"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

"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

"Out Loud"

Live out the dream that you have been creating

Continue to fight the good fight

And don't be afraid to stand up for what is right

Be the change that you are seeking

Stop whispering

And start shouting

Turn up your volume and live your life out loud.

© 2011