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Brighter Days

I will chase the sun if I have to
to the distant corners of the earth
so I can feel it’s never ending rays
warm me from the outside in
I won’t wait till it finds me on its own
so many hours until morning comes
l don’t the patience for those kind of things

Beautifully Ordinary

the moon hangs low and smiles at me
like the Cheshire Cat through prison bars
made of naked limbs like out stretched arms
on skinny wooden frames filled with solid mass
behind me stands mysterious and dark
an expanse of endless windows
high and hiding secret lives
we are all separated by cement and brick
and our own immovable walls
the faintest hint of a song being played
travels over the echos of cars passing by
each one sounding like the rush of the tide
and I think if you gave me the choice
I would stand here forever in time
because sometimes
you don’t have to be traveling at the speed of light
to know you are alive

Eclipse

Worlds away from it all
On this lonely planet I look down
Like tiny ants they creep across the soil
I see lives being lived without me
Far away in outer space
Where the oxygen is hard to breathe
I take shallow breaths
And I walk upon the dark side
Where the sun doesn’t see me
And the world doesn’t know me
And the atmosphere doesn’t pull so hard
And you worried about the time of day
And the clothing you would wear
Your fasionista forward melting me away
Eating at my train of thought
That’s been detached and derailed
And you squint just to see me
You wave to show you know I’m there
But one day you will stop looking at the sky
One day you won’t look up at all
And one day this world will be light years away

Atmospheric Pressure

Suspended in between
the threads of time and space
Gravityless and false
Like coloring pages void of life
I fill in the blank spaces
I occupy what is quantified
as seconds and hours
I justify months and years
Laying bread crumb trails
Like faded photographs
Documenting what had been
Eliminating what could have
Creating purpose from puffy clouds that paint the sky
I will, i am, I was, I’ll be
And you will hear me
If not in past tense of one who was
And you will see me
As i am more than what is now
And you will feel me
For I contain the wealth of a thousand wishes
And I will not go quietly
As I am a voice, a song, a prayer
Yelling loudly into the night
I cast away these preconceived notions
I dare to draw outside the lines
Yet I am no different, no more
Not greater or less than
There is no equation, no sex, no race
Not out here
In the vast abyss of space.

Summer, Spring and I Fall

I take small steps
I hold my breath
and when one day is done
I move on to the next
the weather is cold now
the trees are bare
the leaves that cover the ground
make loud sounds
but I don’t venture out side
to find out how loud
to feel them give way
under my weight
as the world gives way
under my weight
as the day slips away
under my weight
as we all say goodnight
at the setting of the sun
so we can do it all over again
the season continue to change
in rhythmic monotony
still there’s one more season to go
just waiting to break me.

Flood

dissatisfaction is like a flood
propelling you to higher ground
forcing you to do better
beaconing you to want more
but when does success wane
and the waters of destruction subside
how long till you are able to see
that under those great waves of ambition
may lie everything you ever needed
but never realized

The Nature of Pride

Forget conventional wisdom
and let it topple to the ground
like sandcastles by the sea
for pride is to love
as the dessert is to a flower
the strong may survive
with sharp thorns to protect them
but the sweet and sensitive
are surly to wither in the heat

Rain On Me

in between your words
of self loving
and self loathing
I stand with out stretched arms
begging to be more
than a conversations one night stand
but where do I fall
in between the raindrops
in your thunderstorms
I hold out a bucket
while you hold an umbrella
I’m left socking wet
and your as dry as can be
I’m at the receiving end
of a one way road
in a Boston like boulevard
left only to listen
while you talk
at me.

Delusion

Everybody thinks they can walk on water
until their treading in their own fantasies.

Tonight

its going to rain tonight for the way I feel
for the way I feel its gonna pour
the sky will open up in a thunderous furry
and release every muscle in my body
as dreams flood in with the rising of the tide
oh its take me down to the bottom
oh its gonna drown me alive
its gonna hit like heavy weight punches
and every drop will fall for a reason
they fall with a purpose and a place
and not one will go unnoticed or unseen
oh it will be a symphony of devastation
a chorus of light and sound
and not a soul will sleep as long as it plays through
not a soul will sleep I promise you
oh its going to rain like cats and dogs
its gonna take this night by storm
I swear to you - for how I feel
tonight, its gonna pour.