Life is for the strong

Can you feel your bones bending
from the weight you must support
do you feel the endless raging
as turmoil wreaks your soul
as tragedy kills your soul
as you live forever more

Why do you listen to them
they only bring you low
can you bear the ceaseless echoes
of life's sad emptiness
this grasping emptiness
life's delicate abyss

When life is going nowhere
and you know it's killing you
will you stand and make a difference
can you hope to build anew
or is life killing you
no dreams are coming true

Second Serenade

Did you hear me playing softly
out your window last night
My music sifting lightly through
the trees
The serenade I played for you
To lull you into dreams
My music drumming on the
new spring leaves

Did you notice that I held you
wrapped in softest summer air
Did it comfort you to know
that I was here
Do you understand the messages
I'm sending on the wind
The ones that tell you I am
somehow near

Breathe deeply my sweet darling
Let life's music bring you ease
Let time bring you the solace that you
need
And if you listen closely
you'll hear my whispered song
For I'm singing to you on each
errant breeze

Gathered Stems

Beautiful the bounty of my
gathered stems
Dainty petals scattered on the floor
Brilliant are the jeweled hues lying there
Random patterns by the garden door
Pretty as a painting, petals on the floor

Ferguson

Tragedy, infamy, destiny, legacy
Ferguson, Missouri
Misery
Family
Endlessly
Calling me
Begging me
Witness me
Telling me
You must see
What no one sees
No transparency
Given me
How can I see
Hidden from me
Help me see
Is killing free
Or destiny
Or killing spree
Or simply tragedy

Our world is mourning
Or it should be

Outcry

There's so much noise
So much confusion
Reality growing thin
I need escape
A grand illusion
Far from where I've been

I'm all used up
No longer youthful
Life has worn me down
Stop being kind
Try being truthful
Just say what's on your mind

No end in sight
Unless I make one
There's nowhere left to hide
I need a break
I'm going crazy
Life will not be denied

Lonely Girl

Each day I see her passing by
And wonder at her saddened state
I wonder what her story is
What led her to this tragic fate

What is she so frightened by
Huddled in her lonely space
Fragile, desperate lonely girl
Caught up in a darker place
Huddled behind her frightened face
Searching for a safer place

There is no hope within her heart
She walks with careful measured pace
Arms wrapped tight around her frame
Moving with unconscious grace
Loneliness upon her face
Searching for a safer place

Desperate girl, alone and frail
Huddled with unfailing grace
Will your searching bring you peace
Hopelessness etched on your face
Will you find your safer place
Or disappear without a trace

Autumn Walk

Rush of wind, a tumbling breeze
Fills the air with crispy leaves
Crackling path beneath my shoes
Autumn making love to trees

Works of Autumn's wonder
Tantalize the eye
Song of rustling leaves
Autumn's flying by

Ups and Downs

I want  roller coaster
No Ferris wheel for me
No round and round that
Merry go round
That's not the life for me

I crave the roller coaster
It's crazy twists and turns
The highs and lows that
everyone knows are the
Thrills for which I yearn

My life's a roller coaster
for me the perfect ride
I'll live it all
No fear I'll fall
With you here by my side

Struggles

I'm going to get some sleep
tonight
I say with fingers crossed
I'll lay me down
and snuggle in
Tonight I'll rule the darkness

I close my eyes
and count to ten
Then I count to twenty
Don't be upset
Don't give up yet
Perhaps it's just too early

Just My Opinion

Seems to me that lately
more than ever so before
people bent on sharing
unsolicited opinions galore

I know that we all have them
I certainly have mine
And we're all so proud to share them
with anyone, any time

Too bad this present frenzy
doesn't extend to doing deeds
We should keep our own opinions
And ask what people need

We are hope

Quietly
Flying under the radar
Carefully
Making slow progress

Gently
Everything is fragile
Purposefully
Keep it all in line

Barely
Keeping hold of our reason
Tentatively
Reaching out for support

Wondrously
Finding hope where none
flourished
Gloriously
Light shines on a new day

Choices

I know you said you were going
I thought that I knew what that meant
I thought that you were being heroic
and I thought there was time to be spent
I didn't know then what you meant
I only just got what you meant

The last time we talked was so easy
Grim reaper and time had no say
you told me you had it all figured
and you now saw clearly your way
A way to spend every last day
I didn't know this was your way

Now all that I knew is in tatters
Our plans have no substance, they're gone
My hands held before me are empty
I have no way left to hold on
Each dream I held close is now gone
No life shared with you, it's all gone

Nothing is as I had planned it
The world is now barren and dry
all dreams run like paint in a rainstorm
The only thing left is goodbye
I don't think our love was a lie
Yet, all I have left is goodbye

For You

Life keeps pulling at me
Untold invoices accumulating
Nothing left to pay the piper
Resources at an all time low
Tapped Out

Then you call
Leaving short messages
Asking innocuous questions
How are you?
Can you call me?

And I am at full alert
Untapped resources
Ready to tackle any issues
For you

For you
I am reenergized
Rejuvenated
Reborn

For, you are my world
My friend
My concern
My joy
And for you
I am inexhaustible