Poetry (2000-2003?)

Selected poems from around the years 2000-2003


(Jeez this one is depressing!  LOL)

I am Jack's Tormented Soul

Have you ever pushed away a fantasy
Because it seemed too out of reach?
Sought comfort in your icy blankets
Put on a facade
Just so isolation could not consume
All that's left of you.
Have you ever dreamed of death,
Pretend it to be sweet
And then to witness death, you find
It's just a ridiculous dream.
Have you ever spoken words
That run like water from your tongue,
Escaping from an empty heart
Like reading scripts
Feeling so numb.
Your soul drips a solitary tear
It screams for help, but no one hears.
Drowned by your silence,
You tuck yourself away
And mingle in the shadows
For another wasted day.


Pisces

Dark wing of death
Steals the breath of my sweet Pisces
And leaves her song, heavy in my heart
Where has softness gone?
Died with her so long ago.
She speaks
Like a tiny feather floating on the shoulder of a breeze.
Once so fragile
Perfect
Shattered glass
Quick deception, spoken fast
The ocean washes her away


Untitled

Steering on into the golden sunset
The ocean's singing "take my hand"
And run away
Into the sky
Changing colors...
Can the skies be trusted?
Always changing
Shifting from blue to gray
Night to day
Floating
A small speck of life on this vast horizon
Beauty?/or Death?


Still Waters

Change is what I wish to see
What I want to be
But I'm too lazy and all wrapped up
Caught in the slipstream of my wandering thoughts.
Left somewhere among the cobwebs
In the corners of my soul
I have the courage and the will
To smile and tell myself
I'd never lost control

Do you see
You're just like me?
Is it my self-indulgent delusion,
Or was I put before you for a reason?
Could this be
The only thing
That can calm this dissonant storm?
Ease my nerves and make this life
As simple as
Still waters

All the times I thought I knew
What was real and what was true
Was just a sketch, an empty silhouette.
Everything that's real is you.
I wish I could be everything
Everything you need
Lie down upon my wing and sleep
And you could sail over the night
I wish I could make this life
As easy as
Still waters

Time will tell what the future holds
But I don't want to wait.
Waiting for life to happen
Takes away the meaning of "To Live"
And it passes by
Without a trace
I only wish that I could be
The one who makes your life complete.
Everything around me has lost its life and splendor
Just to rest within your arms would ease the pain
Could stop this cold and endless rain
And could make this life seem
As beautiful as
Still waters