Assignment #5

Cowards

Frightened fool, unconfident coward,
How you always seem to wish all the time.
How you love to use an “if” to make the situation different.
Go ahead, look back at yourself and doubt yourself again.
Pretend, pardon, give excuses so no one points their finger at you.

Make a move, seize the day,
Show yourself and the world that you still have what it takes
To not be alone in the cold desolate air that surrounds you,
Between others, amongst strangers.
That’s right- don’t even try;
At your time the world will understand.
Of course no one will notice you blending in the shadows-
Hiding inside your head.

And in the end it will all come out just as you planned.
Never hurt, never cheated like the rest of those people
Who thought trying was better than rejection.
Those crazy fools who believe that fate was around the corner,
That two halves of a star would soon collide,
That destiny was at their fingertips,
That they are the ones alive.

And the few smart like you can join together
When the rest of the world has paired up;
And you all can laugh that you’ve maintained freedom;
But at what cost?
Why even think about it, why this long lecture to yourself,
Who are you trying to convince? Yourself? Your heart, your mind?
That’s right, just sit there and stare.
Maybe you’ll learn to finally love and accept yourself
Into your little tribe of cowards that never tried to sip some wine
To find out only that you would’ve loved it.

Assignment #4

In Our Mouths, Happiness

I want to kiss you softly,
like laying down a shadow
upon the patient green grass
just before a romantic picnic.
My hands are only as patient
as they need be with you,
like gentle strokes of wind
carefully caressing the clouds.
I want to breathe when you do,
inhale all of what you give,
thankful that every breath
means one more taste of you.
I want to catch your lips with mine
and trap them with my tongue.
One tiny drop of our souls
we drip into each others' mouths
like tsunamis on the warm sand;
I cleanse you or maybe you do me,
but we come out clean, innocent.
We vanish into one kiss.
If I could write the perfection
that is hidden inside your heart,
which you so generously shared
with someone I once thought,
was destined to be lonely
and forever unworthy,
then I would make a million smiles,
because a feeling like that,
a taste so titillating,
one must blush because they know
that is just how good it is to be happy.

Assignment #3

Ode to Lost Loves

I looked out my window
and saw you standing below a light.
You were looking up at me
with some smile of delight.
I turned around and went downstairs into the street,
But the only ones there were the night, the light, and me.

I looked up at my window
and saw you with a frown.
I guess I passed you up
when I was running down.
So I slowly walked upstairs to ignore some deja-vu,
But when I reached my room, it was only me still missing you.

Assignment #2 too...

I'm such a nerd. I didn't realize I already posted "Conversations With A Blinking Cursor." So, in case you didn't like that one, I'm posting another one, shorter, for you to comment on. If you've gone once, feel free to comment again ;)


Until Your Last Rise

There is no explaining what it is
That goes down in there,
In the center realm of my existence;
It thinks of thoughts most precious
Of a creature too divine to define.
She need not be made of stone
To be considered a statuette of beauty.
She does not need to be painted on canvas
To be recognized by any man who thinks
That he knows beauty truly.
I know some of most things,
I understand a lot in few.
I know that without question you are She,
Who walks above clouds when she sleeps,
Dances with angels while she daydreams,
Can be with me for as long as she goes breathing,
Hold my hand as we go gently walking
In the peaceful streets of our own future.
I am your flower, you are my sun.
You were born to raise me with your love.
I was created to adore you,
To bask in each ray of love you send down
From heaven's garden of light.
Goddess reflection above the waves,
I sit patiently to gaze at you when you rise
I sit patiently, and miss you when you sleep.
Give to me tomorrow, and after that just one more
Until you finally think that I deserve to be left alone
To wither after I've seen your last rise.
The night shall take us both someday,
But in it's shadow I will love you until the next.