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