A sweet treat
A smooth heat
A bitter bite
A mellow delight
A delicate taste
So pleasantly placed
Perfect pleasure
To be had at your leisure
Flavored with a hint
Of refreshing peppermint
An essence of orange
A joy on the tongue
Melt in the mouth sensation
Rewarding any occasion
Chocolate's so dark and glossy
Mood soothing mystery
Try some and you'll see

Down the haunted hall
halt in the hazy hell
Run til you reach the hill
heed when you hear
   the howl
Hush til you see the hero
    in the hull

The night is so still
in the small midwestern town
Suns slid behind the hill
to finish its day down

To walk the silent street
your lungs fill with ease
To hear the people meet
with the singing of the trees

Fireflies appear here and there
the children smile and hop
Everyone's jumping in the air
trying to capture their prop

The street emptying quickly now
thresholds entered with grateful bow

Everything in me says "no"
But I still have to stay for the show

I'm not the type to leave slow
I rather cling round the shadows

I can always make you glow
When you follow from down below

I'm not the type to come and go
I seem to flow around like an echo

I can often cause a fiasco
Then turn about and become the hero

I'm not the type to not know
I undergo all to become a pro

When everything in me says "no"
I take a deep breath and ...blow

I met a man upon my walk
He seemed ever so inclined to talk
As he turned and walked in step with me
Under the shade of the gorgeous elm tree

Of what we spoke it did not matter
He stayed near me through all the chatter
We walked for a mile to the rivers edge
We sat on the bank, there on the ledge

Even the minutes of quiet were pure delight
I could have sat there with him throughout the night
When up I stood, he did then follow
Whispering around me like a graceful swallow

We crossed the bridge over the river
Hand in hand feeling the wood planks quiver
Beneath us the water so swift and clear
I've never let anyone before get so near

I awoke with a start, this memory on my mind
Perhaps this is the beginning and I can
Finally leave the past behind
Once again I might imagine that
People are kind

Please tell me why
I have to deny
I cannot verify
The one thing I try
That makes me high

Please tell me why
I have to defy
I cannot rely
On that which will satisfy
Keeping me from this lie

Please tell me why
I have to be sly
When everything is nigh
Still all want to vie
They want their piece of the pie
And I just want to unify

Please tell me why
Every beautiful butterfly
Has to prematurely die
It should be the harmony
That leads the way to unity

Please tell me why
I have to feel shy
I can't even cry
My eyes have run dry
I'll get by with just a sigh

Pretend
you're
    an
enormous
whirlwind,
  Chaos,
Destruction
    left
behind
Gratitude
    and
humility
evermore
defined

Short and sweet
Tall and ****
Do I make you blush?
Slow and sleek
Fast and flush
Quick and quiet
Can you feel the rush?
Open and offered
Closed and cush
Locked and loyal
I'll beg you to hush!
Cold and clear
Hot and harsh
Humid and hazy
Wait for the push!
There's the final crush
So full and so plush
Now I give you leave to blush!

In a dream I heard a scream
Although it did seem
To be calling a name

I heard an empty rhyme
In a lovers foolish game
My heart went up in flames

There was a black gloom
Filling up a white room
Giving out a dark doom

A body in the frame
A mind is in a screen
The spirit reigns supreme

For sure there is a scheme
Of which I can redeem
And find hope and esteem

In a dream all was serene
I awoke to a beam
Of the suns bright stream