"Equation"

Odd or even?

Which one are you?

No one can be both...

So you have to choose

Its a struggle because everything in life is a choice

Everyone so easily assumes

Everyone always chooses even, when they very well know that they are odd

There is so much desire to be even

Even has a sameness, an essence of some sort of perfection attached to it

If only it embodied all of the equality that the world needs

We all very well know that we are odd

That's what makes us do different and unique from one another

But why does this terrify us so?

Why does it bring us such fear?

Odd numbers like 13 are seen as bad luck

But odd it not just another number and its no where near perfection

So why do we struggle?

We force ourselves into a category where we don't belong

Why can't people understand?

Perfection is so over rated

But sadly...its what drives us

Its our determination to project our image and vision of our ourselves onto the world

Seldom do we realize that such a need for something completely unattainable is absolutely self-destructive

So that's why, as time moves on, we get further ahead in the world while others are left behind, struggling

What is right or wrong for you?

In the end it comes down to what is right, not easy...

Odd or even?

I know that I'm odd, but what about you?

That's why life's equation never seems to work out or make any sense

That's why-more times than enough-everyone gets added up wrong

Odd or even?

It simply doesn't add up right...

© 2012

"More Than Nothing"

Without a single word, I can sense your distress

Your face is as pale as the life that you are now living

Your heart is like oil upon water

Separated from the rest of your body

You feel the sharp stab of realization that comes with every labored breath

You swim through a pool of thoughts of words once spoken

Because each broken something leaves a whole that needs to be filled with yet another something

And behind the facade that you are trying to hold onto

You are pleading for mercy

Tears are streaming from your eyes

You must try to let the light shine in to banish the haunting shadows of your past

Because you are way more than just this single moment

You are stronger than your tears

Greater than your limits

And you are more than just another person forgotten.

© 2012

"A Smile Speaks"

My vision is reduced to faint light, dark shades, and angles in space

Against the bright light of your foreground

I study the shadows of you

Looking into space at nothing

You look a little haunted

And excitingly mysterious

Our eyes cross with a hint of intrigue

Mine fill with all the knowing that you have suddenly made the edges of my melt smooth

And yours dart away timidly

But return with an intensely welcoming stare

In that instant

Feelings fan up from my fingertips as if an ice cold glass of water has just been thrown upon my hand

And spreading at lightening speed throughout my entire body

Here in these delectable moments there is a sign

A signal in the knowing and a genuine interest that your face and body cannot hide

My jugular vain pulses

You are flushed with heat

Your cheeks turn a shade of rosy red

I smile...

You curl your lips into a deliciously sinful smile

And give me a knowledgeable nod in kind

And you leave me only to wonder

That the truth is in the telling

But the secret is in the knowing.

© 2012