36. Night Song (Dec 31)

The mist of the night air
Blankets my skin
As dew tiptoes on my face

The night sky twinkles
Stars mischievously play
As the moon watches overall

The breeze waltzes with the trees
Leaves are dipped and spun
As dance and song is brought to all

I lie here on the ground
My eyes are closed
As I look inside to the night sky

The babbling brook speaks
Sweet words of solitude
As frogs join in the song of wild

The crickets jump and sing
Owls make their flight
As they all are merry with life

I open my ears to the world
I feel and see all that’s here
As they dance and sing around me

On the grass I rest
With all my new little friends
We listen and speak of what’s to come

This is the time of all things great
Where peace and joy reign supreme
And where morning brings the end

35. Lady of the Lake (Dec 30)

Like the lady of the lake

I live in the waters

My home is a reflection

Of truth in the world

My world a place of absolute truth

Reflections that tell all

Reflections that do no false

In light I hide below surface

But at night I come alive

Dancing under the moon’s light

Using the stars’ reflection as my guide

This is the lost place of magic

It has been left to here

Once prevalent in everything

It’s now just here hiding from disbelief

I am the lady of the lake

Keeper of all magic left

Above the surface you only see your reflection

While below I stare back with envy

34. I, the Creator (Dec 29)

I am a legend

A fable, a myth

I am the keeper

Of all that is

I created the world

And every place known

I molded your skin

I shaped your bones

There was nothing before me

I did come first

I feed the hungry

I quench their thirst

From the moment time started

Someone always believed

In me they took shelter

Their pain I relieved

I took part of me

And made each a soul

Then a breath gave them life

This made them whole

Good in the beginning

By all innocence was had

If they fell into darkness

Their hearts did turn bad

The world had to be balanced

I created the night

Good had to have something

For it to fight

Night has the day

Water has the land

Good has the bad

All made by my hand

I live in the skies

The sea and the earth

You will meet me at death

And say goodbye at birth

33. I Call for You (Dec 28)

Through trees and vines and rocks and roots

Through the thickest brush and undergrowth

I call for you

I pray you make haste

And rescue me

From these shadows unveiled

Myself realized under evening skies

Stars twinkle giving hint to the truth

Which is only unveiled when shadows walk

To have the clouds parted

To have the very darkness of night sky

Be moved to show me the way

I call for you

Through the thickest brush and undergrowth

Through trees and vines and rocks and roots

32. Great Mother of Dark (Dec 27)

Dark, mysterious hole

I look to you

From you springs life

From you comes the world

And all that is kept within

Mother of the Earth

I look to you

Your everlasting life

Renewing ever changing

From whence came the beginning

Soft keeper of what will be

I look to you

And everything kept within

You’re the lover and mother

The provider of what will be

Great one before me

I look to you

While everything stands still

For a moment I see within

And know all the answers

31. From Above (Dec 26)

High in the tree

            He sits

Watching the ground

            Unblinking

In the darkness

            He waits

Clutching a limb

            Unmoving

Struck by hunger

            He trembles

Eager to hunt

            Unchanging

A mouse below

            He sees

Spreading his wings

            Unstopping

Quickly and surely

            He attacks

The poor, small mouse

            Unknowing 

30. Forgotten Past (Dec 25)

This is a story from the old

Which has never ever been told

In sighting fear upon them all

Out of the Earth this thing had rolled

The earth did quake and trees did fall

Animals ran and cried their call

If nothing looked, they would not see

What on this Earth did now stand tall

They came and conquered all of thee

And nothing else could ever be

Forever stopped, not to begin

This thing put Earth on bended knee

This was the creation of men

Oh, remember what once had been

The way it used to be back then

The way it used to be back then

29. Colorblind (Dec 24)

I used to see the green, the gold

The orange and brightest red

All of these colors I see no more

It seems the world went dead

The yellows are gone, the blues disappeared

Browns and whites fell from my sight

No twinkling stars or glistening moon

But only the dark of night

All the colors mixed in a chaotic swirl

My sight began to blur

It all turned gray and then to black

The day I lost sight of the world

28. At Water's Edge (Dec 23)

By the river wind blows through the trees,

Caressing their branches,

Dancing with them to the music of life.

I sit and watch, listening to the sounds.

The sounds of the river’s edge

So alive with life’s gentle touch.

On the surface,

Ducks paddle and dive,

Searching for food,

And what remains of this season.

I just look on and take it all in.

Staring blankly and not thinking,

I remain here until dark.

