Your Art

Out Of One, Into Another

March 19, 2008

I cannot have it

It is a deep downward slope

Once you fall you have fallen

Unless you confide in the clammy ugly hand

That leads to another trench

But one I am familiar with

I slowly accept the hand

Willing to be there if only I get out

Out of the other hole I have fallen into

Your Art

Sept. 8, 2016

I am drawn to this type of art

I completely want to stay enclosed

Encompassed in the serenity of the strokes

Becoming a fragment of the design

Disappearing into its beauty

The artist packs my desire up and goes home

Or sells the masterpiece to the highest bidder

I will never be

But it has touched me and taken part of me

My mind will always be its slave

Isolated within my bare walls

Consuming Me

I Have Control

March 18, 2008

I have control

Holding onto the dark flowing kite

I decide how far it goes

The weather man warned of the storm

But I am strong

The lightening won't hit my kite

Because I have control

Consuming Me

Sept. 5, 2016

Years I have made the fire blaze

Heat warming my face and chest

Adding to the flame to build

Others join to help

Log after log is added

They cannot see my feet held tight

The warmth intensifying

But they keep adding more

My skin turning raw and blistered

Screaming I beg them to stop

Damaged looks cross their faces

They stop

Dejectedly watch as the fire consumes me

Unfamiliar Ground

Mysterious Darkness

March 13, 2008

The dark threatening clouds

Rolling over and through my head

Bringing a sense of excitement

Sparking interest in the shadows

Holding desire

Just because it is a mystery

The wonder is half of the allure

Not knowing making it attractive

Unfamiliar Ground

May 22, 2014

Thriving on familiar ground

Yet I tear away

To my whims I am bound

Later I will pay

In this depth will I drown?

Remaining where I lay?

Where I am I won't be found

If I determine to stay

Should I move, favoring the sound?

Perhaps one more day

Why I Can

Lowest To Highest

March 12, 2008

The stress of it all is wearing me down

Crushing every inch of hope

Making me sick with despair

Time to see where my work has got me

I have succeeded above all else

All the empty darkness is filled

With brightly shining accomplishment

The difference before and after

The low to the high

Is worth not being in the middle

Why I Can

May 21, 2014

I can do this because I've practiced

Practiced until it was made a habit

Habit that successfully hid me from myself

Myself has become so many

Many forms for different moments

Moments made for others, always

Always a different voice, different face

Face that belongs to me

Me hidden behind them

Them that double as I

Shining Star

Changing The World

March 11, 2008

When I was younger

The teachers taught

That one day we could change the world

With our imaginations

As children

We made the world ours

But as the years go by

And the lessons are learned

The more our minds are confined

To how the world will be forever

Shining Star

May 12, 2014

The star I watch is much too glorious

To approach and feel, I will get burned

Enchanted, unnoticed, I move closer

The intensity so powerful it almost hurts

But it does not, not yet

Hearing my name, calling me back

I can, but I don't return

Weakness as strong as two magnets

Each blink draws me forward

Burning flame, please go out

Before life ends in your heart

Whipping Winds

Freedom

March 10, 2008

They go paving the way for the rest

Supported and excited

The excitement wavers

Till the hope and joy fades

Leaving me to push

To make my way for freedom

No longer for excitement and pride

But for the betterment of the world

And hopefully for myself

Whipping Winds

March 30, 2014

The wind whips through my heart

As I feel the warmth abandon me

The anticipation for tomorrow torn apart

As I stare at the bare tree

It weighs me down, with heavy eyes

Shaking cold I lie in bed

Dreaming of warmer skies

For too long I've looked ahead

How to climb with no sight

I wish for warms arms to carry me

All alone I must hold myself tight

Till from this ice I am free

In My Mind

You Would Think

March 9, 2008

You would think

That if you tried harder you would succeed

You would think

If you thought about it longer you would remember

The logic of the world

Is unlike gravity

Pulling right where we know it will go

Instead it takes unusual turns

Throwing us off balance

Making our minds wonder, "You would think..."

In My Mind

March 12, 2014

You've found an unbarred door

One coated in dust

In my mind you wander

Leaving things in disarray

Feeling you behind my eyes

I shudder, feeling defenseless

I cannot recognize what is mine

Mistakenly using your tools

Tearing apart the patches

I've reinforced too many times

Painful work now in shambles

Starting over seems unfair