poems

EACH CHAPTER THAT IS ENDING...LEADS US TO A NEW BEGINNING!...THE PAST THAT WE R LEAVING...MEANS A FUTURE WE R WINNING!...EACH CHANGE THAT FILLS THE PRESENT...SETS THE STAGE FOR OUR TOMORROW!....AND HOW WE MEET EACH CHALLENGE...HELPS DETERMINE JOY OR SORROW!

THERE'S SO MUCH ON MY MIND...SO MANY FEELINGS READY TO ERUPT...I JUST WANT TO LET THEM ALL OUT BUT I KNOW NOBODY WOULD UNDERSTAND...SO I SIT IN MY ROOM...I TRY TO CLEAR MY THOUGHTS BUT THEY JUST WON'T GO AWAY...THERE'S NOBODY TO TURN TO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS...HOW DO I KEEP THEM INSIDE?...FINALLY I GRAB A PEN AND WRITE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT I FEEL...WHETHER IT RHYMES OR NOT...I STILL CALL IT MY POEM...POETRY HELPS TO GET IT ALL OUT WITHOUT SCREAMING MY EMOTIONS...ESPECIALLY WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR...POETRY GIVES ME FREEDOM...THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK WITHOUT A SOUND...GIVE ME PAPER AND A PEN AND I WILL EXPLAIN MY WHOLE LIFE IN JUST A FEW WORDS...POETRY LETS ME BE ME WITH NO ONE ELSE TO JUDGE...POETRY HELPS TO SET ME FREE.


ATTRACTION IS DISTRACTION IN ANOTHER REALM, TAKES U TO PLACES U KNOW AREN'T REAL, MAKES U BELIEVE IN UNATTAINABLE PLEASURES, MAKES U FORGET TO ASK PERTAINABLE QUESTIONS, LEAVES BEHIND MEASURABLE GRACES, DISGRACES...AVERT YOUR EYE'S FROM PEOPLES FACES...NEVER QUITE SURE IF U LET IT SHOW...NEVER QUITE SURE IF THEY KNOW...BEHIND YOUR SMILE, IS QUILT AND VILE, ATTRACTION IS DISTRACTION FROM WHATS REAL AND WORTHWHILE.

AS THE INTERPHASED DAY AND NIGHT....LEAVES THE SKY AGLOW WITH RESIDUAL LIGHT, MY HUNGRY EYES TAKE IN THE FEAST THAT TELLS ME MOST, BY SAYING LEAST....A SILENT SCENE CAN STIR THE HEART WITH MORE POWER THAN MERE WORDS IMPART, AND LEAVE U BREATHLESS, STANDING STILL, HELD CAPTIVE BY YOUR OWN FREE WILL

CONTINUOUSLY SEARCHING FOR THAT FIELD OF GOLD...FOREVER LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HOLD...CLOSE TO MY HEART, NEVER WANTING TO BE APART...BUT ALL I EVER FEEL IS A DEEP CHILL, WONDER IF I STILL HAVE THE WILL...TO LIVE DAY BY DAY...I SIT AND PRAY...THERE HAS TO BE SOMEONE OUT THERE, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHERE....AS THE DAYS GO BY, I SIT AND WONDER WHY...I FEEL THE TOUCH OF A HAND.,..BUT NOTHING TAKES ME TO THAT FANTASY LAND..MY SOUL FEELS DEAD AND WEAK, BUT STILL I SEEK...FOR ONE WHO SHARES THOSE SIMPLE THINGS...THAT LEAD TO THOSE GOLDEN RINGS....A LIFE OF SECURITY AND FAMILY, IT'S EASY TO SEE....BUT TO CAPURE IT, I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT FIT...I WANT THAT DREAM SO BAD, BUT MY HEART'S SO SAD...PEOPLE USE ME FOR PLEASURE, I USE THEM TO FILL THE EMPTINESS, WHY I'M NOT SURE....IT USED TO BE EASY, NOW IT'S JUST SLEAZY..THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH EVERYONE...IF IT FEELS RIGHT THEY'RE GONE BY RISING SUN...I'M LEFT FEELING COLD...THAT SCENES ALREADY OLD...I CAN'T LET THEM IN...SO I PAY THE PRICE OF SIN...I SIT AND WAIT...BUT FOR THAT LIFE AM I TO LATE...I'LL BE 24, AND I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE...I FEEL RAPED BY LIFE...IT CUTS DEEP AS A KNIFE...THERE'S NO ONE TO BLAME...I DID IT TO MYSELF AND I AM IN SHAME...WONDER WHO I AM...AND IF ANYONE REALLY GIVES A DAMN....WHAT STEPS TO TAKE, AND A LIFE I'LL MAKE...NEED SOMEONE TO STOP THE PAIN, AND MAKE THESE DAYS OF RAIN GO AWAY....BUT BEFORE I CAN REACH THAT FIELD OF GOLD, I NEED TO GET BACK THE SOUL I SOLD...



