Oh dear oh dear
I'm laughing
My life away I fear
So much I'm chaffing
From the lungs
I can see my abs
Forming rungs
I chase chocolate labs
Because I want to taste
For myself, in my haste
I try to skip
But the trip
Is short
Like a skort
Beneath a shirt
As I flirt
With death
Out of breath,
Cause the tears
Are too real
From my laughter
As the sad clown nears
And I hand him a happy meal
Hope he likes ranch on his happily ever after...

I'm lost without her smile
Wandering aimlessly,
She's derailed me
I was on a one track road,
My priorities straight ahead
Then she came along,
Blindsided, side swiped, T-*****
Me into the stratosphere,
She made me her orbit
Asteroids couldn't do worse,
Than her comet's impact
Into my world,
She took my air
The very breath from my lungs,
I am left gaping fish out the water
Swimming in the ocean deep,
All around me all is cold
No relief in sight,
Not even alcohol can do away
With her singed image in my brain,
I float as I sink
Every stray thought is her
She's cut me off at the knees,
Rendering me useless;
Do away with me like Old Yeller,
I no longer am alive; without her...
© okpoet

I didn't notice
When your hand went cold
I didn't notice
When your heart broke
I didn't notice
When your smile faded,
And for this I suffer
Knowing I could have
Done something
But now it's too late
And you're dead as can be
Because no longer
Do my hands hold yours
No longer
Does your heart beat
For me,
No longer
Will I hear your laughter,
Because you're far away
By someone else's side,
And I just have your ghost
Impostor by my side
A shadow of a time
When I thought
You and I
Were forever
And I couldn't
Ever lose you...
APAD13 - 118 © okpoet

I never knew dawn could break,
With peace so deep and hope so wide,
Until that first morning when I awoke,
And you lay sleeping by my side.*

I never knew I could laugh,
Without a care in the world; with such ease,
Until that first moment you infected me,
Contagious with your mirth; how you do tease.

I never knew I could feel so alive,
So aware of the world around me,
Until that first kiss we shared,
Electrifying feelings I could see.

I never knew what God had in store,
The plans he wrought long ago,
Until that first night,
I met you on the dance floor.

I never knew how much I could love,
With a fervor unknown to me,
Until that first thought,
I realized you fit me like a glove.

I never knew that I would ever discover,
What I searched for desperately,
Until that first instant,
You my lover...
© okpoet

I want to look
But
She's making me nervous,
In my infinite
Peripherals
She roams,
I the gazelle
And she
The lioness
Hidden
In the tall brush,
But as she nears
I am hunter
Hiding my fear,
But one lone bead
Escapes me,
And I know I'm prey
In her clutches
Talons that can dig
Into me
Tearing me up
Like a measly mouse,
But she merely asks
For the time of day
And as she walks away
I recede back into my tower
At the ready if she beckons
To chime out the next hour...
APAD13 - 109 © 2013

I'll keep writing
Even as the ink fades,
No matter
If I don't get a response,
Close my eyes
The words will keep
On coming through,
No rest for me,
Even though
It's the end for her,
All twists and turns
Are straight
At some point,
Even if I'm all
Shattered within,
I'll keep it together,
Because I can't fall,
Always stronger
Than yesterday,
But sadder than I'll be
Tomorrow,
Because I don't know
Why I couldn't help her
Stop being lost in her mind,
Thick as these pages may be,
My tears still soak through,
I'll keep writing
Even as my blood thins...
© okpoet

Your hair full of curls
Sends me in twirls,
For your dark rings of fire
Make me inquire,
How do you make them so?
Velvet charms shimmer and glow,
Upon your façade
I’d want to parade
You; up and down streets
Show everybody your feats,
Of marvelous cadence
All the while you sit in pretense,
Of meek humility,
But that’s your innate ability
To draw crowds from the throngs,
To sing of you songs
Of utter amazement,
Until they reach derangement
As I have up until now,
Delirious sweat on my brow
Eternal admiration of you,
As I gaze at the beautiful view...
© okpoet

