Dreamer's Waltz

Laying on a cloud
Eyes closed, your
Fingertips find
My pale white
Skin
Beneath the layers of cloth
That hide me.
Goose bumps raise
Like mountainous storm clouds,
And the hairs stand tall
As though a cold breeze
From the arctic atmosphere
Found its way through
The plush beneath me.
Your warm breath
Covers me like a blanket,
A blanket I don’t want
To part with on an icy cold
Winter’s night.
Your fingers like a comb
Glide through the hair
That leaps out from my head
As though a cascading
Waterfall
Sending shivers
Down the waves of my back.
Your lips reach mine
With an unforeseen
Gentle force
That makes me want you more.
You whisper
Golden words so pure
That ricochet off the
fluffy walls around us.
Your voice,
How it makes me tremble.
Aroma rises
From the temple
That is your body and
Enters my soul
Awakening me
To the world
That is yours.
I pull you closer,
Not wanting to let go.
How I wish we
Could lie here, entangled
In our thoughts forever,
As our thoughts
Waltz
Among the clouds.

Let It Go (composed in Eng 251)

Screaming by the cliff’s edge
I let it all go.
The anger leaves my body
In sound waves.
Sound waves that bounce
From rock to rock.
I disturb the sleeping
Seagulls who fly away
From the pain
I just let go.
I let it all go.
I scream a second time,
This time for fear,
I let that go too.
A squirrel scurries
Away from my fear,
Hiding.
I let it all go
And then feel as though
I could fly.
I no longer hold the weight
Of the world on my shoulders.
I let it all go.

Antiquated

He sat in the corner
Of a room that had nothing
But water stains on the walls
And ceiling.
The concrete burns his feet,
He longs for freedom.
A wooden stool in the corner
Is his only friend.
He sits and waits.
The light flickers as
Though it represents the
Heart of the man it
Surrounds.
He pulls a blade
From his pocket and
In one brisk
Movement the light
Goes out for the
Last time.

Traffic (completed in Eng 270)

Traffic on a cold December night,
A blizzard unlike any other.
So cold I can’t utter a word
With my hoarse voice,
All I can do is watch the vapor
Rise from my freezing body.
Suddenly a ripple of bangs
In the freeway as cars skid
And collide.
Black ice.
I lose control and wave
Helplessly across the chalky
Smooth granite, not even
Salt could save me now.
I disappear over the cliffs edge
And snowball into an abyss.
I offer a deposit to God
To save me one last time.
A snow covered plant brings my
Smoke filled car
To a halt.
The nose of
My car seems to
Be trapped.
Trapped in the ceiling of
A residents kitchen.
I start to panic
Realizing that a single
Branch is holding me there.
I start into combat with
My car door.
I attempt to remove
Frozen tear drops from my
Cheeks as I try to get free.
Blood mixes with the
Milk white snow
As I hear sirens approach.
I pray to hold on.
How I long for a warm
Cup of coffee as I drift
Into unconsciousness.
I must hold on.

Past (composed in Eng-251)

Many a night I have pondered the past
trying to figure out where I went wrong.
Is this the path I have chosen for myself?
Am I going in the right direction?
I stepped across that line at some
point in my life and never went back.
The line has become a wall,
a giant, 100 ft tall wall
built of indistructable material.
How do I go back?
Not a ladder to be found I find
myself clawing at the concrete,
breaking my nails in desperation.
Some one please get me,
I'm lonely here.
All I can do is sit and continue
to ponder the past, because there
is no future.
I'm lonely here, please come get me.

Waiting For You (composed in Eng-270)

I'd been waiting for you
quite some time,
but you never came.
I called you twice
and left a message,
resulting just the same.
I thought maybe
you were stuck in traffic,
didnt hear your alarm.
I certainly didnt think
by chance
that you had slit your arm.
I've been waiting for you
quite some time,
expecting you to come.
I didnt expect to
later hear
you'd been lying dead at home.

Liquid Sun (composed in Eng-270)

Your veins flow
with liquid sun,
I feel the heat
when you come near me.
On a winter's night
you wrap your arms
around me and I close
my eyes, taking in
what feels like summer.

I see the sun
in your eyes,
they make any dark
moment much brighter.
With you everything
seem more clear
as the liquid sun
flows through you.

With you near
I know I can survive.
You are my heat,
my light,
my sun.
With you near
I know life will continue
as the liquid sun
flows through you.

Weak (Sep-03-2007)

The silence is deafening
As it rings through my ears.
I go blind to the world
As I search through my tears.

I remain silent,
To tired to speak.
Giving up on the world
My will growing weak.

I Watch (May-21-2007)

I watch it to remind myself.
This is not what I want.
I watch it over and over.
Convincing myself again.
It comes back without warning.
How I long for the feeling.
I watch and I listen again.
I wait for that urge to leave.
I wait for the anxiety to hit.
For the disappointment to set in.
Then I know I’m safe.
How much longer this time.
Will I watch it again next week.
Maybe its for good this time.
Maybe now I can rest in peace.