End of the Day

The end of the day
And there's so much left to say
Memories fade away
Wide-eyed for sleep I stay
Night falls in the form of dark blue
Reminiscence of what I could not do-
Shutters are pulled shut to cover
Weary lashes shudder to flutter
Bleary eyes water for elusive slumber
Moonbeams rend a dark sky asunder
Low lit lamp lights darken
Pinprick starlights starken
The end of the day
Finding memories faded away
Shadows bleed from gray to black
A curtain of light rolled back
Sweet sunset savored as a delicate dusk
With star showers rolling in above us
Lights put out to be turned on again
Nightfall allowing moonbeams to shine in
Over and over, around and around
What turns over will again come around
It's the end of the day
Tomorrow knows no delay

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