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The symbol of peace
An image of love
Flys with a purpose
About and above
A gentle sweet creature
When push comes to shove
Just admiring the beauty
Of a white feathered dove
Abundance and prosperity
Comforts built by smiles
Religion and conformity
Living in denial
Wears a mask of happiness
Shakes your hand in jest
Has a million new ideas
For you to invest
When you fail to see
The evil powers that be
They crack open your dome
Hid safe inside your home
And leave you there to die
Like garbage tossed aside
So be careful where you step
Speak your mind in depth
Speak clearly for the world to hear
No longer secrets kept
Now the world’s abuzz
We do what we must
To represent the working class
Predicated on their trust
Rising up to meet the snake
No need to make a fuss
But I stand; no longer sit
Through the grime and grit
Hands filthy even when washed
Shiny clean with spit
With terror in their eyes
Forces mobilized
Form a wall of blatant lies
And build it to the sky
Dare to make a scene
Working for the dream
They feed you on the television
Yet they know you sight unseen
Disregard the law?
They’ll be at your door
To lock you in a cage
Filling you with rage
The key got thrown away
That look upon your face
Tells of self defeat
And that the system can’t be beat
I bled from the thorn of a rose
Deep rooted in the garden it grows
It took me for a spell
I fainted, then fell
Flat on my face and my nose
Lost in the eyes of a tigress
No sudden moves to show fear
Mustn’t lose sight or eye contact
Praying that she’ll disappear
But there by the side of the tigress
A woman with light colored hair
And eyes just as intense as a tigress
Amazed by her beauty, I just stop and stared
He raised his glass to toast
In order to brag and boast
A ceremony to celebrate
An accomplishment achieved
A reached goal; a milestone
The spoils well received
After the speech
There came a roar
A rather loud applause
Victory!, victory!
The essence of the cause
Shot out of a gun
The race had now begun
Between the tortoise and the hare
Which didn’t seem quite fair
Although it was all in fun
They still fought to say they won
And bring home the title and the crown
As the fastest one around
Head held high, chest exposed
Proud enough to brag and boast
But all in good nature
A good time for all
A race for the ages
As they answered the call
Wrapped in diaphanous robes
and lush lavish lace
Soft as the skin on her beautiful face
****** and sensual are pleasures we seek
Bound not to tell, are the secrets we keep
Unless on the pillow, where the truth never lies
There’s more to what’s there, than meets the eye
I wrote an ugly verse
Could be bad, could be worse
It wasn’t well rehearsed
And wasn’t very good at first
But something told me to read it again
That is where my thoughts ascend
Into the stratosphere past Mars
Past the twinkling stars
Until it comes back around again
Stronger than before
Knocking at my door
Impossible to ignore
While letting out a gentle roar
This is where the plot digressed
In the ballroom, underdressed
Complete with cowboy boots and vest
Embarrassed, I confessed
I had written every word
After reading, I concurred
It was my handwriting in script
Which made me have to come to grips
As poetry spilled from out my lips
As I drift
        As I drift
There’s fear in the unknown
Of a seething unwell mind
Where the darkest part of shadows
Go inevitably to die
The umbra goes unnoticed
When the stars refuse to shine
Because the thoughts of unwell people
Cannot be considered crime
Tomorrow isn’t given,
It’s still a mystery
Did you make history?
Fill your every need?
Meet expectations and live way beyond your means?
Did you get traction?
Cultivate your biggest dreams?
Bring together everything?
It’s not as easy as it seems.
Do you talk the talk?
Or just shoot the breeze?
I’m very polite, so I say “thank you” and “please”
“God bless you” when you sneeze
It’s just the little things
My teams’ the Heat,
Got 3 NBA championship rings
It lets me rejoice, makes me wanna sing.
Spread out my arms,
Take off like as if I had wings.
Fly to far off places,
Jump as though I had springs.
A culmination, a little  bit of everything.
That’s just how I roll,
It’s how I make the green.
I see dollar signs, makes the girlies wanna scream.
It’s my mission, high tech ingenuity.
Sometimes I watch tv
Maybe pick up a book and read.
It clears up my mind,
Allows my brain to breathe.
It’s not the brightest,
But it’s illuminating.
Like a marionette,
My body’s attached to strings.
Beat it like Micheal Jackson,
Show off all the bling.
I’m universal, from Broward County to Beijing.
Look how far I’ve come
From a peasant,
To becoming the undisputed king.
He was quiet as a mouse
Trying not to wake his spouse
His lovely wife, Mary Lou Lorain
He tiptoed down the hall
Avoiding every wall
Trying to investigate the strange and unexplained
He was swallowed by the light
On that fateful night
And poor Mary Lou will never be the same
He was taken very far
By something that was not a car
It must’ve been
A spaceship or a plane
He was ******* and restrained
He felt awful and in pain
And he couldn’t even remember his own name
He did remember his spouse
That he left inside the house
But that’s about as much as he retained
Where he was, it wasn’t clear
But he knew that he felt fear
So he made a wish, shed a tear, and prayed
Art depicts the unreality
The imagination runs amuck
The focus and the mindset
You’d hate to interrupt
A stroke of paint on canvas
Gives a sense of sweet release
And by the time it takes to finish up
You’ve found your inner peace
Baring all for you to see
Underneath a shaded tree
I look at you
You look at me
There’s instant fire; chemistry
We ****** at the upmost peak
There are no words to say
No words to speak
Just fireworks
And the urge to keep
Every memory
From now
Until eternity
Toilet paper dwindling
Not enough to share
No longer is it within my reach
To wipe my derrière

