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Jun 2021 · 108
the key
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
if you must

chain me up in your basement

do it!

just don't let me leave

I'll come up with a million reasons,

why I should leave

don't listen to them

listen to me

I deserve you

a gentleman

honest and true

So no matter how much I beg

to be free

remember, don't listen to her

just listen to me

lock me up in your basement,

hold me forever

throw away the key
Jun 2021 · 277
Accomplishment
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Born into
unsteadiness,
hands sprinkled
with tremors

inspired by a crayon,
a pencil
then a brush

Now an artist steady,
paints with a wand
to seal his
magic touch
Jun 2021 · 115
spelunking thyself
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Drenched in
desire and belief
she picks away
at her being
digging, tunneling, crouching
through the cavernous ******,
seeking-self
inching, wiggling, pressing, squeezing,
stretching-the-psyche's
own
dimensions of success
to explore

Rebirth
worth every bit of the struggle
to improve quality of life


my apologies for the edits
Jun 2021 · 2.4k
the gamble
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
With,

nothing left

to give

I went crawling back

for more
risk can bring you to your knees
Jun 2021 · 175
sister of envy
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Hello,
Excuse me, but, uh
you're living my life
I didn't even know
I had it in me
but now that you are here
it is so very clear
I now know who I will strive
to become.

Oops, I forgot
I am already her
I just don't know it yet
Nothing like a good role model to keep you on your toes
Jun 2021 · 485
buried to freedom
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
I was buried
so deeply,
I fell out
the other
end
Jun 2021 · 278
Still Water's
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Still,
after all this time
the melodious tunes
of Water's
continue to run deep
chanting lyrics
through the crimson
passion that sails within
mine
undercurrents

Only 73 miles
away
Jun 2021 · 782
sinking
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Don't shut the sink
off yet,
there's a lot more dishes
to do!
it just keeps comin
Jun 2021 · 325
Alexa's in the john
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Alexa was in the bathroom
so I asked her how long she was
gonna be
Jun 2021 · 128
harmin e
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
There is a divinity, traveling light

following the dedicated thread
higher and higher

hovering above, the psychoactive scaffolding

parting the clouds like heavy drapes of plaster

suspended in disorientation

witnessing the tedious restoration

re-tiling mosaics of stolen memories

embedded in the ceiling of the soul

All in the matters of the mind

the unfolding of meninges, over time

while colliding,

with a doves wings, pure and precious

asks permission to borrow them

return the props when the
session has ended

recover from a trip
that brought you to your knees

to discover the sacred, healing power of sweet harmin e
Inspired by a treatment used for concussions
Jun 2021 · 301
regret is an infection
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Where was I then?

Always,
not where I should've been

Maybe entangled in some other project or endeavor?

Not there yet?

No,

still, not there

Regret was always there though. Hiding in the shadows of my genome like a cancer

Flaring up like an infection
reminding me that until
I am, "there"
I am not worthy of  happiness,
"here"
Enjoy happiness.... It's time...... You're there
Jun 2021 · 183
too thinky
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
gotta
get


                                                        awa­y

  
 from myself,


                                                       ­    today

 

 beforeIsuffocate
Jun 2021 · 244
The Brave Balloon
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Within a hidden valley
floats a hot air balloon

He raises his hopes
as high as the moon

He reaches up to scratch the surface
but, begins to deflate

He thinks, what can I do,
to unseal this fate?

Slowly, air streams from
a tear in his skin

The reality of the fall
begins to sink in

As it was childish to take a joy glide, without letting anyone know

-Hot- Headed -Brave- Balloon

all blown up with
nowhere to go!
Poem excerpt
"Boo Boo The Brave Balloon"
copyright Kari Jeanne McGrath
May 2021 · 164
my cousin was a raindrop
SCHEDAR May 2021
My cousin was a raindrop
falling from the sky
She didn't know her
destiny was to
be born
to drop
to die

