How will you
Get to know yourself
If you fear to see it through?
Chase those feelings
Down the rabbit hole —
Discover
Your alternate libido.

Life, made a game
Of hide and seek —
Close your eyes
And count to
A hundred.

Cherished dreams,
Once abandoned,
Hold but beauty
Like a perished butterfly.

Cultivation of the mindless,
A song all may understand.
The simplicity ideal —
Don't think, never worry.
Sing along and dance.

The promise,
Happiness?
Still empty —
Yet, I keep waiting
For the moment
To pass.

Evil deeds
Can't be undone —
Handing your soul
To the Reaper
Does not beat the Devil
To the punch.

May the world remember
How your contributions paled
In light of sorrows you bestowed.

Thoughts astray
On stormy days,
Whitecaps lined
With thunderheads —
None of which will make
Tomorrow's memories.

There is no evil —
Only convergent
Self-centered behavior,
Serving a different me.

I'm not broken —
Merely experiencing
Temporary
Emotional malfunctions.

Busy thoughts,
Sleep evades me,
Overtures in somnium,
Worries cast
In onyx stone —
Non somnia dominus.

My joy in life
Outweighs your standards —
I don't care,
Go ahead.
Color me bananas.

I could,
I know —
And yet,
I won't.

I'll do my thing,
Thank you very much,
Complain all you will —
That's not on me.
Remember,
I asked for your support,
Not your council.

Just because
You steadied me,
Do not presume
You carry me.

Unintended,
Misconceived —
It's not me
Hurting you,
Yet, you are
Losing me.

Live,
Love,
Cherish
Every moment
You are given.

In our house of memory
We fill the halls with
Fallen heroes —
Symbolizing all to which
We aspire.

Pain swallows
All words.

Trapped within our atmosphere,
We move across our destination,
Ignorant the gravity towards
The forgiving, non-discriminatory
All-receiving ground.