Passionate Illusion"Passionate Illusion"Close your eyes and follow me to a place where dreams come trueTrust me with your gentle hands as our lives begin anewAt this moment speakers carry the frequencies of a message I can not deliverThis basement is pumping volumes as its cool air causes me to shiverAs you become mesmerized by the breathtaking sights and soundsAllow yourself to drop weightlessly to the unseen groundDo not fear the fall dear in fact take in the marvelous viewNothing will ever cause harm as long as you are in my viewPassing stars and a setting moon command the destinies of two naive soulsWho want nothing more than to feel as
Treetops"Treetops"Watching drips of water tease along the treetopsAbove the lonely, deprived flowers in the soil which cry outI will always miss everything about youBefore you changed into someone I never knewAnd everything that you pretended to beWas blatantly lost in distant realitiesYou've become a dream now that I retraceLike the ones I've written on paper crumbled in spaceBurning the scraps of the things I once adoredScratching through my head until I can't dream anymoreWho has given you the right to call the signsAnd dictate our feelings; especially those that are mine?Within your burdens I know I understandThat unde
Where She Dwells"Where She Dwells"They will never find you where you dwellUntil someone unlocks your restraintsYou can remain captive in your own cellYour innocence baffles even those of saintsBut tonight I will take my chancesEither that or dig my own graveRisks often in one's life enhancesAnd keeps all the blood I swore I'd saveI hear screams for aid across the plainsIn which I beg for you to live one more dayBefore your blood down the sewer drainsMaybe I can help you find your way All of your excuses turn to liesThe eyes of death are upon meNot even staples could cover your eyesOnce the clock strikes a quarter to
Statues"Statues"Why these changes to the lives of strangers?Falling from reality into a life of dangerDeranged fantasies strike those who understandLife never goes according to our plansYou exposed the darkest component of meTurning me into someone I could never beWith a stare as piercing as the eyes you seeYou have forever helped in setting my soul freeSo with the clothes on my back and a sack full of goldI travel onward to wander through the coldUnhinging my feet which were nailed to the floorSearching through this world for something moreI wander and ponder what I am looking forDigging through consciousness silencing t
Free Falling“Free Falling”I dreamed once of flyingWithout a destinationJust upwards and onwardsThrough the constellationsPast Venus and MarsThrough Saturn and it’s ringsPast the noble gasesAnd down to clouds and singI appreciate the windsEyes tear and glowFree falling in the nightInto clouds as soft as snowGive me strength to fly awayLife is not easy to winMy wings are not like yoursWith the shape that I am in
Galaxies And Seas"Galaxies And Seas"We exist to wonderAbout the galaxies and seasSolutions always vagueAbout how they came to beWe ponder the EgyptiansThe sphinxes and their marksHow the earth can rotateWhy there's night and darkWe ponder over mountainsAnd the cracks that fall betweenSerenity and miseryNothing's ever like it seemsWe lay our heads in bedsAnd over-thinking bringsLove and hate and remorseAnd why we feel such thingsWe live in speculationIn fear of the unknownWe blindly make decisionsAnd then reap what we have sewnFires burn like cancerWe contain the treasuresSpace exceeds foreverStill we find no answerWe are always
Slow Dance“Slow Dance”With crowded people in a compact roomShe feels more than ever aloneIn her isolated corner building cocoonsShe wished the party had been postponedAt least then she could have found a dateOr something more stylish to wearOr perhaps even lose some weightAnd find time to tease her hairShe observes the people dancingAnd can feel the love in the airBut sadly no one is advancingTo this girl in tragic despair She sees the alcohol to her leftPerhaps she should take a drinkThis way her night she could forgetAnd no longer bother to thinkAbout how miserable she has becomeOr how her eyes have lost their glowEve
