Children's Story

When it thunders
Can it be just you and me?
Can it be
Just the rain
And the song
And you and me.
Will you be ok
If the others,
They leave.
And is it alright
If when they go,
I love you, still.

Moral Needed

Snap and break
But not today.
Today it is unchanging
As such things ought to be.

Such it seems
Oh silly one.
To think you know
Leaves me only
To wish you the best
The absolute top
Of luck.
Because, let’s face it
You’re hopeless.

---

Why am I again told to silence?
If you were asked to speak
There would be no end to righteous sound.
I am angry. I want to respond.
I stand. Let me defend this, you.
You'd be attacked before giving me the light.
I disagree, my dear. And I'll be damned to not say so

---

Isn't it funny
These twists of fate
That give too much
Before they take.
Everything you've dreamed
Meanders into reach
But know this now
Or it will seem
You wake
To naught but empty space

Different Application

Last night I had a dream about you
In this dream I'm dancing right beside you
And it looked like everyone was having fun
The kind of feeling I've waited so long

Don't stop come a little closer
As we jam the rhythm gets stronger
There's nothing wrong with just a little little fun
We were dancing all night long

The time is right to put my arms around you
You're feeling right
You wrap your arms around too
But suddenly I feel the shining sun
Before I knew it this dream was all gone

Oh I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
I wish this dream comes true

Oh I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
We'll make this dream come true
-Digital Love, Daft Punk

The 1% is about Nature

After the drought
There comes the rain
And the farmers stand
And cast their gaze
To storm clouds that rise
Above the barren land
To bring to life the product
Of soil and breath spent
Too long in the field.
So comes the waters
Into rivers. that flow
And overflow and are
Simply too much.
Now the farmers may
Watch the soil
As it goes to sea
To drown the life
It began.

1.18.27

So hour
Fly
By and let me forget
Just who I am
And what I yet
Am owed
By fate.
Such seems beyond
My reach
As so many times
I’ve merely brushed the wind.
What right have I
To rise?

---
Time to stop being distracted. Blarg.
I really need to start writing stuff with substance. Goddamned fluff

"X is just to mark the spot, 'cause that's the one you really want"

Ever notice how it's all the same?
You fall into "right"
And there you stay
Till the story unclicks
And you go on your way.
The music shifts
To a ballad you echo
And it lights up your face
As we try to guess
What's behind the other's eyes.
So don't you see
If we've been here before
Then...
Then I don't know
If it's all the same
Might as well enjoy the ride

...

Please
Let's looks at what's contained
In so few
Beats
It betrays
The tumult
And terror.
And for a heart
Power holds and
Hovers.
Catch a lip
Tension
Patience now
Please

From the Child

Let's go again
Try harder
We'll get there, I promise.
Not that this has anything
To do with you.
My heart
My map
My life
...my...
You know.
That thought
The one that speaks
When lines unlock
It's here,
Let's go

---

Cross your fingers
Count to ten.
You...
Oh if only you knew,
But you see,
I don't.
I've been playing games
But not this one.
I know the rules though,
If that helps.
Shit. Confusion.
FWCBB?
Oh god, lol.

Hmpf.

I've heard say say that words
Don't do justice to this world.
And I'm beginning to believe.
Maybe if somehow
I could meld these words together
Mix joy and comfort, laughter, light
shared, together, calm, right, real,
worth , warm, touch, revelation,
hold, clear, wonder, soar, new,
and Change
Then I could communicate
This place, this wonder,
(stop me now before I list again)
That exists
(say it, say it - but I don't wanna - SAY IT!)
withyou.

