Maybe We Should*

Maybe we should stop and think
Of the things we do each day
Give ourselves room to grow
Learn to change our ways

Maybe we should hear ourselves
When we speak words of faith
Not be quick to judge someone
For the path that they must take

Maybe we should see some things
In a new and different light
First walk a mile in someones shoes
To know what it is like

Maybe we should just try more
To live a better life
Make the world a better place
And leave the hate behind

Maybe we should

Poem by: *Carl Joseph Roberts

licorice licks
longing thick,
sticky slowly sweet,
savory deep
darkly chewy,
lingering treat.

Chained those messy tears
and I let them sink like an anchor
the streams wont weigh me
I've corked up my sockets.

right, into the arms of wrong
begin their very first dance
and Resolution watches from the sidelines,
fearful of nature's maladies,
a kiss creates lightning
uncovering, unraveling, rewinds
prays for hands to part them,
yet endures the crippling of electricity
as silence hushes the unknown.