There is a deplorable depravity
To try and distort the veracity
For the affected a time of uncertainty
Requiring patience and tenacity

The methods to defame are reprehensible
And the justifications are indefensible
For the instigators, it will be unpardonable
As the evidence will be incontrovertible.

A Wedding Poem

It took us both a lifetime,

This is in order to arrive at this present time...
Slowly, we both walked down that long awaited isle,
Now it's hand in hand together...
For when I look into your beautiful eyes,

Suddenly, then I see my future...

A future that's filled with both blessing and promise,
With this one solemn vow that we both had taken together...
Along with a lifetime that's filled,
With melodic happy endeavor's...

Taken For Granted

When we take things for granted
We can’t help but miss out
Like the leaves changing color
When did that come about?

I swear yesterday
They all were still green
But in today’s sunlight
'Twas a magical scene

Technology too
Is playing a role
With communication
Now paying the toll

As for friends, we don’t talk
We’ll text them instead
Then presume that they know
The thoughts in our head

To capitalize or not to capitalize
That is the question?
And this is my answer

Capitalizing the first letter of
Each beginning word in a line
Of poetry,  came first
It is traditional, been around
Since the beginning of poetry

But nothing stays the same
Not even poetry
And why should it?

And one day a young poet
Decided he didn't want
To capitalize,  so he didn't

FELLINI DREAMS
I slumber
into a sleep
deep foreboding, and am pulled
into places
familiar and strange
– a Fellini world
of dark and darker.
my mind reels
in the surreal
as dream begins
to break
into a fractured reflection
of the self.…

I hear the floor creek
Closer and closer toward my bedroom door
I try to stay quiet hiding under the covers
Though I know he will find me

I hope he doesn't hear my heartbeat
Or hear me praying God will protect me tonight
But as I do I start to cry because I know
Tonight's one of those nights
When GOD just doesn't HEAR ME

notions know
rain fresh cloud kissed
am glow drips
fm hiss from flat phone
tangled sheets
rampant dreams
stirring moans
and icy window
breath on nape
an toes

so the story goes

room of tombs
lit hallways with
dizzying dirty
carpet
numerical door
mystery
ember red EXIT
signs glow

Insecurity
Imperiling sovereignty
With impunity

A Radiant Beach

The ocean has a way to soothe the average beast
Hidden folly promoted with basking red hot tans/
There is a promise that was made in the dark that now has come into the light
A crystal clear rainbow that sparkles through the land/
Promises that were made in the dark have now come into the light
The gravitational pull will bring some down...,
Through the surface of the wet exterior the decor will bleed
One can see the forest from the tree's
The locusts from the actual honey bees/

What is normal?
Is there such a thing?
What is normal for you
Is not normal for me

I lost my sense of balance
There is nothing good
Nor evil nor eternal
Although I fumble for it

It's twinkling miserably
It's beautiful, isn't it?
That's why I live in a fantasy
Even though it's real life
I see what I want to see