Chaotic Distress

Death and despair are always near,

A jungle of war,

Swords collide between flamingo heads

And snakes bodies.

A hunter prowls, gun in hand,

Ready to shoot at any second,

An unknown monster stalks,

Prepared to pounce in a moments notice.

A cave man looks over dead bodies,

Of fellow humans in a river of blood,

The souls of the deceased hovering

Around his weedy home.

A dark storm draws closer,

As a stampede of animals race past,

The old woman sweeping

Slowly falls to the bottom of a tangled mess.

A young woman is found

Lying cold and breathless on a cattail,

A man nearby carry the murderous

Stick covered in sticky crimson.

A man reaches for his fading love

In the depths of lush forest,

A guardian angel flies to receive her,

Stealing her away from the grieving soldier.

The soldier carries a friend upon his back

Before the devil darts to take him home.

A baby jumps out of a man’s neck

And sits upon a headless body.

Men and women dance

Below the demon that flies above them

A hunched over old man throws the grenade

That ends the silence.

Ability

Ability is to look at a blank page
And create a poem.
Ability is to stare into the eyes of fear
And come out stronger because of it.
Ability is to walk into a room of strangers
And come out with friends.
Ability is to admit you are wrong
When you are wrong.
Ability is to get back up
When you fall down.
Ability is to believe,
When everything seems lost.
Ability - A simple word with a
Complex meaning.
For many, ability is never found,
But for all, ability is within.
Ability stares everyone in the face
One time or another.
Whether your ability is to shoot hoops,
How well you spin when dancing,
How smart you are in school,
You have ability.
Ability is never lost by trying
But is lost for never trying.
Whether never trying to shoot one more time,
Never trying to bend a little more,
Or never trying to score higher in school,
Ability is within.
Ability is yours.

Love and Death

Six years ago, it would have been today
Five years later, I still can't believe you've gone away.
My love, my life, my soul,
I'm sure you've taken with you.

Ever since that fateful day,
No one just seems worth it.
How do I find a heart so loving as yours?
Why do I give up so easily, so fast?

It's so easy to just walk away,
Pretend like I don't care.
Every since that fateful day,
I don't know how to act or what to do.

You're all I ever knew
And all I ever can,
Nothing ever seems quite right
And probably never will.

Alright

You sang it to me long ago, 

Feeling down, I'd never be

With your sweet, sweet voice

Caressing me.

"Everything's gonna be alright."

Are the words you gave.

If ever a tear fell, 

They'd disappear when you played.

You were my dearest friend, 

Although sometimes quite a clown, 

You'd always seem to make me laugh

When my world turned upside-down.

That fateful day you told me, 

The day you were put to rest, 

Listen to that song, you said, 

When God puts you to the test.

I listen to it now

And although I'd love to cry

I know you wouldn't like that

So I'll just smile and look to the sky.

Winter

The trees are leafless, 

The flowers are dead, 

The white flakes of snow 

Cover my head.

Glistening in the sun, 

I remember a time

When this season was fun.

I'm blinded by beauty 

But shielded from the truth.

I glance up slightly 

As snow falls from the roof.

Lifeless and calm, 

As it may seem, 

Winter makes no promises

As the flakes just gleam.

Just when you think

The beauty is gone.

The snowflakes keep falling 

Like a never-ending song.

Locket

She gave me a locket, 

Not quite sure why.

It had a picture of him, 

It surely made me cry.

"Please bring him back,"

I cry up to the sky.

It's just my luck that 

My best friend would die.

Friends in this world, 

Sure to be.

I could find a bridge

And soon meet the sea.

A life true but unknown, 

He showed me this.

At once it's all around me, 

Ending in an everlasting kiss.

Childhood Memories

Swinging way too high, 

Almost over my head, 

One more push and I'm over the top;

I'm sent to the wall.

Powerless and incomplete

Smiling although I'm headed for trouble.

Glances across the distance - 

I don't care what anyone thinks.

Free of doubt, 

Further every time I reach

Lightning colliding with cool grounds

Icy with a warm sensation, 

Closer to despair, 

Boiling red slipping from his face

I move a little closer

I know he's gone for sure.

The darkness is setting in - 

A thunderstorm in January, 

Soaking wet, no drop of rain, 

Can't distinguish between blood and tears.

Fireworks above me, almost complete, 

I give myself one more push, 

Slowly closing, I let myself go, 

And I am now free.

First Glance

She walked in the room, 

Her hair tightly held in a

Routinely executed bun,

Her clothes plain and boring.

No one would spare her a second glance. 

She gracefully and skillfully

Slipped into a seat, 

Quiet and unnoticed just as she liked.

She sat down, sipping champagne, 

Watching waiters abuzz.

She sat alone, unlike many others

Who sat in company 

For fear of being alone.

It didn't break her single, 

Untouched spirit.

She felt content, 

Her eyes wandering endlessly

From table to table.

She noticed a man, 

Every hair combed neatly in place.

His clothes were plain and boring.

No one would spare him a second glance.

The first would have to do.