Starfall

Standing alone-
I’m one in a million
All alone
But lost in the billions
A galaxy of stars
An eternity afar
Standing so small-
Earthbound-
See, this is where we are
Everything and anything
Moving just to be
Never here and never will
But its everything to me
Painting pictured
Spilled out on canvas
Eradicate rigor
And vigorous abandon
Standing alone
Curtains open, windblown
Lost in the masses
Constricted by impasses
Meteor showers fall from above
Masses of strangers below
I’m moved to know I’m still loved
When I see stars fall outside my window

Dandelion Dust

Forgotten- a cotton candy posy
White cloud upon a stem
It started as a yellow bloom
A dandelion gem
A solid source
That grew off course
A bloom destined for doom
A gentle breeze blew overseas
And set the seedlings free
Scattered pieces
A puzzling puzzle-
It’s dandelion dust
A million matchless members
Fallen from a stem that no one remembers

London Bridge

Like London Bridge has fallen down
The will caves in without a sound
Like mice and men just cannot win
So go the statistics of caving in
The Tower of Pisa continues to lean
So push at the boundaries, so tear at the seams
The Wall of Berlin was cracked and crumbled
So the will to do right is pummeled and tumbled
A little domino sways at the very tip-top
Of the line that is affected by one tiny drop
First a pebble must roll for a mountain to fall
An insult must be tossed for the barroom to brawl
The aftershock rumbles after the biggest quake
The ricochet is triggered by your menial mistake-
So you've said that you'll never win
The battle raging and storming within
Please stop to make a double take
No one is alone, and no one gets a break
All aboard the Titanic had no choice but to go under
So shall your fall tear another fragile soul asunder
Like the high tides of a tsunami will eventually fall back
This moment too shall pass, so keep your sanity intact!

Nothing at All/ This is Your New Year

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
As you say goodbye
To everything you trust
The well-worn path behind you
And the nightfall just ahead
The exit wounds have closed now
False friends have cut and fled
There is nothing left to run from
Nothing left to hold onto-
Your tattered ties are undone
The time-cracked seams are unglued-
How can you call this suffering?
When it is so clearly self-inflicted?
Yet it isn't what judge or jury decided
It's only you who have indicted
There's nothing left to hold onto
There's nothing here at all-
You're at the end of daybreak-
At the bottom of a painful fall
It's okay for you to get up now-
It's okay if you can only crawl
The past is past and done now
Trying again can't hurt AT ALL
So say goodbye, past
So sell yourself dear
So say hello
This is your new year

S-middle-EA ////////////// Middle of the SEA

On a boat, off the port, in the middle of the sea
It seems like I am all alone, but You're sitting right by me
Somehow land has drifted out of sound and out of sight
Someway day has darkened deeply and fallen into night
Tell me, does it really matter?
The soft rainfall, the pitter-patter?
The fact that I cannot appreciate-
Escape a downpour of rain, lest I suffocate?
On this boat, far from port, in the middle of the sea
There's a hole at the bottom, but You told me not to worry
Lightning flashes brilliantly as thunder rolls and rolls
Waves toss restlessly as current pulls and pulls
There's a hole at the bottom, puddles deepen to the knee
I asked for You to bail me out and You said, "Just please trust Me"
Tell me how can this still matter?
The thrashing waves, the splatter-splatter?
The boat is now about to sink-
My trust for You is at the brink-
Pitch-black waves blot out the stars of the sky
But just when I thought that I should surely die
You reached out Your hand and said, "Peace. Be still,
Let the seas be calm, because it is My will."
Then the downpour ceased and the sun began to shine
And the boat was secure and dry again in very little time
On this boat, off the port, in the middle of the sea
I'm sorry I didn't listen when You said, "Just please trust Me"

Sugartrail

Pixie sticks and fruit tape strips
Lolly pops and pop rock dips
A treat for the trickster
Tailspin without the spinster

Sugar highs and candy lows
Warm summer nights under cool moon glow
Bubble Yum and Fun Dipped gum
Sweet Tarts-tarts and Sweetheart-hearts

Pixie sticks and backwards flips
You've heard it all and don't take tips
There's fights though there's plenty
Have some more but still be empty

You know what's best for you
And it isn't what you ever do
Backwards flips and low-hand tricks
You've broken down and it can't be fixed

Slow down for what's coming
It wouldn't have begun if you weren't running-
Off of Pixie Sticks to kick the pricks
The wrong turn where a single lane splits

Life is just like a fairy tale
When you waltz along the sugar trail
Consuming all to no avail
To try again and always fail

