Behind closed doors
A lioness roars
Behind the facade
An angel’s ignored
Lack of sleep
Or bloodshot eyes
They’ll come a time
When even the truth tells lies
No friend nor foe
Can ignore your cries
Wipe up the tears
Step outside
Lift up your head
And walk with pride

I’m just sitting here,
Naked in my room

Waiting for the world to end
Maybe sometime this afternoon?

Whether it be 10 am,
Or somewhere closer to noon

There’s no need to panic
There’s still time to change your tune

Time to say farewell to loved ones
Before our impending doom

Watching, as the flowers wilt away
But, at least they got to bloom

Or maybe I’m just crazy
Evidently, a buffoon

I thought I’d grown sick of it all
But as it turns out, I’ve grown immune

I’ve been taking my medication
Fed to with silver spoon

Think I’ll metamorphosis
Right here in my cocoon

Turn into a butterfly
If only for the view

I ponder what the future holds
For I haven’t got a clue

Grey skies are the replacements for
What otherwise were blue

Another day that we grow closer
To popping our balloon

As the Sun sets down in the distant west
To make way for the moon

.

Pretty shells
Along the briny beach
Ocean crash
And sun ray beams
Hot wet sand
And a stiffened breeze
Cold ice cream
A seagulls screech
Horizon far
And out of reach
All alone
On a secluded beach

This, to you, may sound silly
But I fell in love with a purple lily
I watched her grow up
From just a seed
I planted her, near a big oak tree

As I sat, and observed her bloom
Happiness, replaced my gloom
Sometime that day, mid afternoon
I wondered back, to my cocoon.

Success is a state of mind. As long as you believe you are, no one can convince you otherwise.

Many will try and bring you down to their level as success is what we all strive for but very few ever achieve.

Push through, venture on, aspire to be great
For life on this earth is short
Seek out what fulfills you most
The pinnacle may seem out of reach
But never give up or abort your mission

See yourself succeeding
Believe it to be true
Let nothing come between
Proving you are you

Hold yourself in high esteem
You are the only you
Be the best that you can be
With everything you do

Failure is expected
It's how we learn to do
Remember you could barely walk
At the age of two

Learn from your mistakes
Progress the days on through
We cannot change the past
But the futures' ours to choose

There's been nothing to look forward to
The days seem intertwined
My dreams have become diluted
Stuck in the perils of my mind

I'll sleep the day away
Stay wide awake throughout the nights
The darkness hides the pain I'm in
And any remanence of my plight

What's out there lurking in the shadows
With the stars my only light
I stare into the emptiness
Weighing wrong from right

Questioning my role on earth
And which fire to ignite
To set in motion my devotion
And launch my rocket into flight  

I am merely a speck of dust
In the grand scale of our 'verse
Our existence just an afterthought
That mother earths' disbursed

Sitting, waiting, watching days go by
The outcome looming large
An inevitable grave tragedy
As tears fall from loved ones eyes

I chuckle at the thought of legacy
For the future passers by
What a twisted complexity
This fragile thing that we call life.

The hustle and the bustle
The ladders we must climb
To reach the top, the utmost peek
Why even waste the time?

Where is the silver lining?
What mysteries left to find?
What discovery of all discoveries
Can amend this somber paradigm?

Love you say!?
I hasten to agree
How does that explain my disdain
For the person that is me

I, of good heart and soul
And adored by a grand descent
Still have yet to wet my whistle
By way of the clouds above my head

I feel I must confess my passion
To set the worriers at ease
Not for the sake of saying so
Nor for the galleries esteem

But for self and perseverance
The underlining good
So what, pray tell do you say?
It is that of motherhood

The nature of its being
The uniqueness and individuality
Of every single human being

And love, in this pretext
Is a love that I can bare
That of every living thing
In to which nothing can compare

A metamorphosis of thought!
For you and I alike
The yin and yang unearthed
The meaning of life.

Quietly
A sound permeates the air
Whispers through the monotony
But there's nothing for the eye to see

Not a word, not a word per se
Can cure my curiosity
Or help decipher the sound I hear
That draws me in;
Into a false sense of security

It's shielded by the breeze
That whisks about the trees
Illusively transparent
However puts my mind at ease

Does it come in peace
Or is it destined to deceive
Is it a subtle plea for help
What's it fighting to achieve

Shall I pay heed and embrace it
Or plummet to my knees
Demand its validation  
Or ask it what it needs

Is there a common language
That would lead me to believe
I should be in any danger
Or be obliged to feel relieved

It's awkward to describe it
Very difficult indeed
It's not the buzzing of the bees
Or crickets hidden in the weeds

Not a frog related bellow
Or hummingbird that sings
Not a cord struck on the cello
Or a ghost from Halloween

It's steadily approaching now
Almost within reach
Is it from another universe
From some unknown galaxy

Shall I stand in silence
Await the laser beams
Or be resigned to be a martyr
To do with as is pleased

I am one who's of sound mind
Despite what you may think
In fact, I feel a sense of clarity
Far from a hazy dream

There is an urge to disrupt the sound
Emit a high pitched frequency  
But that would defeat the purpose
For the answers that I seek

What is that sound I hear
Shall I run and disappear
Let's drop this whole masquerade  
Please reveal yourself to me

I promise I won't be upset
If you expose your well kept secret
All I'm asking is that this be resolved
Before I lay myself to sleep

Look at me with your adoring eyes
Let me see what it is you see
In the reflection of your pupils
Please help me to believe

I've misplaced my perspective
I'm no sleuth or detective
The clues are all dried up by now
I'm much more inclined to be receptive

I can finally stop to listen
And hear what's in your heart
There's no time to be deceptive
My love for you is off the charts

Put your arms around me
Pull me closer in
Hug me with veracity
Your head under my chin

I just need a reminder
To help lift my self esteem
Why you allowed me to come into your life
And why we became a team

How you brought the smile back to my face
When I had self induced poverty
How I went from rags to riches
And found everything in you....that I'll ever need

Emptied mind, clear of thought
Dreams envisioned, never sought
Life has never gone as planned
Lightning strikes where I stand
Ideas are formed and carried out
Never a question, never a doubt
An adventure of the grandest scale
We cannot falter, we cannot fail
Always forward, never reverse
The worlds a stage, never rehearsed
Adjust to all that comes our way
Never put off for tomorrow, what can be done today
Open your eyes and stay awake
Push your limits, never break
Feed your mind, harness ideas
Before all your hard work disappears
Connect to others, share your wealth
Maintain your body and your health
Strive for greatness, reach for stars
Expand your vision, raise the bar
Don't just settle, don't conform
Change your outlook, don't be forlorn
The journey is the greatest part
You'll never reach the ending, if you never start

Not everything I write makes sense
But the feeling which I writes intense
I’ll crash the waves from on the bow
I’ll venture forth when I have doubts
I’ll protrude through all the pain
And reach for you without delay
I’ll listen to every word you say
Though you hesitate to speak

Rediscovered


Tinkering with this and that
Rediscovered in seconds flat
Where you are is where you’re at
Open fire, please stand back

Gathered in a creepy shed
Thunderstorms, heaven sent
The students need to be led
By the hand so they don’t get wet

Out of the cold, safe and warm
Like the day that they were born
Rise and shine, go explore
What you’ll find?
I’m not quite sure.