FOR EVERTHING THERE MUST COME A LAST...A LAST MINUTE, A LAST HOUR, A LAST MONTH, DAY, OR YEAR...A LAST DRINK, A LAST COKE, A LAST TEQUILA, SCOTCH OR BEER...A LAST LOVE, A LAST HEART, A LAST KISS, HUG, OR RAGE.....OR EVEN THE LAST WORDS WRITTEN ON A PAGE.... BUT THE WORST LAST THING IS YOUR LAST BREATH BECAUSE WHAT IS TO FOLLOW WILL SURELY BE YOUR DEATH.

A MOMENT CAUGHT IN TIME WITH U, ONE OF JUST A PRECIOUS FEW....ACROSS THE SEA, THE SETTING SUN-SLIPPING UNTO OBLIVION...COMING TO US IN GOLD ARRAY, ATOP THE WAVES REFLECTION ROLLED AWAY....ACROSS THE HORIZON IN GRAND DISPLAY, WE WATCHED IT SOFTLY SINK TO YESTERDAY....STILL IN MY ARMS I HELD U TIGHT, AS THE FIRE-FILLED SKY GAVE WAY TO NIGHT.....I GENTLY KISSED YOUR LIPS, SWEET AND TENDER, CAUGHT UP IN THE NIGHTS MAGIC AND SPLENDOR....U WERE AN ANGEL IN MY EYES, FALLEN TO ME FROM THE SKIES...LOOKING IN YOUR EYES, LOST IN THE GLEAM, I FELT LIKE A CHILD LIVING A DREAM....U FULFILLED EVERY DESIRE AND NEED, WITH A TOUCH THAT MADE MY SOUL BLEED....OH, HOW I LOVED HOLDING U CLOSE TO ME, BUT TO HOLD YOUR LOVE I HAD TO SET U FREE...STILL EACH DAY THE SUN SETS FOR MY EYES, IN BRILLIANT COLORS, PAINTING THE SKIES...BUT IT NEVER QUITE HOLDS THE SAME FLARE-ONLY AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH COULD SHARE...A MEMORY I HOLD CLOSE TO MY HEART, WHERE YOU'LL ALWAYS HOLD THE BIGGEST PART...EVEN AS THE SAME SUN ROLLS IN TOMORROW, AND I FIND MY LIFES BEEN LOST IN SORROW....I WONT FORGET THE LOVE U SHARED WITH ME, OR THE FACE I MAY NEVER SEE...CAUGHT IN A MOMENT IN LIFE BUT THIS IS ONLY A DREAM I HAD LAST NIGHT.

A beauty in the sky
Something that caught your eye
A vision or a thought
A touch that someone brought
A feeling of being sad
Expressing yourself when you're mad
Just something that you're feeling
A thought staring at the ceiling
Lust or being in love
Something that just flew above
Someone that made you cry
Saying that very last goodbye
A feeling of being all alone
Many ways you can write a poem



MY SOUL IS THE PIANO, HER WORDS R THE KEYS...TOGETHER WE COMPOSE, THE BEST OF SYMPHONIES....HOW MY SOUL REPLAYS HER WORDS OF THE DAY...LIKE A COMPOSER WRITING A PLAY....I HEAR THE MUSIC, AS SHE STRIKES A KEY....AN ORCHESTRA, IS WHAT I SEE...TWO SOULS THAT SHARE A COMMON GROUND...A FRIENDSHIP THEY HAVE FOUND...WHAT IS A PIANO, WITHOUT THE PLAYER...IT'S LIKE A SOUL, WITHOUT A DESIRE...IT SITS ALONE IN THE DARK, WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LIGHT A SPARK...A HOPE OR A DESIRE, WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO INSPIRE...TO PLAY A SONG OF THE HEART, A SONG OF TWO SOULS THAT WILL NEVER DEPART..

I CANNOT BE DEFINED BY SOME MOMENTS CAPTURED IN PICTURES, NOR BY THE WORDS I SPEAK, OR BY THE LIFE I LEAD...I AM DEFINED BY WHO I AM, THE BEING WITHIN, THE MENTALITY THAT MAKES UP MY MORALS AND ETHICS...BY WHAT I PERCEIVE AS JUST, AND BE THAT MY OPINION...I AM WHAT I AM, AND I CHANGE THAT FOR NO ONE, ALIVE OR DEAD...NOR THINGS OR FADS, PHASES, TRENDS DON'T MAKE UP MY CHARACTER...IM NOT A WANNABE...JUST ME

