Book
She goes there to escape and hide
From everything
Her eyes indulge
Every written word I hold
She has gobbled up others like me
Though they are not forgotten
They are eaten many times
Every turn
Every twist
Her excitement
Her pleasure shows
Her knowledge grows
Each page she turns
And then she is done
I stand with my ever-growing family to wait
Until she chooses me once again
December 2, 2002
Love
Love is like an addiction
You crave it
It's all you think about
At first
Then it eats away
At your soul
Turning on you
Satisfying its hunger
You can't live without it
It becomes you every being
Your life supporter
Your personality of life
Love makes you sick
Queasy in the stomach
Head hurts
Die
December 2, 2002
Change of Season - Winter
The cold bitterness
The raw icy wind
The knowing
That winter is soon coming
Things are changing
Like trees
The leaves have fallen
But still remain
The mercury tests our skin
Trying
But no succeeding
To stay afloat
December 3, 2002
Dead Fingers
I was just walking
With my head held down, of course
Just shielding my ears
Covering them with my hands
Big mistake
Lunging
It came at me
Like dead fingers reaching for life
The overgrown tree
Grasping at my face
I scream
Not knowing why
I duck my hand
Breathing like running a mile
Heart pumping
Breath
December 3, 2002
In the Waters of Light
I feel like I can bathe
In moonlight and sunlight
The sun's hot rays wash over me
Warming my heart
The moon's cool light engulfs me
Cooling my soul
I swim
In the waters of light
December 4, 2002
School
We are robots
Doing as we are told
All day
Obeying commands
We think are ridiculous
We work until our hands
And minds
Are sore with
The capacity
To learn
And all the while we dream
Of freedom
Outside of these
Terrible walls
Of evil
We passby doorways
To the world
That will save our lives
Discharged from the prison
Of torment
Then we are let loose
Free to run amok
Welcome to rest
Shutting our brains down
Until we are set to labor again
December 10, 2002
The Locket
I keep her heart
Her love away from the world
I'm close to her heart
At all times
A symbol of a gift
That someone gave her
Something no one can live without
Something that no one can take away
December 12, 2002
Detention (Only 5 Minutes)
Alas
The bell has rung
The sound we wish for
All day
Today I sit in my seat
Still
Watching
The minutes slowly tick by
It's the worst situation
Watching everyone's happy
Joyful, free faces
In a Friday Detention
December 13, 2002
What A Good Friend Is
To all my friends who read this
Know that I care
I should have laughed
When you were happy
I should have cried
When you were sad
I should have listened
When you wanted to talk
I should have held you
When you needed a friend
I should have done
What He said
When you were hungry
I should have offered you food
When you were thirsty
I should have given you a drink
When you were cold
I should have given you clothes to warm you
If you couldn't stand
I would've helped you up
If you couldn't see
I would've led you safely out of harm's way
To be a good friend
You must first learn to forgive
Forget the troubles of the past
And remember the happy times
Look forward to the good times ahead
And treasure forever a friend
December 15, 2002
The Life I Live
What's it like to be invisible?
Do you know?
I do
Do you ever go a day
Not talking to anyone but your family?
I do
Do you ever feel
Like no one knows you're alive?
I do
Could you live
This everyday life?
That I do
December 18, 2002
Air
It's so clean
Not like our life
It knows where it's going
So swift
It has been around
Since the dawn of time
The only thing that will still be here
When we are gone
December 18, 2002
Destinations
Home
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