Maybe I'm Just Trying To Keep Up

Crashing and lighting and soaring
Come rush through these veins of mine
The power and tremble of fear
Assures me the the song is all mine

For lack of a sea, here I stand
Imagining waves in the grass
While soaring away from the keys
Come remembering stanzas of past

Now silence I say!
Crescendo to more
Know the sound while we write down the score

Break free at last
From those final notes
And with and leap and a bound to the sea

Handprint

So let's talk about fingertips.
The intricacies and whorls
The silent trip a mind takes to trace
The million valleys and loops.
When did I learn to read a soul
In such a small space?
And if our hands should touch
What would you tell me
Silently
Are you lonely?
I'd save you if I could
But this time
I've a different story
To follow, on a different hand

Just So I Don't Forget

Walk with me
Walking down a darkened road
We barely know but what we’re told
Thrown out into a street of dreams
Grand illusion and laughing screams
Glancing about, we hope to find
Some rhythm or some guide
Yet we wonder aimlessly, alone
Anonymous in the sea of swimming bodies
Lost in a crowded town.
I saw you looking around
I saw you waiting for the bus
You sat next to me
You asked for a light
And now I wonder just where you’ve gone
And if we’ll ever speak again
But I wish you the best
And hope you’ll walk with me again

---

Another victim
Come here girl
I like your taste
Beautiful Imagination
And look at those legs
What a pretty picture
On your fair skin
Why don't you come over
And let me in
On your dreams
And your wants,
Your needs and your Lusts.
Come, come and show me
The rest of your soul
And let me purchase from you
For some gold
A taste of your mind
A glimpse of your thoughts
Come over, and show me these things
But i have found
Something to my liking
Your form itself
s a work of divinity
Let me take from you
Not a painting
But on this night
A taste of your flesh
A drink of your innocence
And most of all, your beautiful art
Its what i value most
Its what I'm here for
But your exquisite flesh
To feel and caress
It captivates and humbles
Its trace intoxication
A wondrous mind
And when the night is done
You come to find your art unexamined
Your clothing discarded
And in your hand
The first payment
Of the newly christened
and hardly painted
jezebel, her dreams shattered.

-Both by Andrew P

Boast

Hear me now, who knowth not
The wrath of wind and wave.
I stand before you muddled sons of land,
A fearless spawn a proud descendant
Of the king of Absolutely, That brave
Mariner formerly of ten feet less,
Shall we say… Finkelsplatt.
Kneel now and you shall hear
The tale of that darkest night
And coldest rain that men may face.
It begins before the breaking dawn
When the sun has yet to light
Round the helm we sailors stood
Huddled ‘bout the fair, the favored
The lady in green, who graces the sleepless.
To our goddess of starbucks, that morn we prayed.
At the tenth hour we stood, ready for the gun.
Amidst the chaos we circled, calling out
“One minute! Goddamnit Charlie, hold your bow!”
At last the signal, and we were off.
Tantivy to left, a false tripp to the wind
Undaunted, close hauled we sped along.
But our fickle fiend, that cruel northerly
Changed the course. So sails changed
Amidst the crashing waves.
At last
The mark was in sight, a god forsaken spit
Of land that all good, all wise and prudent
Sailors avoid. To the island of Smith we laid our eyes.
But the sky had turned, and cast her fury at us
Frozen pellets stung our faces and sent even the fearless
The formerly undaunted hero of ten degrees below.
We called to our aid the heater and oven
Baking lasagna to keep moral high
But when the wind died we were left no choice.
Bold Meyer was brought, and bolstered spirits though the calm
As last the breeze returned and to finish we sped.
Returning to the dock in dark of night. In second
We stood. To slow by a fraction. Yet to this day
We are still thawing our bones from that dreaded,
That damned, Island of smith.

Battle Time

So what to do
Let's heft the sword and move along
Like we know the path.
Like we know ourselves.
You are.
The closet to me
The one who runs without distance
Between us.
So what now?
When the track disappears?
Or is replaced?
Don't leave me lost
You know I don't like it
Like I know you're afraid
It's inherent
This flight
Because we both know
We won't survive the fight.

Chapstick

Simply said
My lips are dry.
But I was to scared to go
To my car
Alone.
And now I don't know.
You stood up to join,
To walk with me.
But now it seems
You've locked the door
And lost the key.

This battle between us
-While on common ground
Has an uncommon prize
That's yet to be found

So here's toasting to you
To hoping you'll find
The right key and right time
To come walk with me
Here's to; Next time.

Reference To...

