Caged Bird
On this evening I do abhor;
When ghostly haunting do outpour;
Cold fall hallows eve;
My bird and I are at unease.
In a cabin I am stuck;
I ran out of luck;
In the woods am I;
Where the spirits now,
Come alive.
I tried to leave;
When it started to rain;
My departure was;
Made in vain.
Why must it rain?
Who is to blame?
Maybe it is the night;
Filled with all its merciless fright.
The spirits are free to prance;
But here I stay;
With my bird in dismay.
I look at my bird and see;
What can never really be.
It lacks to be free;
That, it will never see.
Some birds perch on the windowsill;
And look within;
They gaze upon him;
They see his eyes;
Notice his shrugged shoulders,
See its confinement.
And thoe they can not help feel remorse;
They turn their head;
And fly away instead.
Poor bird;
Be years before its release;
If ever;
Perhaps Never.
Like a pearl inside an oyster;
Its beauty is unknown;
Waiting for it to be shown;
Till a fisherman opens it;
For once opened, it will be liberated;
And the sun will shine its light;
Then it will glisten and glint;
All will be bright;
That is, if it is found;
Or else, remained buried in the ground;
Forever will it remain;
Untouched, unopened, undiscovered,
Unfree, for all eternity.
Tangled in his own confinement;
Riled by his daily sorrow;
Aching, while freedom he can not borrow;
Painful interior detriment.
………………..
Drip Drip Tick Tick;
The rain continues on;
May last till dawn.
You can hear it on the roof;
Hear it beat on the door;
As my footsteps walk forever on,
The same old floor.
At the window;
The bird is right now staring;
All the pain;
He must be baring.
He is like a man chained to the floor;
Immure within his home;
In his own private doom.
How far may he walk?
Only as far as the chains stretch.
Which may be 3 feet at best.
How fast may he move?
As fast as he wishes,
With a ball chained to his ankle,
That squishes.
…………….
Will he ever be free?
Perhaps, if he’s rescued.
And if that can not be?
Then the chains his only companion.
That he can not abandon.
As well as the other rats or bats there may be.
Be there till he dies!
Till his bones (dormant) lies!
Till they be gathered up by the guard;
From freedom still barred;
And burned to ashes,
Or thrown 6 feet underground.
Beneath a big dirt mound.
Perhaps there his rotting corpse shall stay,
Chained to the floor.
Forevermore;
Till a spider finds a home
In the sockets of his eye;
And the rats feast and dine!
…………………
Interesting how;
The darkness that society, nature,
Or be it fellow human beings can bring.
Making one fall deep down into the abyss,
Where insanity flourishes.
Where madness runs rampant.
Where death is a friend.
And life, be a dead end.
…………………..
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12/8/98
All Alone
All alone
No one home
No one to talk to
No one to call
All are busy
At the movies
Or the mall
No one in the hall
No one in the room
Only me
No one else
Here I be
2/21/99
Real Faces
Reality bites
It gives no delight
It shows the faces
Of mean looks in their eyes
It shows our reflection
John and I
They squint in hopes
That we’ll die
3/13/99
That’s Life
Life is like a knife
That can cut through your dreams
It’s like the ocean
As calm as it seems
Under water you go
A rip current or under toe
Then death, you may know
Life changes so quickly
Sometimes so slow
As fast as lightening
Or as subtle as seafloor spreading
From the ocean below
One day you’re on top
The next day you drop
Stock Market crash
People jumped out of windows
Their heads got bashed
We try to be fair
Life doesn’t care
Let your house be burned to the ground
While your neighbor’s house stays sound
In this cruel world
Only the strong survive
Or just those who get lucky
And suck the BLOOD of the live
4/17/99
Rain Drops in Spots
Rain drops in spots,
It drops on daisies,
It drops on daffodils,
It drops on hills,
It drops on posies,
It drops on houses,
It drops on trees,
It drops on grass,
It drops on bees.
My rain drops in spots,
It drops on me,
It drops on my family,
It drops on my bed,
It drops on my head,
It drops in my room,
It drops in the bedroom,
My rain drops in spots too.
