Poser

Give me a face
And make me over
Change my hair
And take me over
Make me new
And make me better
Fix my heart
From that gross letter.
Let me tell you
It's been shattered
But trust me,
Soon, that won't have mattered.

Movie Time

Once upon a movie night
I watched it and I didn't cry
My friend and sister by my side
I was unaffected.
Was I moved or was it boring
All around me there was mourning
On screen the performance soaring
Something I respected
So though I did not join in the tears
I still enjoyed it despite the fears
I will remember through the years
The show I saw tonight.

Nonsensical

Good ideas
Have good conclusions
While bad
Ideas
Fall
Short.
How can this
Friendship
Be
Such
A good thing
When it keeps
Falling short
And
Falling apart.

How Do I Put This?

Don't know what there's left
To say.
Once it's all taken
Away.
You have said
And I have stood
Now I'm just not
In the mood
For all your drama
And your games
I know it will
End up the
Same.

Never Lost

"How could we lose you?"
The world asked three times.
First for Ed -
Who launched careers
And gave teddy bears.
Next for Farrah,
Who I remember for
Playing simply
The role of a mother.
And finally, Michael
Who no one expected
To lose so soon -
The King Of Pop,
But also a father,
And also a child,
Hurting and searching
For peace.
Tonight,
And always,
We remember you.

Not Measuring Up

Frustrated
With the weirdness
Unfolding
On my TV set.
It takes too long
There is no meat,
And Toni keeps on
Saying "street."
Where are seasons
Two and three
Where Travis moved
And Danny leaped?
Where Sara WAS.
And Jaimie fit
Where Anya and Pasha
Were consummate?
Where is the passion?
Where is the heart?
Where's creativity?
Where's the art?

Deference

Out of time
Not out of breath
I could keep going
After this
But I have a schedule
To keep, and a bedtime
So rhymes
Will have to wait
Til next time.

What's Coming?

How do you believe
In what's no longer there?
How do you open
Yourself up to the pain
That's sure to be there
When you turn around?
How do you hold
Yourself together
When all that's around you
Is falling apart?
How do you prepare
Yourself for what's coming
When you
Yourself have no idea
What's coming?

Twenty-Eight

So much that went
On today
In a great and
Busy way.
Time with family
Time with friends
Presents, phone calls,
It depends.
Love was sent
One more year spent
Living out our turn
Nothing to mourn
Of more time borne -
We grow - and then we learn.

Time Well-Spent

Time flies
So spend it wisely.
Be with friends
And be with
Family.
Because we know with
Each day
That passes -
Tomorrow is not
Guaranteed us.

Process

Creativity.
Sometimes it flows from me.
Sometimes it stops me
In my tracks.
Sometimes the words are just
There.
And sometimes they're hopelessly
Lost somewhere.
But they always come back
And I always come back
To write them down.

Mila

We may have lost you
But you are not gone.
You may have been young
But you were wise.
You may be gone,
But you're not forgotten.
You may have hurt
But it's all better now.
You may have been tiny
But you were fierce
Today we remember
Because you were here.

Reflect

When you look beyond the surface
What is it that you see?
When you're looking at this picture
And think you're seeing me
When you're looking in the mirror
And you're looking at yourself
Do you see what lurks
Beneath the surface
And wish that you were
Someone else?
When you look into the mirror
See the heart behind your eyes
Know you're who you're meant to be.
And hold your head up high.

Don't Let This

Will actions make me
Lose my hope?
Will opinions make me
Change my own?
Will something attractive
Make me distracted
Will a long friendship
Really be long-lasting?
Will my desire for acceptance
Override my common sense?
Will a bad experience taint
My view of one church for the rest?
I can say with confidence
And I am self-assured
The person who was easily swayed
Isn't that way anymore.

All I Have To Say

There were times, and
There were people -
There were moments
When I needed you.
There were times when
You were there, and
I didn't feel
So alone then.
There is love, and
Admiration
There's respect, and
What I know is
I have a friend, and
I am grateful.
All I have to say is
Thank you.

The Right Time For Dreaming

Sleep right through
The action
Awaken to
A wakeful gaze.
Don't miss out
On what life has -
Let it shock and
Amaze you.

Found

Look around
And I'm alone
Nothing. No one
There for comfort.
But once
In awhile
Someone
Comes to
Fill the space.
Today I'm
Okay, because
Today
I found you.

Choosing Love

Everyone
Deserves to have
It.
Not everyone
Can find
It.
Even if they
Seek it out
Not everyone
Will like
It.
That's why the
Beauty lies
When everyone can
Choose it.
And when
You choose
The
Love you want
Hold tight
So you don't
Lose
It.

Shuns

Confusion. Decision.
Illusion. Derision.
Identification. Action.
Attraction. Reaction.

Behavior Modification

Stop living in your sadness
Don't wallow in mistakes
It's not attractive and you know it
Believe that life is what you make it.

Putting Together The Pieces

Give me all the pieces
And throw me in the
Middle of the mess.
Ask me to make sense
Of the senseless.
I'll give it a try -
Though there are no
Guarantees
That I'll come out with more
Than the pieces
I started with.

It Doesn't Have To Make Sense

Tension.
Not to mention
Subway showtunes
And fleece.
Cold lives.
But so do the songs
That remind me
What's important.

Take Your Pick

Light shines
From
Unexpected places.
And
Darkness cloaks
Us in its
Insensitivity.
It is our own
Choice, then,
Which we choose
To focus on -
The dark lurking
Or the light
Waiting.

Unsecret Secrets

Secrets dancing
In my head
Of secret plans
And secret dread
Secret dreams
And secret pride
Don't keep the
Secrets all inside.

Falling Short

Expectations
Fine to have them
Except
When they
Cannot be met
Expectations
That fail to meet
Expectations
Make acceptance
Look
Ridiculous

No Way With Words

Sometimes,
I seriously wonder
If I am as good with words
As I think I am.
Sometimes,
I think I need to reconsider
What I think I was
Meant to do.
Because
As I look at some
Of the things
I've written,
They seem clumsy,
Juvenile
And arbitrary
Upon further inspection.