short poems

HYPOCRIT’S STAGE
Somewhere between waking and a dream, I lost my innocence
One minute it was there, the it was gone, I haven’t seen it since
Once bright eyes, glazed by the passage of time
Fled are the wild ideals of youth they once sought to refine
Brother sun paint the blue sky with the colors of your dawn
You’ll find me running next to you before this twilights gone
I’ll chase the wind over the miles the spirits laid for me
The moon, heavenly protector, will present my destiny
Long cold night, cousin mine, the family I have left
Cruel skeleton hand of love, rip the beating heart from my chest
Long hard days drag on, lonely evenings without end
Where have you gone, now that I call upon you friend
Close the window, slam the door,  locked from the world in which I don’t belong
Righteousness in on the warpath and the tribal drums are calling me along
Pull your trigger, plunge your blade, no pain can touch me now
March me onward into the flames of hell, in shame the angels bow
No more lies nor deceptions grand to wipe away these sins
Wake me when the morning comes, when my trial and all begins
Place my sins upon your cursed burning page, written in innocents blood
Stir the hatred pure and boiling into a powerful flood
Never say of me my heart was weak, or brand my soul untrue
Yes my trials were many, but my trespasses were few
So lay me now in that sinners grave and curse my name with rage
The only actor who dared speak true, upon the hypocrites stage.

SPIRIT
Sweet mysterious spirit, why do you haunt me so
Your unforgettable image follows me wherever I go
I cannot sleep, but dream of you, until the dawn returns
Tell me spirit what have you done, what is this fire that burns
Spirit my soul is enslaved, you are my captor now and forever
There is no way for my heart to escape, your charms are far too clever
You weave a mighty spell, which tangles up my mind
Will you spirit return my love, could you ever be so kind
You dance beyond my grasp, a sparkling star that cannot fall
You my spirit dance too high to ever hear my shameful call
It is a curse upon me to love you whom I cannot have
Yet to see you for a moment, does balm my wound with salve
Oh broken heart, oh desperate soul, why do they cry for you
Why do I ache to touch your spark, to light this bonfire anew
Tis brutal torment and melancholy hell, why do you tempt me so
Is there no place I can escape your lure, nowhere I can go
Dear spirit I bow in shame, bathed in the wonder of your beauty
I dare not let you look upon me, for a monster you will see
Twere my soul a purer place, were my being without scars
I might stand a chance of greeting you upon your pedestal of stars
My precious alluring spirit, how can fat be so cruel
To tempt me with such beauty beyond my reach, leaving me a fool
How I long to touch you, kiss your hand with these meek lips
To wrap my arms around you, caress your face with my fingertips
Oh splendid maiden, goddess fair, this humble soul does cry
To steal the briefest kiss from you, before fate condemns this love to die
Dance sweet spirit, dance away into the beauty of the night
Alas my love could not reach you, though I tried with all my might.

MONSTER
Don’t look under the bed
Don’t you dare open that door
There’s a monster lurking round
Listen close, I’ll tell you more
This beast is but shadow
You’ll never see it’s form
It’s soul is cool as ice
It’s craving something warm
You hear a noise behind you
You turn but nothings there
You know that something’s waiting
But your never sure quite where
A chill runs down your spine
Something’s getting close
Close your eyes, hold your breath
Prepare to face what you fear the most
Open your eyes, take a look
Will you dare believe it’s true
What do you do toe to toe with a monster
What do you do when that monster is you
Laugh nervously if you must
Swear “that simply isn’t me”
But you never know for sure
Where or who the monster might be.

