Over the Moon

You are my best friend, let us sit on the moon together.

Reflecting the luminous sunlight in our laughter

While playing hopscotch in astronaut's footprints

Listening to our radio transmit unanswered prayers

How I love to love you

Let me lock your heart so no pain can enter or escape

The gift of an embrace

The medicine for an influx of white lies and gossip that surround young love

Deadening the spirit's song and dance

Now one must recover from both cure and affliction

 

Something in the Way

No gift for you Sagittarius 

Your birthday's too close to Christmas

Maybe if I throw up all my french fries

I'll get invited to the party

You never do anything for me

because nothing was done for you

The news reports another shooting

But who cares?

Is it that the good die young

or people get what they deserve

Overheard another conversation about myself

"She does nothing!"

Then depend on somebody else to care about your paltriness

Never fought to win when compared to another

I have my dreams to comfort me

Especially to retire self-employed because no one would hire me

Too many bosses, not enough employees

The addiction of routine

The goal of always being on time,

but never in a hurry

Milk and Honey

You come from a place where blood taints the streets

Cowards have machine guns and verses

and theives do not value what they have stolen

because their success means excess

Loved ones go missing, taken or turned

Screams heard in concrete

You close your eyes and lie on a pillow made of rubble

and dream that you are not forgotten

You will never be forgotten

Let me share my plenty with you

My country is now your country

Can I lock your heart

so pain cannot enter

Love,

m.

The Empire Within

You are a kingdom

with truth in your realms

Armies of invention will try to vanquish you

Steady yourself on books

The mind is your leader cloaked in creativity

to build the fortress with your hands and walk on golden steps of patience

One can launch rockets with words

Let those with faith who are faithful behind your walls

The child, the legacy, the heir needs a kingdom

Keep the wonder that travels in a hot air ballon amongst the halcyon

and sail on the seas of the imagination

Dream of finding a balance among the luscious trees and ferocious wolves

Someday you will see a man chasing a monarch to break its wings

The empire within will not let it trouble you

because you were made for much more