Hide a bit of Rage

Hide a bit of rage
Hide the ugly bit of yourself
It shows its face
attack those closest to you
they will stay when enemies flee

hole in the sun

A hole in the sun
why does her beauty and radiance
swallow my hopes

day

morning sun
when does the day come
a new day comes

Mind of its own

I make up my mind
get to work, instead poems
my mind makes up its mind

Habits

A gentleman's habit
always hold the door
even in the bathroom

Shadowed

Shadowed
Sitting on the outside wondering
where judgment came from
remind yourself why you care
when you always sat on the outside

Weak

Stand proud Stand Strong
Celebrate a righteous frown
superior to all

ignore the fools
whose weak compromise only
joins hearts and minds

Wonder

I chose to walk away
I wonder where you walk now
do we both look down
for single rows of footprints
on paths we tread together

New Touch

Guarded shattered
a lifetimes experience
lost
touch a new hope a new love
each peculiar intimate

Sun on Rock

Sun on Rock
centuries written in light
on ancient face

First step

Hardest first step
in half finished roof and walls
they teach

Dandelion

Dandelions
Child's eyes wide open
Mourning the weeds

Tin Flower

tin flower
incandescent sunlight
brighter than life

Speak first

I will not speak first
and I will not speak first
we prove we don't care

Peace

peace
an offer to escape
dreams of you
you no longer want
everything you wanted

Butterfly

Butterflies
change one dream another
is it a sin to wonder?

mimicry

seeking inspiration
an aging poet
finds mimicry

Accept

realization
discover your position
drunken indulgence

Star Dancer

Star dancer
music in a young girl's mind
must be beautiful

Mirrors

in another's eyes
these mirrors of ourselves
a prevarication

Pyro

Pyromaniac
A flame grown from claver
scattering laurels
can't your shrewdness discern
how watching this burns me

Filiform

Who would dare derange
a filiform life
string together pieces
try to connect more than a beginning
to a precarious end

Slave

The free man can see
all he has failed to do
envies the slave

4th

4th of July
Candlelight dances
against exploding sky

First

touch in a mirror
spring comes in one
who is first to speak

Crossroads

offer anything
and fail generosity
ignorance

increase

Nocuous increase
Cultivated indulgence
Perceive tiny joys