Telephoto or prime
Bokeh or crisp and clear
I can't find the right lens
To capture your beauty,
Sunlight or flash
Moonlight or twilight
I can't find the right illumination
To capture your soul,
Film or digital
Polaroid or canvas
I can't find the way
To present you
To the world
Perfection in my eyes
From within
To your exterior,
Pen to paper
Chisel to stone
I can't find the way
To say permanently
All that you mean to me,
From that second of splendor
The first instant we met
To the ever present current
Sweeping us apart and together
Distant and close
But I'm holding out
For the days we'll journey
Rhythmic steps side by side
In the sand again...
APAD13 - 069 © okpoet

I love you,
Like my instinct
To live another day
Though every night,
I want to die
Asking why
You're so far
Asking why
You're not here,
Why you're everything
That I hold dear,
Yet I'm clutching
At nothing,
But my heart
From the pain
And yet
There is no gain
Whatsoever,
And if ever
I may find
Relief
For this
My ever present
Grief,
It scares me
That I want so badly
To stay alive
Because of you...

APAD13 - 138 © okpoet

She was my non sequitur;  
Like that hottie
From the south of Ecuador,
So nice yet so ******;
But this one was my interrobang
Questionable excitement,
To her laughter my ears lent
Cautious echoes that sang,
Of the skies sunny and blue
Where the beaches were
Anything but mild
And the babes
They were so wild,
Yet the endless raves
Seemed so few.
As she was my turbulence
Distraction under calm seas,
****** cadence
With a purr
Like a swarm of bees,
No other will equate to her,
Why I met her; and never will again
I'll never know for sure, but then
Aren't those the ones we yearn the most for‽
APAD13 012 - © okpoet

She’s in the mood
But everyone is playing
She’d play too if she could
But she’s just praying
For someone to listen
To a concert of words
She plucks like chords
A harmony when written,
As she conducts her pen
Like a scalpel she dissects
The truth of her life and then
She spills onto all her secrets
Dark and many;
Entrenched and heavy;
But she’s digging
Fighting and kicking
Through the black tar
Layers laid thick
Seen at a glance from afar
And brick by brick
She cracks the walls
Widening the halls
She’s writing through
To break a smile
And not be blue,
This will take awhile…
© okpoet

I'm sitting
On an invisible chair;
Waiting for you
My invisible friend,
I take a breath
And exhale;
The cold air,
While the waves pounding
Against the shore,
Shower me in it's mist,
Keeping me aware
Of the reality of it all,
I'm lost in thought;
Wishing you were here,
Next to me;
Because next to you
I'm alright,
But without you,
I might as well
Dive right into
This ocean;
At least it could
Embrace me,
And I could belong
At least for this moment,
Until I acknowledge the next
Like the tide you come in,
Batter me; erode me; crush me;
Great big blue;
Sand in my toes; I'm sinking...
© okpoet

She played me like a fiddle
Tuned into my thoughts and dreams,
Read me like an open dictionary
Knew how to solve the riddle,
And so it seems;
She was nothing revolutionary,
Just another pretty face
Gone almost without a trace,
Leaving me in wondering
Sitting and pondering,
How will I ever solve this puzzle?
But I must return to my hustle,
What keeps me grounded
While all others are dumbfounded,
I keep my head clear
Undistracted unable to hear,
The melodious song of those sirens
Beautiful and enchanting; oh how it lightens,
The spirit and mind
Leading many astray,
Their purpose behind
And as they break though the fray,
They all crash and burn
For all this I refuse to take a turn...
© okpoet

Never thought I could
Or imagined I would,
Be so vulnerable
Or so exposed,
To one such as you
That could break me,
I was unbreachable
An island,
But no man is
Unto himself isolated,
From the wills of his heart
Or the whim of his soul,
And the mind knows
It's a trap,
It sure as hell knows
There may be no coming back,
But it follows through
It's never blind,
It just gives in
Hoping against
All it's rationale,
That it's going to be worth it
That it's going to be okay,
And I still do
Think that it'll all end
With you,
Like the shore
Ends at the ocean,
Big and blue
Safe and sure...

