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Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Music
Makes my mind clear
Music
Is all i want to hear
It takes away my pain
Makes grey skies as clear as day
but you know what they say
good things can never last
its not as fun as it was in the past
they're moving on as i get passed
by the world
leaving me no plan to unfurl
this is something i alone cannot fix
lets face it once again I'm caught in the mix
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Every now and then
I need to reflect
So with paper and pen
I have to connect
Myself to a city thats been hurt
For what its worth
I see the hidden beauty
Within her border lines
A city thats lost in time
It's people no different than you or I
They've been beaten and hurt their whole lives
No we can't blame the individual for his crimes
Because they've lost their way in time
So in bitter wretchedness they sulk
In the once beautiful land of oaks
Uniformed men make it so confining
But in every grey cloud theres a silver lining
I do not live there but it helps me think
To watch this city so near the brink
Of destruction
And of dysfunction
I hope this helps in the construction
of a new picture of this place
Of a new world in every face
Just walk around there once, you will not fall
Just admire the youthful art upon the walls
Graffiti they call it
But it is not so
I cannot just sit
As this art is thrown
Aside
Besides
These times
Need these crimes
To bring back the beauty of this city
Steeped in its harshness
My city of darkness
Lost in the timely sands
No this is not merely a poem
But an ode to Oakland
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Mar 2012
I love myself
I'm not a pessimist
But don't call me an optimist
I prefer the term narcissist
If you can handle it
Get over it
People are too serious
Trying to be mysterious
And failing
I wear my mind on my sleeve
On that note
When I spoke
It was a joke
Take it as such
And don't lose your shirt
inspired by Facebook comments I've received
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
I am lossed

Tossed

Locked

And stuck

Im in a fog

A mist

A haze of bad luck

Im confused

And used

And unsure of my mind

Im stupid

Intelligent

Dumb

And smart

But mostly blind

These answers i cannot find

Caught in hypothetical execution

Im trapped in my own confusion
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Oct 2013
Sensation
Devastation
My body burns
Like radiation
Inflation
Damnation
My soul is lost
In this conflagration
No patience
In my station
And what did you do
You roped me
And broke me
Smoked me
And rolled me
There's no sense
In my defense
What's new is more
But what's more is less
There's no innocence
Any more
It's stranger than fiction
In a dark encryption
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Inside a feeling of darkness diminishes

