Can You Dig It?

Can You Dig It?


The treasure we seek

always

just beyond our reach

So hard to find

the elusive glory

we excavate

the Earth for

Sifting through
our limitations

real and imagined

Find your treasure

It's out there
somewhere


so

keep dreaming

and

keep digging!!!

Fly Through

Fly Through

Butterfly... Butterfly

flower hopping jewels


my Summer time envy

now only a memory

Living in the moment

barren landscape

where our garden 
use to be

We are all

born to die 

Destiny to be

devoured by time

stored in fleeting memory


Butterfly... Butterfly

Did you ever realize
the seeping fragility
of this life?


Me neither

The Dismal Science

The Dismal Science


Too many bodies

too few jobs

high demand

short supply

Line up call

in the cold rain

peddling their skills

Trying to look desirable

like desperate whores
looking to score
a measly paycheck

They just want to work

they are not bums

they have worth too 

they dream of becoming

one of
the 
luckily employed

The line keeps growing

The trail grows cold

on the desperate wall

as the parade stalls

Disappointed faces

disperse into the gloom

Come back tomorrow

bring a better rap

None of us worker bees

qualify

as too big to fail

Just please don't bullshit me

about our improving economy    

Acceptance

Acceptance

Wrap your arms around the anarchy

And embrace the loose uncertainty

Go deep inside the insanity

Merge with the new reality

So let go of the melancholy

Those regrets which weigh us down

Escape all those lost yesterdays

And rise above the scorched ground

The storm of our own creation         
Finally begins to subside   

The damage can now be assessed, 
Clean up procedures applied  

This cynical dam we constructed, 
Our wall of rationalizations    

Can no longer hold back the fact
We need to build a stronger foundation

Back to the Womb

Sirens blare... Chaos everywhere... Search lights scorch the night... Over the wall we ascend... Prison break... Mass escape... We disperse like lightning bugs... They can't catch us all ! Strength in mob numbers as we dash headlong toward the dream of freedom... All the tasty beastly pleasures of the flesh to be savored and devoured... Rum and lust dominate... Indulgences to satiate... We be free to choose our moral poison but freedom is never free.. It comes with chains attached... Like a tenacious vice choking off our fantasy life... Those lingering consequences... The residue of self destruction... In the end it all went wrong... Choice destroyed us... Sensory overload brought us down... Prison was where we belonged all along...

Envy Frenzy

Envy Frenzy


The grass may
indeed be greener
on other side
of the fence 
that divides

but

beware of the snake
hiding in the weeds

cause he'll bite you
in your envy

a venomous fate

that will leave 

your ass dead

if you rush in

where only
fools dare to tread

Consumed Innocence

Consumed Innocence


Once upon a time

in the haze of

playground memories

Children once were we

joyous and care free

an innocent breed

frolicking in a bubble

play time
away from responsibility

Corruption got to us inevitably

accumulating teen age stains

leading us into temptation

compromising situations

so many options

splintered choices

trust shattered

egos bruised

cynical walls constructed

hardened shells

We become 
what we fight

in order to survive

we rationalize
and compromise 

So it goes
so it goes

Life has a way

of stripping away

our halos

Late Night Today

Late Night Today 



All alone

domesticated me

late at night

bathed in fridge light

over my milk and cookies

I fondly recollect

those all night rampages

when I was young and kooky

and 

those sweet sensation treats

alcohol induced feminine conquests

All the crazy dreams

plots and drama sub plots

Friends who came and went

with the coming of the dawn 

at the all night diner

where we tried to sober up 

Stagger home

awake at noon

puke a little

chug some Pepto

take a nap

try to remember

the smiles

the adventure


So here I am

midnight snacking

Need to buy milk tomorrow 

Distant lights

Electric nights

I close my eyes 

and fall asleep

Rose Sniffers

Rose Sniffers


Life goes fast

in case 
you had not
noticed

Looking back

when we were
young and full
of future

time was but
a number 
on the clock

We learn by living

Life goes fast

The funerals I attend

increase with the
passing years

and death

once horrifying

now

less shocking

Perspective picked
up along the way

like the bad habits
we accumulate

like the heavy baggage
weighing down 
our scarred hearts

Life goes fast

We trudge through 
our charade parade
with heads down

Fixated on our
trivial obsessions

all the battles fought

bringing us back from
whence we started

blind
to the magic that
surrounds us

we miss riding the
carousel on a steamy
Summer's night

love lost
at the bridge
we would not cross

Life goes fast!!

