Reality

They say we should live in the moment What that means I really don’t know Quit filling my life with slogans Cause I’m not in your reality show Make-believe is my chosen profession Fooling myself is a full-time occupation Fantasies face no recession No resistance in my imagi-nation Open enrollment with no postponement What is and is not has no relation In the near term I see no cessation That’s cause I’m good at make believe They say we should live for the moment What that means I really don’t know Quit filling my life with slogans Cause I’m better … Continue reading Reality

Ephiphany

Being away from you is like leaving myself Seeing a day without you is deceiving myself That I could ever find my self alone Don’t know who I am, no believing myself Then, an epiphany Materialized out of thick air How to see you When I couldn’t see past myself When I didn’t know how to care Some live and die by the tongue Thinking what they say Saying what they think Instead of thinking who’s ok Just watching others sink Then light came to me Life in you. Ignite life in you. Your ideas. Your thoughts. Your words. Your … Continue reading Ephiphany

Age

Seems nothing prepares for the effects of time When the skin wrinkles and muscles fail The criminal age sneaks up on youth And before I’m ready away he sails Leaving me wondering why time ails Why no one ever told me the truth That I must grow old or not grow at all Only yesterday I was young and worry-free Why has time taken its toll on me? Life. Life was on an upward trajectory Time. Time now changes the way I see The way I move, the way I look, the way I be I ran through the signs … Continue reading Age