The Week Before Christmas

'Twas a week before Christmas;
And all through the 'book
People were clicking
Because they were hooked.

They were blaming Obama 
Cuz the world isn't perfect
Instead of being good people
That just isn't worth it

Posting fake science
With a pic and a quote
Because reading too much
their brains might explode

I should have been sleeping
But I kept on writing
Every single like
Yeah, the people are biting

When all of a sudden
Just to be nice
My old friend on Farkle
gave me five magic dice

The children were nestled
All snug in their beds
While screens burnt on their retinas
Danced in their heads

With me in my cardigan
And ma in her separate home
I curled up with London 
So I wasn't alone

And right down the chimney
A man dressed in red
Jumped from my fireplace
And hit his fat head

He tried to rob me
But alas I had nothing
His hurt disappointment
Now that was something!

He got back into the fireplace
put his thumb to his nose
He gave me the finger
And up the chimney he rose

I kept on drinking
My lousy cheap beer
Somehow he found
eight flying reindeer

I heard him exclaim
As he flew off the roof
"Don't call the police, now
You ain't got no proof!"

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A sea of gold
A sea of blue
I could gladly get lost
On my way to you

It's not about the outside
So pretty and so pure
It's who you are inside
Who should be much more sure

You've had your share of hurt
Your share of being used
I'd never want to make you question
To make you feel abused

I'll keep you on my pedestal
That's where you best shine
I hope you see yourself as I do
Though I know it would take some time

You have so much beauty
Outside and in
To keep yourself from seeing it
Would be the biggest sin

Know that someone has your back
I'll admire you from afar
No one should ever try and own
Such a bright and shining star

Confusion

Here I sit
This lonely season
Trying to reconcile
Beauty and reason

Sometimes there's too much
Sometimes not enough
Sometimes it's both
Sometimes it's rough

The clouds of passion
The winds of change
The tides of madness
The tears like rain

My mind spinning
My heart racing
My pulse pounding
My thoughts fading

Morning hits
Start over again
What will today bring
A lover or a friend?

(song) Open my Heart up Again

Look inside my heart
For every time it's been torn apart
I never could make the pieces ever quite fit

You came along with your light
I started feeling like everything's right
I need to feel you baby, every bit

CHORUS 1

You're everything I want
You're everything I need
You're everything I feel that I don't deserve

I've been treated bad before
So I closed my heart and I locked the door
So I have to learn to be the man to keep you secure

CHORUS 2

The miles that separate
And thinking that I might be too late
The thoughts in my head keep spinning out of control

No matter, though, how far
I'll give you the gift of a shooting star
Just you being under the same sky make me feel whole.

CHORUS 1 & 2

(CHORUS 1)
I need to open my heart up again
I want to feel your warmth coming in
It's been cold and lonely here for way too long

(CHORUS 2)
I need to open my heart up again
I want to feel the touch of your skin
I don't want to have to say that I'm sorry anymore

For You

Over distance;
Over time;
Through prose;
Through rhyme;
Words are all I can give you


What I want;
What I feel;
Is so amazing;
And still so real;
I want a chance to love you


You make me weak;
You make me strong;
You make things right;
When things go so wrong;
You're always in my heart.


I want so much
to show you;
To be there,
And to hold you;
Just once, if we have to part.


Wherever
We may end
If lovers
Or best of friends
I can't put my heart to rest


You've been there
To love me
You never
Ever judged me
You really are the best.

Afterthought

You need me
You don't think of me
When all else fades
I'm still there
Lingering
An afterthought

You know I'm there
You're content to let me be
Alone in my head
Alone in the world
Sitting
An afterthought

When the noise fades
When the lights dim
I remain
I come to mind
I'm finally useful
Waiting
An afterthought

When need arises
When you need a helping hand
When chaos reigns
You need my calm
I'm gone
Moved on
After thought.

The Empty Shell

A husk, a shell, a container of what was;
From the outside, you can't see the emptiness within;
From the outside, I'll show you the sum of who I was;
Not who I am;
Who I am is potential;
"Me" has yet to be made;
The empty container has yet to be filled;
The emptiness does not define me;
But lets me define myself;
A chance to refill with something new;
To be better than who I am;
To be
Who I will become.

Goddamned Love Poem

I've seen skies to make me weep;
Sunsets declaring majesty of the skies;
But all of it seems so washed out
When I look into your eyes.

I've heard music to stir the soul;
Birds singing, nature untamed.
But I hear the greatest symphony
When I hear you say my name

I've had dreams that would humble kings
Desires to crumble stone;
But none of that seems worthwhile
Compared to time with you alone

Chaos

Here I sit
and watch
the forces within
My rock, my ledge
worn yet resilient
The chaos I see
could take me away in a moment
Then I would leave nothing behind.
I watch and ride the chaos..
It is mine.

The outside worn
the strongest bits left
the chaos dares not touch them
so here I sit
watching forces unrelenting
the chaos,
the passion
the darkness
the blinding light
It is me.

Here I sit.