Before my goal finishes

I think i'm losing control

I think i'm losing my hold

Enter a muse to my rescue

As my darkness goes askew

A head which color's changes

As i stare in blank faces

Is this love in my heart

Which strikes me like a dart

Or as an arrow from cupids bow

My darkness is at an all time low

Happiness rises inside

During a long time to bide

If u fall in love follow this fact

If u fall, the darkness takes a disappearing act
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Apr 2011
Dearest darkness
Can you hear me
The world is in disarray
Can you help me
Repair it anyway?
The world is living
But only slightly
Can you speak to me
On what must happen
Can we stop it?
Can we help ourselves
The world is dead
And no one cares
I will fight
The nearest and farthest
Can you hear me?
Dearest darkness
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
All day and night
We dance
We dance to take flight
We dance to still the pain
We dance to mke the rain
Fall
Upon the wall
The wall that is a deception
A fatal reception
This wall is that of death
It steals our every breath
Until we are merely the lights of souls
The souls of those lost
We've been tossed
Into the flow of spirits
Dead and gone
From wars and sickness
From old and young
Tremendous is the thickness
Of the quantity of souls in which we float
Upon a boat
Drivin he who is called the grim
Grim the reaper
A reaper of the souls
Of the people
The people that shunned him
When he was alive
And the tables have turned
When in his river we must dive
He comes as merely a man
As he stands
He shows his true form
A being of lies
All of his victims die
But he hurts inside
He can never reach perfection
He too was lied to
Trapped in his own deception
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Decisions, decisions
Flooding my mind
Relentless complications
Are all I find
Decisions, decisions
About my life
Trapped in confusion
I come to the light
Varied delusions
Vast illusions
Add pain to a heart of reason
Changing seasons
Fighting demons
Its a wide arc of treason
Decisions, Decisions
Should i live or die
Should i hide or fight
Am I wrong or right
My soul is lifted like a kite
This ends here tonight
A mindful division
Thats caught in my vision
Its an act of mind theft
Because there's nothing left
But decisions, decisions
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester May 2014
Life is tricky
Full of intricacy
If you look at history
It says it best
Love is dangerous
More lethal
Than mustard gas
Utterly noxious
My heart is fractured
Like bone
Rather than muscle
Unsung is my song
My story untold
In the shimmering light
My madness unfolds
I need rest
When did this thing...
Become such a test
My back is breaking
Under the stress
I fight
To no avail
I feel my brain
Becoming a train
Inevitably derailed
(c) Steven R Forrester
Steven Forrester Jul 2013
Destroy
Your deception
Employ
A new direction
Avoid
Insurrection
Life
Is the lifeless love of laughter
Looming in lethargy
And lethality
Rises
Despises
My emptiness
Is no more
As I soar
through the open sky
I roar
with a question of why
Why did my despair
debilitate me so long
I'm now considered strong
Caught in this throng
Of life
Avoid
Insurrection
Employ
This new direction
And destroy
Your deception
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
No energy
No power
Karmic synergy
Getting lower
Wish I was free
Wish I was alive
When you look at me
I'm lost in time
An anchor weighs me down
An immovable frown
A disabling crown
A talent, so pure
Can sometimes be the cure
For broken souls
My heart is as black as coal
I am blind and cannot see
Someone end my disability
(c) Steven Forrester- From Diary of an Ominous Mind
Steven Forrester May 2016
Have you ever been broken
Have you ever been beaten
Have you ever sat smoking
Looking for a reason
Why am I always on the other side
Looking in I see true happiness
And this glass
Attached
In between myself and my dream
I see it
I hear it
I feel it slipping through my fingers
Is there someone
Is there anyone
Who can pull me to the surface
My pain will always linger
Is there anyone
Is there someone
Who will caress my face
I've completely lost the thing
That brings
That drive to write a sing
Still I try
Wishing I could just die
But I just hide
Who I am inside
With a guard built up outside
My life just a lie
I'm completely broken
And why!
I've never hurt anyone on purpose
I do my best to see the good in others
Even without a purpose
I'm feeling as if I'm smothered
What I write here is all truth
Its what is me
Out there in the air
To the people reading this
Do any of you even care?
(c) Steven Forrester- From Diary of an Ominous Mind
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
I feel that metal flowing
Now don't let it stop
The volume keeps on growing
To bring you all sweet, sweet rock!
The masses join the crowd
Now it's getting loud
As if lost in a heavy dream
I want to hear you scream
The music starts thumping
As my veins start pumping
Heated blood
Look what it does
I mosh and I thrash
I throw out the emo trash
Because I wont settle
For less than metal
That beat shows no signs of slowing
As we all begin to rock
Come on, feel that music flowing
And don't let it stop
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Can a dream come alive
Jump straight out of your mind
Be real, in present time
A thin veil separates my dream
From reality
But I can see
Her hand upon the veil
Listen to another tale
Look again and there she is
Standing there in front of me
Waiting
Hoping
I reach for her
Pull her close
Move in to kiss her
And she's gone
Dreams are fleeting
And teasing
But she is real
And soon will not disappear
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
I hear it