APAD14 - 004 © okpoet

It ain't easy
Being around you;
It ain't easy
Waiting for you;
It ain't easy
Seeing you go;
But I'll always be here;
and I'll always have a hello
Just for you,
Because no matter
If you come and go
And never stay
Long enough to know,
How much I love
To love you;
And how much It hurts me so,
I'll never close
The door behind you,
Because it's
A revolving one;
Always open;
For your arrival
Which I'll always anticipate,
And your departure
Which I'll always expect,
Never saying goodbye...
© okpoet

Itsy bitsy spider
You aint,
Crawling
Towards me,
Down
Comes the rain,
You run away;
Out comes the sun
And you keep on coming,
I'm just watching you;
Think you've caught me
In your web,
But don't you know,
I'm just strumming
Your lines,
Coaxing you out,
Come to me,
I'm not afraid;
You've got
Those piercing eyes,
You've scared or eaten
All the rest,
But I'm unlike them,
You intrigue me,
Take a bite;
You'll know
I'm immune,
I can leave
At any time,
But I'll sit by you,
Itsy bitsy spider
You aint...
© okpoet

Don't go;
Not yet
Not now
It's not even Christmas,
I jest;
Too many words
Not yet said
Not enough memories,
I've bled red
And bruised blue
Before there was ever you,
In my mind in my days
There was a blank slate
But you made me create
Another reality,
And that is the insanity
It consumes,
You exhume
My hidden thoughts
How they lingered
Long ago;
And now they go
Before I've had a chance
To put pen to paper
And you run away now like in a caper,
Shall I stop you perchance?
© okpoet

I've captured this day
It's in my head ready to play,
At any given moment
Relieving my life's torment,
It's started and about to end
And one thing I've come to comprehend,
I've made today a memory
My greatest reverie,
And I shall come back
Time and time permitting,
To this dawn; to this dusk
And I'll savor what it is,
But a safe place to lie
From the haste of everyday,
The challenges of living
Because life is unforgiving,
If we don't stop to play
Once in a while; lose the tie,
And remember what it is we miss
That which is within the husk,
Of our monotonous routine whittling
Away at our knack to kick back,
And recharge to keep surviving
As each new day keeps arriving...
© okpoet

I want to play
With the shiny things,
I want to fix
The broken stuff,
I want to grow
The seeds of thoughts,
I want to learn
All that no one knows,
I want to love
All that needs affection,
I want to cook
All the recipes of the imagination,
I want to play
With the toys forgotten,
I want to fix
What others gave up on,
I want to grow
That which needs nurturing,
I want to learn
All that is new and mysterious,
I want to love  
All that is hated,
I want to cook
For those who hunger,
I want to,
Because I can...  
© okpoet

I wish she'd miss
But she'd rather diss,
I was never ink
She's severed the link,
Our bridge is in the chasm
I was but a spasm,
She's been over
Lost my four leaf clover,
I'm dead and dying
But I can't keep from lying,
To my broken heart
Wasn't real from the start,
I used to hold her hand
But now I feel like a bag of sand,
Because I was so high in the clouds,
I didn't ask why,
But I almost had it all
And I didn't think I would fall,
Only in the sunsets it dawns on me
To have nothing is to be totally free...
© okpoet

No stars or moon;
The night sky is cloudy,
Like the thoughts in my mind;
Jumbled and incoherent,
Will it ever clear?
The doubts and confusion,
Dark and heavy;
Weighing down my heart,
But I'll fly high and above;
This veil of resistance,
I will rise above it all;
On top of the world once more,
Because no pothole is too deep;
Nor any barrier too thick,
That I cannot overcome;
No one can hold me down,
I am meant to soar;
No shackles can contain my spirit,
Not life; not love; not fear;
If it can't **** me,
I will persevere;
Not to be made an example of,
But to lead by example...
© okpoet