So here again's
The faithless end
The twists of fate
That love to hate.
I know of no reason
The songs as they are
Must sound like a riot
Of blood thirsty whores.
The look of the dream
Is marvously clear
-Till it's realized
To be only a mirror.
No matter the wishing
The well has run dry
And as hard as you try
You can't seem to...

Remembered Lines

Atomic

The light
The electricity
That porcelain state of being
A live wire
That breathes and cracks
Till I am lost
In the electricity of almost.
Bring me to Faith
Unto the end
Until I scream
Never, never
(whisper) Land

----

Sunsets


It seemed to me
A patient memoir
Bathed to brilliance
In gods own colors.
A smiling dawn
With no remorse
And little cause
To change the course

Summer Days

Ramble wander on
I won't tell if you do
Let's call it a dance as we run away
Should life catch up
Never fret
That's what the fire is for

---

And in a timing
Much less precious
Could we meet again?
In a dreamscape
had I known
Would i have changed
The now.
The precious space of being
Not quite free, but strong
And in that strength
What will be?

---

God it tears my heart out
When you look that way
But what am I to do?
Look away?
As if I could.
You're so beautiful
And I hope you know that
And I wish I didn't hate him
But more I wish I was him
So you could look at me like that

---

A missed connection
Pretty one, please
Smilie at me again.
'cause light abounds
And love surrounds.
Will you
Stop.
Twirl.
Dream
It
Real.
Keep alive
This faith inside

I Fear

Es una lastima
Temer
Tener miedo
Estar triste
Es una lastima
Estar frio
Y solo
Es una lastima
Odiar
Y no saber

-Translation-
It is a pity
To fear
To be afraid
To be sad
It is a pity
To be cold
And alone
It is a pity
To hate
And not to know

Reasons

I am for love
I am for two people who love each other more than society hates
I am for two people who love their laws enough to hold them
I am for the teen who loves her baby enough to save it
I am for the teen who is scared she won't be able to love enough
I am for the one who loves her life enough to run
I am for the family who loves each other enough to stay together
I am for the one who loves enough
-----to
------leave
-------all
---------else

Move Back

Seems a long way off
There's a shadow 'cross the wall
It sneaks and steals, kills and feels
Like something we once knew

A different flavor's on the sky
Such beautiful beautiful eyes
Will they see the truth in light?
Again, but what will be?

Leave the night to weave a soul
Passions gone and left control
To those who see and yet walk blind
With frozen hands to hold back time

Advanced Placement

God save the wild eyed wanderer
Who knows no where he goes.
He travels by the sound of water in the skies.
He hath in his minds eye
A vision when it snows
Of warmer things and smiling dreams
That keep him moving on.

---

Sanity
Be thy unrest
A bit and parcel
Of the whole

I'll love you once
And once again
Though madness told
It yet to be

I've heard this makes
But little sense
Madman and the sage
Both brought in effect

Light of night
And kindly fears
Daylights edge
Is washed away

Keep thine mouth shut
Keep thine eyes wide
And we'll rise above
The forgotten tide

---

Be thine unrested powers
At the hands of patience be
Mayhap the willow and the wasp
Lie 'neath the butter tree

For all that's told been done
And mayhem's on the tounge
Let us rally with the young
And slide backwards down the rung

Natality or causalty
Freedom's not so new
A yet unwilling witness
To the cobra and the yew

Birdies

You know
Before then
It wasn't real.
I didn't see that you were theirs
An I am someone's else.
But what to do,
If you look at me?
Or I just wished you did?
Ahh me
Such silly things...

Personal

I am People
I am strong
I am weak
I and black white
and in between
I am a mother father
neighbor stranger
I am liberal
I am conservative
I am mainstream
I rebel
I am gay
I am straight
I am religious
I am atheist
I don't know
I am lost
I am found
I am flight
I am fight
I am nature
and I nurture
I am many things
But overwhelmingly
I am People

Britta's Poem of Outrage at Humanity

Day of Silence

Is it the Day of Noise?
It should be.
Actions speak louder than words
you know.
does what we do speak louder than what we say?
According to some.
Dare we stand up and say what we think?
we Dare.
To stand apart , to stand tall, to say what needs to be said.