QUESTIONS
Where does your heart belong, where do your loyalties rest
Do you revere their god and country, and appear like all the rest
Do you forsake what you feel, in favor of what they teach
Do you deny who you are, to be closer to what they preach
Do you hide away in shame, what you feel is truth
Do you accept everything they say, despite their lack of proof
They don’t like your kind, but they’ll take you as they are
If you dare to stand against them, they’ll hunt you near and far
Would you turn away your people, to be what you are not
What you once proclaimed so loudly, how quickly you’ve forgot
Do you wonder why the world you please will never let you in
Does it wound you when they tell you your existence is a sin
I wonder when I see you, why you even try
Why live with broken wings, when you have the will to fly
I look into your hidden world, then I look at mine
I may not be what they are looking for, but I think I’m doing fine
I shake my head in sadness as I watch you play the game
Your justifying a world that won’t even remember your name



ANSWERS
I want to run with the wind, deep into the night
I want to lose myself in darkness, till the world is out of sight
I’m tired of following their rules, tired of playing their games
I’m sick of trying to ignore their jokes and endless names
I just want to be left alone, to be who I really am
Don’t tell me to try and fit it, cause I really don’t give a damn
Who made them the judge, why do they declare what’s right
Why do they turn something so simple into a long and brutal fight
their attitudes won’t change me, their words won’t alter the truth
They may say I’m a mistake, but they don’t have any proof
There’s no way  I’m flawed, I’m not a danger to anyone
All I want is to live my life, and walk with pride beneath the sun
Why must I be ashamed of what I feel inside
Why must I keep it quiet, why do I have to hide
There’s nothing wrong with who I am, just one difference that they see
Yet despite all the good I’ve done, they still use this against me.

STOP THE CLOCK
Sometimes I stop and wonder, what all it is I’ve got
Sometimes it seems so easy, to just give up and stop the clock
Life gets me so weary, sometimes I don’t want to go on
I stop and ask myself, would they notice if I’m gone
There’s no one there for me, I’ve never given my heart
But then you can’t really give, what’s already been torn apart
I don’t know what love is, maybe I never will
All the years of my life so far, have just been time to kill
When I look into your eyes, I don’t know what’s there
I’m not sure if you hate me, I don’t know if you really care
I’ve tried so hard to reach your world, from the darkness that is mine
Trying so hard to catch up to you, but I’m forever falling behind
So please give me tonight, while the air is thick and hot
Stay with me for now, and for awhile we’ll stop the clock.

ANGELS AND DEMONS
Alone in this world, I’ll never find my place
Consumed by the darkness, blind to the light of grace
They speak but their words are hollow, dozens of empty lies
I’m frozen by the glaciers of hate that drift within their eyes
The angels bow and weep, over my long lost soul
The demons dance beneath me, waiting to devour me whole
I don’t belong with the angels, never have and never will
I dare not walk with the demons whose cries are fierce and shrill
They sing to me like sirens, of joy, of peace, of rest
They promise all will forgive, the sins that I’ve confessed
My heart aches for the tokens offered for my soul
This day to day survival has taken a brutal toll
My hopes are gone forever, there’s nothing left here for me
The angels won’t let me in and the demos won’t set me free.

YOU’RE GONE
What’s left of our time together, just a faded memory
Cause now your gone forever, where the hell is all the glory
The long survivors tale leaves me cold and hollow
When you left there was no trail, I don’t know where to follow
What’s left of who we were, nothing really at all
I wish I’d seen this far, the higher you climb the farther you fall
Did you know at all I loved you, maybe you finally found out
When I finally admitted what’s true, that I’d found what love is about
It was far too late to tell you, I looked and you were gone
When you left you never knew, my hesitation was wrong
My heart holds you a special place, tinged with pain and regret
That I never told you face to face, though I swore I’d never forget
My promises seem empty, far too little and way to late
My conscience won’t set me free, I’m tired of making excuses for fate
No matter what they say, losing you wasn’t right
I wish that I could pray, cause it’s already too late too fight
Why can’t I have a voice in life’s ill scripted play
Why are we so helpless, just living day to day
If everything’s all right, it will still seem all wrong
Life will never be the same, now that you are gone

