POETRY IS ALCHEMY
AT LEAST IT'S MAGIC TO ME
YOU WRITE A RHYME ANY TIME
WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN MIND
THE THINGS YOU SAID WILL BE READ
INTERPRETED BY THEIR HEAD
TO THE TRUTH THEY FIND INSIDE
INTERPRETED BY THEIR MIND
EACH FIND THEIR OWN MESSAGES
READING ALL THOSE PASSAGES
IF THAT'S NOT MAGIC WHAT IS
LAUGHING AT ABSURDITY
ALWAYS SEEMS TO WORK FOR ME
LAUGHING WHEN THINGS MAKE NO SENSE
MAKES THEM FEEL LESS INTENSE
LAUGHING CUZ WE SHOULDN'T CRY
OFTEN MAKES ME WONDER WHY
LAUGH ATTACKS MAY COME AND GO
WHEN THEY'LL STRIKE YOU NEVER KNOW
GUESS I'D RATHER LAUGH THAN CRY
AT LEAST IT IS WORTH A TRY
EVER LAUGHED UNTIL YOU CRIED
THAT STUFF COMES FROM DEEP INSIDE
SOLITUDE SURROUNDS ME
EVEN THO THERE'S CATS
SOMETIMES IT ASTOUNDS ME
WHEN THEY PLAY WITH RATS
BET THAT GOT YOU GOING
THINKING IT WAS TRUE
ALSO JUST NOT KNOWING
SOLITUDE WITHDREW
SOLITUDE CAN HAPPEN
EVEN WHEN THERE'S PETS
JUMPING IN YOUR LAP AND
I HAVE NO REGRETS
TRUTH BE TOLD
MUST BE BOLD
NEVER SOLD
OR CONTROLLED
LIES DESPISE
HONEST EYES
OUR DEMISE
LIES IN LIES
SEEK THE TRUTH
BE UNCOUTH
BE A SLEUTH
FOR OUR YOUTH
SEEK AND FIND
BLOW YOUR MIND
JUST UNWIND
HANDS OF TIME
ONCE THERE WAS A BOX
WITH NOTHING INSIDE
IT WAS FULL OF THOUGHTS
SO EASY TO HIDE
DID YOU EVER HAVE A FRIEND THAT COULD READ YOUR MIND
THOSE TYPES OF FRIENDS ARE FEW AND FAR BEHIND
WE SURE HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES
I REALLY MISS THAT OLD FRIEND OF MINE
WARM SPRING DAYS WITH A GENTLE BREEZE
REALLY MAKE YOU FEEL AT EASE
FEELING THE WARMTH OF THE SUN'S RAYS
REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL OK
BAREFOOT ON A SANDY SHORE
WAVES RUSH IN YOU WANT SOME MORE
SOUNDS OF BIRDS FLYING BY
FLUFFY CLOUDS IN THE SKY
SUNSETS ALWAYS BREATHTAKING
SO GREATFUL FOR TIMES LIKE THESE
WHETHER THEY ARE IN MY MIND
OR HAPPENING IN REAL TIME
THE SKY IS CRYING AGAIN
WONDER WHAT MADE IT SO SAD
THE CLOUDS ARE DARK AND GLOOMY
WHAT MADE THEM FEEL SO BAD
THE THUNDER RUMBLES AND ROARS
THE LIGHTNING STRIKES LIKE IT'S MAD
THE WIND BLOWS OUT OF CONTROL
STORMY WEATHER WILL BE HAD
READ BETWEEN THE LINES
SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND
LISTEN TO YOUR MIND
EVERYTHING IS FINE