I hope and wish
For her to turn back,
Not that I wouldn't run
After her
In a rush
Into this;
Beckoning,
Like a fool
Lose my cool,
But I'm afraid
To break through
And find myself,
Smiling back
Reflection,
Closer than
It appeared
Through the rain
Under sun,
No storm
Or thunder
Will stop
Me; I will pursue...
© okpoet

I wished
To have never met you;
So that I would
Never have to say goodbye,
I wished
To never have held you;
So that I would
Never have to let go,
I wished
To have never laughed with you;
So that I would never cry,
I wished
For so little;
So that I would
Never have too much,
But I met you on that
Blessed; cursed day;
And now
I've said goodbye,
I held you in my arms
And now I've let you go,
I laughed many a time with you;
And now I cry at every memory,
I wished for so much;
But I had so little
And now you're gone...
© okpoet

Her kisses I yearned for;
More than air, more than life itself,
She whom like a miracle I found;
Like a hidden daisy amidst the fields,
She caught my eye; a diamond in the rough;
I polished and shined until she shone,
Radiant and bright blinding me;
I cherished her every laugh; every smile,
I was there through every tear and cry;
More precious than she none I knew,
My heart grew so fond of her;
Never did I imagine such feelings,
Her every pain tore at my soul;
Her every joy lifted my spirits,
I pitied those that lost her;
And envied those that had their moment,
Selfish was I when I accompanied her;
Many would I have killed for her,
But my love knew not hate;
And all I could do was stand by her,
Waiting for her to beckon;
Setting myself on fire; while I bled for her,
But she was just my most vivid dream;
One that I could not wake from,
The sweetest nightmare I ached from;
Loving her had stolen my breath,
I lived what I could never have;
For she now has been taken,
Far from me; I must set her free;
Useless I rest; life meaningless once more...
© okpoet

I gave you
My heart
Like I gave you
My jacket
On a cold day
When all was gray,
And you thanked me
Like one thanks
The person
Behind the counter
With the loose change
They just gave you,
But I figured
You'd leave me
Something of yours
Like one loses
Their umbrella
On a rainy day
That clears up sunny,
But you kept my jacket
And my heart
And now I'm cold
And empty
And you left me
Out in the storm,
But all I care
Is that you're warm and dry
As I patiently wait for the sun...
APAD13 - 104 © okpoet

Yeah, you laugh now
But what about
When the joke is over?
What will a smile
Cost me?
I have not
A pence to my name
And this game
Is far from over
But I am sidelined
Wanting to play
Another round,
But it’s all spent
The momentum
Has left the court
And this jester
Jests no more
A fool
Without an audience
Claps no more…

APAD15 - 003 © okpoet

The world is turning
Turning,
I'm spinning
Spinning,
Playing a record
You're dancing
Dancing,
You make me feel alive
So alive,
I've got a thousand words
No one picture could suffice,
To describe to you
The fields flowering within me
From the depths of my heart,
I'm watching you twirling,
Twirling,
The summer is closing
But the memories will last
Until the next,
No longer empty inside
You fill me to overflowing
Flowing,
Letting my joy spill
This milk I won't cry over,
I'll have a cookie;
Or two...
© okpoet

I found her again;
Not that she wanted to be,
Felt a stutter in my mind;
But my heart was anxious,
I held it in my hands;
Afraid what she would do with it,
But she didn't take it; Nor reject;
I saw walls and mirrors,
Every which way I approached;
I shattered mine to be vulnerable,
Yet hers grew taller;
Whatever life she leads,
I can't cross into;
So I'll continue on my way,
Leave a bookmark where it may;
I'll come back to her in fleeting instances,
Just a lighthouse at the beaches shore;
Of a time I met one kindred soul amongst the world,
And even though she was never mine; I let her go;
Just another wave in this life's ocean...
© okpoet

