limericks

I once met a giraffe that went by the name Nick
The problem was, he loved to lick
So one day we gave him a sucker
And we went to go eat supper
But when we got back all that was left was a stick.  


I went to go fetch a pale
So that I could poor water on my dry whale
Unfortunately I was to late
And so things didn't go so great
Well it doesn't matter, because he broke my expensive scale.


It was a cold dark winter day
And we wanted to go outside and play
So we left with a sack
And we never came back
But I think we are going to pay.

                                          

             

Endless Shadows hovering over depression.

                 I have seen clouds for as long as i can remember

                Sadness awakes me when my thoughts get carried away

                Unfulfilled dreams lay buried beneath concrete

                 Trapped in this soulless figure

                 Craving happiness

                 Seeking light

                 Just a goal

                 Just a dream.

                   I send my thoughts to light

                   Where the clouds don't go

                   And the rain never hovers

                   Only happiness that will someday be contained in my sorrow

                   This storm that follows me

                   Is just a wall

                   Just a feeling wandering near by

                   No way out

                   A maze engraved with bad memories

                        As hatred raps around me

                        Trying to cut through these ropes.

                         I'd rather feel the the laughter

                         And consume the joy

                          Let the light swarm me

                           The clouds would get swept away
                      But instead I see endless mirrors behind my dark thoughts
                          Pulling me into remorse
           


              I say nothings wrong
                That I'm fine.
              That I'm happy.
              But the more that hatred and glaring eyes trap me
              The more I become immune
               Immune to this feeling emptiness
              This feeling where only a smile can free me.

                   





                 

               

The sun over head.

The water beneath my feet.

My toes sink in bliss.

Cherry blossoms unfold.

Light reveals damp shadows.

Water rests on leaf tops.

Light shines on my face

slamming cabinets awake me

my blankets roll off.

Tree tops meet the clouds.

Roots reach down into the earth.

But this pebble just sits.

UNFORGOTTEN
translated into English by: Laurence Hope (1865-1904)

O you ever think of me? you who died

Ere our Youth's first fervour chilled,

With your soft eyes closed and your pulses stilled

Lying alone, aside,

Do you ever think of me, left in the light,

From the endless calm of your dawnless night?

I am faithful always: I do not say

That the lips which thrilled to your lips of old

To lesser kisses are always cold;

Had you wished for this in its narrow sense

Our love perhaps had been less intense;

But as we held faithfulness, you and I,

I am faithful always, as you who lie,

Asleep for ever, beneath the grass,

While the days and nights and the seasons pass,--

Pass away.




I keep your memory near my heart,

My brilliant, beautiful guiding Star,

Till long life over, I too depart

To the infinite night where perhaps you are.

Oh, are you anywhere? Loved so well!

I would rather know you alive in Hell

Than think your beauty is nothing now,

With its deep dark eyes and its tranquil brow

Where the hair fell softly. Can this be true

That nothing, nowhere, exists of you?

Nothing, nowhere, oh, loved so well

I have never forgotten.

Do you still keep

Thoughts of me through your dreamless sleep?




Oh, gone from me! lost in Eternal Night,

Lost Star of light,

Risen splendidly, set so soon,

Through the weariness of life's afternoon

I dream of your memory yet.

My loved and lost, whom I could not save,

My youth went down with you to the grave,

Though other planets and stars may rise,

I dream of your soft and sorrowful eyes

And I cannot forget.

VS poem

“Zen Vs Chaos.”

Zen	Vs	Chaos
peace	Vs	war
low tide	Vs	tsunami
country	Vs	city
forest	Vs	town
studio	Vs	building
still air	Vs	wind
relaxed	Vs	anxious
up	Vs	down
sleep	Vs	sports
silence	Vs	noise
sun	Vs	storm
cat	Vs	dog
tortious	Vs	hair
evolution	Vs	destruction

List Poem

"The First Day of Spring."

I enter the crisp morning air

my ears consume the sounds around me

the swaying branches drown out the noise of  baby birds calling out

spears of light burst through the canopies over head

as I walk

delicate leaves shatter beneath my feet

my eyes follow the clusters of pine needles

gliding along the pavement 

dancing around like tides dodging boulders

as the breeze awakens the plants around begin to transform

as life unfolds before me eyes

and cherry blossoms rest above my head

I suddenly know

that spring is here.