes is love