Opened windows
Opened doors
What is mine
Is also yours
Come and go
As you please
Birds fly south
So they don’t freeze
The fires burning
The dwelling’s still
Not exciting
No big thrill
Just a room
Inside a house
Or is the room
Turned inside out?

Just like an inferno
He raged out of control
A hundred miles an hour
Burning down the road
He took a left at Hell
He’d been there, you could tell
As he continued on down the empty highway
Heading towards the setting sun
Chased and on the run
But always staying one more step ahead

She donned fascinating colors
Bright and full of life
She wore multicolored layers
She cut through with a knife
She had a bad experience  
And clambered up real tight
She had trouble sleeping
She would wake throughout the night
The days grew long
The well ran dry
It became harder to recover
From each and every lie
Now she’s more reserved
Set in her own ways
A somber way of living
In ombré shades of gray

The clouds come alive
Harboring blood drenched skies
Mirrored by the sea
As rays of sunlight add dimension and the colors run free
A collage of different facets
So much there to see
The most breathtaking artistry
Thats ever been or will be

Go in with guns blazing
No thought of retreat
Failure to surrender
Sour in defeat
No logic or intention
Otherwise unique
Just another way of saying
Think before you speak

‪Walking amongst the trees‬
‪Made golden by the sun‬
‪Grass reflecting sunlight ‬
‪A little’s more than none‬
‪The sunshine playing hide and seek‬
‪In between the leaves ‬
‪When people think serenity‬
‪This is what they mean‬
‪Tranquil, yet mysterious ‬
‪Eerie, non mundane ‬
‪Whispers from the treetops ‬
‪Calling out your name‬
In the distance, there’s heard chiming
Day soon turns to night
And the parting of another day
Does not leave out of spite

I bare my soul
That I may leave my mark
Something maybe that I’ve written
Somehow lit a spark
Written word can be recalled
Reread and consumed
It gives us something to hold on to
To fight the doom and gloom
Writing releases
Inspires; inclines
First with our vision
Then with our minds