Her mother was a bullet of hail
born into a storm
She didn't know her
destiny was to
be cold
to punish
to harm
May 2021 · 227
There is a light in my eyes
SCHEDAR May 2021
There is a light in my eyes
that comes shining through
when I experience the gratefulness that comes from loving you
May 2021 · 178
Classical Woods
SCHEDAR May 2021
A chamber of trees
conduct a symphony of leaves
Bows framing branches
Sway a tune, timid breeze
May 2021 · 125
leaves
SCHEDAR May 2021
The freedom I felt after he left
made me love,

L E A V E S
May 2021 · 703
pseudologia fantastica
SCHEDAR May 2021
Curiosity
in your fantastic,
exaggerated, colorful life,
attracted me

Your white lies drained me
high resolution isn't
everything
May 2021 · 210
never easy
SCHEDAR May 2021
Don't hide for too long,
you'll only be
lonely,
longer,
paler,
grayer
They don't make it easy,
the struggle,
I am grateful
May 2021 · 218
re-entry
SCHEDAR May 2021
Generating the the speed it takes
to tolerate a new, uncharted atmosphere

Orbiting beliefs that challenge human nature and jettison doubt

A window, proviso allowing the
trajectory of deception to offset our ingenuity upon re-entry

Some left to dwell in the
darkness of space

Prayers unanswered
May 2021 · 180
poke of the pea
SCHEDAR May 2021
Night is thick with unrest
Sleeps with eyes open
Pillow stuffed with worries
Never losing consciousness
The poke of the pea
jabbing into dawn
Mattress full of sorries
Void of blankets
Warmth no more
May 2021 · 151
see me
SCHEDAR May 2021
Speak to me, with only,
your eyes...

Let me get lost in your gaze

The way you stare at me
defines a me,
I am not aware of

A version that I cannot see

Let the heat between us
simmer away all reason

So I don't come up with a reason
to end you seeing me

The way I always want to be seen
from now on
May 2021 · 176
SYNTHESIS
SCHEDAR May 2021
Not sure why
I choose to stroll
on rolling hills of
GREEN 💚

Maybe something to do
with the
synthesis of the
  SOUL
Beauty of a golf course
May 2021 · 204
swing set
SCHEDAR May 2021
Responsibilities lurk
just to the right of
the rusty swing,

the one that used to squeak
more obnoxiously,
with every pump

creating a tempo
to ride to the sky by

flip flops in flight,
tips of toes
touching the clouds

Tossing heads, teasing wind's
backward arch
shadowing a wave of nausea  

swirling hair caught
in the sides of silly grins

Dreaming of
the next destination

the in betweening
of take-off and descent

Sweaty palms
clinging tightly to
gentle, non-binding chains

On second thought,
"time to let go"

Release

then

Launch
For my BF
May 2021 · 324
tweenager
SCHEDAR May 2021
But how will I live
life, in my own way
if I keep having
to listen to everything,
you say?
May 2021 · 176
do as I'm told
SCHEDAR May 2021
I should make my way
out of bed
but a parade of thoughts keep
marching thru my head
Bound by words of a most purposeful meaning
scolded by many, "get up and stop dreaming"
May 2021 · 325
crickets
SCHEDAR May 2021
At dusk the whimpering tree line
disappears at the gate

The crickets fiddling songs,
caressing wings, silence fleeting,
in vibration of their evening tour

Up and down we wander
feeling for the warmth of the equator

Arriving in the bitter cold of the Arctic
after reading all the signs wrong

Turning to avoid the flashing lights

Stubborn, unable to listen to the correct directions
May 2021 · 89
loyal little soldier
SCHEDAR May 2021
Reach,
deep within

where the iron
that binds

spark crimson elation

Lying dormant
this loyal, little soldier

re-awakens

from the sound
of theives in rustling bushes

and the sting of prickly thorns,
that sweetly ask of us to

"Hush"
Inspired by a curious little antibody
with questions about the vaccine
May 2021 · 165
Souffle
SCHEDAR May 2021
From scratch
pampered
warmth, love

Rise

Fall
May 2021 · 167
pseudomorrow
SCHEDAR May 2021
How many
tomorrows
does it take
to finally become
the next
day?
May 2021 · 192
see-saw
SCHEDAR May 2021
One of those things
you did for the last time,
but,
at the time,
you didn't know
it was going to be
the last time doing it
May 2021 · 258
overcoming stage fright
SCHEDAR May 2021
N E R V E,
exploring the pathway
of a comet's
brave descent
through a
victorious
constellation of
STARS
Apr 2021 · 226
fixing cloudy vision
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Rummaging through the tool box
There must be something I can do to fix this, I thought

Just emptiness

It's hard to knock
on a cloud,
the haze, all the silence
Anybody home up there?
I wonder, how many floors does Heaven have?
How many flights do the Angels have to climb to make it to the top?