Beneath the surface

Fighting for freedom

From its subconscious post

Inside its kingdom

Inside it's host

I knows its there

And i fear it

It knows i'm here

And i hear it

Her thoughts speak clearly

Of trechory

Of indignanty

Of infidelity

Of pain

And of suffering

Should I let go

Or should I ignore the echo
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jul 2021
Dot dot dot
Three periods
Ellipses
It means I don't know what to say
I've left a lot of conversations
In just this way
I read people
Sometimes a little too well
And this pause
It fails to quell
This storming tide
Tempestuous in its turmoil
Tilting and tottering
As my heart is tossed around
Tiny tears trickling toward a sound
Slowly smoldering
Shouldering a stupendous
Shockwave
Electricity
Looking for the ground
For days I've tried to be there
For days I'm met with silence
For days I've been scared
Because it seems
Like no one cares
I'm languishing
I'm low
Lost in a listless lilting
Heart is wilting
And it feels like I'm growing cold
I hope I'm wrong
I hope I'm just crazy
But in my experience...
...
...
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
In areas of unknown desire
In my heart there is a fire
Tremendous is the power of the tide
I feel so empty inside
Death will come to those who wait
My heart is so filled with hate
Hate for all who offend
Hate for those who do not defend
The ones who need defense
Will fall thus hence
We are overcome by the tide
We feel so empty inside
Mark this day
So you will remember all that I say
I have no quarrel with those who save
Those who are to afraid to be brave
Then you shall have no quarrel with me then
Although people call me heathen
As we give our lives to the tide
You are the one who's empty inside
(c) Steven Forrester- From Diary of an Ominous Mind
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
In a world overturned
the empty tide returns
this tide binds me to my mission
this tide inside my vision
shadows shroud my soul
emptiness once again takes hold
as my soul dies, my body lives
as my body dies, my power gives
and i still manifest this tide
but you, you are still empty inside
(c) Steven Forrester- From Diary of an Ominous Mind
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
They can be blue
Or they can be green
They can be nice
Or they can be mean
They can see you
Or they can see me
They can fly high
Or swim below the sea
The bluish and greenish haze
Whirls me around setting on this daze
That makes days
Go by in a wave
In the constant motion
In deep blue ocean
I see them inside
and I wonder why
I cannot hide
I think I'm losing my mind
I'm in a bind
Is I look behind
I must be blind
If I cant find
Something to make me feel
A little better
A little happier
A little smarter
Its just a precursor
Of the world around
A sound
A resonance
A being
Of arrogance
Humbled
I wish I could feel the same
The way I felt when I was insane
The voices are gone
So no in mind therapy
When I think that I'm done
I'm immersed in entropy
My world has been rearranged
By bluish green eyes that change
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
I'm caught in a daze
Stuck in a maze
Of my own confusion
Of a desperate delusion
Its all an illusion
Of better days and better nights
I keep on finding myself in fights
About nothing
About no one
Still there's something
Still there's someone
That holds still my beating heart
Keeps me from falling apart
It's a firefly haze
That lights my way
Until i find you
And i shine through
What has held me back
Given me a heart attack
As i ascend to glory
I'll tell you a story
Of a never ending maze
Where i live out my days
Guided by a firefly haze
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
I once was a man
Born into profit
I was given everything
But I've lost it
I ran away
I've gone astray
In utter disarray
In total dismay
And there i stood
Trapped in a maze
An unknown neighborhood
But suddenly there was light like day
It was a firefly haze
come to guide my way
And I understood
I am the keeper
My life to walk deeper
I must live out my days
In this never ending maze
guided by this firefly haze
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Sebastian
Sweet Sebastian
Your all alone now
You're wondering how
It could end up like this
As you stumble through mist
Thinking of better nights
Thinking of more than one light
You walk down the halls
Feeling the walls
Nothing can help your plight
You'll lose even if you fight
So walk deeper my boy
Walk deeper sweet boy
Follow the fairy
But always be wary
Of your cold dark void
The one in your heart
Yes that one in your heart
That never will start
Again
My friend
You must live out your days
Exploring my maze
Guided by this firefly haze
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
In the dark corridor
They cannot hear you scream anymore
Armies have fallen to the maze's mysteries
all who meet him will decease
The man, the bull, with inhuman speed
Will grasp your throat until you bleed
Inside the monster, deep and hidden
He wants to be forgiven
He is trapped inside of this beast
An excruciating disease
if you would please
listen to me
Then you shall see
An empty room
Where he lives out his days
Accompanied by a firefly haze
Do not dwindle or take a breath
For if Sebastian hears us
It will be our death
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Hello Sebastian
My young guardian
'Tis me the maze
Starting your heart again
The maze be my mind
And you are the conscience
Helping me through the indifference
Hearing the sound of resonance
Echoes upon the wall
Have made you fall
Into a slumber which has crippled me so
Sebastian don't go
Your gone now aren't you
Oh my
And oh dear
I have stumbled upon my worst fear
The maze has no keeper
The firefly has no haze
My hellish rule is over
I have no more days
I will make my sounds of pain so subtle
When the stone of my walls begin to crumble
Into the underworld's clammy grasp
Sebastian sweet boy
Your soul is free at last
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jun 2019
You know
It's rare
When I feel like
I like myself
Because every time
I get excited
I get shot down
Crash and burn
And once again
Sadness ignited

