I'd like to know
what you put into this love.
I always crave the taste.

Dreams unrealized
The years rudely brushed past me
I'm empty of hope

This sadness I feel
Is here and it's real
They say it's a phase,
but it's been days and days
No answers to my questions
just hollow suggestions.

The door to my heart
Left ajar for trust in you,
and all its lessons.

You ask for a dance
Music's gentle hands sway us
Move us in time.

May conflicts know peace
Darkness never touch the light
Hatred know loves warmth.

I don't want to know
why love lets you paint the town
but won't take you home

Why are you not here
To turn on Moon and starlight,
the nightingales song

That's just how it goes
Sorry it's not in the cards
Can't fight city hall
My resolve even greater
After getting these answers.

Why is the sky blue?
Why not, gods into pastels
If you're wondering
why the chicken crossed the road
Ask Col. Sanders fry cook.

I'd never hurt you
Can you please believe my words
They're all I can give.

You never loved me
The words l so longed to hear
You said them in jest
Now you say you've someone new
Go your way with you know who.

Need to free myself
To break through these walls I've built
Time has thickened them.

Can't say I love you
Too afraid to say those words
Yet, they haunt my thoughts

You don't see my tears
Too wrapped up in your anger
To see that their for you.

Can't let my guard down
Barbed words find their way to me
They aim for my heart.

Dog marks fire hydrant
That's how they say "I was here".
Like a post it note.

Crayon in my hand
Masterworks I did color
Stayed inside the lines.

I have three wishes
Wish I had an extra one
I'd give it to you
Well now I only have two
Might as well give one to you!

What do dreams live in
Cinderella's Prince Charming
Snow White's wake up kiss.

Gripped by frustration
Screaming into my pillow
gives me no release.

Mine, was direction
With purpose I used to walk
My steps now staggered.

Driving in the car today
Dog on the sidewalk
Trots to the beat of the song
On my radio.

Son asks black widow
"Mom, how did my father die"?
Black widow just sighs.

My life just moved here
Fulfillment lives down the street
Around the corner,
misgivings are packing up
Evicted by certainty

I don't talk too much
Said all there is to say for this lifetime
Too many people talked for me
or over me . Not wanting to hear
my thoughts or hopes and dreams.
Not wanting to know the reason behind
my silence  Because it might reflect on them.

Tossed in my sleep
Morning feels like Monday blues
Gagged on black coffee.

How do you juggle
Living two different lives
I can't deal with one.

Hiding behind walls
If you look that's where I'll be
Honing my courage.

Chipmunks were busted
Shoplifting their crime of choice
Nuts stuffed in their cheeks

A lifetime I've spent
Fearing people and places
My home, deep in me

I drift in an out ,
of consciousness in a world ,
that's forgotten me

With my headphones on
The rock and roll a kingdom,
of which I am queen

Shyness overcome
With the kindness of just one,
willing to mentor

Lion asked his pride
Why he has to watch the cubs
"I'm not sure their mine"!

You've become distant
A stranger I barely know
I'll still be around

Used to bet my life
On when the sun rose and set
Moon gambles on me.

Lonely days and nights
Lead to barren months and years
To a future, bleak

Cats don't like sharing
Don't share in your politics
You don't get a vote.

In desolation
I feel that's where my soul lies
It is my truth

Fear not little one
Everything in the darkness
Is found in the light

Cat and dog have found
They share so much common ground
World could learn from this.

I once knew humor
"Funny one", was my label
Lost my sense of self.

A child lives within
It needs proper nourishment
to turn back the time

Point a to point b
Darkest of night to Sunlight
Lost to enlightened

Sadness claws and rips,
the fiber of my being,
inches from my soul.

The silent treatment
It was given to me once
Silence speaks volumes.

I always listen
to opinions from all sides.
my voice pushed aside.