collections

just a number of poems

vision...
invision this if you will
your hand on mine, in love still
now picture this if you please.
laughing faces as we play and tease.
thats what we had
it wasn't that bad
yet your world was your own
and in it i had no home.
like any other outcast
i just couldnt' last
your world, your life
without me, no strife






lost

lost the will
lost the fight
I gave it all
for just one night
given it all
for a chance
a chance
to do whats right
chance has come and gone
will has faltered and lost
nothing left to fight for
my life
our love
has been lost




give


through years of love
years of pain
my life has stayed
strong and unchanged

days of heartbreak
hours of happiness
still here
i'm still the same

i've given my life
my soul my heart
its all been given back
the same not a mark

i've given it again
for free
to love
no fee

and again
it was given back
the same
but with one scratch

........ no ending yet


listen

"I wish you would just step down
for me or yourself
stop and listen
i'm here with you
your problems are real
your life does matter
i'm listening
just talk to me
abuse, neglect, drugs
yes I know,
you've told me before
i'm sorry I didn't listen then
I'm sorry it takes this
just to bring someone around
i'm sorry."
I whisper this in your ear.
the preacher closes his sermon
the casket closes
bearing the weight of the world
all in an enclosed wooden box
alone I stand and watch.
6 feet under you rest
a 60 foot drop put you there
remember? we were going to hang out that night
but I couldn't find the time
" i'm sorry
I didn't listen
I didn't make time."
I whisper this to the wind
looking down through your eyes
looking at my own retribution......
now will you listen to me