7/9/00
The Dungeon
Stars lie behind the bars.
In this spooky that some go loony place.
All we do is drudgery but we get no luxury.
We drink milk and eat bread and then we get a kick in the head.
We sleep all night we work all day and we aren’t having a good meal today.
There are rats and a couple of bats but what this place lacks is freedom.
11/2/93
Toy
Once there was this toy that didn’t like a single boy.
It was a ball who was at display in a mall.
It was kind of cute but it was very minute.
One day it got tired that it wasn’t being admired.
So it rolled away in dismay.
A cat saw it and tried to claw it.
But the ball bounced away and went over to the lay-a-way.
A kid picked it up who had a tiny pup.
He bought the ball then he left the mall.
The ball was happy and he didn’t feel sappy.
2/18/95
Can’t Wait
You know the day is coming
You know the day is near
You know you can not wait
Another day or year.
You know you can not wait to see,
All the things under the tree.
You can not wait till tomorrow
Not even the rest of the day
To find out what’s in those presents,
You just have to know right away.
11/19/96
The Future
The future I fear
It may bring me to tears
May bring me to madness
May bring me to gladness
It may bring me to death
It may bring out the best
It may bring me to love
It may bring me to hate
So that is what I fear
Because it is almost here
5/14/99
Anger
Fire burns with a fury
Like no other
It touches all who comes near
It causes fear
It makes you say
It makes you do
What you never would want to
At the end
The fire will fade
And you will see the ashes
Of everything you’ve made
11/4/99
I Have Fears
I cry
I cry alone
I do not let the world unknown
See my tears
For I have fears
That they will take me
And try to break me
And make me cry once more
6/15/00
Soaring High my Eagle Eye
Watching over me
With an eagle eye
Watching my every move
Watching me from the sky
As I lay
Under your wing
You teach me things
How to fly
How to cry
How to stand up for myself
How to defend myself
One day I will fly
High like you
Soaring in the sky
And teach someone else
All you know
While flying to heaven you go
11/28/00
Weary, Dreary, Days
As I lay here getting dreary
Still I wait in wonder, weary.
May we wait until the day
So that we may come out and play.
Why do I love him so
With each day I watch it grow.
Time will pass
Alas, alas.
Two days too long
But I am still drawn.
Forever may it be
I will wait for thee.
8/29/98
A Token of my Love
The days grow;
Weary, I know.
But soon the day will come,
When we can be one.
You will always be in my heart,
No matter how long we are apart.
5/18/99
Together Forever
Be with me today
Be with me tomorrow
Be with me forever
My heart may you borrow
My searching is over
It is at an end
Cause I found you
Our hearts we send
May we not be apart
For that cuts my heart
Instead let us pray
Forever may we stay
9/20/98
A Special Place
When the sky is blue,
And the water, pure and new.
When the day is long;
And drags on.
When people throw spite,
And show their dislike.
This place I may go;
To and fro.
As seas of torment come ashore;
And splash upon my wooden door;
I go to where,
There is no more.
As days seem slow;
Like in Alaska;
Which contains wind and snow;
Then there I go.
As people show,
Their own light;
I go to a place,
I know is right.
A bandage,
On a wing;
A place where I,
Can sing.
A place always opened;
Only room for one;
From moon till sun.
No war to be found;
Only happiness abounds.
This special place;
Is in his heart,
From that,
I can not be apart.
2/25/99
Expansion
A new grass grows
A new kind of love shows
As many veins in my hand
As many ways I can see our love expand
1/5/00
Love
It’s the love I feel for you
And how much you want me, too
It’s what we can’t deny
It’s our love
That will never die
2/12/00
Why Wright
My head enlightened
I started writing
Away went the sorrow
Away went the sadness
Away went the pain
Away went the madness
A calmer sense I feel
No more do I tear
Now I can rest
No more am I depressed
10/19/98
As Good as Dead
All right, where are you you son of a gun?
You bite me while I’m asleep;
Unaware of your presence you creep!