Ordinary Day“Ordinary Day”Somewhere in this town are the sounds of gunfireCertain people live while others expireAcross from this scene a truck has just deliveredMany groceries to a store located by the riverDozens of families flock to buy food for their kidsCompletely unaware they could be the next to go God forbidTheir children are in school sitting quietly in their seatsWhile the headmasters instruct because they have so much to teachElsewhere an organ bellows signaling the beginning of a mass While a man’s car on the highway has run out of gasThe sun becomes masked by clouds as rain invades grassSomeone robbed a jewel
Puppy Dog"Puppy Dog"When someone reaches out And says that they careIt's easier to runBelieve me, I've been thereI know what it's likeTo extend a steady handTo those who always claimThat no one ever understandsAnd honestly it's trueBut yet I keep on givingMy hand never shutsAs long as I'm still livingBut I know I'm not youAnd I know I'll never beAnd I know I never willSee the things you seeBut it is for the bestTo solve things how you knowI don't want to interfereWith your slow and steady growthBut just know I'm hereWaiting calmly everydayPatiently finding wordsTo not screw up what I sayAnd no matter how it hurtsOr whatev
You Are The Writer"You Are The Writer"Speak to me through works of gallant poetryTell me of your fears and woes; goals and miseryLet syllables flow through use of rhymes and wordsLet your voice be raised a pitch to sounds you never heardTell me of your troubled times through the use of fictionMask the pain in metaphors, prayers, and benedictionsYou are the writer and the soul of the one you've come to knowWhy not give your tale a happy ending before it's time to go?Through the use of monologues, you can tell a tonLike how you stunned the King or how your race was wonBut maybe you prefer to give your tale a twistThe frog doesn't have to be a prin
Catch Me"Catch Me"As I felt the breeze smack me; I knew this was finally itI couldn't possibly survive; I knew I couldn't missI looked to the left of me; the shadow followed me downI saw the shadow crying; it knew soon we'd hit the groundI caught glimpse of reality; despite falling at great heightsBy looking through the windows; at least ones that had the lightsI saw a person snorting drugs and a father yelling at his sonThey had left their television running; I think the Yankees wonFor not letting her go out, a girl screamed at her momAnd a little further down, a guy had made a bombThe wind felt so nice, but I could not look awayBe
The Fog"The Fog"Every one of us has fog in our livesSome more than others; some of us chokeAnd no matter the place where we resideWe're always gasping and breathing in smokeThis fog develops and envelops us wholeBlinding our very sense of directionWe often can't see which way to goSo we hide behind our fog's objectionsThis air becomes too thick to breatheFrom the very moment of our youthAnd often hidden below and beneathIs the very essence of elusive truthBut we can not see all the idealsWalking around lost in a cloudy hazeSo we blindly guess at what is realHoping that we have found the wayBut opaque roads are rocky and littere
Rain, Rain Go Away"Rain, Rain Go Away"The sun set as she walked away that dayAnd it rained and rained for days to comeHe became used to gazing at skies of greyBut man oh man he sure did miss that sunDay by day his light began to fadeAs he thought "Dear God, what have I done?"His own tears would mix with the rainBecause God Almighty he missed that sunMeanwhile water continued to showerThroughout this lonesome phaseEven droopy were those flowersFrom the bouquet he made last MayHe tried to cover his woundsBy changing on random nightsBut the answer he already knewNo intensity would ever match that lightEverywhere he went, clouds followed alon
Learning To Fly“Learning To Fly”Deep within a forest's workingsLay creatures of the night slowly lurkingAnd nestled within branches of the treesLies little birds grouped in threesThough so young to their mothers' delightThey decided their birds are ready for flightBut not every bird is geared to leave the nestIn fact many of the birds cry in protestMeanwhile gathered together on the ground belowAre vicious animals lurking to and froReady to devour the ones who failTo successfully take to the skies and sailNo sooner do the birds begin to flyDo many of the birds' flights turn awryCrashing into every obstacle on their routeWhile t
