Cigarettes and friends have so much in common
Friends are cigarettes to skin
The longer you hold them temptation grows within
To smoke or watch others choke
Cancer sticks, worse when ignited
So many people smoke and are delighted
To inhale the words of warning
Strangers are sticks and stones their words never hurt
With friends, this expression disappears
As if the pain doesn't accumulate every fiscal year
Running deep into your lungs, skin, and even the heart
Friends can do as much as a cigarette
We smoke our friends as if nothing is wrong and forget
Until our lungs and heart collapse and fill up with regret  
Quit cold turkey, suffer relapses try again later
Anything to soak up this toxic flavor
Friends or cigarettes?
Your choice of flavor to savor

It's my dark side
A shadow cast by the sun
My other half
The half of less fun
No expressions with a hint of sad
Wondering can my shadow really feel as bad?
As I do when it's dark alone with my thoughts
Staring at the sun to see those bright spots
Punishing my eyes until it grows bright
Exposing my darkness to unveiling light
Misery loves company a shadows with no words
Silence my new friend haven't you heard?

Chasing down a dream is not always what it seems
A boulevard of broken in a world made of glass
Some things in life weren't made to last

The things that are you should hold on to for sure
The world ain't what it use to be anymore
Broken homes to broken bones hearts and such never left alone

We've all been through hell and back it's no place to be
A world we never talk about and refuse to admit what we see
Heaven on Earth isn't sounding so bad

They say spread your wings and fly away but some don't go as far
Struggling in life not with money but the simple crutch a car
No wheels to spin we're all sticks in the mud

Seek inspiration and refuge from yourself
Take the time to read the books on the shelf
You can see the world through others eyes
Just to see that the world is just one big clever disguise

It's not all bad, don't be sad, be happy with the fond memories you've had
One day you'll miss it
But what's the point of reminiscing while you're still in it?

Is it bad I don't educate myself?
I have desire for the books on the shelf
Yet I want others to read about me
It's  apparent I create my own irony
Hire me hire me I want them to see
What I have to say and what I want to do
Between me and you I have a lot to prove
Stick and move my writing rides on with the groove
Like the fads that entertain me and you
I'm trying to be as trendy but can't hit the viral brew
A concoction to spread like wild fire I desire
Kindled fire higher power fame lasting longer than an hour
Is it too much to ask? So much time has passed
It's when your dreams get up and start running you pursue
All those things you been searching for is right inside of you

"mr blue sky please tell us why you had to hide away for so long"
Beyond the cloudy days and mystifying ways of everyday
Sunshine to illuminate a beautiful canvass for our eyes to paint
Show me the way to sun kissed freedom up above the craziness let me dive into a whole new world of clear and absolute the way things should be but instead people like clouds can often ruin a good day or get in the way or just plain stay where we least want them but I digress blue sky preferred over this cloudy mess

A house in the woods how quaint I ponder
Whose woods these are I yearn to wander
Away from the world of outside distraction
Opening a the door to my new found attraction
Writing poems to pass the time
Finding the scheme to continue the rhyme
A man with a dream that's hard to find
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
I'm writing all day and all night instead
Of sleeping in a so called bed
Where ever I lay my hat is my home
A hat on my head in which I roam
I'm glad I could get you to read this poem

Mini heart attack I've fallen ill
In the bathroom or perhaps the window sill?
Holes in my pockets have a million stories to tell
I got myself asking "Where in the hell?"
Is it only me that this happens to?
Either way I'm right there with you!