Haiku

It's good to be sad

like a leaf with no water

but I don't like it

tears

tears would form-

if i would let them

years are gone

i have to let them

tears would form

if i wanted

everywhere......everyday......yet

tears would form

i wish they would

(years of mine - they cannot stay

like winter's hot frost

and summer's white day

they burned their memories

into my cool skin

but not as great as felt within

years are leaving my gray u.s.a.)

I'm not unconscious

of my every action-

so unlike you

and your reaction

I said I was Inspired-

that is all-

your misunderstanding

it's not my fault

Inspiration-

is like a grain of sand-

it can be found anywhere

even miles from it's homeland

So it's not even you,

you see?

just something you said

(as salty as the sea)

come now-

let us make ourselves fools-

it fixes everything

to break some rules

Two by Hughes

Bible Belt

It would be too bad if Jesus

Were to come back black.

There are so many churches

Where he could not pray

In the U.S.A.,

Where entrance to Negroes,

No matter how sanctified,

Is denied,

Where race, not religion,

Is glorified.

But say it-

You may be

Crucified.

To Artina

I will take your heart.

I will take your soul out of your body

As though I were God.

I will not be satisfied

With the little words you say to me.

I will not be satisfied

With the touch of your hand

Nor the sweet of your lips alone.

I will take your heart for mine.

I will take your soul.

I will be God when it comes to you.

Langston Hughes

cheerio

your brain
..is a cheerio
impossibly small
....prone to crumbling
and with a noticeable hole
..............................yet still
...............essential to breakfast

cracked

my cell phone's
......touch screen
is cracked on
......the inside

with the mountains

i was with the mountains today
they were cold, like an apple, but colder, and crisper
there were trees, too, like most mountains
the sun struggled to get through
as did the snow, white still
not yet trampled and tarnished by the earth
not by anyone, in fact, not one living soul
of any kind did i see
gone south, like my neighbor
or underground, like the dead
it was me alone, as far as i could see
the sun, trees, the snow, and me
water still dripping, quickly freezing
forming icicles, i could have watched each one
if i wanted to, but it helped to keep moving
he didn't mind me being there, the mountain
he could have shivered, just like me
at just the right time, and he would be free
i would have fallen to his feet
to slowly be absorbed
and quickly be forgotten

blood

my memories
..........they bleed
but not, no never enough
some do, but no not nearly them all
and no not never enough
i would stab them
or slit them
and wring them
..........if i could
..........anything
to stop the clotting
to release my memories
to make them bleed
..........freely
as they should

Comfort

comfort, of the sort

............i know nothing of

when i speak of the child
.......less than two years living
moments away
........from having a baby brother
and a baby sister
.................and a world, not the same

Ants

Ants on a tile
trapped for a while
walking for miles
walking for miles
life's lying smile
ants - cross over
trapped in the grid
lost on a tile

Bugs

i like honey
i don't like bugs
can't have honey
without some bugs

i like billowy clouds
up in the sky
i like to tickle them
until they cry

i like to root
my toes in the ground
live like a tree
and not make a sound

i do like to dream
as i am tonight
i still dislike bugs
bugs just are not right

Evolution - help

evolution
where are you, where have you been
I'm genuine, not mocking at all
if you are real, if you exist, answer my call
evolution
where have you been, I've not seen you
for thousands of years
evolution
I am a man, and have been
for thousands of years
evolution
am I your limit? am I your master plan?
evolution
with who do you side?
is this all you can do, or is this about pride?
evolution
I think I understand, with that, I struggle too.

something I like to do

laying on the earth
opposite the sky
preferably a blue one
clouds are beneficial
but not necessary
eyes open
arms and legs
spread wide
as if you
are about to catch it
the sky
or as if you
are falling
eyes open
arms and legs
spread wide
hoping it catches you
the sky
something I like to do

If I could dream of you

If I could dream of you

I might never wake

it need not be true

it might ease every ache

if I could dream of you


If I could just dream of you
my dreams would come true.