I have a window
It's in my heart,
You can see clearly
My intentions,
I can see you too
As I look out,
I can see if you are;
Darkness or light,
I have a door
It's in my mind,
You can come knocking
And I will answer,
If you ask me
For a need or a want
I will give what I can,
If you demand of me
I will reject you,
If I let you in
You are welcome,
If I lock you out
Never turn to me again;
I have no room for just anyone...
© okpoet

I'll always be a shooting star
Trailing across the skies,
So you can look up
And wish for all
Your dreams,
And I'll listen
Forwarding it to whomever
Can make them come true,
And whenever you want
Take out your net
And catch a ride with me,
We'll blaze the night
Brighter than
The northern lights,
And when you're done,
I'll drop you off
Safe and sound,
Let your continue on,
Treading on your path,
While I keep you
In my thoughts,
Hoping you know,
Always this star;
Shines just for you,
Even when it's cloudy,
And if it rains,
It's just to cover
Your tears from the world,
Because you should
Always smile,
I know I will
Just for you...
© okpoet

Hi hello hola
My buttercup,
How I've missed your eyes
I've been waiting to embrace
You with mine,
I'd take a picture
But it wouldn't
Do you any justice,
Nothing like the real thing
See how my fingers quiver
I'm itching to trace
Every feature of your face,
Beautiful in every light
Even more so in the dark
Find your silhouette
Beckoning,
Overshadow
Your own shadow,
Outshine
That big ball in the sky
With that smile
I've yearned for
Make you laugh
It's the sound
I wish silence
Was made of...
© okpoet

It's there;
Around the bend,
In the air; around the corner;
Night and day,
This country or yours;
From family to strangers,
It's here;
You can't be naive,
Deny that it can happen;
To the happy and the rude,
It does not discriminate;
Build yourself up,
Impervious to it's effect;
Be a train and don't derail,
No reason to stop and ponder;
Why or how,
Always expect it;
And you'll never be mad,
Never give it a second thought;
For it is a fact of life,
Rejection; if it happens;
Just keep on walking...
© okpoet

The darker the sunshine
The brighter the abyss,
She is that flower
You can see
Just past
The fence
You can't cross,
She is the song
You can hear
Just past
The door
You can't open,
She is the breeze
You can feel
Just past
The open window
With the bars you can't escape,
She is the leftover batter
On the beaters
From that cake
You can smell
But you'll never eat,
As she escapes you
Nearly within reach
A mirage you know
Is just a sundown
Away from being real,
Because she is the love
You can almost taste
Past the words you write
About your devotion to her...
APAD13 - 063 © okpoet

I'm a collector
A hoarder
A keeper
Of all sorts
Tangible or not,
Anything stays;
People come
People go,
But they've never
Stayed by me,
I have memories
Gifts and scraps
From years
And years ago,
I'm buried
In everything I have;
Though I have nothing
To show for it,
It's all just stuff
But one thing
Is for sure;
If I could
I'd give it all away;
Just to have kept you...
© okpoet

How can I keep it up?
Like how does it stay the sky?
Not Folgers in my cup
That's gravity doing the job like pie
Filling my tooth
See that DJ in his booth
Mixing on the fly
Like the coolest tie dye
Like him I chop chop
And blend never stop
This is the recipe
That will never be
Written down
As I flip upside your frown
There's a message
Hidden on the edge
Of every line
On which I dine
Take the bone
And make stew
This skill I hone
Is only enjoyed by a select few...
© okpoet

Your voice is stuck in my head
Like a dream or a nightmare
I don't know which it will be
As I drift off in my bed,
Out of nowhere
It comes to haunt me,
Like it's pitched a tent
A few words for stakes
Driven deep into my mind
And I wonder what silence
To my heart could have ever meant,
Like all the chosen words on birthday cakes
Would a deeper understanding ever find
In the depth of this pretense,
That this is only by the night
When I know you are there every day
Between every word I say
Such is my plight
But unlike those who seek a remedy
I welcome every shot
Like a Kennedy,
Give me all you've got...