One Minute as a Day Slipped Past

Another day, another time
Good morning-
The clock has stopped at half-past nine
Another hour to muster the power
Smile and wake up one more time
Another minute- but what is in it?
The shadows have deepened into a darker skyline
Another second and time has ended
The clock is stopped at half-past nine
Wake up, wake up get out of bed-
Wake up- get up, you’ve lost your head
Minute hand over the six
Hour hand over the nine
Couldn’t you see through the facade?
That there really is no more time?
Catastrophic time, falling into lapses
Microscopic crumbling leading into relapses-
Unbidden the world spins round
Bedridden you can’t stand your ground
How do you find yourself so far now?
When there wasn’t a way to be found?
Unbidden the sun dips down -realize-
Dehypnotized you must open your eyes
Remember the day, remember the time
Ninety miles an hour over a double yellow line
A galaxy in motion but you are somehow frozen
Out of line, out of time and free of mind
Hold onto the wheel
Ease off the gas
Let the stillness stand-
One minute as a day slipped past
The second hand is trembling
Self-obtained delusion disintegrating
Illusion has tumbled away
Goodnight-
Nine thirty one and it’s the end of the day

BREATHING

Are you breathing?
Don’t dare to hold your breath
Are you happy?
So give before you lose what’s left
Are you dancing?
Some can barely stand
Can you see them?
They are hidden in this land
We help to set the captives free
For few are truly fee indeed
Jesus will constantly tread behind
As the fearful run on at such blinding speed
Are you breathing?
Some can stand so still
Are you breathing?
Motionless, they exercise free will
Can you move now?
There is little time for this land
Are you breathing?
You may need to hold a hand
Take a step and take a stand
Take a breath and take a hand
Overcome the obstacles, pain and strife
Make a move and save a life

January: AKA: Written words from a winter-wimp...

I've had my share of winters
Of days as cold as night
Of chills that stab like splinters
Blue fingers numbed by frostbite
I've seen such Januarys
The type to make December mild
Sleet and snow and storms so dreary
And downpours of rain unreconciled
Days so dark but pale
Ice so hard yet frail-
I've seen so many cold days
Black nights when stars blink blue
Reminiscences of the ice age
When glaciers tipped the world askew
Here in the midst of storm-smitten days
Amidst fleeting fascination for snowflakes
Here in the middle of snowfall
Another dawn looks a lot like nightfall
Maybe tomorrow will dawn brighter
Maybe the snow will shine whiter
Maybe the tundra will crack and break
And chill will add frost to the frozen lake
Maybe the dew will crystallize
And I'll be waiting-
Waiting for the ice to melt before my eyes
The damp will dry and the chill will lift
Frozen surfaces dissolve to shards adrift
The plants will awake and bloom brightly
While sunbeams touch down to earth lightly
Sparrows will sing while butterflies soar
And the cold of January will be forgotten-
Making dark days so pale momentarily no more

...noisulli rorrim<>mirror illusion...

All of the mirrors are shattered
When my self-view is such an illusion
And all of my garments are tattered
When self-importance is pure delusion
All of the windows are frosted
When my world view is severely jaded
And I am continuously accosted
Burned out for actions so overrated
Blood on my hands-
I never meant to hurt You so
A spear tossed into Your side
When I turned away to go
Until I looked back once more-
Until I ran back to open the door
You forgave me once again
Such precious blood to touch such sin
Dear God, what have I done?
To turn away to mindless tasks
To forget that You are the only One?
All of the mirrors are immaculate
When You have gone before me
And all of my garments are spotless
When You have made me to be free
And all of the world shines clearly
Because You are showing me how to see

Endlessly In Revision

Here’s an invitation to envision-
Clearly nothing imagined so unclearly
When time is endlessly in revision
And unendingly dissolving eerily
Tick-tock, where is the sense of time?
Elusive intrusion of what was perfectly fine
The watch is fast, but still running late
The calendar is correct, but still out of date
Sleepless nights and low-lit lights
The sleepwalker’s sense of unclear sights
Clocks on overdrive, schedules on overtime
A two-way street and they’ve crossed the fine line
Tick-tock, will we make it out in time?
Sleep-tossing and turning when nothing is fine
Roll back the pages and grab a new slate
Destiny called but I don’t believe in fate
Tomorrow is hypothetical when we only have today
Waiting is nonsensical, to prolong and procrastinate
Analysis is detrimental when it is your freedom at stake
Movement is crucial when you need a path to take

Mona Lisa moment

A Mona Lisa moment
A motion for atonement
Like falling stars so fleeting
A war so self-defeating
A tactical wrong turn
A backburner hand burn
A glimmer of truth
A battle scarred ruse
The perfected facade
Amid smattering applause
No cost because its priceless
When worth is so very worthless
Smile at such a great cost
Smile at what is long lost
Like Mona Lisa is lost to her meaning
So has the smile become so demeaning