Toilet paper is most craved, an object of desire; you need three yards on curry night when your backside goes on fire.    

If no paper is available
I recommend you spritz
Because no one likes a ***** ***
After someone.....
Your act is a ventriloquist
Your puppet mimics what you say
Except when you go silent
Leaving all in dismay
You practiced until perfection
You two became as one
No longer just a dummy
Doing it for fun
Climbing the vine
I’m resigned to align
For an unknown conclusion
No one alive can describe
Will I vanish for good?
Will my soul fly to space?
Into the ether
Fade away, get replaced?
I’ll climb up for answers
Until the stalk ends
In hopes of inclusion
In the broader scope; lens
Floating dander and loose pollen
Scattered in the brush
Daylights fleeting moments
Spreading pixie dust
Purple flowers settle down
In fields of sacred trust
Where mice run to seek shelter
And hide away their husk
And where birds snuggle in their nest to rest
In the waning orange dusk
They run the tightest ship in Brunswick
The warden sees to that
Never one to say too much
Gossip, talk, or chat
He just goes about his business
Marking off his chart
Making sure that every inmate
That each one does his part
The single, the one, the last
Hasten to join the dance
Not letting go; swaying to and fro
To the sound that’ll keep you in a trance

The sole survivor; the last to leave
The super trooper that bobs and weaves
The lonely path of freedoms stay
And it wouldn’t want it any other way
The wilted flower
Cries for rain
To give it life
To ease its pain
No guilty pleasures
Only disdain
To pierce the dirt
From which it came
And rise out to
A sunny day
Where light burns bright
And life remains
Tried and true
In natures way
To live on for
Another day
The wilted flower
That reeks of gloom
Never had its choice to choose
Only memories of a forgotten youth
Remembering the first time it bloomed
On a summers day, late afternoon
Cheered on by the grass and dew
And from the soil from whence it grew
With dreams of stars and lit up moon
The flower dies to escape the truth
And takes with it everything it knew
‪Moonlit night without a switch‬
‪To dim the light that stirs the witch ‬
‪With her broom and cat in tow‬
‪She flies away to parts unknown ‬
‪And with wicked laughter ‬
‪She leaves her wake‬
‪As she races on till daybreak ‬
‪Then disappears behind the moon‬
‪Not a second gone too soon‬
What loving proof, is deemed unfair
If you danced away like Fred Astaire
No timing, rhyming, or cold stare
Can equally compare