I DON’T
I don’t want to wake to the dawn with you rattling round in my head
I don’t want to dream of you when I lay down in my bed
Your image haunts me through the day and chases me through the night
What I feel for you inside is something I can’t fight
I don’t want to be in love with a heart that can’t be mine
I don’t want to gaze through the window with my feet behind the line
I long for a simple touch, one precious moment with you
Time is so eternal when my chances are so few
I don’t want to keep hanging all my hopes on broken dreams
But giving up my desire for you is harder then it seems
I don’t want to wake from these dreams to what I know will always be
All I want is to forget you and let my heart be free
I really don’t want to see you here, tormenting me this way
I wish I had never seen you, I wish you would just go away
I don’t want to be plagued by a pain that shouldn’t be mine
If only you hadn’t stolen my heart, maybe I would be fine
I don’t want to run into you, but I’m damned if there’s a way I won’t
You may think I want to be in love with you, truth is that I don’t.

BEGGAR’S WISH
Just for tonight, come down to where I am
Forget they warned you away, just reach out for my hand
Dance with me now, in the twilight and the rain
Let’s try to forget we’ll never be this free again
You’ve got their rules to follow, and baby I’ve got mine
Why must we be on opposite sides of that imaginary line
Stay the night in my arms, I’ll let you go at dawn
Darling let me hold you tight, I swear I’ll do you no harm
You don’t have to say a word, let your body tell me how you feel
I’m not asking for forever, just one night to know you’re real
Darling when you’re way up there, I wonder how you see me
I wonder why you ever came down, if somehow it made you feel free
Somehow way down here the worlds just not the same
We simple folk aren’t so cruel, we just can’t play the game
I don’t like breaking hearts, stealing dreams just isn’t my style
Perhaps you could have learned my ways, if you had stayed a little while
Just stay with me tonight, tomorrow climb back on your throne
Grant this beggar one last wish, before you leave me alone.

ALL I WANT
You ask me how I’m doing, I shrug and say I’m fine
I don’t have the strength to explain, and you don’t have the time
All I want is a little peace, some time alone to meditate
A time to feel at ease, to slip from beneath the hate
All I want is a little truth, no more lies on my behalf
Because I hear the words you whisper, and I feel it when you laugh
Say anything you want, you have the right to believe
And when your words offend me, I have the right to leave
All I want is simple silence, we communicate better if we don’t speak
I can’t stutter and play the fool when your voice starts making me weak
All I want is to hold you, let your warmth ease my pain away
There’s no more stones to hurl and no more games to play
I want to tell you my dreams, and hear of your thoughts hidden deep
To caress away your fears, fulfill the desires that you keep
Don’t offer me the stars, leave them where they set
Don’t offer me the moon above, just swear you’ll never forget
Don’t hand me expensive things, just give me a promise that’s true
Cause of all the things I could have, all I want, is you.

BLUE BLOOD
I’ve got blue blood running through my veins
Fashioned of melancholy sadness, sweet and strange
My world is shaded indigo, tempered by white, black, and gray
Living under a clouded sky, never knowing a sunny day
Blue blood is running through my veins, it limits my volume some
I’m sensitive to happiness, I tend to shy from the sun
I try not to talk too much, I believe that less is more
I couldn’t tell you where I’m going, I’ve never been sure
My mind is in the tribal sky, roaming with the spirit of the wild wind
Dreaming of the endless peace, the place where my journey will end
My kin ran these hills before me, my kind will run them forever on
The legacy of blue blood will live on past the time when I am gone
My sadness makes me who I am
Some promise a cure, but I don’t give a damn
My blue blood is my heritage, it gives me my name and my place
It has colored my eyes and hardened the lines on my face
It is my truth, my cross to bear, till my blue blood flows no longer
The ice within my veins is the magic that makes me stronger
My simple ways may seem bizarre and no doubt puzzle you
But it would all be perfectly clear, if only your blood were blue.

I NEVER
I never said goodbye, I never turned away
I never knew you’d leave on that rainy day
I never slammed that door, I never said those words
I guess what I never did doesn’t replace what you never heard
My heart never strayed, my tongue never lied
But maybe all you noticed was that I never cried
I never raised a hand, never forget a date
The one thing I never should of forget, I remembered a little too late
I never left you in the rain, or forgot to laugh at a joke
I changed everything you thought was wrong, now I don’t even smoke
But there was one thing left that I guess I never knew
That you would have traded the world to hear me I say I love you.

