Kiss me please

thinking of something good
but no one will stop talking

off with the bell
and know I like walking

down to the store
right through the park

into the sea
blue and dark

out of the cold
inside a warm breeze

traveling slowly
kiss me please

lift my hand
up to the sky

touch the moon
tell me why

the dark is dark
and the light is light

why i didn't know
you were right

now morning's come
again and again

one, two, three
and then ten

the days slip through
underneath a maze

up and down
classes and trays

they promised it
was only a phase

now morning's come
kiss me please

World Peace

This morning I taught the light

to tolerate the darkness

And then I brought the darkness

out into the light -

to bask in its glory,

and taste its warmth

and its danger.

The dark told me that the light

no longer ran from it.

 

And the skies

would glow -

And the world would not know

the difference

Reflection

Life lends itself
to looking backwards

the younger self
the beautiful one
that knew not of
her beauty
or her future

that realized not
that she was living
back in the day

in the days
she would fondly
remember
as youth's memory
embelishes
each moment

exagerrated into
an existential collaboration
of truthful rumors
built on blocks
of friendships, trips,
pictures, apartments,
the imaginings and promises

unearthed and retold
to our older selves

at once or in bits
but always there
partially real
painful to feel
and beautiful

immersing ourselves
in the love we had
and the love we have

and this life

Doobles do

The Doobles do
the right thing
they jump, play,
dance and sing

the laugh, dream
and don't wear bling

oh they're sure
a good bunch
and I have a hunch

that Doobles
are there

and the Doobles
are there

good Doobles
can be found

everywhere

What I'm not

I am not cupcakes
or cookies
or popcorn
at the movies
80's grunge
or 60's groovy
generation X
or why?

I am not that girl
until I am
That won't happen to me
until it did

I am not one
to complain

until I complain
to you all day

and then tell you
to stop complaining

I am not the one
who would do that

but I did

You say you're not
until you are

and that you won't
until you do

No need to say never
that you won't, don't,
or couldn't

Be the person who does
Be the person who is

I am

New Year's breakfast

What to do

What to resolve

all the problems

I will solve

by seeing a squirrel

eat potato chips

in the park

for breakfast

Mouth Daggers

the real danger
of the open mouth

are the words that
come before the brain
thinks them over

results:
brain mad at mouth
foot in mouth
self mad at foot and mouth
other person mad at person
with slow brain