I need to speak to someone in charge, this is just, not working
Apr 2021 · 477
Writer's Waltz
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Take my hand, empty head
trusted inkwell, drag me out of bed
Write me out of this blank stage
a dance of words, mark up the page
Teach me the steps, glide my pen,
from a closed position to scribe
once again
Apr 2021 · 195
Molly Freckles
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Molly freckles
with a heart shaped patch
in the middle of her coat
of pleasure....
What could she be thinking
inside all that love?
This little doggie was adorable
Apr 2021 · 240
DEEP SOUL
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Deep soul,
I wish to swim
in your wisdom,
Press upon the warmth
of your gentle smile
with my needy lips
Dance upon your
light heart
to feel joy
Slip and fall into
your comforting arms,
never to feel contempt
for any human again
Teach me lover,
how to be secure in your
kindness
Apr 2021 · 145
without a crutch
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
fell hard for you
got hurt
got up
got 
                      
      
A     W     A      Y
Apr 2021 · 324
dropping in
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
DRIPPED
out the
spout
of a lonely
faucet,
onto a warm
puddle of friends
Apr 2021 · 334
Carnival O'Clock
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Bring me back
festive park
to carnival o'clock
centrifugal smiles
childhood faces
hot dogs
licorice laces
  dancing lights
evening air

Bring me back
where
roller coasters
have nothing to do
with being emotional

Bring me back
Apr 2021 · 189
south of envy
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Of your own free will,
you release chords beyond your
throat, angering a lashing tongue
that starts fires

Of your own free will,
you travel a great distance from
where your vocals carry north,
but echoing desires,
travel south of envy

Of your own free will,
you blacklist the frail,
bury your mistakes in haste
and pave over them, with greed

Your free will isn't free at all,
it has a cost
Apr 2021 · 300
flies in my head
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
I used to work all day
in a field of lies
Loving the money
but attracting the flies
Swatting them away
just to get good pay
Apr 2021 · 156
LOVED ONES
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
The sun is shining
The streets are empty
The ambulances are screaming
The birds are chirping
The Heavens are filling with
loved ones
Remembering all the good souls
Apr 2021 · 168
mood
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
Your mood pulls me so far down
that even my tears are
afraid to drown
in your steamy pool
of frowns
Apr 2021 · 463
SAFARI SKIES
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
We'll meet again
beneath safari skies
where black clouds melt
into heavenly eyes
Where elephants
dance in the palms of our hands
Where gentle hearted beasts
prance across the lands
Where a journey's eternal lesson
teaches us how to grow
Where the winds of passion
carry your legacy
for all the world to know
Rest in peace,
my kind, inspiring
friend
Apr 2021 · 167
knew me when
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
But,
you knew who I was
back then
Did you think one day,
I wouldn't be?
Apr 2021 · 629
?
SCHEDAR Apr 2021
?
how many
masks,
before I
lose myself
completely?
Mar 2021 · 205
chasing immunity
SCHEDAR Mar 2021
How do we put an
END,
to this undesirable,
viral
trend?
Mar 2021 · 1.4k
piano
SCHEDAR Mar 2021
Lonely night
piano,
accompany me,
with your compassionate keys
Pick me up
off the wet floor,
where
sad songs
spill from the seams
of my soul
Mar 2021 · 284
lower level
SCHEDAR Mar 2021
Hiding in a fortress today

Your emotional blows,
like cannons,
shatter me to bits
Mar 2021 · 321
POEM
SCHEDAR Mar 2021
Stringing a bunch of words together,
tying them
in a bow
A present full of loving
thoughts
for all the world
to know
Silver Linings
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