The anguish if I lost you; dear
From the once conqueror of fears
Holding on to memories, Then ****, it disappears

We could reminisce when we grew old
To way back in the day
Together, holding hands
From Brooklyn to the Bay

The cost is just a fraction
Of the amount that I would pay
To reach our love’s conclusion
If only for a day

You always tried to encourage me
When my head was in the clouds
And if our love became complacent
There was laughter to be found

You always kept me guessing
With your flare for life itself
I thought about confessing
The hand that I was dealt

It’s impossible to recreate
The pictures frame by frame
No time to rush, no time to waste
Our love could never fade

We set it free into the universe
With a message soft and pure
It traveled on an unknown course
But it was too hard to ignore

It’s mission to connect the dots
Of love and hates demise
It would appear you put me on the spot
Through a lame disguise

The gift of love in ones grasp
Will surely slip away
Don’t focus on the  memories of past
When there’s still some time today

A way to compensate your fears
A way to feel redeemed
To spend the duration of my life
With the woman of my dreams
The world ends
Waiting to advance
To the next installment
Into the grand expanse
Or with the halt of motion
Conquered where we stand
Or sent into oblivion
Swept up off the land
Regardless of our standing
We’re stripped of upper class
And praying to the heavens
That this too shall pass
The world is a poem written in dreams
Daily reminders, packed with rhyme schemes
Through the past, and the present, and future in parts;
Each vying for Truth in good and dark hearts.

So lift up your pen and use it with grace
Erase the flaws and weaknesses of the human race
Should we all contribute but one single verse
I’ll write on your heart if you write on mine first.

But be careful not to write too hard,
For it might pierce the skin
And leave a big scar, for the hearts skin is thin
Be gentle and kind as you would want done onto you
Because the piercing of the heart can seep all the way through
The wrinkles tell a story
Of conquest and of glory
Humor just to set the mood
Never once called boring
An electric charge
Pulsating through their veins
But it’s all just nervous energy
When all the worlds a stage
My mind’s in rhymes
That tell a tale
To convey my thoughts
Succeed or fail
Pen in hand
Hand on keys
Ideas flow
Upon release
Stories
Poems
Word by word
Nouns, adjectives
And of course verbs
These are signs
That give a clue
And give me
Something else to do
‪The flowers in the woods‬
‪Are scarcely ever seen‬
‪Hidden in between the branches‬
‪The tree trunks and the leaves‬
‪The flowers are of fuchsia‬
‪Which sprouted from a seed‬
‪But, the last I ever saw of them‬
‪Were through the thickets of the reed‬
I was never your shepherd
You wandered astray
Despite all my love, I gave freely away
I asked for no recourse
No walks by the Bay
No hand in hand holding
No words left to say
In your eyes I saw a blankness
You were adrift and aloof
You told me all lies, I only told you the truth
