Doggy Paddling

I'm in a choppy ocean
Almost sinking
My heart's to heavy for buoyancy
My mind's weighed down by "thinking"
I fight to stay afloat
Practice strokes I do not know
I don't know who will be waiting
I don't know if there's a shore

I Sure Hope So

"If you keep making that face it will get stuck like that forever"
I sure hope so because if it doesn't, there's no point whatsoever
In this enthusiastic smile
In this confident grin
In this fake-it-till-I-make-it
In this mask that hides what's within
If I act like I know what I'm doing
If I put on a good show
Maybe one day It won't be acting
And I might really know
Maybe one day things will be different
Maybe I'll get a change of luck
Maybe one day I'll have done it long enough
And my smile will get stuck

Waiting for June

Dancing with bare feet

The utter bliss of breeze

Melting in the heat

Feeling utterly at ease

The buzz of mosquitoes

Like a bittersweet lullaby

Soaking in the cold of the fridge

With a relieved sigh

Nights interchangeable

With endless days

Oh summer, sweet, summer

Mere months away

Learning to Sail

Searching for the exact moment night turns to day

While trying to find the right words to say

Memories woven in to moments

And walking on eggshells

Timing life to the

Chiming of

Church

Bells

Being

Careful

Then throwing

Caution to the wind

Learning to sail like you

Are learning to live, remembering

Not to believe all that you hear, and

Finding your train of thought forms a hemisphere

 

Holding my breath

I can’t keep holding my breath
On this winding trail
To make it out alive
I slowly exhale

I can’t just keep falling
Through this infinite route
To land safely
I deploy my parachute

I can’t keep living life
Afraid of what’s below
To grasp on to new joys
I learn to
Let go

Science Class

I’m yet to learn the secrets of life

Sitting in a science lab

Rarely do I find significance

In the habitat of a fiddler crab

For though I can count protons

And calculate mass

I can’t change the course of life

With these modest facts

Though Newton’s laws may one day

Be  of my concern

At the moment there are other things

It would rather learn

Give me balance to measure the weight of words

Give me “adaptations” that give voice to the unheard

Give me a lens that shows truth that’s been blurred

And show me how evolution left the unkind souls preferred

Science examines the “how” of life

But conveniently ignores the “why”

Which is why I don’t reach enlightenment

With safety goggles on my eyes

Good luck from a Broken Mirror

Mirror mirror on the wall

Why do you tell such lies?

Reflecting your distorted surface

A million girls analyze

Every freckle on their eyelids

Every single little pore

And despite a lovely image

They can only want more

And because they are left

Dissatisfied

They cover up with products

Constantly re-applied

You, mirror, are unwise,

Undimensional, so flat

A person's full of substance

Containing so much more then that

What is portrayed on glass that's as fragile as emotions

Is a shallow deception, planting negtive notions

For a beautiful smile

Can also be cruel

And behind buck-teeth

Can be a personality jewel

So Mirror Mirror on the wall

Let us reveal what you hide

The day has come for your great fall

So we can reflect what is inside