THE PATH TO LOVE AND HAPPINESS, IS REALLY NOT OUTSIDE, ITS BORN FROM TRUTH AND HONESTY, AND NOT WITHIN A LIE...IT GROWS WITHIN THE FEELINGS, THAT CENTERS IN YOUR HEART, IT FEEDS ON TRUST AND LOYALTY, AND DOES NOT FALL APART...IT LIFTS U WHEN YOU'RE BURDENED, AND HOLDS U WHEN YOU'RE SAD, IT SECURES U WHEN YOU'RE JEALOUS, AND LAUGHS WHEN U ARE MAD...AND THROUGH THE JOYS AND SORROWS, OF LOVE AND HATE AND FEAR, THE MEMORIES CREATED, SHOULD LAST THROUGHTOUT YOUR YEARS...LOVING IS THE ANSWER, IT GROWS FROM WHAT U LEARN, YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE THE FUTURE, THE POINT OF NO RETURN...WHEN U GO OFF CENTER, AND LOSE YOUR SENSE OF PRIDE, THE NEGATIVE SURROUNDS U, WITH BITTER WORDS AND LIES...SOMETIMES IN DECISION, AND SOMETIMES IN REGRET, SOMETIMES INSECURITY, AND SOMETIMES AS A THREAT...BECAUSE OF CONSTANT PRESSURE, BECAUSE OF FEAR OF WHY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE QUESTIONS, AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE LIES...U NEED TO TOUCH YOUR CENTER, IS WHAT I CAN SUGGEST, GET HOLD OF FAITH AND CONFIDENCE, THIS IS THE LAST REQUEST...U NEED TO START THINGS OVER, STARTING WITH THE TRUTH, U NEED TO START TO CHANGE THE PAST, BEGAN WITHIN YOUR YOUTH...YOU'RE JUST A FISH IN WATER, SWIMMING FOR YOUR LIFE, A THINKING FEELING PERSON, LOOKING FOR WHATS RIGHT...U NEED TO TOUCH THE CHILD, HELD DEEP WITHIN US ALL, ESCAPE THROUGH TRUTH AND HONESTY, NOT UP AGAINST THE WALL...PETS SHOW US THIS SECRET, THEY GIVE LOVE WHITHOUT CONCERN, THE MESSAGE HERE IS GIVING, WITH NO THOUGHTS OF GETTING ANYTHING IN RETURN...WRITTEN AS AN OMEN, ABOUT THE QUEST FOR LIFE, A THOUGHT PROVOKING COMMENTARY, ABOUT SEARCHING FOR WHATS RIGHT...U CAN BE A MARTYR AND DESTROY WHAT U HAVE LEARNED, OR U COULD BE IN ECSTASY, A PLACE THAT U MUST EARN...YOUR THOUGHTS BECOME THE FUTURE--THE POINT OF NO RETURN.



HAVE U BEGUN TO QUESTION THE RULES OF THIS GAME, REFLECT ON YOUR ACTIONS AND TAKE SOME OF THE BLAME...FOR ALL THAT JUST HAPPENS THERE MUST BE A CAUSE, TO FIND IT...THE ANSWER, SIT BACK AND JUST PAUSE...FEEL WHAT YOU'RE THINKING....INVESTIGATE ALL...THINK WHAT YOU'RE FEELING...GROW TO STAND TALL...LOOK AT YOURSELF THEN PONDER THE FACTS, IT'S A POSITIVE ATTITUDE THAT MAKES U ATTRACT....ALL IS IN HARMONY....IT'S A QUIETING SOUND, THE SECRET OF LIFE IS VERY PROFOUND...THE REASON IS CURIOUS, AS ABOVE SO BELOW AND KNOWLEDGE IS HIDDEN AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW

I ONCE READ A BOOK ABOUT THE SECRET OF THINGS, ONLY START WONDERING ABOUT TRUTH AND MEANING...IT WAS A VISION OF LIFE THAT CAME FROM WITHIN, AND IT FILLED ME WITH DESTINY ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN...IT WAS WRITTEN IN SYMBOLS, IN NUMBERS AND FORMS, THE NATURE OF PERFECTION, FROM THE SEED TO REBORN....ALL THE ASPECTS OF LIFE U MUST DISCOVER IN SELF, AND RISE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL U HOPE FOR YOURSELF...BUT THE PATH TO THE ANSWER IS TRAVELED WITHIN, REVEALED TO THE MIND BY A STUDY OF YIN...THE YANG IS THE OUTER AND A VIEW OF CONTRADICTIONS, YOU'RE FIGHTING AND STRUGGLING ALL OF LIFE'S OPPOSITIONS...YIN POWER IS QUIET AND PEACEFUL AND STILL, AND YOUR MIND IS IN FOCUS TO UNDERSTAND...AND IT WILL

U CAN STUDY THE ANCIENTS FOR ALL THATS CONCEALED, OR U CAN LOOK TOWARD INTENTIONS TO HAVE IT ALL BE REVEALED...IT'S AS SIMPLE AS SAYING THAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ALIVE, THEY CREATE ACTION AND REACTIONS UNSEEN TO THE EYES...IT'S DIFFICULT UNDERSTANDING THAT LIFE'S A CHARADE, OR THAT FEARS CREATE REALITY...IF YOUR'E SLIGHTLY AFRAID... A GURU CAN TEACH U THE PATH THAT'S UNSAID, THESE WORDS TRY TO SHOW U THAT IT'S INSIDE YOUR HEAD... THE EFFECT OF KNOWLEDGE IS ABOUT TO UNFOLD...THE MISSING LINK IN THIS PUZZLE IS NOT SEIZING YOUR GOALS..