POETRY

THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

WE ALL LIVE IN OUR OWN LITTLE WORLDS

OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME

INTERESTING TO  SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS

IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING THE PROPOSAL WONDERING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT AND HAD TO PAUSE IT TO WRITE THIS POEM THAT JUST CAME ALONG...

CUT IT OUT

BUBBLE GUM IN YOUR HAIR

HAVE TO CUT IT OUT

DON'T EVEN GO THERE

MAKES ME WANNA POUT

KNOTS ARE ALSO HARD TO BEAR

SAME FATE HAVE NO DOUBT

A BETTER WAY I'M UNAWARE

JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I HAVEN'T CHEWED GUM IN AWHILE BUT CAN VIVIDLY REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I WAS A KID RUNNING AROUND PUSHING A PLAYGROUND MERRY GO ROUND WITH GUM IN MY MOUTH AND YELLING SOMETHING SO THE PEOPLE ON IT COULD HEAR AND HAVING MY GUM FLY OUT OF MY MOUTH DIRECTLY INTO MY HAIR SOMEHOW...YUCK...I WOULD RUN REALLY FAST AND SPIN THE THING AND THEN JUMP ON AND GET A RIDE TOO BUT THE GUM IN THE HAIR PART WAS JUST PLAIN YUCKY AND THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET IT OUT BUT TO CUT IT OUT...SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA CUT IT OUT...CUT IT OUT ALREADY...HA HA...THE LESS PAINFUL WAY TO GET RID OF KNOTS IN YOUR HAIR IS TO CUT THEM OUT TOO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BRUSH THEM OUT OR PULL THEM APART...THE JOYS OR ANNOYANCES OF WAVY HAIR...

SHADOWS OF THE PAST

 WHEN SHADOWS OF THE PAST MEET THE LIGHT OF DAY

THEY OFTEN HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY

LOTS OF MEMORIES ARE FOUND

MANY LESSONS ABOUND

SOMETIMES YOU YEARN TO REVISIT

SOMETIMES YOU'D RATHER FORGET

THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT REGRET

I PREFER TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD

AS I AM SURE MOST ANYONE WOULD

WHEN CREEPY ONES COME JUST LET THEM GO

MAKE SURE YOU LEARN YOUR LESSON THOUGH

OR THEY WILL BE SURE TO RETURN

UNTIL YOUR LESSON IS LEARNED

LESSONS OR BLESSINGS

LESSONS ARE BLESSINGS

BUT AT WHAT COST

DON'T LET THAT BE LOST

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THE LAST FOUR LINES CAME AS AN AFTER THOUGHT WHEN I WAS COPY AND PASTING MY POEM OVER HERE...

DREAMS ARE MEANT TO COME TRUE

DREAMS ARE MEANT TO COME TRUE

IT MATTERS WHAT YOU DO

BELIEVE THEY'LL SEE YOU THROUGH

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS

IT'S EASIER THAN IT SEEMS

BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS AND THEY'LL BELIEVE IN YOU

Author's Notes/Comments: 

BELIEVING IN DREAMS IS AMAZING AND MAGICAL. SILENCE LIMITING BELIEFS. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART. KEEP DREAMING AND BELIEVING.

IMPOSTERS

SURROUNDED BY IMPOSTERS

EVERYWHERE I GO

WHERE ARE THE AUTHENTIC ONES

HOW AM I TO KNOW

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THERE WAS A TIME I ACCEPTED ALL FRIEND REQUESTS ON FACEBOOK. THOSE DAYS ARE OVER. TOO MUCH HACKING GOING ON...TOO MANY IMPOSTERS PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE...I RARELY ACCEPT FRIEND REQUESTS ANYMORE...TOO BAD...I WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE...ALWAYS APPROACHABLE...THE TYPE OF PERSON PEOPLE STOP TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS ON THE STREET...IF I DO OCCASIONALLY TAKE A CHANCE AND THEY SEEM WEIRD TO ME IN ANY WAY OR I GET A STRANGE VIBE I TRUST MY INTUITION AND HAVE NO PROBLEM SIMPLY UNFRIENDING NO EXPLANATION AND BLOCKING ON TOP OF THAT...CRAZY TIMES WE LIVE IN...CEST LA VIE

