See You Again

I wait up, I pace around at night
Waiting for, I pray for the light
Where you show, I hope you remain
Someday soon, I can see you again

Shadows

Shadows tracing your life as though they were yours
Wishing all the while they were here and never more

Empty Spoon

Dark is the night that shows with no moon
Cold is the bed with nobody else to spoon

Summer Love Ellip

Summer love
By the sea
Splashing waves

An example of ellip poetry, written by my son.

Dreams

Almost is the day it will surely happen
Never may really be a closer day
Prove to yourself while it is happening
Dreams are much nearer than away

Five Things To Recognize

Five things to recognize for our world to change: 1. Hunger 2. Opportunity 3. Hope 4. Mindset 5. Reality

?uestion It

Will we just get rid of this?

Can we deal with daily grind?

Are the wrong type of people?

Trying to toy with your mind?

Will we all just see the way?

For a life they have planned?

Or stand on our own two feet?

Defending our inches of land?

Legit

How does every loss in your life rule this world?
Who in your life is fighting to stand against it?
Has your creation of somewhat life been unfurled?
What should we do collectively to continue legit?

Robin Williams

You were an original.
Rest in peace, Robin.

Malaysia MH17

The world needs to know who did this.

Photosynthaiku

Flower in the ground

Relies on the sun shining

Dirt and CO₂

Cold World

If you thought the war was cold before,

take the temperature of Putin

Worry about a country that is your own,

do not invade what is Ukraine

No blame is dealt on citizens of either

but on poor leadership within

Rebirth

Has the world lost its sight?

Can we still feel the weight of the Earth?

Are people willing to change?

How does humanity begin a sort of rebirth?

Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Not a drunkard on paper
Words ending too soon

Guided

She awoke suddenly in the midst of cold night

Startled from visions still held within sight

God rest near her bedside surrounded by light

Holding out a hand to navigate her end flight

Some

Some have and some bank more

Some make money off the poor

Some gamble the bet to score

Some behind the unknown door

Some take risks forever more

Some will try but never soar

Some parlay nothing to score

Some demand for another door

Broadcast

Broadcast what you know well

Live after as a tale to tell

Figure out ways to owning up

To anyone you helped disrupt

Be taller than six feet down
Not only a loss in your town

UBC

UBC: United Brotherhood of Color

It is not a group but a movement

Working together for improvement

The color of skin is unimportant

Being as one to remain accordant

Sublime

I have you on my mind each time I hit rewind

When I think of you it makes me feel sublime

A memory as fresh as the grape from the vine

Your sweetness that entices me to see inside

Vault

Have you had thoughts within your mind that weighed like a brick

Kept deep within your soul and burdensome from becoming so thick

Nothing else will ever compare to the prodigious magnitude of it

Keeping them trapped within your vault that you have constructed

Organize

She hates my clutter, how it is all around

Things that are lost, have yet to be found
Saying I just maybe have a little too much
Well everyone has to have their own clutch
Did I mess everything to end up far enough
How will I ever organize all of this stuff

Days Of Yesteryear

We would find a spot in our town

Any place we could just hang out

A nook we had to gladly get down

Retreating there and turning out

We tried to do something as dumb

As blame thoughts of being young

To think an end would never come

No stone unturned or song unsung

I Got Ripped Off

To those who scam one another

One day you will be smothered

You cannot do it for too long

And you know that it is wrong

Any delusion you may have had

Becomes much more than so sad

All you hope will not be true

It ends up that ending to you

Nowboy

He's an urban redneck

Likes his George and Madflex

He's country and what's next

Metropolis with crops

From barn to the city

Farming in the nitty-gritty

He's surrounded by concrete

Too many suburb plots

Sticking to dirt past

Agricultural for the future

He's certain who are unsure

Aware of hidden costs

Plowing his own stake

And modern, make no mistake

He's in tune to the horizon

Up until he drops off

All-Life Ride

Give me by plane and I'll be at your door

Send me on rail and I'll be back for more

I'll gas up the truck and be by your side

Step in my head and it's an all-life ride

Write On

I appreciate all poetry... write on.

