Peace Preservation

My chivalrous monotony

Bending hope of autonomy

Keeping up with happiness created

A magenta across the color palette

To a simple green on the ground

In thwarted moments I hold dear

To hold the peace

Rather than steer the conversation

Into uncharted grounds

I use glue to stop the moments

Complement and own it

As me and my wife

Travel on tires thin and balding

As superficial as the moments we are holding

I push the pencil through punishment and pain

We hope to grow as we take our new strains

Of life and work new masterpieces

It is helpful to remember

Pulling into the station

Of the concrete jungle

And broken slabs plantation

On the road we embrace meditation

Stop confrontation

For peace preservation

 

 

Dime for Time

A relentless issue of the greedy

Pursuits of spending and waste

No roof would provide

The world over icy outside

Crayon spilled violently over white pages

Scribbled lines with indecent haste

Cheerful with eyes glowing

Taking more than they were sowing

Winning a competition that was never fought

Wrought over tiny pennies

Pulled up by the zipper

The hand held hopes of higher gods

No friend of mine

Owns more than one dollar for food

And dime for time

College mornings with hard set oatmeal

Making for an early meal

I make amens with cheap sunglasses

While the greedy take up their wicked flames

 

Pursuits and Bitter Ends

If I had one more chance

Would I do it any different 

Spent life nursing a splint

In my own mind

One life’s route

Leads to a wondering wind

Unwind and ask

If I could go back

Would I even attempt

To try again

Routes pursuits and bitter ends

Uncertain of this certainly

Pulled the curtain over my eyes

To no longer see

What could have become of me

On a different life plane

Under the sun 

Rather than the rain

How’s this engrained in my brain

A splinter in my fingertips

Touching my own lips

I wonder would I even be the same

This long journey spent

Out in the rain

Narrow Minded Corridors

The story of the troubadour

Venturing down miles of roads

Fighting narrow minded corridors 

Rising from the earths floor

Deplored at first 

Then adored 

Sharing stories

Unearthed tragedies 

More and more

Spent money rolling through pockets

Hoping for a tight lock in

But lyrics and stories can not be stop’in 

If I can make it through this week

The next and onward

Writing for context

Without a known

Prefix

With eyes that will suffice 

While I spin tires 

Trying to get wise

Back and forth side to side

We are here together

On this wild ride

I Grew

Unbending hope 

Pulled out from under me

Hands tight on the rope

The feelings of letting go

Blown around 

My hope preservers 

That good people walk next to me

Alongside my steps

Friends walking with friends

That is the beauty of the ascent

To find more of myself the what I knew

To realize instead of shrinking

I grew 

Unexpected Bends

The unexpected bends

Sends my mind reaching 

To understand false premises

Canned 

How did it fall apart

Was it a small piece 

Of a master plan

Built a 4 story house 

On weak sand

How could this be 

A fallacy I see

Under me

The sand gives way

Now do I ever really understand

Weaknesses of sand

I tried to compensate

What what too complicated

Frustrated 

But we will move on

On 

And on

Anxious Crown

A man wearing an anxious crown

Throws back with withered thorns

The indignity of hope scorned

Must have a courageous play

To be once more adorned

His hopes as fragile as pencil

Under great pressure

Bending at the point

Of almost breaking

He takes a swig of heady liquids

Rising the spirits with his hand

Set out for a journey

Looking over the peoples land

His mind now deep in reflection

Of how his hope and optimism

Slowly grew into his flailing crown

Now is the moment to return

The curtains are pulled on the stage

One error has the potential to destroy

What he has crafted with single heart joy

His feet begin to move

At first wacky and unprotected

But with his heart projected

He steadies his feet and walks out

The light shines and this

Is his time

Emerald Eyes

Eyes like burning emeralds

On Florida Street

After the big shows

All the world knows

How those eyes glow

Flicker and grow

Dim buzz of the engine

In this car we sit in

But those eyes

Beautiful eyes

I know

I love

Our skin may weather

But eyes never grow old

In a city of eternal growth

We hold hands 

And make a story our own

Capitol Stairs

Under the Capitals lights

Rising up into the sky

Armored city

In the night

White

Illuminated

Beneath a dark night blue

Holding hands 

With plans 

Of me and you

We share moments of growth

Rejuvenation shows

In the city that knows

No boundaries or barriers

Standing on the Capitol stairs

Monumental Strength

Share your story

From failure 

To glory

Mornings evenings

How the birds sing

Make my ears ring

With hope and truth

The story of you

Become a bell of monumental strength

The life lessons you have gained

Contained inside and share with me

Your Story