Death (1996)

"Please God," the little girl cried, "Don't let her die!"

Holding her mother's hand, 

The child softly sobbed on her unconscious mother's breast.

Enter: Death.

The child sees him immediately.

She confronts the cold, dark shadow: 

"NO! You will not take my Mommy!"

The two battle one-on-one:

Death with its evil powers.

The child with her solemn prayers.

Death is not easily vanquished but he underestimated the young girl's will.

As quickly as it began the battle was over.

The young girl won.

Mother awakens to see her child lying lifeless on the floor.

Earth in Iambic Pentameter

I know that once I write these words, their lives

At once will both begin and start to end.

And no one will be digging through archives.

There likely won’t be be’ngs like us again.

We’ve made a mess impossible to mend.

And I can almost not endure the days.

Successive torture in a thousand ways.

A weight of knowledge of the things to come

Is saddled on my back for me to haul.

And even if alone, I’ll beat the drum

That we can’t live the lives we lead at all.

If we continue, surely we will fall.

And there will be much suff’ring in the end.

Our only home—on which we all depend—

See, I think Mother Earth has had her fill.

We’ve poisoned her for far too many years.

And she has started to exert her will.

We, humans, are a parasitic smear.

A stain across the planet—it is clear.

A mass extinction caused by human greed

The future’s catastrophic for our breed.

Fate's Dance

Painted black—her raven hair

In flowing rivers—painted her shoulders.

Cheeks-a-blush—a fullness there

Her slate-grey eyes—two sunken boulders.

The darkness of ten thousand years—

But warmth to welcome tortured souls

The envy of her jealous peers—

As if perfection was the goal—

She dances here and there with grace.

Her lovely countenance aglow—

The look of longing on her face.

My heart begins to overflow.

I cut in to steal the dance.

Her eyes meet mine and then they smile.

Though we met by circumstance

Fate would have us dance awhile.

Worms

 

There’ll be no fear

When the worms come near

Eating black

A mass attack

I Wrote You a Song

 I wrote you a song today

Whispered it over the phone

Today was a Wednesday

Are you sick of being alone?

I’m tired of being the same

Of chances never taken.

Dreams of borrowed fame

From which I’ll never awaken.

And you out there, you see,

Just being and existing.

All I want to be

Is with you and persisting.

Tickle, Tickle Child

 Tickle, tickle, child

You’ll be all grown-up one day.

The world will be your oyster;

You’ll have many games to play.

But what you will inherit may not

All be as it seems

The planet, see, is dying,

From humanity’s extremes.

You see, my child, our brains have gotten 

Us in such a bind.

We think that we’re immortal—we think thar

Everything is fine.

But every day we’re dying 

And we do not have a clue.

The environment is changing

And we don’t know what to do.

So tickle, tickle, child, one day 

You’ll inherit this.

And good luck with the mending

As the ending goes to piss.

You Mean This Much to Me

You mean this much to me:

That I would sacrifice my life if it would save yours—

That I think about you whenever you are not here—

That I love you unconditionally because your flaws are part of your perfection—

That birds chirp louder and flowers smell sweeter when you’re around—

That life would not be as good if you were not in the world—

You mean that much to me.

To My Plants

Drink, my beauties!

Soak it all in!

For when it is gone

It won’t come again

At least not that soon

So drink your fill

Drink every drop

Let none of it spill

I’ll let your fruit ripen

Right on the vine

Your bounty will flourish

And all of it, mine.

Heaven

 To me, you are my Heaven.

The sun setting over the ocean

Seen from a secluded beach

Like your favorite ice cream 

Melted to perfection

Easy to eat. 

You’re easy to enjoy.

The way I love you is uncommon

I have never felt this way before

But you are uncommon. 

You’re the rarest gem on Earth

Cut by a jeweler’s hand

To show off all its perfections

You are everything to me

Everything about you I love.

I would sweep you into my arms if given the chance

And I’d never let you go.

I would never do you wrong. 

I would never lie to you.

Or cheat.

Or wrong you in any way.

I’ve fallen for you in a way

I haven’t fallen in quite some time

But I’ve never met someone quite so wonderful

You’re the rarest bird

To me, you are perfection.

Nightly Celestial Dancing

 

All the stars 

In all the skies

And all the moons

Of every size

Come out at night

To do the show

They dance the waltz

‘O how they glow!

Ecstasy Unbound

If you try to beseech me as I'm Drinking in the sound Something will well within me Just like ecstasy unbound. A voice just like a saxophone so Sexy in its plea. A siren’s song compelling me To stroll into the sea.