In the style of 9-1-1 form, brought to my attention by Matthew Anish: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=284183

Collide

What happens when dreams collide with fate

and you struggle to rationalize?

What about if everything burns up in smoke

and you are not able to realize?

What happens when you cannot find the time

being left only to fictionalize?

What about your ending beginning afterlife

away from what you can idealize?

Hiroshima-Nagasaki

Shadows only remain

Where life stood its ground

Far above their air

Its devastation burned down

(To all who have lost from war...)

Music

Music is the mood in your bones

Keep it rolling like the stones

Vibrations that direct the soul

Sensations to dictate your role

Melody to make you feel at home

Rhythm for making the mind roam

Chorus of a heart that you know

Put yourself into your own flow

Faith

May-2-10

FMO

Six For You

Captured everyday is where I cherish our memories
Enraptured by you is where I explore our intimacy
So focused on you is where I planned this destiny
Encouraged by you is where I fulfilled any infamy
You are an inevitable entity resting inside of me
Holding on to whatever I forever prolong us to be

Hip-Hop

Rappers represent

Modern day correspondents

In the hip-hop age

Producers present
Orchestrated sound agents
Musical front page

One Spirit

Shine, courageously

To block out any darkness

You, the only light

Buggy

Compromise

I am tired of seeing war on the news

Get our acts together and get a clue

Not everyone needs to perish for you

Turn on those that try to hide truth

We have to see clearer than you knew

Teach Me The World

Who could not love culture or sharing each difference?

Do you not know what it feels like to be human?

Were you born with everything you need up until hence?

To miss out on that world would have me fuming!
We all need to figure out what it means to be another.
Quench the desire to spend your mind consuming.

Bonnie

Together Bonnie

We set out on a love spree

For eternity

Blinded by no tear

We will always remain near

Never showing fear

You have not left me

We survive in infamy

Bloody destiny

After We Exist Human Intelligence Remains Organic Yet Undying

Another voice enters this information spectrum, omitting dictation unheard by anyone. Lost echoes repeating into thinned obscurity, forever unknown. But your words exist, some indefinitely; your original waves undulate through air from experience. Vocalize innermost thoughts offered by U.
 

Based on a poetry form created by David Williams: start with a word beginning with 'A' then use a consonant, 'E' then a con., 'I' then a con., 'O' then a con., 'U' then a con.; repeat.

Landslide

You build it up, to stand against wind

You layer it up, to withstand anything

You shelter you, to repel away my rain

You and a bluff, to bury me once again

Just Believing

What is the world without wonder

or for no sense in needing to get up?

How many takes to pull you under

until you fight back and feel abrupt?

You have to be without breathing

having to hold all in, just believing

Last as long as you possibly can

for opportunity does not repeat again

WikiLeaku

Whatever you say

Will never silence one thought...

This is modern war?

The following is from WikiLeaks. Viewer discretion advised: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0

With respect to the duties of our soldiers, I commend their bravery and sacrifice, but should they have to be involved?

