You look at them and you see charm,
You become enchanted by their beauty,
You fall in love unintentionally with them,
You draw closer to them with glee,
Knowing not that they are thorny roses.

Like an Icarus flying too close to the sun,
You cannot resist their fine ornament,
You get tangled in their sturdy vines,
Before you untangle from their spell,
Behold, you succumb to their thorns.

When I wake up in the morning,
And I wrestle into my clothes.
The temptation to have a pj day,
Is harder than you know.

The world may think me lazy,
Because I sometimes slob around.
But often the sheer fatigue's,
Like a bus knocked me, to the ground.

And no matter what I tell myself,
My energy"s so depleted.
And all the plans I had today,
Forgotten and defeated.

Yet somewhere out of nowhere,
I find hope, to get through the day.
With steely determination,
I find new invented ways .

The sky was as black as the
the devil's heart. The moon
above looked like a
Silver Phantom wheel, it's
harpstrings shimmered

Onto the empty streets and
Foilage

It was that time again, yep hallo
fricken ween, and my big sister
is going to take me around all
the habitual houses so I can
get my thrill.

Our buckets where bulging
with treats,.

It was
starting to get late now
We had one more house to go
but everytime we braved going,
are guts would squeeze and

When sinking in the mire
Water muddy with confusion
Meaning disappears into a black swamp
Redundant words drown in brain fog
Uncertain ground too soft to stand on

When you struggle with meaning
Look at a loved one’s face
Study their facial muscles
Lips pursed, the nose upturned
The eyes have it,
The smile knows it.

I looked at her eyes, adorned with joy of you
Captured a photograph of your smile, your life, so pure; so true
Yet something hidden behind her gaze seemed out of view.
A flicker of doubt, a shade of blue.
Wondering what demons fought for your smile.
But beneath your laughter were soft, sweet unspoken words
The colours blurred and the hate began to spread
Dear, you'd be disappointed
Cause the girl you once knew is dead
And from her ashes rose a soul;
Broken hearted.

yours truly (me) could not help but notice
while living social at various residences
within Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
the following described phenomena
actually observed quite some time ago
maybe back during
my carefree boyhood days of yore
that the uncontrollable spurt
analogous to a golden arch
of micturition arcing
toward parts unknown
(frequently missing the target altogether,

yours truly (me) could not help but notice
while living social at various residences
within Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
the following described phenomena
actually observed quite some time ago
maybe back during
my carefree boyhood days of yore
that the uncontrollable spurt
analogous to a golden arch
of micturition arcing
toward parts unknown
(frequently missing the target altogether,

Our dogs sometimes have trouble settling down
at night, when owls and other critters are in bloom.

Especially when we have guests.
They feel the need to check on them;
to make sure they are safe, we suppose.

Once peacefulness is confirmed
they return to the comfort of our bed,
satisfied all is well and that we are not under attack
from the goblins they might imagine.

Conflict is an old one,
seventy, or more years it has been,
treaties with Arab countries signed
a new state created back then.

All the world is watching now,
Sadly media does not come along,
delivering only fake sermons
no matter if it's right or wrong.

Israeli militants gone mad,
Hezbollah's grim attacks today,
have the world's attention now
will this hold governments at bay?

The night sky quickly casting
autumn leaves like rain.
My heart is always calling
someone else’s name.

Tell me if you see her.
Wandering out on route 66!
All across the countryside
her slender body flits.

Hitching rides with anyone
her slippery mind sees fit.
Blue eyes wildly flashing
taken with the wind.

On an empty joy ride
her mind will give her fits.
Hopping in with anyone
on her raucous trip...