mask that helps me breathe
hides my heartbeat in my feet
gas invades my skin

I grow with sun and water
Planted in one spot
Be it son or daughter
I tend to hear a lot
They come with all their heartache
Their complaints and their secrets
Knowing with each thought I intake
That they'll have no regrets
And they can spill their heart
Knowledge I can never impart

eye to eye feet to feet, my colored eye
visions eclipse, my ideas are visions
placed ideas in you, my ideas I placed
plateau here, stand still people plateau
see my water run, I cannot bear see
ken I matter, as my core can not know
feet on the floor, gravity holds my feet
blocked visions, along a dank path are blocked
stronger arms embrace, the weak made stronger
torment appears, cloud of black dots torment
given over, a cores vision given
lost life covered, clouded in a mist lost
you captured my core, my core captured you
eye full of color, you've given my eye

pasta on a plate
engulfed in tomato sauce
heightens the sweet taste

You see that snoutfair over there
People everywhere gape at him
Could it be his short wavy hair
You see that snoutfair over there
No one else will ever compare
He's chiseled, composed, tall and slim
You see that snoutfair over there
People everywhere gape at him

Although I've tasted many wines
You've been the one I've waited for
My heart has finally crossed that line
A place it has never been before
That day you brought me to my knees
You became the gift that keeps on giving
For you I promise hearts and flowers
Everything that's sweet
When you're tired I promise warm showers
And to lift you off your feet

Years ago I met someone
Who asked another for a ***
At first I thought he was so far gone
That he wanted someone in drag
I knew he was from out of town
By the way he walked and talked
I bit my tongue, eyes to the ground
Was careful where I walked
Soon found out the day we met,
He was just asking for a cigarette

Not a physical embrace
Fills me with warmth
On my face is a sign
Connected to your heart
There's love in your words

A tune was there if
I write to every poem
To leave soon if you didn't have
Tonight with you I'd be
In love, if I have fallen
What to do, I don't know
Help from above, I'm gonna need
I've fallen for you because

the blue sky above
holds the biggest secret
not counting the science

blue
ocean
reflection
mirrored in time
A woman's heart is deep like the ocean
full of emotions and secrets untold
her worth measured
not with gold
but with
love

Black as night I try to move
My feet don't leave the ground
About midnight, I'm in the groove
But you are nowhere to be found

My heart is beating faster
As I stumble through my door
Trying to forget the disaster
That you chose to ignore

Those many hospital trips
That turned into a stay
But not a word from my lips
Would my feelings betray

For many moons the words "I'm quitting"
Came through as a solemn vow
My smile and hopes ear splitting
I was very proud

Years went by, and then turned out
It was fun to laugh and poke
But what came about
Was a big mistake, one cruel joke

Black as night I try to move
My feet don't leave the ground
About midnight, I'm in the groove
But you are nowhere to be found

The dishes in the sink rattle loudly
The wind howling like the grey wolf
The floors creaking when no one's there
The lights begin to flicker
The shadows move about
Shivers run through me
Someone's watching
The door cracks
Haunted
Night

turned on a deaf ear
enveloping sum of fear
trapped within my mind

spinning wildly
the turntable goes round
music pouring out

falling forward face
fine fickle fact for feeling
finding fallacy

Enclosed in the dark
Walls closing in
I've hit my mark
On what lies within
There's that voice
If I choose to listen
My heart starts to beat
Your eyes start to glisten
The voice starts to speak
"Say it's over, goodbye
See ya next week"
Motionless I lie
I'm in a room full of people
Machines and the like
Not in a building with a steeple
But one overlooking a ****
Suddenly, there appears a new voice
One I can't ignore
"If you come back, I'll let you go"
Trying to move is such a chore
And I bolt right up, from the soft bed
Astonished, I came back from the dead

I promise to come quickly
While watching you one night
You seemed to suffer deeply
They couldn't have been more right
Your bleeding heart
Your ragged breath
You've started to fall apart

My neutral being can't stop
I'm only to transport your soul
Taking you up top
Meeting on the grassy knoll
You'll feel whole once more
So don't be afraid, when I come knocking
Walking on through your door