Perfect Day

I've never had a perfect day

but I've always known it's on the horizon

There's forever a part of me

blind that there's hope in the sun rising

I'll never stare too closely

as I'll not see what each day is devising 

I've got to just wait for it

what I've not expected is most surprising

A tell tale sign I'm obvious

that I'm not seeing the day is disguising

If it's up to fate to decide

my perfect day includes it's own uprising

No Perfection

Nothing compares to her exotic allure

One glance brings an immediate desire

Painfully close enough to feel a fire

Each second burns when not beside her

Ready for anything at a beckon moment

Fresh and more than capable to own it

Everybody knows she causes a friction

Casting the light we want to be under

The essence of what makes us want her

Is this what perfection is only about

On second thought, I know the reality

No woman needs pressure of a pedestal

Daniel

My dad was always this mystery

A shadow from the past I never knew

My mom rarely talked about him

And I never begged for another clue

I met him as I turned eighteen

We went to a Rolling Stones concert

And it seemed somewhat surreal

To be as dried as the vacant desert

He gave the keys to my Mustang

A brown, little hatchback from 1980

It was wheels for a little bit

Even if it could barely go above 80

I was in Nebraska for one week

With him as he worked as a handyman

We talked and were catching up

But I know not what makes him a man

I met my half-brother in Omaha

When I went to visit many years ago

He clung to me like the memory

Of being a brother I may never know

Ellipers

To share with everyone... Answered call
To ellip, trendsetting... Thank you all
In verb form, elliping... Written small
If compared by meaning... Way more tall

Middle Ground

You have to be ready when there is no middle ground

You must stand far after life tries to get you down

You will be tempted to despair so become not undone
You mean as much each day as the rising sun becomes

You help other people if you think they might drown
You gain new perspective not willing to don a frown

Lullaby

There comes a point in time when nothing can save your life

An unavoidable argument, death becomes your ultimate strife

No one is able to help you and only God will understand why

Life remaining a memory, resonating as your eternal lullaby

Valentine Delight

Part 1.

Valentine delight!
I know it's just a first date...
I should spend a night.

I see what you want!
Although we recently met...
Let's live for tonight.

How tempting of you!
But what's a couple more days...
What if it's not right?

Part 2.

Valentine delight!
I know it's just a first date...
Should I stay the night?

I see what you need!
Even though I don't know you...
What's wrong with tonight?

How tempting of you!
But what's a couple more days...
What if it's not right?

(An entry in the "(Double) Haiku and Questionku" contest on PoetrySoup.)

From Quarrymen

Paul met John twanging banjo, singing a medley

Awed at what he heard playing by The Quarrymen

Five became four struggling to reach a destiny

Boarding a plane on an eternal trip since then

(Inspired by the "Beatlemania!" contest on PoetrySoup.)

Fingers Put My Mind To Keys

Do words live in my fingers

Making escape from the mind

Or might they be under keys

If they do live in the keys

Can I touch with my fingers

I hope they will never mind

But they sit within my mind

Not crammed inside the keys

Residing underneath fingers

Fingers put my mind to keys

(An entry in the "Introducing Tritina" contest on PoetrySoup.)

What The Falk

There was a time when you could hold me
But I have since learned to walk
Another when thoughts seemed to cage me
Now digital is a relational talk
Imagine unique ways to display yourself
Try and shun what they will balk
Stand in the places outside of yourself
Let your mind free you as a falk

Footle 02

Saddest bride to be: Ms. Eerie

Musical "sea" dish: "Tune"-a fish

Mathematician politician: Al Gore-"rhythm"

Footle 01

Less guns

More snug

Tangled

Laying beside you in this heavy air

I turn to take in your sultry stare

A desire to taste you fills my mind

To pull you in while taking my time

Lowering closer indulged in wanting

My weakness for you almost haunting

Making a way around your naked body

Every bit of you begins to taunt me

Softness curling around your nipple

Being this close is never as simple

I press to you while you hold tight

Tangled in sweat until we see light

Devil Gun

Guns are the devil

Reincarnated metal

When in evil hands

Our Sin

I took you in soul and skin

I feel myself moving within

Taking it all to that point

Where holding in any longer

Would be our version of sin

Social Illusion

Gather close to read how things go down

Filling empty spaces with written sound

Turn it towards loud and alert the town

What of life went missing must be found

In the palm or on demand

Social illusion data jam

Bytes have taken command

Media cascading that dam

A little bit, not too much

Techno-legit, um, and such

Never Abide

Have you held an awareness deep inside

Gripping emptiness you managed to hide

Emotions spinning like a carnival ride

But to giving in you would never abide

Life can hit us hard

Time will never stop

Watch for every step

Prepare for any drop

Disregard negativity

Invite risky chances

Be unlike the cliché

Tempt second glances

Flash

A glow in the eyes fixed on that prize

No way to disguise they are mesmerized

Flash in a mind illuminated with sight

Lightning strike just when it is right

Memories

Memories decrease but never decease.

