Try it, you might like it It’s really not so rough Once you get the hang of itAnd practice just enough To some, it’s second natureOthers search the netStill others look to guidance books(Mine isn’t written yet)People will be drawn to youFriends to you will flockYour social life will blossomOf the town, you’ll be the talkI know what you’re thinkingOld habits hard to breakBut the benefits of changing thisThe detriments outw...

I love to be lovedAnd adored(My obsession)I want your attentionAnd more  (My goal)I have such deep greedTo be all that you needWithout giving of me in return(My flaw)

A thread of truthFlits through your eyesBut how can I believe?You’ve told so many, many liesAnd managed to deceive -My worn-out heartAnd mindAnd soulBled my every drop -To see you stand before me nowTakes all the strength I’ve gotNot to lift my arms to youAnd gather your embraceI watch as you see how I slowDoubt now fills your face -I raise my hand, to halt your touchAll trace of weakness fadesI see you understand me  Now...

Icy flash!Awake at night!Jolt shoots through my being!Numbness travels up my arms -And as I lose my feeling -Heart thumps fast at such a pace,It seems to want to flee me -High pitched shriek  Runs through my headMy chest in death grip squeezing -Body cold, I’m so afraid,My teeth then start to chatter -Such fear I feel of everythingWhy? It does not matter -Sitting, rocking, in my room -When will this be over?My life is rea...

I needed you;  Where were you?You promised me, you know -I needed you;Where were you?And then you didn’t show - I needed you;Where were you?It happened once again -I needed you;Where were you?You lost track of time with friends - I needed you;Where were you?I’ve had it up to here -I needed you;  Where were you?Have I made that clear? I needed you;Where were you?I am done with this -I needed you;Where were you?Don’t give m...

Sitting here upon a wooden chair at this corner table, with my back against the wall, able to see the door and all coming and going, and catching a brief glimpse of her in those shadows across this smoky room. As I lean back against the wall, both watching and hearing the singer and song – watching as she steps almost gracefully from those smoky shadows into the light, and seeing both her pretty smile and her sorrow- fill...

Pecking, peckingAt my brainShe has a smile so pretty -  Tapping, tapping  In my headI have to know: "who is she?"Searching, searching  On the net -What is their connection?Scrolling, scrollingThrough the blogsTortured by the tension -Looking, lookingInstagramIs that his arm around her?Show me, show meFacebook friendsThe answer in a post there -Say it, say itPinterest pageWhat things is she planning?Help me, help meTwitter...

Ashes gritty grayThe kindest heart batteredAssailed by sneers and ordersYet holding dreams improbableDay ends to day ends  Magic touch descendsSo briefGoodness awakens yearningHeart of power capturedSearching for the oneWho lost the shoe of glass

Another from the annals of youthful angst . . . Holed up in this town, with a one-track mind -I’m thinking only of you -I’ve got to get out, I can’t stay a day more -  I’m thinking only of you -The places, the streets, in this town drive me wild -They all have me thinking of you -So I’m leaving, I’ll go-If I stay, then you’ll knowI’m thinking only of you -And I’ll let you say, that I’m running away,But I’m thinking only o...

Bob Dylan wrote and did a song called: Rainy Day Women #12 & 39, And nowhere in his song is heard the words: Rainy day, women, 12, or 39. Finding myself waking at the break of day to a coffee scented morning here in Paris, propping myself up on an elbow under that red comforter as I look around and breathe in that rich coffee smell.Thinking of what was seen in the dreaming as I attempt to shake off the dark colours of the...

WordsNotes followMy heartTorn wideStillNo breathChill to my gutSlowly warmingHeat risingBecoming WonderBecoming Knowledge  Then, Believing You.

Though I can’t have your presence,You’re still in my mind,I can see you and feel you -I tell me: "you’re mine" -Together for always,  Though you’re not near -In my dreams, we are lovers:The picture’s so clear - I can look in your eyesAnd see blue and gold -A man/boy who’s changingBoth young and old - Your body is slim,Your hair: soft and brown -You move with a quickness -You never slow down - In my mind I race with youTo...

Fingertip to misted glassArcing, curving out,Then down -One sideThen the other -Tracing paths (so clear!)Through fogMeet below, a pointWhich wells, and grows,  Droplet slow, then faster falls -Weeping heartFades back to mist.

Leaves, dark and light,Stems thick, curling frail,Smooth pole of waterTouching earth:Visible, then not -Heard, then not -Scent rising:MoistFragrantSharpMuskyTo roots, reaching.

When I am drowningThird time downSeas close overheadYou retrieve meBring me roundBanish every dread There is no doubtYou’ve not reversedNo pain you’ve let me bearOnce I share my hidden angstAnd once you are aware Despite your full and busy lifeYou go so far beyondTo make me feel secure and lovedAnd comforted, and strong Thank you, love, for hanging onThrough challenges I bringI say you mean the world to me:That’s truly wh...