Shackled by endless desire,
the mind is wrecked by poison.
As the soul burns in fire,
happiness is just an illusion.

A prick of the needle,
sends one to false heaven
while in the real world,
the flesh dwells in torment.

With every second lost in life,
the flame of hope grows dimmer.,
Weakened be the will to strive
as the days stretched to years.

This is the hell of one's own making,
the folly of youth, destroying dreams
the addiction that is painting
the future in shades of grim.

Vital election
Unnatural selection
Changing direction

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Lines are being formed through a revolution
Shade of grey torn in the variation of the wind
A song to being sung yet I don't know where to begin
As a nation we have come to far not to turn back now

An angelic host of spiritual beings
A chorus is being sung to summon a passing few
We look up to see the eclipse of the sun now torn in two
By choice we live with a whole host of ideas

inkwells of poison
napkin kisses
Valvoline ease
beneath the metal skinned tease
Beneath the Arrow Shirt the stitches
sigh
Demerol High
humidity 96%
I knew
U
would find
time
to lay breadcrumbs
line
like insomniacs wine
dry chardonnay
"Nerobuono"

miles slip wet hissing
rain fled
starved
fed
Sated bed

Avalanches of us
tilting
waves of tumult

Press the corners
the Firestones digging
in
I knew I would find U
Riddles but
"Stay in the middle"

dis abled a fragment removed
the cancers spread
Heaters cranked
but I shiver with cold
I will never get old

On the visor clip
the polaroid
Bold and Brave
To be Told
the story U
razed your matchstick
house
will U warm
the ghost
that I have
willingly become

racing
phantoms

...

How do you find the light when you live in darkness?
Where is the path that leads toward understanding?
If God is forgiving, why is he silent without redress?
Given the human plight and suffering, is their forgiving?
Self-awareness only heightens the pain and suffering.
Escape is not an option for those lost and dying.
Almost half the civilized world lives in poverty.
We pretend to care but it is not sufficient to stop the crying.
Greed, the need to possess material goods, defines our identity.

"The Wine Dark Dog"

What darker claret could you pour
into the minds inviting cup,
to pollute and pullulate once more
at the thought of giving up?

Why did you drift from me,
down, down leagues of memory,
to a farther unfathomed sea,
where I can't feel your form?

A diablo, devil, long known shadow,
follows me on into dreaming slow,
onward, into my middle years
where I can't let him go

Almighty! Almighty!
Grant us each others love
Grant us Unity

Almighty! Almighty!
We are you, you are we
One commUNITY

Almighty!
Make me an instrument
Of your will

Almighty!
'Til my prayers for peace
Are fulfilled

Precious Yahweh!
To the downtrodden
Lord impart justice

Beloved Jehovah!
We must embrace
For the sake of our children

Mighty Allah!
Hate is a condition
We must fix

Jah Love!
We are Unity's tools
We must build it

FURY
a raging fire caught
by a hungering wind
in all of hell's madness
steals the air.
I can’t breathe
I gasp for hope.
two dark clouds roll in
from heaven’s sky.
I smell the rain
i will endure
the pain
of living
again
…

Mother Superior Jumped The Gun

We are wrapped up in our societal hold
You will do as you are told until the very rights to you are sold
Shades of grass on the figment of our pain
Not having you in my arms is driving me insane

Shadows taunt through a fragment of our imagination
Perhaps in need of a break on a long awaited vacation
Blackened eyes with the natural ivy dew
We have bitten off far more then we could chew

Sun...
bakes earth.
Summer rain...
and plants rebirth.
Autumn smells, sweet gain ,
sky bright through morning mist,
jubilation of the dawn.
Dew abounds, flowers all are kissed.
Nears the time Jack Frost will have his fun.

It came about, bleakest winter fell,
hoary world without taste or smell.
Biting cold covers everything,
yields to a happy spring.
Hope abounds anew,
nothing to do,
only smile
the while
through.