JUST BECAUSE

JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE

DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T CARE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

PRETTY SURE LOTS CAN RELATE TO THIS

BREAKING THOSE ALWAYS AND NEVER RULES

 NEVER AND ALWAYS ARE NO NOS

SO SOMETIMES AND  USUALLY WILL DO

BUT WATCH THAT DOUBLE NEGATIVE PROSE

CUZ MAYBE THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE

NEVER SAY NOTHING

ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING

BREAKING THOSE ALWAYS AND NEVER RULES

YOU WILL FIND SOME TRUTH GETS THROUGH

RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN

SO BREAK THEM WIDE OPEN

OR AM I ONLY JOKIN

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS WAS COMPLETE THEN I ADDED THE LAST THREE LINES THAT WERE GONNA BE MY COMMENTS HERE...

WHEN PIGS FLY HIGH

WHEN PIGS FLY HIGH

UP IN THE SKY

I MUST DENY

I'D  CONVINCE YOU

THAT IT'S TRUE

IF YOU KNEW

HOW TO SEE THEM TOO

I WOULDN'T HAVE TO

Author's Notes/Comments: 

LOOKING THROUGH A BUNCH OF STUFF I CAME ACROSS A PIG WITH TINY WINGS...ONE OF THOSE THINGS FROM DOLLAR TREE YOU PUT IN THE SUN AND IT MOVES SO IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE OFF BUT THE WINGS WOULD MOVE...JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT OLD EXPRESSION WHEN PIGS FLY...PRETTY SURE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER DO YOU WOULD SAY YA WHEN PIGS FLY...SO IF AND WHEN THEY DO I SUPPOSE YOU ARE OFF THE HOOK SAYING YOU WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING...I HAVE ALSO HEARD THE PHRASE NEVER SAY NEVER...NEVER OR ALWAYS ARE NO NOS...HA HA ANYWAY THINKING ABOUT  SEEING THAT PIG WITH WINGS I WROTE THIS...

SAY IT ANYWAY

WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE WRITTEN YOUR MASTERPIECE

BUT STILL HAVE STUFF TO SAY

MAKE YOUR EXPECTATIONS CEASE

AND SAY IT ANYWAY

DON'T GET JADED

AND UNDER RATE IT

JUST GO ON AND SAY IT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS IS KIND OF A PEP TALK TO MYSELF THAT MAY WORK FOR OTHERS TOO OFCOURSE...I HAVE WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF POEMS OVER THE YEARS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I RARELY REWRITE ANYTHING UNLESS I FIND A TYPO OR SOMETIMES A LINE POPS INTO MY HEAD THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER WITH THE FLOW OF THE POEM BUT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IT IS WHAT IT IS AS IT COMES TO ME...IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE AUTOMATIC WRITING LIKE I HAVE TO WRITE IT FAST OR I LOSE IT...THEY COME AT ANY TIME AND I NEED TO BE READY FOR THEM OR THEY ARE LOST FOREVER...ANYWAY RECENTLY I WROTE A POEM CALLED THE ESSENCE OF INNOCENCE AND THAT POEM JUST FELT REALLY SPECIAL TO ME...I USUALLY SHOW NO FAVORITISM BUT THAT ONE WAS JUST SPECIAL TO ME AND AFTER I WROTE IT I TOOK AWHILE BEFORE I WROTE ANYTHING ELSE CUZ I FELT LIKE NOTHING ELSE COULD LIVE UP TO THAT ONE...SO TRYING TO GET OVER THAT NONSENSE...THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND I NEED TO JUST LET THEM  DO IT...