"Life In Ounces"

The more that you lose

The closer you come to the edge of extinction

With your last known conviction

You claim full possession of me

Grasping desperately at anything to simply drown out the pain

Everything around you is crumbling

The drastic erosion caused by your new favourite drink is far reaching

It sweeps out the barriers, the very foundation of your existence

From living a life that was fine

Your now worse than any wreck

The shelves of your life have been emptied

The contents of your mind has been scattered beyond recognition

Your heart barely holds on in the hazy rain of tears

In a blink of an eye years seem to pass in single moments

Memories have begun to fade

Your soul continues to be stripped clean of its identity as you kill yet another bottle

Draining it completely of every ounce of spirit has held within it

The once fresh and crisp air of your being holds nothing but screaming chaos

Dazed and confused...

Bitter and jaded...

Drowning and drifting away...

Your senses have gone numb

A steady ache rushes over you in slow motion waves

Pulling you under...

You struggle to cover up your sobs on the inside

While you mask your multiple illusions on the outside

Sharp pains jolt through your soul like points of a million pins

The contents of your life has become dangerously thin

Is it night?

Or is it day?

The time has come for you to say goodbye to the world that you use to know

Your life-the connection to this world-has begun to slip steadily away

Who is this empty hollowed out shell?

The sudden sickening panic plagues you

The horror...

The irreversible realization hits you

All the things that have been stolen

All of the things that you have taken in vain

Your linger here for merely moments

Only a few ounces remain

As you grab me by the neck with your final breath

You curse my evil name

For I am the drink that has been drinking you and draining you beyond dry

Struggle no longer in your bubbly strife

For I am the one that has claimed you, and cost you your life.

© 2012

"Every Ounce of Fight"

How dare you cast shadows upon her

Making fear rain down around her now crumbling life

The amount of second guessing almost out numbers her tears

A sweet and tender soul is filled with endless doubt

Most rational thoughts are forgotten

She is treading water in the place she has been now anchored to

Her strength drains rapidly

Every ounce of fault weighs down

Fighting to keep her head above water

She is reminded by those who love her

That she should not let anothers regrets become her mistakes too

She is better than this

And she deserves more than this

Than the partial paltry sublime after effects of a great love broken

So fight against every moment

And every memory...

Gain one foot up upon everything that has fallen at your feet

Pull yourself out of the deep darkness

And back upon the path that you are still creating

Be the leader that you are searching for

Because sometimes the scares that we bare are only there to serve as reminders as to just how strong we are

Because we all must remember

While following our hearts we must do our best not to fall apart along the way

So give everything that you can give to life

But never forget to live.

© 2012

"Dawn Is Breaking"

Time seeps through silence

As mornings gentle glory begins its steady rise

A broad curtain of pale gray fog covers the countryside

Ethereal and thick it obscures the daylight

A sweet perfume of pine, cut grass, and a soft rain pervades the air

A calm stillness is everywhere

Tall tree's, like dim dark statues stand rigid in the shadows

A strange beauty lies upon the land

A thousand birds make their song

The sun smiles down with a face of gleaming gold

And draws the curtain upon the world for our eyes to witness the wonder

Colour spreads through the darkness

Leaving us a scene before us to behold

Listen to the rich growth of the earth

Everything is alive and breathing

Dawn is breaking.

© 2012

"Expression"

Words spoken, provoked thoughts

Volumes after volumes

Chapter after chapter

In each phase of our lives we find a common thread

It binds us together in moments of poetry, philosophy, literature, and wisdom

We abdicate our youth

But not our power of imagination

We talk like long time friends

A tapestry of conversation is sewn together over the hours

Collectively we all join in

Feeding off of one each others creativity, uniqueness, and knowledge

Self expression is everywhere

A lyric in a song

A rhyme in a poem

Talk of today...tomorrow...and yesterday

Experiences shared with a touch of innocence

Openness. Honesty. Defying the norm

We defray societies expenses

Irrational thoughts and absolute truth

We are not the ones who sell our souls

It is a cost that we are not willing to pay

Nothing but the truth

Convictions. Religion. God?

Where do we fit in?

Rhymes. Reasons. Life

Where to begin?

We annihilate seeds of hate

We bring an end to perpetuating stereotypes

We stand up and claim our independence

Boundaries crossed

We expand that invisible line

We look to ourselves

We are more alike than we are different

Sex. Love. Orientation

Choices made to strengthen yourself

We abhor those with shallow views and narrow mindedness

Finally we find people with the same ideals

Open. Honest. Unashamed

We are glad to share stories

We open the book to our lives

We read a line or two addressing the truth

Words of sophistication diminish unpractical theories with banter

We play on the edge, emulating the great thinkers of this world

We look into ourselves and then out to the world

Friendship in a moment...maybe years

Imagination. Expression. Self-identification

Be who you are and set your true self free

Show the world your knowledge

Remember past mistakes

Remember all of the history

Feed your mind and senses everyday

Emotional high. Ambivalent to religion

Suffused with convictions

Open your imagination

Open yourself to experience and express yourself in any and every way that you can

Don't simply live your life

Do your best to exist!

© 2012

"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