Filling Up on Kindness

Filling up on kindness
letting go of grief
this is the way we should be
this is the best belief

Manners and common courtesy
need to make a return
There's so much
we all still have to learn

Giving of yourself
helps to revitalize others
when you help another
you truly help yourself

Manners and common courtesy
need to make a return
There's so much
we all still have to learn

Filling up on kindness
keeps one out of trouble
You'll find that when you do this
your happiness will double

Manners and common courtesy
need to make a return
There's so much
we all still have to learn

Filling up on kindness
we need to do this more
Filling up on kindness
a  path we should all explore

I am here

I am here

Trials and Tribulations

I've had to subside

Throughout this journey

no way to coast or to glide

There have been moments

my hands have been tied 

but through it all

I have faced it with pride.

I am here

Doubts and longings

have filled up my mind

All of these burdens

I must leave behind

Following a path of

my own design

I know that my world

cannot be confined

I am here

Crazy but not dumb

I am here

my feelings aren't numb

I am here

My path is not clear

but I can honestly say 

without fear

I am here

Day to Day Routine

You're still here and I'm still here
that says a thousand things
Who knew we could survive
the day to day routine.

Little idiosyncrasies
we didn't know before
haven't made either one of us
go running for the door.

You come in when I go out
and I come in as you go out
then we turn it all about
and go in and out together

Welcome Home
and How was your day
Words I've never really
gotten to hear or say
Are bringing me great pleasure

Will this last
I just don't know
but for now
we go with the flow
because...

You're still here and I'm still here
that says a thousand things
Who knew we could survive
the day to day routine.

Just a moment

Just a moment in my day
for a spot of creativity
nothing struck with divinity
just a little bit of me

Just a moment in which I say
however dull
however daring
I'm fortunate enough to say
I am thankful for the day to day

Can't Write Now

Can't write now
I'll try to do it later
I'm in a hurry
things to do
trying not to worry

No time for me
to bring to life
my creativity

Can't write now
I'll try to do it later
I'm in a hurry
things to do
trying not to worry

Gotta eat breakfast
Gotta make lunch
Figuring finances
my minds in a bunch

Gotta make dinner
Gotta make the bed
So many thoughts
running through my head

Can't write now
I'll try to do it later
I'm in a hurry
things to do
trying not to worry

This Time

This time I mean it
I'm not giving in
This time I mean it
I am going to win

This time I mean it
I'm staying on course
This time I mean it
I'll trust in the force

This time I mean it
not like before
This time I mean it
I'm opening the door

This time I mean it
This time it's true
This time I mean it
This time will do

Welcome Back

Welcome back my creative side.
I am glad your influence
has ceased to hide.
I need you constantly by my side.
Welcome back my creative side.

This is a marvelous place to explore
Please stay with me  for I adore
all your eccentricities
The way you laugh and create with ease
The way you gently try to tease
the thoughts that exist deep within my core.

Welcome back my creative side.
I am glad your influence
has ceased to hide.
I need you constantly by my side.
Welcome back my creative side.

Thanks for taking to play
Thanks for taking time to stay
I try to work with  you everyday
but sometimes life gets in the way

Welcome back my creative side.
I am glad your influence
has ceased to hide.
I need you constantly by my side.
Welcome back my creative side.

So many choices
So many voices
So many words
that have yet to be heard
So many chances
to say what I feel
Creativity makes it real

Welcome back my creative side.
I am glad your influence
has ceased to hide.
I need you constantly by my side.
Welcome back my creative side.

Great American Melting Pot

The great American melting pot
doesn't seem to mean a lot
If your hair's not blonde
your skin's not white
and your eyes aren't blue

From Miss America
to Hunger Games
and even the
Presidential Campaign
the rampant racism
is the same.

The characters
weren't doused in bleach
and therefore
garnered much
hate speech

This is why the anger lives
This is why there's a divide
This is why there's so much pain
This is why we still complain

The great American melting pot
doesn't seem to mean a lot
If your hair's not blonde
your skin's not white
and your eyes aren't blue

Come together one and all
or else we're headed for a fall.
This place was built by many faces
We're  a nation of all races.

United we stand but
dived we fall.
Will we do away with hate
or is another civil war
our imminent fate?

Get up and Go

Dawning of a new day
can't tell the sun to go away
can't sleep away the hours
can't us your mystic powers

You've agreed to do the job
now get up without a sob
time to work and earn your pay
No, it's not a holiday

Get up, Get Up, Get up and go
The world is waiting as you know
Get up, get up, get up and go
The world is waiting as you know

Word Drought

Suffering from a serious drought
divining rod please bring my creativity out
Feeling lost
hoping to be found
Magic muses
please make a sound.

So many thoughts are in my way
emotional overload
keeps the words at bay
Need to move forward
Need to break through
Creativity there must be a path for you

Created using the Black Out Poetry Technique

Focused
Beloved
Ideal
A relationship
 between
animal and illness

Monday movement
continues
to build

Consumption
The Environment

Adopt the free idea

It's a wonderful concept
It's an easy step
Healthy
and
Good
For Your Body