in the blink of an eye

as the mourner's cry

for their own lost mortality

Paper Wings

Paper Wings


Scavenger of dreams


patchwork designer 

residue reclaimer

picks up the pieces
of us fallen
downtrodden angels

who have been tarnished
by our own weaknesses

our spiritual malaise

Enter into the truth

No one will be
turned away today

for we who have
soared before 

can soar again  

Tis written in 
the book of

potential redemption

I won't say forever

cause we all know

we are destined

to fall again  

Scary To Be Merry

Scary To Be Merry      

Triple Ho! Behold the Christmas show!!

All that tinsel, glitter, and flash

Peace on Earth, goodwill towards sales

Off to the mega mall we dash

All part of the seasonal hassle

Another chapter in our hectic lives

What we need is the gift of serenity

As we wait for a fresh year to arrive

Wrapping UP

Wrapping UP  

   

Of all the gifts there are to share

In this season of joy and cheer

The most precious of all is friendship

For it stays with us throughout the year

Like a glowing angel wrapped in gold       

Radiating from atop the Christmas tree

A beacon of light gleaming bright

That’s how cherished you are by me

Tears of Angels

Tears of Angels


Every time
my forbidden love
smiles in my direction

every glance

every tease

I feel the orgasmic tingle
you only get from a lover

That rush of passion's heat

This is our secret
intercourse

this is the extent of us

an affair of sheer fantasy

never straying beyond
the boundaries of morality

We both know the rules

we both accept our realities

Good people paying the price

for not playing the game of vice 

Pour The Punch

Pass another piece of humble pie

as we digest newfound humility

Used to be so damn cocky

Thought we could rule the wind

Now we find ourselves

flat on our once proud asses

Down but not out

For you see 

my currently dazed friends

the surrender towel has not been thrown 

The final bell has not yet tolled

Life sure can hit hard

but it ain't over

as long as we rise up

and fight back

Round Two belongs to us

Time Check

Time Check


Seconds 
minutes
hours

Days
weeks
years

Roll on

Pile up

Clock chimes 
yet again

our relentless chorus

counting us down

Always there

to remind us
with gentle dings

that time
is fleeting

Always there

to command us

to always

make the most

of   

our time allotted

A Night In The Life

A Night In The Life


In the late night mix

the boys and
the girls

practice intrigue

getting 
their social fix

glasses clink

open wide

shoot alcohol down

feel the tingle

forced frivolity

chemical amnesia

lust unleashed

winners burn hot

losers lament

Bright lights flash

closing  time proclaimed

it can not be restrained

one last quick pop

players depart

into the night

survivors all

clean up crew

tosses out the 
littered residue
of joy and sorrow

close the show

Bar is quiet now

field rolled up

night games over

til tomorrow

Night lights

Night lights


Telescopic site

star gazing
toward heaven

specks of refracted light

galaxies light years away

stars dancing their life cycle


eons ago


Our Universe

always changing


always evolving

As are we

cosmic cousins

specks of stardust

in our universal family

Boom Boom Club

Boom Boom Club


Newtown

Columbine

Virginia Tech

Our massacre 
tragedy history

bloody roll call

Same old story

shock

outrage

calls for reform

Then we move on

bloody cycle

a little less shocked 
with each fresh executions

loner youngster

goes off

killer gamer style

tears for the victims

sympathy all around

Then we move on

a little less attention

numbness sets in

feeling of hopelessness

cause nothing changes

only the faces 

just the places

Newton

Columbine

Virginia Tech 

Stay tuned

Self Fortified

Self Fortified


These brick walls I wear

my cinder block insulation

rock hard cloak

keeps the world out

Also serves as my prison

where I reside

in solitary isolation

behind these walls high

no one can breach

All I have

of the outside

is a sky

I can never reach

Rear View Mirroring

Rear View Mirroring


The longer I live

as I hang around
this scattered existence

the more
I playback

reminisce

scratch my head
about things I said

or didn't say

actions
reactions

why I did what I did

why I chose to go

where I ended up

Choices made

the games we played

perceptions levied

I tell myself

in my know it all way

not to fret
about what others say

but much to my dismay

I do crave adulation

and worst of all

I agonize about
the man I am today

A fruitless exercise

trying to replay

recast

and regurgitate ourselves