• Poetry

    Working Marriage

    A hard pit of emotion is lodged in my throat Far too much to swallow Disrespect runs through my veins Contempt fills a heart thats hollow I run to the place where I can be me Paper and Lead are always fair When your darkness keeps me away Paper and…

  • Poetry

    Ups & Downs &…

    My life is falling apart I don’t know from where to start Everything that I once knew Finding that none of its true No solid thought in my head Nothing but chaos instead I don’t know what to believe Back up, give me room to breathe I want to wake…

  • Poetry

    Balance

    A loser comes with every winner Although not many want to see For every saint there is a sinner Although thats not what we want to be Many are blind by choice They live in ignorance Many don’t hear the voice They are without common sense Look at nature seek…

  • Poetry

    Expression

    I want to let out a scream Escape my box Just stop living a dream Something unorthodox I want to let out a shout Angry at the pain Both faith and doubt Battling on my brain I want to let out a call For who might hear We all stumble,…

  • Poetry

    One Wooden Cross

    The rain batters me on my hardened skin Callouses wettened by blood of my sin You say you have truth yet your mistaken Because of some myth, your life you’ve forsaken I don’t stop my dig to bury one thought Rain fills the grave as I empty my lot How…

  • Poetry

    Life’s Checkmate

    I walk upon the earthen board And watch Life’s endless fight The stone pieces in Life’s game Both sides: Dark and light I pass a row of nameless pawns Fighting in their King’s war One by one they felt Life’s blade And we hear their screams no more A towering…

  • Poetry

    Sacrifice

    Tattered curtains And a Shattered window Flattered evils And a Battered Soul What do you do when the lights have faded? When all of your feelings end up dated? When your entire life you would?ve traded For just a second to feel whole Received a gift But you Believed a…

  • Poetry

    The Odd Trio

    I?ve got three friends, who really do make an odd three First comes Faith, in all her glory She helps remind me that the Future in no way can be the Past And any trouble I?m having now, most likely won?t last Than comes Pain, adding his own latitude He…

  • Poetry

    Can’t We All Just Get Along?

    A soldier lies in wait Then brings the scope to his eye Within him there is no hate And yet a stranger must die A bully stays out of sight To ambush his prey A little boy lives in fright Dreading each and everyday A daughter cringes in her room…

  • Poetry

    Weight of a Tear

    The weight of a tear, caused by the moment between sorrow and fear. What draws the droplets down from ebony lashes to the tip of the frown? That is the answer that I seek, “What brings water from eye to cheek?” That is the question that plagues us all, “What…