Monday, October 21, 2013

Life is not in that bottle

My stomach flip flops
My heart pounds
My eyes burn
With tears reined

Why does it have to be so hard

I want to scream
I want to yell

I want to be told

It will be alright
It will be alright

It would be easier
To walk away

It would feel better
To run

But stuck here
I am
Another day

Stuck with
Thoughts
Memories
Dreams

The world goes on
It goes on without me

Oh

But they don't know
They don't understand

Those that do
Are too far away

Too far to give
A helping hand

My children whisper
Their fears
Their dreams

Their wants
Their needs

I know

I know if only

If only we could blink
Our world would change

Freedom

Free from hurt
Free from fear
Free from sadness

Free to feel
Happinesses light
Again

A daunting cloud
An ache felt in the soul

How to say goodbye
Where to go...

There's no where to go

Life is not in that bottle
She tells you lies

Plays you
Plays you
Plays you

No

Life is not
In that bottle

My love
My friend

It is here

With us
Around us

Beckoning you
Join in

Your desires heard

Your desire to stay
With her
Glued to your hand
Drowning in her deathly kiss

My soul
It mourns

What brings you bliss

In your darkness
We will not survive

In your darkness
We cannot stay

One More Try

It's her in that bottle
Or
Us

There's just no other way

Saturday, June 29, 2013

So Twisted

As I sit upon my weathered lanai
Pondering travesties

My soul cries

In desperation
Trying to gain meaning

Memory ere
Yet recently

So senseless
Yet still I try

Future dreams
Unraveling seems

Confusion floods
Meandering

Under attak
Eggshells crack

Bizarre accusations fly

A storm beyond
Comprehension brings

Whirlpool spinning
Downward sucking

Internally

Struggle to surface
Rise above

Rise above

My mind
My heart

In dizzying swirl
Left in sunshine

Picking up
Shattered world

The storm has vanished
But it's still there

Hiding
Sleeping perhaps

Until
the next shell cracks

Friday, June 28, 2013

Summer Day

I'm so hot!
Mom! I'm board!
There's nothing to do.

Why does it have to be so hot?

Oh just because.

Because we're supposed to be at the beach...

Actually,  it's not so bad
Grab a frozen banana

Spend some time outside
Play amongst the mango trees

Dip your feet into the pool
Sip on sweet lilikoi.

Take a nap in the hammock.

Collect flowers for a lei.
Daydreaming of the ocean waves.

Flower scented ocean breezes
Ready to play

Visiting you for the day.

Go!
Have fun!

It's silly to be inside on this amazingly beautiful day.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Rain

The rain pounds the
Muddied earth

As miniature rivers
Course down trees and leaves

No other sound can be heard
Over the cheering
Cloud burst.

Puddles become ponds
Paths tiny torrents
Flow to larger lakes

On their way back to
Oceans depths.

A waterfall
From the sky

Nurturing nature
Bringing life.