"Is it in you?"

Darkness...

Does this darkness have a name?

Why does this cruelty and hatred that exists in our world seem to take up such an important place?

This darkness is cold, empty, and completely unforgiving

Does it simply steal into our lives or do we actively seek it out embracing it?

This kind of being does not naturally exist within us

This way of being is taught to us ever since the tender age of innocence

What happened to us?

What has happened to us?

That we now send ourselves-our children-out into this world like we send so many young men and woman to war

This darkness looms over us...

Waiting and praying to find a weak point on our surface or in our lives so it can seep its way in

Its always there, hiding in plain sight

Nobody tries to understand anymore

Hate has almost become a value that everyone holds so dear to everything that they love

With hope and faith failing...

We have come to realize that some of our loved ones won't have a safe return home

We willingly know that so many will be lost along the way...

When did we become so lost?

When did we lose our way?

We have become consumed by the lurking shadows

We have been swallowed whole by the darkness

This darkness continues to breed in the stale air around us

With each act that is taken against humanity by another human being

We are forced further down into submission, and to the most unfortunate irrevocable end

Does this darkness have a name?

Is it in you?

Is it your name?

© 2012

"Killing Time"

So suddenly things have changed

In an instant the world stopped turning

Life wakes you up with an unbearable shock when you finally see who you have become

With everyone obsessed with speed there is less time to treasure the finer things in life

Narrow viewpoints turn into hateful prejudice

Money is spent more and more, and we end up with less

With every convenience brought forth there is a new problem

Lost time diminishes our senses causing people to get angry too quickly

We’ve learned how to rush and rarely wait

No one is on time, everyone is running late

People live their life too recklessly and seldom realize that they have reduced their values

Lying is done too often, so stop talking and just listen…

Start adding life to years instead of years to life

We’ve conquered larger things, but not our inner being

Everyone has taken on hurtful habits that only pollute our souls

Goals are set as we work against ourselves to accomplish nothing

So we end up standing together alone

There is less communication, appeasement, and lower morals

Shorter tempers and steep bets follow shallow relationships

There is no more work involved because everything has become so easy to use

Where morality is thrown away without a second glance

Until there is nothing left to make life and the world to go away

There will be no pills, drugs, or easy fix

It is when the cheering comes to a deafening silence that once again we are left with time to kill…

© 2012

"Knock Knock"

I stand directly in front of you

Knocking upon the cast iron door that has closed up your heart

Here I am, unyielding

Hand with open palms

I can hear your heart beating

Break away from the broken

Hold steady to me and build anew

Feel the welcoming freedom

As you push back the darkness you keep yourself wrapped in

What voice told you that you deserve this?

Listen to the calm tone within my words

Allow yourself to unfold the divide within your life

Because you deserve better than the company you have been keeping

This is the wrong that you need to make right

Fight this fight

Break the chains holding

Free your soul and being

Because I do promise you this

Your happiness is worth the effort.

© 2012