But your heart belongs elsewhere
Somewhere else, not with me
A crook stole your heart, but you never screamed, “thief!”
As we part, I feel sorrow
But I do not feel shame
It’s life and it’s struggles
It’s just part of the game
Summertime and flowers bloom
Morning sun and sparkling dew
That glistens till the afternoon
As the sun lights up the dim lit room
Trickling down the blades of grass
Mirror image sharp as glass
That sees the future and the past
But cannot advance or surpass
Like tears of joy the dew doth dry
Not unlike the ones in weeping eyes
A new day dawns, the coast is clear
No more drama, no more tears
‪He’s attentive and mindful ‬
‪Obliging, and kind‬
‪He has a sense of fulfillment ‬
That’s hard to describe
‪He’s spent time in the sunshine ‬
He’s made rather large strides
‪He’s held hands and danced‬
‪When given the chance ‬
‪He smiled for awhile‬
‪Helping lives feel enhanced ‬
‪He gives merit to morals‬
‪He’s accepted, acts calm‬
‪He lives in the moment ‬
‪And when called on, responds ‬
Those pretty eyes of crystals glimmer
In moonlight shimmers
In sparkling rivers
Those pretty eyes of disbelief
Causing tremors beneath my feet
Shy and humble
Elite petite
Batting eyes of pure mystique  
To lasso every man you meet
Just to have them bow and admit defeat
Turned over every single stone
Thought I’d found a winner
Instead found me a sinner
Standing there naked all alone
Breaking young men’s hearts
All to be a part
Of colossal, grand, elaborate scheme
And doing it just to be mean
Going down the steepest road
Waiting to explode
Finger on the trigger
Ready to unload
Hoping not to falter
Shattering the mold
Headed into battle
Returning to the zone
Just to restore the thought of peace
To everyone I know
That things are getting safer now
But we both know that’s not so
When the words from my lips can’t be contained or controlled
And the yearn of my body
Can combust or explode
There’s three little words that I want you to know
That are deep in my heart, and are felt in my soul
When a stare or caress
Does no justice or fails
To express my condition
In the minor details
Just three little words can describe or express
What I know in my mind, and I can feel in my chest
These are the words that I say unto thee
I love you, I love you, could you love me?
I wake to see the sky
Through an amber lens
Beams of light shining down
Like golden silky threads
Brightening up the valley
In between the trees
Lighting up the morning
So skillfully, with ease
A superb way to start the day
When hours past were black
The stars the only evidence
Heaven hadn’t turned its back
Instead, a brand start
The first day of the rest
Never looking in the past
But knowing I’ve been blessed
Seen a morning sun rise through squinted eyes
Seen a landscape full in bloom
Held hands with the one I love
Before the moment goes too soon
Seen it through an amber lens
Or in a golden orange hue
Which helped me see the best in me
When I look across at you
Pitter patter
Pitter patter
Tip-toed on supple feet
Through the house
Down the hall
Quietly discreet

