We hate
What we fear,
But why fear
What can't hurt us?
We hurt
What we hate,
And this circle
Consumes us.

Distract the masses
With a problem
They will never solve —
Eyes on the fictional prize,
And off the ball.

Lost,
But not
By choice —
Come find me
Where you effort
Waned.

Once more, from the top.
A touch less reason,
More dramatic.
Motivation?
You're not fucking okay.

Raise your dream
To catch the sky —
Then sail the impossible.

Times ain't changing,
Minds are changing.
Shifting currents of
Popularized thought —
But who is doing
The steering?

I’d crumble
Like my feelings,
But we play our parts
Too well.

Even together,
Lonely with you.
Painting the wall
With emotions un-shareable —
Pictures of happiness,
Symbols of love —
Wearing the mask
Until tears overflow
And our last
Pillar
Falls.

We need these little
Reminders of decency,
These small signs that humanity
Is still capable
Of kindness.

Little fissures, disregarded,
Parallel the cracks of time —
Windows into years consumed,
Filled with hopes
That never got
A chance to shine.

Stir my sands
To mask my tracks,
Shield me from
My biggest failures.
Help me see
The road ahead,
Unburdened by
The bloody paths
I've taken.

Stir my waters
With your tides,
Bring me flow
Where joy keeps ebbing.
Nurture, comfort, lullaby
The parts of me
I keep forgetting.

Stir my leaves,
My verdant ceiling,
Soothe my temper
In your breeze,
Shield me from
A world too bright
With silent songs
From shadows deep.

Between
The land,
The sea,
The sky,
A path
Is lit
For you
To follow.

Like the stars,
We may be
Drifting apart,
But your light
Still reaches me.

The coolest nor the cutest,
The model nor the whore —
Shallow will not
Win you my
Attention or affection.
Be yourself, nothing more.
Beauty is true connection.

Unheard —
Cry in silence,
Waves of tears
Too immense
To go unfelt.

Questions of morality,
The ache unseen
By all but me.
The rot in my foundations,
The doubt in my beliefs —
Chaining me,
Free of will,
Bound by heart,
To what I cannot change.

Overheated sentiments
On coloured TV —
Two dimensionalized issues
Where both sides
Feel they're right.
This is how wars start.

Adapting to
The problem
Does not make it
Go away.