Joseph Norris

Joseph Norris Apr 2015

Mermaid

Quiet walks
Along the shore rocks
Waiting for a call
Just behind the seaweed wall

Turquoise shimmer
Dark shadows flicker
Candlelit meeting
For the one thing I've been needing

My legs become one
As I drift into the waters
Following one of Triton's daughters
Plummeting into the sea

But our time becomes limited
And back to the shore I drifted
Watching her slip away
Telling me come every other day

Looking out into the horizon's wefts
Begging God, "five minutes, please"
Love sunken with the memories
As she floats back into the oceans depths

Joseph Norris Apr 2015

Divinity's Eyes

Your eyes tell a story, down a path
leading to an eternal ocean
of past lives and loved lies
basting in the hopes and dreams
of permanent destruction

Devine perfection
perceived as crippled obscurities
fearful of who's identity is portrayed
keeping signs of divinity at bay
avoiding the love of the guides
covered in humanities tainted prides

Joseph Norris Jan 2015

Hollywood

The glamour and the lights
No such thing as winter night
Celebrity sights?
Let me show you my contact lists
But there's so much untold
Open your eyes and behold
Listen on the train, to the babies fuss
Avoid the screaming man, he's ******
Beverly Hills misinterpretation
Really lived off 7th and metro station
The man sitting next to you coming down
Was once a successful businessman downtown
There is no American Dream
Everything is a money making scheme
The single mother with those twins
She was ***** walking from work in the heights
Everybody knows everybody
But nobody's are nothing's
Cheating husband, double life
He's got a boyfriend, don't tell his wife
The city of Angeles
Not everybody wins
Watch out for the forgotten demons
Not everyone lives under city lights
Yet we all have to figure out our way
Taking any opportunity we could
But I'm living just another day
In Hollywood

Joseph Norris Jan 2015

Mine....

Mine...

Three months pass
You go through the worst physical pain
Your body begins to drain
And you tell me during math class
I know what really happened
And how you're being shallow
There's just one thing I need to know
There's just one thing to ask for all to be cleared
Sixteen and I'm dreaming
Of our little guy
And he's gleaming
It's a boy, I know. No lie.
I dream of him playing outside
Chasing after him
Catching him at the end of the slide
Sending him off to kindergarten
Dark brown hair
Blue eyed gift
Puerto Rican, but his skin's fair
With our whole lives with him to share
But then my dream begins to dim
He's vanishing
You're screaming
And I've already fallen
Your pregnancy never went past twelve weeks
That's pretty much no time
But knowledge of truth my heart seeks
Answer me this, was he really mine...

Joseph Norris Dec 2014

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
There comes a time when you realize you have to live your life for you
The day will come when you find out you're all you have in the end
And you find yourself crying by yourself because everyone is gone that in
situations you always helped them through
Its okay to show your fears, you no longer need to pretend

You've done what's asked of you and so much more
Thank you for your work
You definitely deserve an encore
Close the bottle, reseal the cork

The stories to be said about you are phenomenal
But its time for them to be set on the mantle
Start your own life now, you've given everything else your all
And we'll call the past stories memoirs of an imperfect angel

Joseph Norris Sep 2014

Iced Cigars, Empyy Bottles

Iced cigars, empty bottles
Missing clothes, crazy nights
Scratched backs, ****** nails
Bruised thighs, forgotten cares

Hit it harder, make it louder
Back shots and back strokes
Lights flash, we still smash
Intoxicated revelation

Going deeper, losing voices
Stumbling in the door
Start on the stairway
Fall to the floor

Go below the belt
Now turn over
Slow it down and pull closer
Lay it down while putting it down

Blacking out begins
The room spins
Let go of each other
Now lay there until the morning light

Joseph Norris Sep 2014

I'm an Assassin's Victim of Loves Arrow

Have you ever been so in love
That your entire life gets consumed
By the thought of the one who has your heart?
What if you hadn't even mentioned how you feel?
Has love ever caused you to fear all aspects of life?
Do you even remotely understand my inevitable pain?

Have you ever questioned if you're emotionally alive,
But when you see that special one your body and soul revive?
Then, do you question how long you'll survive?
Will it all come crash down?
How can one but so bad,
Yet you always accept them back into your life?
When did something so deadly
Begin to feel so right?

All of this is a heartbreaking situation
That is uncontrollable.
Being unable to confess your love
Is the equivalent of being committed.
There's only two options:
Live in fear,
Or die in love that remains eternal.
This is my affliction.
This is my addiction.
This is my attraction.

I'm an assassin's victim of love arrows.
This feels like poison by what or whom seems to be unknown.
I beg of you,
Be my cure.
I do love you.