Pretty sunset glow
Like a painting in the sky
Pretty to look at

Come sail away  
To points unknown
Come sail away
Adventure behold

Come follow me
Chasing the wild wind
Your hearts desire
Is your command

Come sail away
Open yourself to something new
Open yourself fully
To your imagination
To your whims
To anything at all

Come sail away
For the adventure of your life

****
****
Toot
Toot
Your body's musical flute

Kids are our future
Don't destroy it

Naked I stand before the world
Not a physical nakedness
But emotional

Every hurt
All my pain
The river and ocean of tears
All layed bare for the world to see

My life’s journey
My joys
My struggels
My faults
My failures

All on display
For the woeld to see
All on display
For the world to judge

Every scab
Every cut
Every scare

A testimony of life
Life lived
Life rejected
Life learned
Life regained

Naked
I stand befor the world
Not physical nakedness

But emotional

A flower given as a friend
To a friend
A flower given in peace
In hope for a better tomorrow
A flower given in peace
In hope for a better way

Football is war
Two teams of nine players
Each play
An assult
To tear away the enemy line
Marching your troops
To the goal

And victory

I went to your wedding
The woman I love
Marring another man

The service was beautiful
You in your dress
He in his tox
Standing under the arch
At the front of the church

The preacher was giving The " I Dos"
The preacher turned to you
Before you said "I do"
You called me to tthe front

When I got up there
You pulled out a knife
You stabbed me in the chest
Then you told the preacher to continue and said "I do"
You were both married

I woke up in a sweat

Thrown against the wall
Given a black eye or two
Busted lip
Bruises
Scars
Cuts

The pain
The betrayal
The emotions run wild

She loved him
Gave him the past years of her life
Had to kids together

One day it happened
He beat her ******
She had done no wrong

The next day
He beat her again

This went on day after day
She still loved him
She asured herself he would get better

Then one day
She caught him beating their children
She fought him off
She then took the kids and left

She still loves him
But
She loves her kids more
Him beating her she could deal with
Him beating the kids they had to leave
The marriage was over

Life in prison is what he got

A new life for her and the kids

Pancakes
Waffels
French toast
Eggs, bacon, and more

Orange joice
Apple juice
Coffee
Hot chocolate for cold mornings

Hashbrowns
Potato cakes
And more

Pop tarts
Doughnuts
Cinommin eolls

All this is good
But
The best part of breakfast
Is sharing it

With some one like you

The rich use the poor and middle class
As pawns and game pieces
For their own ammusment

I am who I am
Not who you want me to be
I am who I am
No excuses
No holding back
I just Am

I have fought Day after day
To find my own way
My own identity
My true self
I have done a lot of soul searching


After all this I have come to grips
With who I am
I have realize my self worth

I am who I am
If you can't handle that
Who needs you

I stand in the shadows
You can't see me
But I am there
Wishing
Longing
Hoping
That someday we can be together

I stand in the shadows
You the popular one
Me the freak
Or at least
That is how I am judged

I have few friends
Mostly I stand alone
You're always surrounded by people

I have tried many times
To show you how I feel
I have poured out my heart and soul
You just laugh like it was all a joke

I wrote you poems
Confessing my love
You took those poems
You gave them to the wastebasket

And yet
After all that
I still wish to be with you
Call me a loser if you want
You're right
I lost
I lost my heart
I gave it to you
Though you have rejected it
I don't want it back
You keep it

I stand in the shadows
Wishing you would love me
And show me the light

Within my soul there
Is a light that shines upon
The shadowy darkness that
Theatens to destroy me

Though the light is dim
as it glows
A mighty fire it will become

I am not strong enough
I need the Lord
To take my hand

I am not strong enough
I need the Lord
To restore my spirit

I am not strong enough
I need the Lord
To reset my will

Without Jesus
I am nothing
For
Jesus is
My rock
My shelter
My all

Without Jesus
My life is worthless
For only through Jesus
Does my life have purpose

Let your light shine
Show the world
Just how awesome you are

With my words
I can topple governments
Bring down those in high places
Destroy our very way of living

With my words
I can bring healing to those in need
Comfort the lonely
Whisper a kind word into hatred

With my words
I can bring forth knowledge long forgotten
The knowledge to help all mankind
The knowledge to right wrongs
The knowledge to heal
Mind
Body
Spirit
Knowledge that can open doors to
True freedom
True peace
The very truth of humanity

With my words
I can speak the truth so bold
Truth whose true knowledge is yet untold
Truth to listen
Truth to understand
Honest
Nothing held back
Open for all to see
Naked as the day you were born
Kind of truth