APAD13 - 143 © okpoet

She was born of fire
Forged in pain and tears,
No blacksmith could undo
Though if they tried they would tire;
Her ferocity of nature
She attempted to keep well hid,
But played some did
Through the years
And got burnt and charred;
As they strived to put her out,
Left her smoldering
Flames throughout,
Ardently she'll bring to light
The naked fury of her soul,
As she multiplies what she gets,
Given a seed
And now yielding life,
She fuels Kerosene
The only beautiful thing
In the midst of spring,
Another unquenchable blaze
Burning leaves of September
Leaving behind a scorched earth
The brightest of embers,
She'll present to the world
And bear her truth
Through a smoky clouded sky
Fiery ignition of a newborn sun...
© okpoet

I'm all out of love
My love,
I've got a bullet
I've got a gun
I've got a minute
Heartless execution
Without remorse,
****,
Blood running
Blood streaming,
I've got an image
I want to paint,
Red is the color
And death is the medium,
Canvas the earth
I've got a brush
I've got a palette
Dab a little here
Dab a little there,
Do you see?
Can you see?
Will you see?
What I want you to
What I wish you to
What I dare you to,
Cutting off at the heart,
As I tear it all apart,
Feel my darkness
Feel my knife glisten,
It's all slice and dice
From here on in,
Gonna cut you out
Of me,
Even if I have to
Dig real deep,
I welcome the sleep
Kiss of death,
I surrender...
© okpoet

You're such a killer
On the mike
You should find a dealer
To distribute you like Nike
On every foot,
Get you heard
On every ear,
Grow a root
Spring a word
Leaves; a gear
Turning
While the light
You be burning
Bring the fight
With the beat
Lyricists you defeat
Before they even
Get to retaliate
They get to leaving
Incinerate
Their bridges
Never gonna cross
Slip on frozen ridges,
Fountain coin toss;
Wishes never see
Bumble without the bee...
© okpoet

I engineered
And I constructed
Towers majestic
Rising above all
The clouds shrouded
Like steps to the heavens,
And on the highest
Of pedestals
I placed her,
Thought her a queen
But that crown
Was not golden,
Oh how she has fallen
Bruised and broken
A landing that shook
All the foundations,
But I can rebuild
Quickly I can cobble together
A wall to hold and hide within
The truth that has been revealed,
No one the wiser
Least of all her,
Shambles and ruins
Cloak her as she shivers
A cold she cannot shake,
Where she aimed
I do not know,
A moving bulls eye
Perhaps,
I'll still kneel before her...

APAD16 - 003 © okpoet

At your door
Knock knock
Knocking on
At your door
With my heart
On a string,
A yo-yo
Back and forth
And back and forth
As to why
I'm standing here
Trying to find a meaning,
Where nothing is
Supposed to
Have a meaning
Because it's all a feeling
From this
Spinning orb
On the end of my finger,
Knock knocking
Heaven or hell's door
But then you answer
A slit in the wall
You put up,
That now I want
To just break down
But I'm glad
If you just let me in
And only me,
It's a start...

APAD13 - 134 © okpoet

There's just
A few knots
Left in her head
Before she loses
Her mind,
She's had
More than just
A couple of knots
In her back
From carrying
The weight
Of the world,
She's got
Just a few knots
Of words left
She'll write down
To explain why
It's come to this,
She's just
A couple of knots
Away from unraveling
Just enough
To hang from,
At the end of her rope...
APAD13 013 - © okpoet

