Poetry A Memory Some Western Haikus Lunatic Untitled 1 Smile Soon Fades Stardust To Michelle Revenge! I. L.O.V.E. Y.O.U. Devoured Inspired Fin Memories In These Cities Poem Of Faded Flowers To Be Real Untitled 2 Untitled 3 As always A Memory Caught in the middle of a memory I remember the smell... freshly mowed grass and honeydew. Sweet & sour. My tiny, little feet in that grass tickling me, and I... Laughing in a childs innocense. Rolling in it, green stains on my white shirt, not caring. Everything new... All is right... Trusting everyone Loving... Oh the innocense lost! Oh to be that child again! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOME WESTERN HAIKUS (The "Western Haiku" as proposed by Jack Kerouac) Arizona sunset Locomotive riding Every color named the tracks is lit. like comformity. Death: I-10 through Texas an adventure lived All 'round in green a problem solved garden of God's. Stars at night With love shine as ideas comes every in the universal eye. emotion. The crescent moon: Every natural thing an archors bow destoyed shooting stars. in Las Vegas. An emotion Hate is always read Sympathetic by smiles & frowns. to your cause. --Robert Horrell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LUNATIC I took up a picture of our moon That bright shining ball of Heaven's Light Held it with hands tired & Worn Tore & ripped the still glory Till mere pieces remained in cupped palms. I filled my cheeks with air & blew A roll of cloud crazy white shower confettii I smiled coolie as they brought to mind our stars Then laughed as the knowing loon As they were carried away by the wind. Farewell stars! "Farewell!" I screamed like a madman As I watched with the glare of an eagle for prey I sat myself down & watched them dance on the breeze Witnessed every shredded star in the distance fade away ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Untitled1) Filled with an engery Fuedled by the sun With nature around me I become one. Music and laughter Are joys to behold That people strive after Or so I am told. The sun, the moon, the stars, the sky We've all gazed upward and wondered why Something you're seeing and know to be real Remains so mysterious, with it's beauty revealed. The same holds true with humans I believe With the smiles & jokes & love I receive But some of the mystery will always remain Their failures, mishaps, sorrows and pains. Share dear heart! Share with the world! Let your whole being and all your soul be heard! Anything that is hid away Shall one day be brought to light anyway Be not ashamed or afraid to be real For being yourself is the best way to heal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smile Soon Fades Joys we've shared Smiles gave all for not Smile soon fades. Laughed together odes we sang no longer heard smile soon fades. Looks exchanged each other gazed we were blind smile soon fades. Fun & games together played turn is over smile soon fades. Heart & mind everything traded our love is gone smile has faded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ StarDust See the moon's tail Softly whipping stars Like a breath to dust off a shelf. But the stars fall into their place The dust flies & falls... out the window, onto the rug Hides among cracks From under the eye The stars let their presence be known shining their love to lover's below. And we, the lover's are nothing but dust Falling & hiding & swirling in gusts. All dreaming sweet dreams Looking up... Back reflection of dust For in beautiful reality seems Those stars are us! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO MICHELLE I love thee. If space has it's bounderies There be no other place... Nor word... Nor conceivable limits To thine love for thee. Though the space As the universe filled With planets as thy reflection Moons as thy comfort And stars as thine eyes. And everywhere is love. No darkness floating... There is love. No blackness drifting... There is love. No void, nor cracks No holes, nor gaps This is love. And everywhere this be. If there be no limits What isn't there else? For with love comes Every lonliness departed Every hopelessness removed Every worthlessness disproved Left only happy-hearted. Away thou art now Though it be a short time An eternity seems And I, breathless till thy return For life itself Dwells in thine eyes Brings mine heart to beat It hath not ceased My dreams of you Keep the pace. Thy hath built a heaven In this poet's hell Angel of sweet light Hath turned black to white All with my world now well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REVENGE! Revenge! Who gets back For done wrong It's sole purpose- To satisfy. But for how long? Eye for eye Tooth for tooth Would leave World blind with Toothless mouths Screaming "Forgiveness!" That's the truth About this force- Revenge! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. L.O.V.E. Y.O.U. Idolizing my beloved Like a god, my Obsession; Valued in my heart, an Enchating possession. Yearning for her, my mind no Objection, bestowing my love with Undying affection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEVOURED Surrounded in Darkness The ground is Soft beneath my feet. It's hot and wet My heart Skips a beat. A crack of Light appears My eyes make Out a pair of Incisors. My God, I'm In a mouth! About to be Devoured. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INSPIRED A purple rose Pedal drifts Gently lands On the turquoise sea Ripples blue gold Angelic Reflection Of thine world-worn face Thou hair rustles Breeze carries Love-sweet scent Captures thy senses The crashing waves Of this sea Then creats Ever-so salty air. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIN Let the curtain fall Fall... As eyelids heavy laden Have the curtain fall Descend... Upon all acts and scenes May the curtain fall And end... This tragedy of being. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEMORIES My mind remanicing on the things of our Early days, two children playing, Making castles Out of sand. Regarding nothing as we Innocently played with Each other, on the beach Standing hand in hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THESE CITIES In these The monsters of cement And steel Pavements and sidewalks Creation conceal In these The pathetic, insincere Apologies Palms and lawns Nature mythologies In these The monuments of Humanity Lights and heights People's insanities. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POEM An angel of white on a feather of blue upon reflection of light off a droplet of dew. All on a rose Its petals deep red in the bush where it grows on a mushroom bed. Mushrooms of brown in tall grass of green the sun is still down when this vision is seen This beauty soon fades with the coming of dawn when the morning invades the vision is gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OF FADED FLOWERS Of faded daisies blured photographs slurred paintings Of faded poppies forgotten memories stained past Of faded roses broken hearts damned loves Of faded lilacs dirty minds tarnished souls fade off fade off Into the night Where you won't be seen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO BE REAL Epidermal plastic melted Ugliness? Windows to the soul opened Madness? Tall, proud tree stripped Nakedness? Eye of the beheld. Styrofoam streets traveled Uniformed being! Unreal thing! Sealed, Jailed, Shelled 'gainst nothing protected From life inside looking out Man-made? Society? Bullshit! No more disguises Incognito to the world & self Farewell paper armor! Farewell glass shield! I'm born for real. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Untitled2) In the black fur night Clay & dirt molded stars Skins of the crescent moon Brings heart to song ...And the morning dove calls The ground earth awakes Sheds light on soul On the feathered sun Can you see the bones of tomorrow? When the gold dives into the horizon River sister winds to the sea Feeling more alive with each passing sorrow? ...And the wind whispers The secrets of the ancients Guides your understanding Around the great circle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Untitled3) Dream... The spirit of the sky Land... No owning of earth Feel... I beseech thee to the sound of a beating drum When the sun rises- Like oil in water Splashes your eyes & face with light A tear rolls down Realize... You're alive And all around as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As Always She awoke late last night engulfed in darkness The moonlight streams through the shades Reflects off the sea of her eyes She rolls on her side & slowly fades Calmly to peace, returning to her dreams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~