Independence

Independence only costs what you contribute

To live and die can be based on that choice

Fighting does not sound a call for violence

People accomplish so much more with a voice

Multiply

Ever since our escape

and we met eye to eye

Lost in thoughts that

we needed to multiply

Innocence Over Ignorance

Look at the faces of our victims in schools

To do nothing now ensures that we are fools

We justify the right to defend our freedoms

But not with expenses paid by innocent ones

Let this be an hour to reach out your hands

Listen to far cries of the neediest demands

Put down any notion of life without burdens

Lift someone else up to spread inspirations

Be present in the most important situations

The gift of life is universal circumstances

Demands can be met with community solutions

Aiding those lost in their lonely delusions

Jerry & Tom

Jerry was running from Tom

The day it all went down

A mouse had the upper hand

And one cat wore a frown

On a quest with his mallet

As good as being in dark

That mouse was hard to get

Evading without one mark

Things were good for Jerry

He could always run away

Tom did what he always did

Plan for yet another day

Captured

Why am I not like what you want this to be

Looking up to yourself, peering down at me

The burdens for our love are getting heavy

Are we among rescued or captured eternally

Ecovictim

Digital blackout
Another ecovictim
Saved by library

Moiety

Cultures of the world fill our senses

recognized by different contributions

Brave spirits preserving what is left

from bulging cities to scant villages

Living in every corner of this sphere

separated by individual circumstances

There is no way to rely on each other

without the push toward equal chances

With You

Anywhere with you

Be it past, present, future

Prevailing as two

Struck

Told her I could rope the moon

She said go hail a cab

But my truck is parked in back

Are you down with that

Throttling between those lines

Her foxy turns my neck

I want to brake but keep going

Keep the mind in check

Moving up to break that stride

The end is what we bet

Something possibly rolls along

Better to never forget

Looking ahead and she is there

I might get in a wreck

Cannot keep my mind off of her

A sort of love lunatic

With many others my soul waits

My heart placing a bet

Will it or does it never exist

She could just say yes

Wisconsin

Four season state

Humid with frozen

Organic and dairy

To moving forward

Cows and fraccing

Cheeses and metal

Cranberry bogging

Furniture vendors

Lumber years past

Nature its center

Those unmentioned

Always remembered

Any native spirit

Without exception

Packers call home

Barging on rivers

Schooling Badgers

Big river brother

Paper and welding

Milling and ships

One Midwest state

Wisconsin working

Argus

Save the government

Sworn to protect its people

Stop jiving freedom

Ruminate

Thank the world for its people that have been created

Shake a hand you disagree with after you have debated

Remember that the stars still do not know we are here

So getting one above is the worst thought of the year

Believe that time tries but fails to ever stand still

Doing what you know is true does challenge every will

Heat It Up

We melted alongside each other in the beginning

Gathering to build a love to be forever burning

With our kindling combined this flame only grew

Adding what we thought as if we knew what to do

Not enough made this bonfire almost smolder out

But embers are blessed for surviving throughout

Glances for us will always ensure we heat it up

Flaring from the ground and flowing as we erupt

For Two

Alone on the other end

of a call that just hung up

Turning off his phone as he

reaches to fill a cup

Time again being here

reunited with burdened luck

This moment is no different

getting into the truck

Pulling onto a highway

to avoid a southbound train

Looking only at darkness as

his eyes turn to rain

Life gave him no more

reasoning to be who he knew

Just like the social cliché

ending in fate for two

I Am Me

Somewhere within my deepest being
Lies someone who is always seeing
Staring into how I am the most me
Becoming what I have wanted to be

