I saw a sign that read "free love"
someone was giving their love away.
why not charge for a thing like that?
emotional stability
warm embrace
passionate kisses
comforting smile
or a gentle hug.

all of that should be enough
but it's not.
there’s always something else.
something that ruins the magic
gives the secret away.
lies
deception
greed
violence
or lust for another.

Love isn't free
it costs a lot.
never trust anything more
than instinct.

No one gives something for nothing.

rain drop on a blade of grass
runs toward the ground
seeps into the earth to purify.

someday soon, life will grow
more rain drops will fall
mother earth will live on.

sunlight shines upon a rock
reflects a rainbow
colors that no one see.

I fight the pain to resist anger
every morning when I open my eyes.

Sunlight peering, risks certain danger,
in darkness, no one can hear my cries.

Feel failure run fast across my face,
end the passion play.

Don't weep for a sad clown.
Just take a picture, it'll last longer

It's been awhile since I looked into her blue eyes.
I would drown myself in them for countless years, or so it seemed.
It was too short.
She fell in love with the knot
pain was her sentence.
The smell of flesh lingers.
Her spot is cold.
The bed is bigger.
Sometimes when I close my eyes I can hear her whisper,
"Don't wait up for me."

Tell me why
the ivy twines
and slowly wraps
around her neck.

Through pain
came pleasure
from hate
came love.

She didn't see it coming
Thought for thought
as it was brushed aside.

I caught the scent
of jealousy.
Again
with the melodrama

Hammer-smashed face
looks into
the mirror of self doubt.
Holding on
to what is real
is the only thing to keep.
Smash the face once more.
Can you see
where your fear hides?
Cloaked in darkness,
untamed to deception.
Save your soul,
or is it gone?
Praise be
to those who know
and feel pain.
Is weakness
your salvation?
****** fists
pound the concrete sky
to break free.
Have you stabbed a knife
into your heart lately?

Stuck in a stupid fairytale
running around town like my heart
was out on bail.
Lord, please come down and kick my ***,
I need a whoopin hard and
I need it fast.
******* over a ******* smile,
not knowing all the while,
I was being played like
a hapless fool,
Please, someone,
wipe away the drool.
Fed up, sick and tired,
stare my reflection down
and scream,
You're fired!
My eyes saw something that wasn't real,
I got stupid when I started to feel.
That was my **** up,
I should have known.
Love is for suckers,
I'm meant to be alone.
Dust off my shoulders,
and stitch up my heart,
That was all too easy,
time for the hard part.
Runaway to a place you'll never find
That walled up space,
in the back of my mind.
It'll be a matter of time,
before you'll be blowing up my cell line.
So, go about your business,
do what you gotta do.
I'm done with this ****,
I wash my hands,
I'm through.
It was over before it began
with her words:
"I just wanna be friends"

©2006 Dead Men Publishing