You know
It's sad
To think so highly of myself
Only to be told
No
You're not good enough
You're too nice
Too mean
To distant
To clingy
So quiet
But oh so annoying
It's rough

You know
It's not easy
Having these conflicts
Deep inside
They never subside
Knowing what I want to say
But also knowing
I have no right to speak
But in my mind
I just can't hide
From you

You know
Your presence alone
Can lift me up
Out of this prison
In which I lock myself
Of course this is something
I can't tell you at present
So I suffer silently
So sure I was
Of this serendipity
I was wrong
Now an epitome
Of stupidity
I close my lips

You know
I don't know
What the future holds
I've spent so much time
On my own
My heart is screaming
For someone to hold
But alas
It seems I'll always be alone...
Steven Forrester Apr 2011
Sleep
Creeps
Into my eyes
Lies
Fly
Around me
Carnage
and Disorder
Worldliness
Godliness
Gone without a trace
Dreaming silently
Sweetly
Only of your face
And I scream
Steven Forrester Apr 2011
**** honor
**** chivalry
**** that one *****
And **** her "bestie"
**** everyone
**** everything
**** The world
**** some girl
**** my life
**** the strife
Take this knife
And ******* cut the pain away
**** my eyes
and **** my face
**** these times
and **** this place
****!
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2013
I'm disappointed
And taken aback
I'm almost furious
As our second right
Falls under attack
This amendment
Is the foundation
In which our nation
Was created
I've tasted the bittersweet sorrow
Of this situation
A vulnerable position
Falls upon us now
I'll tell you how
To make the violence bow
Arm the public
This is crystal clear
Intended fear
Believe it or not
A mass shooting can't happen
If the shooter fears getting shot
(c) Steven Forrester 2013
Steven Forrester Mar 2012
The world is ice
Melting upon fire
A growing vice
A hidden desire
It's not so nice
And ever so dire
Retire
And sleep
The meek
Must seek
An end to the torment
For a moment
And rest
Attest
And find yourself
The world is dying
And I'm left alive
Why?
Steven Forrester Jun 2023
Basking in strawberry moonlight
I look upon selene
And see your face
The air catches in my throat
I'm captivated by your grace
The thought of you
Infectious
It lingers in my mouth
Your taste
Terrifying and terrific
Terribly tantric
Tumultuous an tempting
This tempest
A torrent tearing down my walls
A Tsunami
Leaving bare
my soul
Is this true
Is it you
My goal...
For Ari
Steven Forrester Nov 2021
Silently I stand
Surrounded in stoicism
Submerged in saddening sorrow
Saddled by stacking sour and soulful screams
This pressure building heavier
Yet I endeavor
I carry this weight
Always knowing
The load I bear
Will at some point
Give way
Releasing a cavalcade
Of despair
My life has not been easy
Albeit easier than others
This pressure grows on you
Sometimes so much it smothers
And covers
The screams
That replace my dreams
That shine
In my eyes
Over time
It has died
All that's left is grime
My eyes
An everlasting echo
Etched into everything
I've ever erased from memory
A cliche I'll enter
I hurt myself
To make sure I can still feel
I meet love head on
Full of zeal
Incessantly inquiring for that iconic
And inspirational ideal
But to no avail
My heart seems
At least to me
A fun thing
For people to step on
I rush to aid the ones
Who remind me of myself
Because for me
No one cared
No one dared
So maybe I should
Maybe I could
Offer my opinion
Grant a little guidance
My lack of direction
Makes me a foul figure
To follow
So my advice is unheard...
I apologize for this dump
Recently I've been in a slump
Just wanted to say this stuff
And also ask the world
****,
When have I given enough?
Steven Forrester Aug 2016
Sitting here
And pondering
Wondering
Why?

Merrily
Or cheerily
Yet I still want to die

My face is smiles
Happy
And misleading

My heart is fractured
Lacerated
And bleeding

My mind is buzzing
And words are whirling
Swirling
Twirling my thoughts
To delusions of grandeur

I sit
Detached
Maybe confused
Not sure what to do

Does anyone else feel this way?
Do you ever just
Wish it would end?

Do you ever look at your life
And think.
What have i done?