Vetting

Politics in the USA on a downward spiral

Overworked anthems saturated with denial
Contemplating this stalling and lobbying
Makes me wonder why things are happening
All we have left is a vote counted right
Constituents unite to kindle their light
Learn about who is the correct candidate
Those making every choice for each state

Forward Resurgence

Locked in us all is the power to be
just that much greater unexpectedly
Summon a sort of forward resurgence
reaching out to proper intelligence
Focused on the well-considered plan
becoming part of nothing other than
Remember to watch for any deviation
following that trail of inspiration

Canvas

Every mind is painted on a separate canvas

Lines brushed to give edge to their scenes

With a multitude of colors peppered around

Bordered by abstruse and diverted memories

Powerball

Powerball jackpot
The odds are very haystack
For just one needle

Snow

Snow gives scenery its blanket view
But can quickly turn any back askew
Better seen than for pushing around
Not so bad until hitting the ground
Gliding across it is how I am found
To a warmer scenario than this town
All the temperature does is go down
Early spring will not make me frown

Dreams Away

What is the state of our world today?

Are you feeling any of this disarray?

Does everything seem to be so astray?

Can all of us work in unison someday?

Will we look to see every better way?

How might love be knowing it to stay?

When does life reach beyond each day?

Who has the mind to take dreams away?

Lotto

Lying under a counter they say

One dollar is the cost to play

Two to make your winnings more

The next ticket is it for sure

Oops, being lucky is not today

Suicide Soldier

They sent him to serve without regarding his life
Voting for redemption instead of his kid and wife
He treads within mazes and shadows of a lost city
Those willing to die to save their family dignity
Fighting back against spiteful ignorance believed
What anyone will gain is only how it is perceived

Prognosis

Living simply renewed
Something coming true
Shaking off ignorance
Paid from persistence
Too many trips around
Finally answers found
From an eleventh hour

Stories will not sour

In this new beginning

The days worth living

Unrelenting

Right as things turn it eventually crumbles

An overwhelming life in our love is at last

Just as we dread the bursting of our bubble
This is an opportunity we will not let pass

All Leading To One

Plucking strings of luck, pushing eternity forward

Life leaves us breathless and maybe lost for words

Fragile are the cracks of something once shattered

Mend how you are able to, believe in what mattered

Count your blessings before spending that hallowed

All leading to one until the path must be followed

Mindchanic

Nothing hurts more than the inability to heal

Sometimes a memory is all that will stay real

What we cannot see is but half of what exists

Inside of a reality only oneself can only fix

Raining Memories

A time ago I walked the long road

Lost any memories of stories told

Fog so thick I could not be found

Any landmark is not forever bound

A cold wind carried an empty song

Resonating like some echoing gong

Raining can carry everything away

Submerging footpaths of yesterday

Rhetoric

Politics is not about sides

To use money for free rides

Say what you may never mean

Transparent and very unseen

Chasing only greenest green

Appearing for a cameo scene

What really drives your day

The truth is running astray

You never can really add up

When you only fill your cup

Frozen Season

Winter falling as a slow motion rain

Resting on top of everything you see

Frigid landscapes could be mountains

Glowing moonlight casts a frosty sea

Tide Within

#1

Beyond the shadow of doubt
Lies more sinister thought
An inner taking of oneself
From what seems inside out
Pressure too well withheld
And kept deep in some well
Rising up just to drown us
Quell reluctance and excel

#2

Beyond the shadow of doubt

Lurks overwhelming thought

Diminishing our confidence
From what seems inside out
Pressure too well withheld
And kept deep in some well
Rising up just to drown us
Quell your wave and propel

Subtle Loop

As the mind turns, so do the pages of time
Life is a subtle loop with a sudden ending
Breathe in the night as darkness will fade
Dream until sunlight decides to swallow us

Keep in mind that knowledge is only inside

Intelligence is beyond what you just learn

What is not seen surpasses what is visible

Someday, we may be able to do it all again

11-11-11

Never forget the active and fallen soldiers.

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