What I See"What I See"In all these city streetsWhere people look the sameThe only one I seeIs the one that has your faceAnd all these city soundsWhere echoes ring in painThe only sound I hearIs the calling of your nameAnd all the leaves that changeOn all these sturdy treesCan never mean a thingUnless you're here with gleeAnd all the roses bloomAnd blossom in the nightFor you I'd pick out oneAnd hold it in the lightAnd all the doves that flyIn all these lonely timesAre completely unawareHow much I raise you highAnd where they go I knowDoesn't matter whenThey are in their flightTogether they stay friendsAnd all the ones that
Need A Hug?"Need A Hug?"The wind chimes are ringing from a delicate blowThe city in lights is completely covered in snowThe waters are freezing down by the bayBut all of these sights to me appear greyA rainbow appeared minutes after rainA patient with a doctor was cured of his painFamilies on-board are being served on a trainBut this food just doesn't taste the sameA butterfly has landed on a delicate branchThe cattle are roaming outside on a ranchHummingbirds are chirping high in a treeOh, how I wish you were here with meA festival is held in a city's huge hallsA boy is waiting for an intimate callA bass is pumping music through the
This Old Soul"This Old Soul"This old soul is an empty canvas in need of colorIt's pale infrastructure lacks confidence and codeThe barren wasteland that's inside my bodyIs no different than that lonely roadYou know, the one that nobody takesThe one that's covered with potholes and snakesThe road that leads to nowhere fastIs where I find myself currently atThis old soul is a dark, empty cavernThat is uncharted on every mapWhile trying to locate myselfI fell into my horrid trapIf you were to try to examine it stillI can't be responsible for what you findLike the images of crashing carsI'd lose my grip or lose my mindThis old soul is th
Like You, Dad"Like You, Dad"When I grow up, I want to be like you, DadI want to give my children the things I never hadI want to raise and nurture them the best I canAnd if they fail at times of course I'll understandI want to be there for them, the way you were there for meThrough hardships and happiness we'll build our memoriesI want to watch them grow and change the way I didAnd pray I don't leave them early like you left me, God forbidI want to follow in your footsteps; every step by stepThough it's never easy because many nights I weptFeeling hopeless and lost; emptied by exhaustI wanted to go up with you by any means or costBecause
Strength Of Heart"Strength Of Heart"When I'm in need of courage and strengthI look to those who have gone to great lengthsLike the martyrs who sacrifice for peace on EarthOr a mother who dies during child labor birthI think about the police who risk their lives for meSo I may walk around feeling secure and freeYou never know who could pull a gun or a knifeBut the police are there to save my lifeI think about my teachers who gave the best advicePeople who have been there and seen the lightI think about those who lost others to tragediesAnd how they make it past each day with the love of familyI think about people who suffer not by their choice
Devil's Eyes"Devil's Eyes"With all the pleasures you seekLike ivory skin and golden bonesSend the devil back to hellWe don't want him in our homesAll the things you take for grantedAs he watches from across the plainTempting you to take advantagePlease make this feeling go awayThere's passions we can not seeLust, Greed, Desire, HateThat slowly manifests in usThat are sometimes hard to shakeHe could be sleeping in your bedWhispering evil in your earCompletely filling your headWith all the things you fearAnd the more you let him enterYour frail and fragile livesThe more he starts to mentorAnd dictate as he hidesDeep within the ca
Hold On"Hold On"Come on, kidPlease don't disappearWe have a better place for youThat's far away from hereYou have to get betterWe always wanted a sonLet the medicine run it's courseThis battle is not yet wonI know you're not breathingThe doctors told me whyThey told me you're not leavingAnd maybe you could dieThere are plenty who love youWaiting at our homeMommy fixed your cribThis bed is not a throneThis is the third time I've beenIn a hospital this yearThe others didn't go wellI lost many who were dearI ran away to find myselfBecause I was once lostI needed to see what was importantPaths were so criss-crossedBut I'v