Truth of joy
Truth of love
Truth of life
My words speak them all

With my words
I speak of life
Life fulfilled
Life lost

Let me hold your hands
Let me draw you near
Dry your eyes
Calm your fears
Let you know
That I care

Summer nights
Fireflies in the sky
Stars shining down their light
Frogs and cricket serenade

Summer nights
Camping out
Cooking by fire light
Telling ghost stories
Trying to scare each other

Summer nights
Homemade ice cream
On the front porch

Life
   Draining
           Away
              Into
                  The
                     Void
                          
                           Life
                               Falling
                                      into
                                          the
                                             darkness
                                                     that
                                                         eats
                                                             your
                                                                 soul

                                                                      Death
                                                                            Awaits
                                                                                  Darkness
                                                                                          Gloom
                                                                                               Hell
                                                                                                    And
                                                                                                       Doom
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                           Goodbye
                                                                                                                  World
                                                                                                                       I shall
                                                                                                                                See
                                                                                                                                   You
                                                                                                                                      No
                                                                                                                                        More

                                                                                                                                            Last
                                                                                                                                                breathe
                                                                                                                                                       Eyes
                                                                                                                                                            Close
                                                                                                                                                                 It
                                                                                                                                                                    Is
                                                                                                                                                                      Done

Ask me if I love you
The answer will be yes
Ask me again and again
A million times over
The answer will still be yes
Once I start loving you
I never stop

Bound and gagged
Laying on the floor
Naked
Bleeding
Hurting
The Salt from my tears stings
As they wash over the wounds upon my boby


For three years we had been friends
For three years we had been like brothers
Having cookouts
Going to ball games and parties
Celebrating each other’s life
or
Just hanging out
Just the two of us


Little did I know the monster within my friend
It started out as small stuff
Touching
The way he spoke
Sometimes it ways the way he acted


Then one night while we sat on the couch
watching tv
He made his move
And jumped me
I tried to fight him off
But
To no avail


When I fought he fought back
Punching
Kicking
In some cases cutting me with a knife


Finally I gave up trying to fight
Seeing it was doing no good
And was just getting me hurt worse
Once when he had his knife out and was cutting me
I screamed “ Go ahead and **** me while you’re at it.”
His response “No I want to here you scream.”


He finally bound me
And started his ***** deed
Pounding his tool in my ***
Like a jackhammer
Again, and again, and again
The more I screamed in pain
The more he laughed


Through tears and blood
I endured it all
Then he was done
Before he left he told me
If I said anything to anyone
He’d come back and **** me
He gagged me just to be safe


After he left
Through much struggle
I worked free of my bonds


I never said anything about that moment
Until now
Two weeks after this happened
He was in a car crash and died
Justice paid from above

To sleep
To slumber
To dream


Creation a world of pure imagination
Where even the craziest of wishes can come true
Love
Life
Heroes
Villians
A dream is what you make it


To sleep
To slumber
To dream


A world of pure fancy
Fun and true
Exploring the mind’s pathways


To sleep
To slumber
To dream

You broke my heart
You tore it in two
Now you want me to take
You back

You made your choice
You chose him
However he cheated on you
Just like you cheated on me
Now you want me to take you back

Why should I
Will things be different
Will you be true
Or
Will you run off with the next pretty face you ser

Me take you back
I DOUBT IT

The shower washes over me
Sending the sins of the day
Down the drain

I think therefore I am
I think
I mean I hope so
I’m sure that’s right

I am therefore I think
I think so anyway
I am what
I think
I am not sure

Am I even here
Where is here
Does it think it’s here
Am I only here because I think I’m here
What if I thought I was there
Would I still be here

Where is there
Does it still exist without me being there
Would it still be there if I stopped thinking about there
Am I there and just don’t know it
Could I be there just by thinking I was there
Where is there
Could it be here

I think therefore I am
I am therefore I think
I think I’m lost

Leaves upon the tree
Changing in touch bright colors
Falling to the ground

I was cleaning the church
As I walked up the main aisle
Checking to make sure I got everything

When I got back up to the front
I turned around to face the pews

Suddenly the pews were full of skeletons
The skeletons then all stood up and did a **** salute

Then a voice behind me said
"Tony don't be supprised at what you see."

I turned around
But no one was there

Just because I can't speak
Doesn't mean I am dumb
Doesn't mean I am stupid
I can communicate
Just in a way
Different than you

Just because I can't speak
You don't need to give me pitty
No need feeling sorry for me
My hands do my talking for me
My pen and paper
Sometimes join the conversation
I can read lips to
So even though I can't speak
I am not lost to the world

The full moon shines bright
As we lay upon the grass
Starlight lovers we

See the rose
Smells so sweet
Beautiful

He was born different
A freak they say
The others would laugh
Mean games they would play

He could not help the way he was born
Isn't like he had a choice

The "Normal" kids don't care
They just want to stare
Poking fun
Making jokes
Causing tears

Barefoot
Grass underneath my feet

Asked the child to their father
"What makes it rain?"
Said the father
"Let me explain."
The father thought for a moment
Then said
"Rain is from the Angels crying,  over a lost soul who is dying."