For me
At least
I have these
To ease
Those thoughts of nothingness

Though i am not famous
Or rich
Or even that well known

My words are profound
My thoughts are now focused
My poetry
And notoriety
Rising

My heart
My soul
My drive
My will
This day
I feel
And deal
This wheel
Of life
Or strife
A mighty blow
Although
My heart

Is screaming.
Steven Forrester May 2016
The desert heat can be oppressive
Pressing down
From sky to ground
Can you hear that sound?
There's a sizzling in the sand
Slithering like a sidewinder
Wandering wistfully westward
A silent snake
The day breaks
And becomes hotter still
Skyrocketing
Along with your bills ;)
To all my desert dwellers
This one's for you
I hope you beat the heat
As I hope I'm going to
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Feel it pumping
Feel it flow
My pulse is jumping
It's time to throw
You ****** me off
For the last ******* time
Blood you shall cough
As your lungs die
Your breath leaves your chest
You ****** with the best
Now die like the rest
My boot crushes your throat
I'll get the last vote
As I leave you to float
In a stagnant mote
Of sewage and ****
And I'll go and get lit
And watch you burn
Because *******
It's my turn
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Outside the heat rises
So much it hypnotizes
People into unwanted slumber
They fall over like fresh cut lumber
Their heart rate slows
Their temperature grows
Their minds implode
In this episode
Of unbearable conditions
In this rendition
I try to be brave
I try to save
A humble knave
In this heat wave
I fail as I try
And I too, die
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Is it meaningless
If i hold your hand
Is it meaningless
If i touch your face
Is it meaningless
Or is it grand
Is everything meaningless
In this rat race
Every grain of sand
Every rock 'n' roll band
Every lady and every man
Yet i still stand
I stand and write
I write only what is true
Whats true is not always right
Whats right is not always you
And again I stand
I stand for those with no home
I stand for those who are all alone
I stand for those who need defense
I stand for those trapped behind the fence
Of total control
I know I've lost my hold
And now I've turned cold
I stand for those who are helpless
Even if you think its meaningless
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Hey buddy!
I noticed you're a little nuts
But
You gotta understand
For you life isn't gonna be so grand
Anymore
Because
Don't you see
You're fooling yourself
Because
She doesn't want you
But she does want me
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Anger rises
A soft heart dies
Hardened in crisis
My mind just flies
I can write again
For the first time
In so long
My mind has long since been gone
Can you hear me crying
Can you watch me dying
I feel like flying
Heat rises
In blood so cold
A cut entices
Anger so bold
I can remember
A hot temper
Drowning me
How I wish I could see
I am not bad
Merely just mad
And yes i do remember
My woefully hot temper
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Aug 2019
It's late
Or early
Depending on
Your perspective
Not doing great
A little too lonely
Reflecting on
My prerogative
Tranquility
Eluding
Me
Serenity
Exuding
See?
I'm a comet
Falling from the stars
But the ground is far
I'm coming in hot
This impact is going to be hard
Boom
Splat
Oh
What?
A little too dark?
Some times I can't believe
The **** that happens to me
The more I get hurt
The funnier it becomes
This hilarity
It's scaring me
I can't tell if this is real
I'm not sure
But I think.....
.....
I think I'm forgetting how to feel.
Steven Forrester Aug 2016
Trickling slowly
Back to the front of my mind
This sadness erupts
Tearing my mind apart
So painful it cuts
My already Fractured heart
How do I live?
How do I continue?
What do I do!?

Nothing....

There's nothing I can do
Every time
I try to find
Any sign
To free my mind
But I'm out of time...

Dreaming of a place
Where tears don't stain my face
Where every hello
Is a forced courtesy
How does one cope
When his job is to make people happy
But inside
No happiness resides...