Long Way Home"Long Way Home"You wouldn't know thisBut when I'm lostI run away from myself to a place where for just one minuteI can find a piece of momentary blissAnd gain an eye-fill of how small my soul isIn comparison to the galaxies at hand.Surrounded by petals and fireflies,I gaze up and find beauty in the constellationsAs the cool, night air helps me breathe inward. If you could maintain the image of the constellationThat I find the most happiness in gazing at,Then you would know nothing Of the exquisite beauty your existence personifiesAnd radiates in the framework of my mind.And for that very millisecond,As small as a spec as I a
Stress Relief"Stress Relief"I want to hang a punching bag in my room And beat it repeatedly untilIt leaves a mess that needs a broomAnd there's no more stuffing filledI want to bring a lighter to my faceAnd burn away my bloodshot eyesSo I can't witness self-disgraceSo I can't see who I despiseI want someone who I can drownUntil water encompasses their fleshThey must promise to bring me downBy rope our hands are tightly meshedI want to be punched in the head so hardI'm knocked back into yesterdayJust leave me laying in the darkAnd maybe I'll forget my waysI want to scream into my shirtUntil my lung capacity explodesI'll continue unt
Love Is"Love Is"The most complex, rare, and precious emotion any human being can experienceAnd when you find that love, you grasp it, hold onto it, and never let it go.Cherish it, for love like that may never come again. Trust in it. Nourish it. Listen and Understand. Watch it slowly blossom like a flower in the sunlight.Cultivate it. Work at it. All the joys, pains, and woesLove is certainly not easy, but the results are profound.Love is like the wind. You can't see it, but it's there.You can't touch it, see it, taste it, but you feel it's in the air.You can feel the fuzzy, warmness of your heart and in your mind When you allow anothe
Mid-Life Crisis"Mid-Life Crisis"Everything I am is a testament to my mediocre life.I never felt a sense of pride and achievementBecause I smashed the few trophies I earned for fourth place.Mister average is what I call myself; just standard issue.I'm not talented at much nor did I start young.I'm nothing special; honorable mention at best.I don't blame my parents, my friends, or people I love.I blame myself for never tryingNever pursuing more; never trying to be better than what I amNever getting out there more; never taking risks.I have so much unfulfilled potential.Potential that I'll never know what could have been.Perhaps I was scared of f
Curtain Call“Curtain Call”On a corner of a block lies a theater with a stageFor twenty dollars audiences sit like mice in a cageWatching actors personify characters they are notUnderstanding metaphors and subtle nuisances in plotsExcept for this play the actors have vanished Craving an encore the audience is famished The actors have taken leave; the director walked out the doorThe orchestra section is empty for they will play no moreThere is no phantom; there is no operaThe sopranos can not sing; the tenors concur The scripts are ripped, the actors have no direction The villains have quit for they lack motivationThe curtains
Hall Of Mirrors"Hall Of Mirrors"I was once thrown into a hall of mirrorsSurrounding me on every sideI was forced to look deep into my soulFor I had not a place to hideEvery mirror reflected someone different Some versions were fat or thinEach version had different color eyesBut none revealed the person withinSome versions were short or tallSome had me in a tie and suitSome had me in a summertime shirtBut none revealed the person I knewEvery mirror showed different contrastAnd different objects floating in spaceSome reflections were lighter than othersBut none helped reflect my own faceSo finally down on hands and kneesI asked desperat
Johnny Boy"Johnny Boy"Little Johnny sits on his wooden doorstep everyday isolatedNever having a girlfriend nor any friends left him frustratedJohnny was a proper person, but unfortunately mocked at schoolFor reasons kids can't comprehend because kids can be cruelLittle Johnny's now on his doorstep weeping alone; he has nobodyHe takes a sip from his Kool Aid and cries to himself; he's so lonelyIt's not his fault he wears glasses and acquires good gradesBut he's never been to a sporting event nor ever stayed up lateThis pattern happens everyday as the kids push him aroundSome days are worse than others; like the time he kissed the groundIf
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