NEW LIFE
A mountain too high to climb
A river too deep to cross
A love beyond my reach
Tell me what is the cost
What is the price of a dream
Does happiness have a receipt
Can I lay my cash on the table
And purchase a life complete
Will the luxuries cost me more
Does it include a state sales tax
Does it come with a guaranty
If it isn’t what I want, can I give it back
I like the one with the house and car
The career, the dog and the kids
Do you have any left in stock
Have there been any higher bids
Can you deliver it to my house by five
I’ve got shopping left to do
I’ve got to get a new coat and shoes
To match my life brand new

LET IT BE
Wake up America, a hell of a lot is going on
I just found out today, another soul is gone
She took her own life, rather then step up and deal
Thoughts of the girl I knew echo “this can’t be real”
Tell me that I’m wrong, that we’re not just stepping back
That we’re not letting them slip away, we’re not losing track
When you look at these kids, do you see what I see
Young hearts craving hope, voices raised in a deafening plea
We can’t let them down, we can’t just turn away
Not with the death toll growing day by day
Now you can point a finger, assign blame if you must
But please don’t forget they are counting on us
We all have a role in letting them down
We have to stand up, turn this nightmare around
One by one the pillars of the future are falling
Don’t let them go down the road to the grim reapers calling
Forgive their mistakes and lend them a hand
They can’t teach themselves, we must help them understand
We hold the keys to unlocking their doors
We alone shape them and determine their cores
Who will be filled with faith, courage, and hope
Who will remain empty and turn to the rope
The answer is simple, as well it should be
We must fill them all, we can’t let this future be
No more lost and empty souls, no more wasted lives
No more answers found in pill bottles, gun barrels, and knives
The worlds destiny lies in our hands, we must open our eyes and see
Our future is dying, consuming itself, and we can’t just let it be.

GET AWAY
Wherever you wanna go, we’ll go
I’ll follow you anywhere, that you should know
We can go out by the lake and watch the calm blue waters
Maybe sit on the swings, or ride the teeter-totters
We can dance in the moonlight, to the music in our heads
Or lay down in the grass and count the stars instead
Let’s walk through the night, with no one but ourselves
We’ll wear upon our sleeves what we’ve kept upon the shelves
The world outside can wait, it’ll just be you and I
Don’t worry about being proper, we don’t even have to try
We can paint the town in every color, break every precious rule
Don’t worry about what’s wrong or right, forget about being cool
We can stay out day and night, all weekend if we want to
We can do anything we please, as long as it’s you and me
Who cares what they think, I don’t give a damn about what they say
All I want is to be alone with you, and find a place to get away.

GOODBYE
As I watch the early rays slowly paint the sky
I look back on the years and surrender a lonely sigh
The things, I didn’t do, the things I never said
The pictures I didn’t paint, the books I haven’t read
The friends I haven’t seen in all the passing years
The things I would have done were I not paralyzed by fears
When you finally lose someone, you can’t help but wonder why
Didn’t you say everything you should, especially goodbye
I know you have to leave me now, there’ll be no more hesitating
You must spread your wings and fly away, because the dawn is waiting
We had our time together, that’s all I could ever ask
In your memory I honor my promise never again to don my mask
My tears I’ll hide no more, in the shadows I will not walk
My tongue shall not fall silent to allow their strange, cruel talk
I don’t want to lose you, but fates left me no choice
Your face will always be with me, and I’ll never forget your voice
How was I so blessed, to have known an angel like you
Our time felt like forever, though our moment were few
Your smile was like the sunshine, bringing light to the darkest day
Your touch was like a gentle flame, melting the pain away
When I held you in my arms, there was nothing left to fear
I felt I could do anything, as long as I had you near
Losing you is hard, but our joy was worth the pain
Recalling those precious memories I know, our love was not in vain.