What must be said.
What needs must happen.
What happened to need?
To hmanity?
Peace?
Compassion?
What happened to Empathy?
Instead of the Apathy?
That threatens to tear us apart.

Today's Events

Where to
begin?
I am fumbled
from the day and
feel sticky
with the nervous
sweat of why-do-I-do-this.

I tremble at the
tattoo
of my heart
as cowardice prevents
an answer --
who-are-you?

Surely moments
Smiles
And the deep resounding
Presence of Laughter

But what about the
silent child?
Does there exist a common
thread to live,
Through time's ungainly
---march?

By: Emily B 4/21/08

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Hey Middle Child
Welcome to the Light
You know that I see you
Even when the Sun's too Bright

You in the Shadows
Welcome to mine Eyes
They will see what I see
When there's no fear in Night

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Make up your mind
What do you want?
This doesn't hurt you
Why is it my fault
You know it's not my fault
This corruption is below us both
Let's talk it out.
Peace.

DOS

I find it funny that
I'm fighting for you
You who would run me over
And prentend you were never there
For you who say this has no place
And for this there's no need
For your right to believe.
But what about me?
When can I believe,
When can I speak up
And state my peace?

Together

A song just like rain
With it's thundering words
Bright flashes of passion
And torrents of tears

Would that I could
Of I only could say
How the force that is you
Just Lights up my day

Something Inquisitvie
Just like a song
Wants to go stand in the rain
Wants to know
---If you could
Would you stand in the rain for a song?

Espana

Oh my,
'S been some time
Since I've seen that face
That flash and fire
Hot and gone.
The steady flame has burned
And still does
To comfort and give.
It's Home.
But the power in that second.
God, what a rush.
I'd forgotten,
'S been too long.


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I wish the world was how you wanted.
Better than I imagined.
With strawberries and love and freedom of thought
And I think, When laughter is free,
And inhibition is damned,
Then the world may be.

I Believe

Livin with my eyes closed, goin day to day
I never knew the difference, I never cared either way
Lookin for a reason, searchin for a sign
Reachin out with both hands, I gotta feel the kick inside
All fired up
Now I believe there comes a time
All fired up
When everything just falls in line
All fired up
We live an learn from our mistakes
All fired up, fired up, fired up - hey

Aint nobody livin, in a perfect world
Everybodys out there, cryin to be heard
Now I got a new fire, burnin in my eyes
Lightin up the darkness, movin like a meteorite

Chorus:
All fired up
Now I believe there comes a time
All fired up
When everything just falls in line
All fired up
We live an learn from our mistakes
All fired up, fired up, fired up
The deepest cuts are healed by faith
Now I believe there comes a time
When everything just falls in line
We live an learn from our mistakes
The deepest cuts are healed by faith

Now I believe there comes a time
When everything just falls in line
We live an learn from our mistakes
The deepest cuts are healed by faith
Now I believe there comes a time
When everything just falls in line
We live an learn from our mistakes
The deepest cuts are healed by faith
Now I believe there comes a time
When everything just falls in line
We live an learn from our mistakes
The deepest cuts are healed by faith
Now I believe

-Pat Benatar, All Fired Up

Just Keep Swiming

Well there she goes
Gone again.
What a smile, too far away
I wish that I'd been braver
Thought to take a chance
But you seemed so happy with your world
I couldn't intervene.
So here I try again
To send you my best wish
Go and see this world
Take care, My pretty girl.

O.O

Panic now,
What to do?
Curtain's ruptured,
Wall's down.
Run along.
No help now.
Too far gone.
Run along,
Long, long
gone.

Shame

So you don't want to talk to me?
Fine,
Though I've one thing to say;
People call me a whore,
When you tell lies.
People call you a whore,
When I tell the truth.

Rachel Marie

Hey Girl
I hope it's better there
I hope you've found your peace
I'm sure you look gorgeous with your wings
You were Beautiful here, too
And I wish I'd know you
Enough to stop the hurt
Or to have helped at all
A brief and precious state of mind
We miss you