You are acid rain
A Gaseous ghost
Gripping
Grasping
Groping
The living
The breathing
Tugging at heartstrings
Haunting my thoughts
While the fallout of our tormented youth
Remains buried among glory days
The time of our lives
Marred by rutted rusted reunions
Memories covered in mud of melancholy madness
Along with the innocence of childhood dreams
Secrets shared
Shattered      
Time flies
Torments
Old friend
Where are you now?
Are you still running?
Perhaps you never moved
But drifted away
By standing still…

©~Travis

Colors



Sweet Summer sun sinking

An eye in the sky, blinking

Quickly fading

Shading golden rays

On now cooler

Shortened days

Trees are all dressed

In their best

While preparing

For winter's sleeping slumber

The wonder of it all

As I ponder this call to be true

All the while contemplating

God’s painting

This view

Colors that have yet to surface

In me and you…


©~ Travis
     2007

Chameleon of Pretense


True colors
Not always colorful
No absolutes
No boundaries
Shades of gray
Deep dark deceit
Disguises shallow self
A chameleon of pretense
Forever changing
Their spectrum of sincerity
To temporarily fit
The moment at hand
Pretending and professing
Haughty hypocrites are we
Selfishly
And single-handedly
Glorifying
A colorful
Glittering glutton
Of pride...



(C)~Travis

Watercolors


Glorious golden embers
Glowing and gleaming
Glistening in the blowing wind
Riding cool autumn breezes
Embarking on a journey’s end
A moment of truth revealed
A kaleidoscope of color
Meticulously painted and perfected
Radiantly reflected
On the canvas in my heart
Where you came
Painting an offering of acceptance
Friendship
Grace and love
Leaving heart prints
With every brush stroke
Lasting forever
But the moment
Lasting only a season
And God with all His reason
Blurs the view
While clouds of confusion
Gather on the horizon
The watercolors all run together
As the rain rolls down my cheeks…

©~Travis
10.15.08

Always

Honey-colored tresses
Once hung heavily
Spiraling around
A sweetened smile
Now darker
Shorter
Your baby blues
No longer blue
But ocean green
Deep are the depths
Dark and mysterious
A young woman
Teetering on the edge of adulthood
Different are you
Beautiful blossom
Yet so much heart of my heart
We bump heads
Bite our tongues
Bang our words
Hurling hate
Scarring our yesterdays
I will unconditionally love
No matter what you think
As a Father to a daughter
I will always be here...

(C)~Travis
3 November 2011

Reality


Elusive
A cloud of mystery
Misunderstood
In a world of no absolutes
Living on the edge
We crave the darkness
Desiring depths of detachment
No rules
Nothing to discipline the masses
Rose-colored glasses
Distort the view
Unclear expectations
Misguided morals
Madness
Emptiness
Shallow waters
Fill the oceans in our hearts
We cry out for more nothingness
We are crystallized carnage
Nothing penetrates
We cannot feel
We do not live
Pieces of us die
Everyday
Among the living
The laughing
The foolish
The melancholy masses
Longing for belonging
Self serving
Re-writing truths
Tantalizing
Tormenting
Appeasing itching ears
Pleasing all
But nothing satisfies
Wanting more
Getting nothing…

©~Travis
October 30th, 2011