STANDING ALONE
When the darkness falls, I am standing alone
I will embrace the night with it’s mysteries unknown
I shall not waver, nor shall I retreat
As my courage grows with every heartbeat
There is no one to protect me, there is no one who would dare
No one knows my inner thoughts, that never shall I share
I belong to the shadows, for my soul they do surround
I am master of all silence, to which my heart is bound
No one ever accused me of being all that stable
I’ll try almost anything, just to see if I am able
I like nothing more then breaking all the rules
More then once I’ve been counted among the fools
You look into my eyes, but you don’t see my pain
You wonder why I’m content, walking in the pouring rain
The things that I have seen, live to haunt my mind
If only I could erase the images, pretend that I am blind
All the things I’ve felt, torture my weary soul
The darkness I have touched threatens to swallow me whole
I have walked through hell and felt it’s searing flames
They have used me as their pawn in their petty sadistic games
Where can I find peace, where can I hide my weakened heart
Where is there shelter from the storms that are ripping me apart
I feel the cold wind blow hard against my face
I feel the driving rain try to slow my pace
I have to run so far away
To escape the pain I feel each day
I’m tired of running now, there’s nowhere left to hide
I can feel my battered soul turning to stone inside
All that I want, all that I need
Is someone to believe in me
Whenever I stumble, or if I should fall
Or if I just can’t give my all
When I can’t wear a smile everyday
I need someone who won’t turn away
Because some times it’s so hard to try
Sometimes it feel like there’s no reason why
I’m asking a lot, of this I am sure
Would anyone risk a soul so impure?

NOTHING I’D RATHER DO
I’d rather be in the jungle, lost without a clue
Then spend the night in this room, if it’s without you
Give me forty days of rain, under the blackest sky
I could learn to love swimming, as long as you don’t say goodbye
I’d rather face a great white shark
Then find you gone when I wake in the dark
I’d really rather do anything
Then live without the love you bring
I’d rather walk through a raging fire
Then go without the object of my desire
I’d rather walk to the ends of the earth
Then pretend another could ever match your worth
It may sound crazy, the things I’d rather do
I’d rather do anything then be without you
I’d rather sing off key to a hundred thousand listenersSO MUCH
There’s only so much a heart can take
Before it gives in and finally breaks
There’s only so much time in our lives
To get past the wrongs and find the rights
There’s so much for me to do
If I’m to make my way to you
Rivers to cross, mountains to climb
With no promise you will be mine
If you asked the stars I would touch
Anything for you because I love you so much
There’s so much pain, just living day to day
All my good intentions seem to go astray
Somehow my mistakes are all remain
So little pleasure for so much pain
So much I would say to you
Every single word of it true
So much debris lying scattered on the ground
From so many dreams that came crashing down
So little strength left within my soul
So few reasons left to try and stay in control
So much darkness to see so little light
So many days that gave way to lonely nights.
Then face even one day minus your loving whispers
I’d rather love too much and give you all my heart
Then exercise restrain and offer only the simplest part
I’d rather climb the highest mountain, no shoes upon my feet
Then refuse to face your fears and make a hasty retreat
I’d rather wade into the ocean and be swallowed by the tide
Then ever surrender to jealousy, or not stand by your side
I’d rather give my life, then fail to be faithful and true
Because when it comes to loving you, there’s nothing I’d rather do.

SO MUCH
There’s only so much a heart can take
Before it gives in and finally breaks
There’s only so much time in our lives
To get past the wrongs and find the rights
There’s so much for me to do
If I’m to make my way to you
Rivers to cross, mountains to climb
With no promise you will be mine
If you asked the stars I would touch
Anything for you because I love you so much
There’s so much pain, just living day to day
All my good intentions seem to go astray
Somehow my mistakes are all remain
So little pleasure for so much pain
So much I would say to you
Every single word of it true
So much debris lying scattered on the ground
From so many dreams that came crashing down
So little strength left within my soul
So few reasons left to try and stay in control
So much darkness to see so little light
So many days that gave way to lonely nights.