VII

Fallen angels
Keep you safe
Empty bottles
Cover the floor
His voice echoes
In this tiny place
A fate less perfect
You never thought
It would change
For tonight
If not tomorrow
Angels keep you safe

(June 10, 2008)

VI

I want to be a nature, fashion, portrait, and movie photographer. I want to be a cinematographer, a screenwriter, a set designer, a producer, a film maker. I want to be both teacher and student --of everything. I want to be an artist, a realist, a philosopher, and activist. I want to be a journalist, a short story writer, a novelist. I want to be a traveler, a tourist. I want to be a singer, song-writer, a musician, guitarist, pianist. An entertainer. I want to be a detective, a lawyer, a fighter, a lover, a mother, a daughter, a child, a sister, an aunt, a neighbor, a shoulder, a friend. I want to be me. Whoever that is.

(June 10, 2008)

V

I can't even tell you
How nervous I am
Standing here
Heart in hand
Pit in my stomach
Desert in my mouth
Metaphors are endless
Time for the truth
To come out
I wanna know
How you feel
I wanna know
Could this be real

(June 5, 2008)

IV

That smile
You wear like a pro
The secret
Everyone wants to know
The pain
You never, ever show

(June 4, 2008)

III

listen to the rain
steady as a drum
tapping on the tin roof
falling to the ground
on this porch we sit
steady hypnotized by it
it soothes the mind
like you sooth my soul
strumming your guitar
and humming
a tune without words

(June 3, 2008)

II

Just a cup of coffee and
A good crossword to get me through
Just a cup of coffee and
I don't need you
I've got some music
I've got enough gas
I'm gonna fly outta here
I'm gonna lose your ass
Cause those lies
You've told me
Well I'm trying to forget
And the further I run
The closer I get

(June 1, 2008)

I

Here today, gone tomorrow
How does one live in such
A world of sorrow?
A world controlled
by anger and hate
Where everyone with faith
Is praying
It's not to late
to save or be saved,
to die or live on,
to fight for those
who are gone
In a world of greed
And lust and fear
What is there
to hold dear?

(June 1, 2008)