While on your journey, you will see
Your life in its completion
The only thing, that I can't be
Is a regret deletion
So onward, upward we will go
Before you leave this place
For everyone you used to know
Will have a comforting smile upon their face

painting on the face
makes changes
in those who are lacking confidence

Bright
The light
Nobody
Ever saw her
Until she walked slowly into the room
Made up in all black short skirted leather
All eyes on her
No one looked
At her
Eyes

Pins
Dropped down
Collided
On the hard floor
The crowd in the room had fallen silent
The intensity of her gait gave pause
To the hushed crowd
All blinded
By her
Smile

At the falls on our wedding day
Promise our love will never end
Prepared words we would like to say
At the falls on our wedding day
Everything was in tall array
Up to the sky our joy we send
At the falls on our wedding day
Promise our love will never end

Out of the darkness you came
Like a bright shining star
Innocent and pure lacking blame
Everyone knows who you are
You traveled from high above
For all the world to see
Coming from the purest of love
To set all captives free
Free from our own plight
Unbinding all our chains
Making everything right
When we hand you the reins

This is a story about a girl
And how she grew up in this world
She did everything right
Until she met her white knight
And now their world's in turmoil

You've captured my attention
Over our many dates
Understanding every mood I have
Comforting me with your embrace
Opening my mind to adventure
Making my heart beat fast
Pulling my heart, back away from my past
Loving me sincerely
Enveloping me with your joy
Taking me around the world
Ensuring me sweet haven
Making my fears disappear
Entertaining as ever my love, you complete me

the many points on paper shed
a life's addled grey matter drawn
the substance he beckons to have read
a fore life's solid matter flown

the conjured ideas contests bring
all the schmaltzy addled chatter
many light bulbs are a dancing
to tongues of core and matter

I put captured ideas to paper
stirring alive with every stroke
to find the day I, the victor
the title of writer's note

Picturesque in their presence, we stand.  Sloping hills beckon us to an icon's call to succeed in life.  Remembering tangles assailing like addled brains.  Sheer pull pushing us on.

sloping hills
take us out of the humdrum
often

if trees drank like men
holding the bottle secure
plunging deep
erasing obstacles
emptying all the liquid

my life is a tiny pickle
green, tight, thin skin and minuscule
smiling to lift them higher
but here is how my storm begins
too many tumbles in the weeds

my limbs trailing on shaky ground
lost hold on my everyday path
strangers are first, my heritage
no x-ray vision in my sight
my strength, withered a little bit

to exert weathered eyes here
leaves tiny slivers to myself
all the heckling and nagging
cemented between two tycoons
like gaiety and slavery

you left me
drowning in a pool of beer
my core in utter debris
to recede my warmth and cheer

solely roads
waiting anger to recur
hidden from the speech has shone
the backbone of strength I've earned

often lies
fleeing from my hidden pain
from the rain you lean to drive
tired eyes to a big plane

whimsical flights of fancy appear
my heart is all a flutter
light bulbs bright and clear
tempt me like no other

when closed is the wooden door
your impulse cap charges
all lines signal in uproar
extreme escape enlarges

the mundane being, you once led
in chaos has erupted
among grey matter, on paper shed
flights of fancy less corrupted

through your eyes
lights of wanton and surprise
encircling my soft core
staging four lives of replies

your arms touch
leaves me begging for a crutch
music you keep teaching me
in my chi stands neatly tucked

rapid beats
spring from my chest to my seat
sounds of smiles allay my pain
even rain can't shake your heat

from my lips feathery kisses
on my life line's sun kissed tresses
child like eyes filling with warmth
cherub cheeks robust and rosy
my core lights my place, my hearth
sweet planes shiver with my caress
my paradise, candied silkiness
velvet fields I now uncover
my hands glide slow on my temptress
deafening pulses from lovers

the smell of metal hit the air
permeating eight flights of stairs
door opened just a smidgen
and on the fridge, hands of crimson

walls coated thicker than paint
hundred twenty red pounds minus eight
eight brick red pounds, gone from the room
my partner and I searched all afternoon

one skinned body, open legs lay
next to three others on display
just one missing maroon ball
not found, puzzling us all

burgundy knives strewn on the floor
no trace of other implements in store
no tape, or rope on the slain
tells our brain of one man's reign

maroon pools upon the floor
continuing our cringing even more
just then the call came in
one nut job found, wearing a second skin