Last night--
The child within me cried
While the man I am wept,
I felt a stirring in my soul
Still burning embers lit,
Deep there in my heart
Feelings awakened uninvited,
My eyes traitors to my sympathy
Witnesses to others' emotions
Led me to nostalgia;
Long forgotten memories surfaced,
Recollections that renewed the wounds
Even those healed were once more,
Ever present and alive
Of a lost love not reciprocated,
She who felled my heart in jest
Not knowing what I felt for her,
Shattered hopes and crippled dreams
She left for me to hold,
And told was I; time would heal all
But that promise too was broken,
In the presence of this love I beheld
True love that conquers all
I want to know and feel,
Wonder if I'll ever be loved like that...
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She has resurrected;
My beautiful Lazarus,
From the depths of time
From the heights of the heavens,
The stars that shower over
Like snowflakes in the winter
A white blanket
With the warmth of a hearth's fire,
Twinkle and sparkle
A serenade of light;
And this is just
From the dazzle in her eyes,
A smile
Like Spring's first glow,
And a radiance
Like a sunrise
Melding with the ocean's horizon,
And hills
That curve
Sweeter than hairpin turns,
This is her
Perennial shooting star...

APAD13 - 152 © okpoet

I'd call you a fool
And you'd call me a tool,
If after years we cannot
Believe each other
That we'll never walk away
Too many opportunities
Come and gone
To make like
Trees and leave
And trail behind
Only the dead
Thoughts
And withered dreams,
But I'm a dog for you
Loyal until my end
Whether you
Want to lead me there
By my side
I'm always going to be here
Wherever that may be
Because without you
I'm nowhere
Just somewhere
On the same planet
And I can't get away
Far enough
Like to another constellation
To make running away
Seem worth it,
So here I lie
Wagging my heart
Upon the cold ground
I hope you'll walk upon
One day back to me...
APAD13 - 081 © okpoet

Though time never stills
And we have little frills,
My feelings will always endure
And though truer,
Are your words
Less daggers more swords,
Don't you think
That if I could I would sink,
Into your eyes
Pretty lies,
Every wink of your lashes
Whips to my back, and ashes
Piling up from the fires
Every time my heart aspires,
To be next to you
But the chances are few,
Sometimes because of my endeavors
Work, and what not, levers
All part of my bigger plans
For my world eternal sands,
In spite of all this
Nothing explains to me what's amiss,
Haven't I seen you flirt
Constantly with many a cohort?
©okpoet

I keep hoping
Fantasizing
She'll come around
And ask me
Have you learned
Your lesson?
And I wouldn't be here
Countdown to misery
Down to less a son
Less a friend,
All by my own
On a road
Back to square one
Leaf in the wind,
My roots severed
Roads diverged
Down a path
The fork
I never washed
Dreams that shook
A shattered vase
Flowers wilted
Love that I thought
Stood the test of time...

APAD 03172021

Of paths and roads
Nothing's good with toads,
Through mists and fog
I've walked far with my dog,
Choices at the forks in my way
Have made my mind play,
Which way should I go?
Does anyone ever know?
Through the gravel path
Through the paved street hath,
But I a single choice
I'm ready; see my poise?
Swift against the current
I'd say it if I weren't;
On the correct path I'd taken
But I'm always right not forsaken,
And it's been that it never meant much
Without your company; your touch,
To guide me along the way
The right direction that in my trail lay,
Simply mad I'd be
If I were to say; let me be...
© okpoet

There must be
A spaceship out there for me,
To take me from here
Away from this earth,
Remove me from this gravity
Let me fly away
Into space
To explore the galaxies
Far far away
Adventurer,
I just want to get away
Into the great expanse
Out there somewhere
There is a place for me,
Where I can belong
Rule or follow,
But it's my choice
My own domain,
A universe to myself
A great unknown
Cluster in the stars;
I want to get away to there...
© okpoet

Let you go
Let you go
That's what I'll do
You've let me go
And now I must
Do the same,
That's the game,
Rain into dust
Dreams I cannot sow
Leave it all behind in blue
Let you go
Let you go
I must forget you now
Even if I don't know how,
The fork in our road
Has only time borrowed
That we must fade
Like mud in the Everglade,
The grass will grow over
All our tracks, nothing left to savor,
Gum gone bland
Like dry dry sand,
Let you go
Let you go
My mind may forget
But my heart won't let
The ache get better
I'll never need a dredger...
© okpoet