My soul is tortured
Beaten
Bruised
And broken
And all of the words I've spoken
Are unheard
Worse
They are ignored

I am ignored

I am pain.
Steven Forrester Sep 2016
Inspiration is a funny thing
It can come from anywhere
Anyone
What's been done
Is a preview of what's to come
Life hard
Only getting harder
My goals are far
And seem to be getting farther
I'm a father
And a poet
Though at present I don't see her
I hope she can see later
That we're not so bad
Me and her mother
She's angry with me
I'm hurt by her
But like a kidney stone
This will pass
I ask
Does anyone understand?
Can anyone relate?
No?
That's okay
I've always been patient.
People try to shake me
Break me
And take me
Down
There is a quote here
That has driven these words
Like bees they swarm

You say

You cannot fight the storm

I say

You're right

I cannot fight myself

I am the storm.
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
I'm sick
I'm sick of the world
I'm sick of my curls
I'm sick of small toys
I'm sick of a voice
I'm so sick
And I know not what to do
I'm so sick
Of the hell I've been through
But most of all
I'll say it proud and stand tall
Because my words are true
I'm so sick of not being with you
I'm sick of not hearing you talk
I'm sick of not holding you as I walk
I'm sick of not smelling your hair
Because mon etoile
I love you more than air
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
A feeling of loneliness
A showing of heartlessness
Soaring and flying
Living and dying
Inside this force, it grows
A felling we all know
Inside a darkness grows
From my head to my toes
Inside it rises up
And yes it pulls me down
I see an empty cup
Insignificance is my crown
For this I shed one tear
For there is few I fear
You persecute outside your preference
Merely proving your own insignificance
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Feb 2011
I'm tired
But wired
On fire
With desire
I admire
The life of a liar
Steeped in dire...
...Need
This seed
Brings me
To the start of this deed
Released
And deceased
I'm diseased
And sick
This wick
From my candle
Grows dim
Do you know this?
This bliss
Exists
With insomnia's sweet kiss
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Feb 2017
My mind is electric
Eclectic
Thinking about nothing
Reacting
Redacting
Thoughts that are unpleasant
I am awake
But wishing to go to sleep
I am alive
And running from this herd of sheep
Do you know
Where we can go from here?
Can see
What we are to be
Locked in
And shackled by our fear?
Break away
And claim
Your everlasting gleam
Frolic fondly, fantasizing
Faintly while forgetting yourself
In a dream
I know
This one
It's pretty deep
Good night reader
Im going to sleep...
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
In the sky
I see red eyes
Staring down upon me
Seeing everything I see
I feel I cannot escape
I fear no one can relate
I know I must not hesitate
If I do I seal my fate
Staring down is the eye
So high up in the sky
I take my last breath
And I stumble upon blissful death
(c) Steven Forrester
Steven Forrester Jan 2011
Fire lights the sky
Explosions up so high
How I love the fourth of July
But then I think
Why
Why do we celebrate
When our brothers and friends are dying
When innocent youths duck down crying
While on our own streets women are *****
In the loud crack of the fireworks
A man is shot dead
By a silent thief who quietly lurks
In the shadows where a man now lies in a pool of red
Police abuse their powers
While mere children are trapped in bullet showers
As a shopkeeper is killed as he cowers
All i see is impending doom
I do not know to what or to whom
As you sit reading in your room
Do you also think we've built our own tomb
Will we all be without homes
Will our country fall like Rome
Will this become an ancient tome
A mere relic of our great land
With its beautiful beaches covered in sand
Purple mountains standing graceful and grand
And I realize
I should dry my eyes
Because no matter what
Nothing can take what we have built
Never will our flower wilt
An I will say forever, and ever
Remember, remember
Change will come in November
Or maybe not
I know not what lies ahead
And i don't care, I just hope i wont be dead
And then I avert my eyes
Oh how i love the fourth of July
Because then i can think
And watch the beautiful iridescent skies
(c) Steven Forrester and the United States of America

2008
Steven Forrester Mar 2022
Iron gray storm clouds
Hug a ***** desert city
Gritty
With years of dust
And rust
Mistrust
And disgust
Heavy rain
Slaps against a grimy face
Leaving clean streaks in its place
A highlight
To the plight of the homeless
Thunder rolls forth
In this ironclad storm
Down here it's the norm
I find it soothing
Almost meditation
In form
Helps me inform
Myself
Oh well
Thoughts gone
Another monsoon
In Tucson
It's raining, and I'm people watching
Steven Forrester Mar 2011
Careless an callous
Between a rock and a hard place
I see a face
An angelic face
That keeps me wanting more
I long for her
And wonder
Why?
What makes you think
You can walk all over me
What makes you think
I'm strong enough
To be your friend
Things barely began
When you chose to end
I fear I may be damaged
Beyond all repair
Now tell me
How the ****!
Is that fair?
(c) Steven Forrester
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