27. Anything But (Dec 22)

Unmarked and untouched

Like a fresh fallen snow

Total innocence

Full of hope

Unbroken

This blanket of solitude

This fortitude of protection

An everlasting glow

Is anything but

Lasting

Impressions of footsteps

Scattered vicariously

Over our souls

Push and pull

One way

And then the other

Ever so lightly

We tread making our own

Steps through life

26. Act of the Unworthy (Dec 21)

Light shines down

As I look on

Waiting for my cue

The audience waits

For me to start

And my act I will soon do

The music starts

The curtain lifts

And I begin to dance

To the beat of the drum

And the sound of the horn

All entwined in sweet romance

Everyone cheers

As I dance and sing

Happiness fills the room

The music fades

The lights start to dim

I awake to what is true

I’m paralyzed

From waist to feet

Have been since my birth

In this bed

I will forever lie

Being nothing of any worth

25. The Night Must End (Dec 20)

Just for tonight, let's get lost

Lost in the feeling, 

Drowning in the moment

Away from the world,

Away from the realization

That the morning must come

And tonight must end

With the rising of the sun

We must part

Leaving this night

To forever live in our memories

24. A Moment to Breathe (Dec 19)

Murky confusion sets in on my brain

The earth below drops away from my feet

All my troubles just melt away

I inhale on the moment given to me

My eyes turn from focus into a gentle stare

Cloudiness takes over my mind

My body goes limp and relaxed from stiff

I exhale on the moment given to me

23. Love Song

I write this song


While thinking of you


Trying to put into words


And into notes


The life we share


The chords, the harmony


All sound as they should


But still there are few words


To describe how I feel


With no beat that can mimic


The beating of my heart


And how it beats for you


So this song I write


Is merely a tune

I hum or whistle


Whenever you are near


With no words


But just three


I whisper at the end


I love you

22. The Dark Marauder

You’ve taken her captive

She was my eternal youth

My innocence and everything

You, the dark marauder,

Have taken my one true love

You’ve stolen her

In a time of confusion

When I wasn’t aware

I, in a hazy grey

And her, not by my side

My light has now turned to black

For without her in my world

I am surrounded by darkness

No more light, no more radiance

No more morning to destroy the night

You’ve taken her far from me

Tortured her, made her let go

Turning her against my world

The world we once had shared

And molding her into yours

You’ve stolen her heart from me

And forced it to forget our love

Her face is but a memory fading fast

Aided by the rage I now feel inside

Toward the loss of my everything

21. A Whispered Song (Dec 16)

I dance to the song

Whispered through the trees

Twisting and twirling

A tango with the breeze

His left hand on my shoulder

And mine on his waist

Guiding me through steps

At a haphazard pace

His breath on my neck

Makes me feel right at ease

He whispers sweet nothings

Heard only by me

The pace does quicken

I try to hold tight

But the wind does lose me

And of him I lose sight

I’m left in the trees

All alone with my tears

Wishing for his return

With no song to now hear

20. Refusal (Dec 15)

And then you just laid there 

on the cold, hard cement

Not moving or breathing

Not saying a word

19. Held Back (Dec 14)

It's holding me back

Keeping my life down

With it's cold, hard hands

Trying to make me resist

Life and the act of living it

The dreams and dreaming it

The breath and breathing it

I just cant be part of it
It won't let me

18. The Moment (Dec 13)

Thinking past minutes, past seconds, past hours

But within days and weeks and months plus hours

I run through my head the thoughts of tomorrow

But run it past past and the present now moment

Of all of the days within all of the months

And all of the months in all of the years

I look to the day when I’ll see the night

And all of these moments fall dark in the light

When I’m but a memory in those moments of past

When this memory of yesterday is starting to pass

I start to fade fast like those lost before

When hours, minutes and seconds are no more

17. Longing (Dec 12)

I wish for the days of past

When the world was new

My life was only beginning

And the days were long

16. Yours (Dec 11)

I look to you and smile

and all the while I hide

the truth buried deep within me.
The tears I could cry,
the words I could speak,
all hidden from you inside me.
So just keep holding on
to what is already gone
and yours keep calling me.

15. I Call for You (Dec 10)

Through trees and vines and rocks and roots

Through the thickest brush and undergrowth

I call for you

I pray you make haste

And rescue me

From these shadows unveiled

Myself realized under evening skies

Stars twinkle giving hint to the truth

Which is only unveiled when shadows walk

To have the clouds parted

To have the very darkness of night sky

Be moved to show me the way

I call for you

Through the thickest brush and undergrowth

Through trees and vines and rocks and roots

14. Spin (Dec 9)

You spin and turn and spin

into the face of my submission

your beauty intrigues me

bringing my will down to the ground

on bended knees scraping them

13. Taken (Dec 8)

In the dark of night you know

We'll keep whispering our names

Though in the darkness he is there

Waiting to catch us both the same

While calling my name next thing I know

In darkness he took you from me

No longer I will call my name

For alone forever now I'll be

12. Tricks of the Trade (Dec 7)

I trade sex for money
A pleasure I'm told
Making your dreams be real
Don't care bout the risk
The diseases I can get
So please, let's make this deal
I'm filthy and dirty