Do you not see the other dead mosquito bodies on the wall?
You are a stupid coward!
Hiding now since you’re so small.
But sooner or later,
You will fly,
And then you will die.
6/9/99
The Storm
The wind blows
The thunder rolls
The clouds move in
The sky gets dark
It starts to sprinkle
You feel a tinkle
On your skin
The sky looks dim
You look around
No shelter is found
So you get down to the ground
The lightening flashes
A tree crashes
4/12/00
Lost Lamb
Lost lamb am I
The winds of change
I can’t deny
Wandering in the field
Of once set goals
Once clear path
Once familiar grass
I have strayed
My path is lost
All that is before me
Is uncertainty
7/9/00
The Clock
The clock goes tic tock
Only in one’s mind
Clocks have changed with time
Now clocks go beep beep
As we try to sleep
9/19/00
Blending
The sun is out
The place is hot
Can you feel
Your sweat drop
Like the dew you see
On the leaves and trees
Sometimes they drop on your head
And you think it’s raining instead
As you stay awhile
Less you feel yourself perspire
And the animals get used to you
And you feel yourself part of there too
9/21/00
Why
Why must it fade
It feels like a blade
Cut straight down my heart
Just took it all apart
The blood just drips on the floor
It drips from the core
No one there to clean it up
Not even a bucket is laid
As my heart is drained
What happened to the mop
Where are the hands
When my heart drops
Why were you not there
Did you not care
10/11/98
Can’t Stay
You can’t keep me this way
I hate you
You won’t let me out
Never letting me go
When I turn 18
My wrath, I will show
All the oppressed anger I have inside
Will spill out before your eyes
Then there will be nothing you can do
Because I will be saying bye bye to you
4/9/99
Hunger
Tests and quizzes
They don’t care
They can’t see what I have to bear
Homework and book reports
They can’t see
How much pain I have inside me
No one knows what happens inside
All they can see is my face on the outside
Who will cut me slack
Everyone seems to turn their back
How can I live
When my mind and body are all they feed
Can’t they see
I have emotional needs
4/18/99
Message to Me
Let go of the pain
Embrace the love
Embrace the peace
My parents too
Feel the anguish
In a circle
We held hands
Many kids
They cried
Because of the pain inside
I didn’t want to let it go
I didn’t want to let it go
I didn’t want to let the pain and anger go
I couldn’t let the love in
The kids said their sad tale
Then felt the love
I felt companionship
Holding their hands
But I couldn’t let the love in
Till I let the pain go
10/7/01
Questions
Are we meant to be?
Should I try,
To live a lie?
Will my bubble burst?
Will my desire be unearthed?
How will I know?
Where will I go?
7/14/99
When We Die
When we die;
Where do we lie?
What do we take;
When our body,
We escape?
No money, no phone, no home,
No house, no spouse,
No car, no more beer bars.
No knowledge, no body,
So why do we lobby,
For what we can’t have,
When we leave our body?
4/27/00
Do You Know?
Do you know what it is like,
To stand alone;
To have no one there for you,
Or care for you;
To try to reach for help;
And get slapped down,
Hit the ground;
To cry,
And have no one sigh;
To hide,
For the fear of mean passersby;
Do you know what it is like;
To live alone;
Well, I do.
6/15/00
I Will Survive
A rock with holes
I find no more.
The heart is strong
It can endure long.
I do not rust
I do not fail
I do not wither
I am not frail.
Bring on your earthquakes
If you must
Throw you boulders down
I will not be crushed.
If 10 thousand die
I shall live
If many fail
I will succeed
If millions are dependent
I will have no need.
Through the lightening and thunder
The flood and the rain
I will stand tall
Through it all.
8/17/98
Crazy People
Insane is what you are;
Won’t let me have the car;
Won’t let me live my life;
Won’t let me roll my dice;
Won’t this;
Won’t that;
“No No;
You can’t do that.”
Enough is enough!
Crush crush,
Goes your porcelain doll;
Rush rush,
Goes me,
Down the hall.
7/27/99
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