The void
The unknown
Dark and scary


To chance to partake
An adventure
A chance to stretch your limits
A chance to grow


To learn
To excell
To acheive


However
The void
Could go the other way


Death
Destruction
Damnation


The void
A mysteriuos spot
Will it lead you
To personal growth
Or
Will it lead you
To your own death


You will never know
Until you step in
The void

BBQ
Friends and family gather near
Meat and veggies on the grill
Smoke smells so good
Laughter
Games Fun

Believe in yourself
Follow your dreams
Let nothing stand in your way


At times it will seem like
Running head first into a brick wall
Tear down the wall blocking you
Move on


At times people will try to
Shut you down
Don’t listen to them
Look in your heart
Stand on firm ground


Believe in yourself
Follow your dreams
Let nothing stand in your way


When life puts a mountain in your path
Show that you have no fear
Climb that mountain
Hold nothing back


At times the world will try
To hold you down
Brake the bonds
Move on


Believe in yourself
Follow your dreams
Let nothing stand in your way

Stars in the night sky
Shining down their light on us
Lovely to look at

The sun and moon
Chase each other in the sky
Like two young lovers
Who never want to be caught

Poetry is the voice of the
Heart
Soul
Mind
Let your emotions flow free
Don’t try to hold them back
You will just make yourself explode


Poetry is release
Letting go of the tension and stress
That has built up over time
Letting yourself calm down
Letting yourself relax


Poetry is
Blood
Sweat
Tears
Poetry is
Joy
Laughing
Fun
Poetry is life
All emotions rolled into one


Poetry is an expression of life
Music
Art
Performance art
Cooking
And many other examples could be named
Poetry is all around us
In different forms
Al expressing life
Life unyeldind

I believe in
God the father almighty
Creator of Haven and Earth
I believe in
Jesus Christ his son my Lord
I believe in
The Holy Spirit
The keeper of life
The constant reminder of
God’s love and mercy

I believe
In myself
In the power within my heart
The spirit within my soul
I believe
Nothing is impossible
All can be done
All can be achieved
As long as
I set my mind to it

I believe
In humanity
Both in goodness
As well as destruction
I believe
The human spirit

I believe
In love
I believe
In the uncharted realms of life
The truth that lies within
The desire of the heart

I believe
In true love
I believe
In true passion
I believe
In the eternal calling
That is within the human soul

I’m a man of the Earth, just give me a plow
While I’m out working, I’ll praise him out loud
I’ll sing his song, while out in the field
Milking the cows or changing a wheel

I’m a man of the Earth, with the simple’s of life
I have a house and a truck
Two kids and a wife.
I have a pet dog that I think is best.
My, how the Lord’s blessed again and again

I’ll love you lord from now and all time
I will forever sing your praise
When I have finished
I know you have heard
but Lord my praise is simple
For I’m just a man of the Earth

A hug
A gesture of kindness
A show of compassion and care


Friendship
Family
Trust
Honor
Gentelness


A light in dark times
Warmth in the coldness of the world
Color
Within the grey


A hug
So simple
Yet
Says so much

I thought you loved me
I should have known
It was all a joke to you

My heart is on fire
As death surrounds me
A bottomless pit of empty space
Emotionless void

I try to cry out
Put there is only silence
A vacum ***** away my words
Before they can make a sound

The only sound comes from
The tormented souls
In anguish and pain
They sound all around me
Entering my mind and soul
Tearing me apart

And driving me crazy

Hay blows in the wind
Water flowing in the creak
Birds high in the tres

If you wish to be my best friend
Don't just show the surface
Let me see the person within

I believe that there is life after death
Our bodies decay
But our souls live on



What lies beyond the grave
A mystery it is

I love you
I hope you know that
My life without you would be empty

You have been there through it all
the good
The bad
And everything in between

You have enriched my life
I hope I have done the same for you

I've said it before
I 'll say it again
You're the AWESOME one
I'm just trying to keep up

To the best of times
To the worst of times
Our friendship has lasted though it all

In joys we celebrated together
In sadness we shed tears together
In our weak times
We carried each other

A toast
A toast my friend
To the long life we have shared

Kids graduations
Each others weddings
Birthdays
Halidays
back yard BBQs
Backyard football games
We’ve been friends through it all

A toast
A toast my friend

To the long life we have shared