I stand on the corner

I do long to be more like you

A mother, a lawyer

A teacher or daughter

Doesn't matter to me
Just please help me be

Not just an it, but a who
Now, a little less talk
A lot more action
Mister, give me that dollar
I will make you holler

11. Lacking Luster (Dec 6)

My rights have been stripped from me

I'm treated like a second class citizen

Being kicked in and out of the gutter

Living a life not resembling what once was

I'm a shell of the man I used to be

Diseased ridden and now full of pain

The only family of mine that remain

Are the empty bottles I wake next to

Each morning I wake from dreaming
Of a life I lived so long ago
In this place of gray and misery
I welcome the end like an old friend

10. South for the Winter (Dec 5)

High in the sky

The bird flies by

Trying to run from the cold

He was with friends

But they went astray 

Leaving him all alone

On this dark, hazy day

Far, far off course

The bird kept going

Deeper and deeper in depth

When old man winter 

Caught up to that bird

Freezing, he fell to his death

9. In a Distance (Dec 4)

I dreamt a dream in somber sleep

Of a world not too far away

Where the moon and sun walk hand in hand

And the night does welcome the day

For in this place I kiss the ground

And hug the flowers and trees

The birds do sing a song of love

And war is replaced with peace

8. Unknown (Dec 3)

I wonder why the days are long

Why people die, why babies cry

I wonder where the moon does go

When in the sky the sun has grown

There's so much in this world to know

Yet I am but a lonely soul

And I am to this world unknown

7. Fog (Dec 2)

Oh the air washing over me

It clings to my skin

Like a wet mop

Clouding my judgement 

and obstructing my view

This sheet, this layer

Covers me in a dense nothingness

6. The Bringers (Dec 1)

I'll take the life

and end the day

where they'll be no tomorrow

the sun i'll cover

the darkness i'll bring

the night will be my brother

together we

will rule the earth

none will be safe from our reign

in hand and hand

we'll rule the lands

and we will bring the pain

5. Fading (Nov 30)

I once knew a man

His hair was graying 

His face worn by age

His hands, his body

Were fragile and weak

His mind tattered and torn 

He had lived a life

Of solitude and ill regret

With death forever by his side

A lifetime captured in time

And one day he said goodbye

Accepting death and its love for him

The love they forever shared

When he turned his back

On life at birth

Immediately fading into the gray 

This man I know, I knew

This man was much like me

And I too soon will be

That same man of gray

Forever waiting for that day

When death becomes of me

4. Bump in the Night (Nov 29)

"Shhhh. Sleep tight," my mother said

As she tucks me tightly into bed

My arms and legs I cannot move

She hums old tunes to calm and soothe 

Sleep soon starts to gently begin

My mother leaves my room and then

The sugar plum fairies and tiny green elves

Dance around my head with themselves

Hearing a growl I'm awakened from sleep

Somewhere out there, the darkness keeps

A monster I've been told will find me here

Stuck tucked in bed with all my fear

The wind outside blows fast and strong

The monster grows closer and won't be long

Before his claws rip into me

I toss and turn trying hard to break free

I can feel his breath upon my face

And hear his heart beat quicken pace

Lying here helpless is his next meal

For now I'm sure this monster is real

But wait, I hear footsteps in the hall

My mother's name I begin to call

The monster made haste and ran away

And I will live to see another day

3. Ode to that Potato Man

Sometimes I wish you were all like me
Mister man made of potato
An interchangeable expression to match
The mood which I want to project
A set of eyes, a smirk or hat
A mustache or a big red nose
A compartment neatly tucked away
Where all the unused pieces go
No matter the mood or thoughts inside
A different face behind I can hide
Of me you think you knew
But I will tell you this
You don't,
You know who I let you do
So be more like me and hide the truth
Put on that grin and the eyes so bright
And hide the truth with all your might

2. He Comes for Me

He stood there glaring at me
Burning a hole into my lonely soul
And in this very moment I could not move
His eyes gazed deep within my frozen stare
Instantly I was held captive, unmoving
My heart raced and tried to retreat deep within
For it knew what was coming
I knew this as well
His hooded cloak tattered and torn
From years of wear and tear
I was on his list at the very top
I was to be next, very next
His pale, withered hand drew closer to mine
The thump thump thump grew slower, quieter
The air around me grew colder, more still
And as the world began to blur
And the lights began to dim
I simply just let go, falling down below

1. Snow Fall

The cold settles in
The snow ever falling down
Blinded by the blur