The inhabitants of the household
Resting, sound asleep
Attempting not to breach the trust
I've worked so hard to keep

Anonymity is conducive
From past high levels of deceit
Striving diligently for a common goal
But one that can be reached

Not adapting to a stagnant life
Through the strangers that we'll meet
But protected by a safety net
Like a child under sheets

Not stampeded by the raging bulls
While others count their sheep
But hidden deep within the lions den
Where one can hear his own heartbeat

Has the beast succumb to his hunger
Is there nothing else to eat
Shall I end up as a midnight snack
Transformed into a pile of mincemeat

I grab hold of my foundation
Made from bittersweet concrete
Safe from harm or danger
A place where fear is obsolete

A gentle roar is humming now
The air begins to stir
I feel something approaching
I fear what will occur

Has my time come to its ending
Through the darkness I see light
I recognize the sound I hear
It's my mother, wishing me good night
The fear of the unknown should be embraced
Through the pages
Words transcend
The imaginations
Steep ascent
Soaring off
To another land
Attention given
Book in hand
Stories told
In print and bold
Don’t underestimate
Self control
To the point
Until the end
Then loan it to
A close dear friend
Life is but a ticking clock
Moving seconds at a time
Waiting hour after hour
For the bells to chime
With each minute that goes passing by
We grow closer to an end
And each moment we experience
Grows much harder to defend
As time cannot be broken
Time can only bend
To decipher every mystery
Of what, and how, and when
Staring at a ticking clock
Wondering where the time has gone
Instead of living for each moment
And pretending to belong
The monkey looks
The stork rolls dice
The view around the room looks nice
I took two looks
I looked twice
Then fell in love and paid the price
Mother nature on full display
By way of a tidal-wave
Enamored by its splendor
This heavyweight contender
The power it possesses
And the obliteration rendered
Washing away our memories
Our future, our dreams
Mother Nature is by no means
As innocent as she seems
Time, it is fleeting
Like dust in the wind
The old must be over
For the new to begin
A gentle reminder
Of another life lived
We rotate our memories
As the world spins
We reach for the stars
Some fall short, but aspire
To live out our dreams
And quench our desires
And we do so with vigor
Full of life, full of hope
Before time expires
At the end of our rope
The circle of life
In the grandest of scales
As some reach acceptance
Where others might fail
Time is of the essence
It’s time to expedite my love
Before time is gone forever
Lost or lack thereof
There’s a bounty for your kisses
You’re most extraordinaire and fair
I could court you like a gentleman
Or hug you like a bear
Time in its essence
Is fleeting; unkind
For those that are aging
Until they wither and die
Constantly moving
Each orbit, each path
Until the end of existence
It’s both science, and math
All time will end
But no time too soon
Perhaps some day
We’ll all live on the moon
You’re the muse that I choose
For your creations and views
For all you’ve been fighting
For all you’ve fought through
One who’s loosened the noose
Of a built in excuse
Still, you rise to the top
Relentless, unstopped
With pain in your body
You still hip and you hop
Your sounds in my eardrums
Cascading, aloft
Serenading the airwaves
I salute you, hats off
What I don’t understand
Is how one simple man
Has the inability
To live his best life

Born with a gift,
Dismissing a myth,
But no sharper than the blade of his knife

Trying to stay relevant
While avoiding all contaminants,
That enter my body
And alter my intelligence
Or was that its original intent?

I’m my own worst enemy,
Mired in complacency
Blinded temporarily,
By what supersedes my transparency

Above the smog;
Below the dust;
Bolstering my pretentiousness

Why address it’s pertinence?
Is it worth the time I must invest?
Whilst outgrowing my petulance,
And being played like a stringed quartet?

A hungry mouth
Forsaken vows
A lifelongs worth of discontent
Standing still
Burning with my past regrets

“Fear” being the four letter word
That starts with “f”
But is rarely ever seen or heard

It runs my world
It’s been rehearsed
It drains me dry
It causes thirst

That once quenched; sets me free
To be or not to be,
With or without thee...
That is the question that must be asked.
What I’d give
To kiss those lips
Head tilted back
Hands on hips
Her hair lush and full
The jettest black
Skin tone bronze
Tight jeans; no slack
Soft cheeks and flush
In pinkish hue
Lips stuck; embraced
Like Elmers glue
You don’t know
What I’d do
To be with you
Under a crescent moon
There is a fungus growing
On my feet between my toes
I think they call it toe cheese
Admittedly, it’s gross

My hope is that it goes away
Or at least draws to a close
I sprayed it with some medicine
At the root of where it grows

Suggestions are all welcomed
As I weigh the cons and pros
The time I spent in treatment
Wasn’t what I chose

If I could hide it I would do so
Like the boogers in my nose
But there’s really nothing that can compare
To the fungus between my toes

There’s itching and discomfort
It’s will, it has imposed
Maybe I’ll just wait it out
Or until something explodes

I realize that this topic,
Is silly and obscure
I just wish that it would go away
I wish they’d find the cure!!
A light and funny poem that I thoroughly enjoyed writing.
I waited an eternity
I counted to infinity
I love that you’re now here with me
It was an inevitability
You used to call it destiny
You only get the best of me
I only ask for consistency
In a drawn up detailed recipe
Befitting for his Majesty
And his all consuming legacy
Who died somewhat tragically
But was immortalized somehow magically
I’m reminded of it constantly
It’s a legendary prophecy
Just to mention it is blasphemy
But that’s just the way it has to be
For me to take your chastity
And send you to another galaxy
A borderline catastrophe
I’d offer my apology
In reference to biology
If your father gets a hold of me
Things will fly at high velocity
Just in case there’s an atrocity
Will you be writing up my eulogy?
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