Under and Over

Understanding

Is overstated

For

If I am below someone

And

They are overshadowing me

I begin to underestimate

My ability to oversee

Their understatements

But if I undertake

This task

With the objective

Of an overview

I may see

That they are

Misunderstood

And Therefore I now

Understand

Lightly Pressed

A muddled walk

From tainted talk

My head is controlling my step

Body knows

How mind slows

The reluctant reach of the heart

All that is seen

Is nothing that has been

When mind steps to the front of each attempt

Bind the fury

Dismiss the jury

Release the body’s intention to lead

Now

Flow in step

With mind inept

Movement will besiege

Purity with ease

And I will arrive where intentions do plead

Before the mind reigned ominous and supreme

The Way We See It

I want to be a gypsy
my mind calls to me
If I don't submit to its demands
it will pack up and leave
So I let her wonder
and ponder the earth
Hoping she'll uncover
what her life's thoughts are worth
She glides out with hope
to find the courage to see
The world she created
the way her thoughts said it to be
The very first sights
her eyes landed upon
Clouded her imagination
and made her eyes yawn
She propelled herself through
knowing there must be more
But the scene did not change
upon the opening of each door
Thinking her life lost,
hopeless and bound
A thought bubbled up
and reclaimed her to be found
A moment ago
as she wandered past her mind
She realized to see
is not dependent upon what you will find
It's the power of creation
birthed in each thought
Not to be found
and not to be sought
The strength is within
to power the mind
To focus moment to moment
in a world short of sublime
So she wandered back in
with power at hand
Knowing she has control
to create where she will stand

Stand

Can you shine any louder
Than my heart beats down

A masochistic man
In a crooked town

Forward smiles dig so deep
Falling on your head you begin to weep

You deserve much more
Than they followed through

As your pessimistic screams
Shine down on you

Bottle neck

Bottomless pit

There was no exit

Once you consumed it

You’re savvy with your evil ways

Timed to the second
You manipulate the haze

How soon will life
Finish with you

Swallow you hole
After it splits you into

Bottle neck

Bottomless pit

There was no exit

Once you consumed it

I’ve never become
A shadow you’ll see

Because I’m standing on your hopes

And suffocating your dreams

Now you know
Evil is not meant to be dealt

Eaten or swallowed

Seen or felt

I will hug the wishes
Of those that suffered at your hand

I will burn your ashes
So purity can bravely stand

again

I am in love

When I was young

And you were old
I never did


as I was told

You said I’d never amount
to anything

I laid my thoughts

Out in a maze

To hide my truth

From your cold gaze

You said I’d never amount
to anything

Well anything is everything

I guess I win because you can’t see

That I’m in love with being me

The word ran for me

As I ran from you

It caught me cold

But warmed me through

I knew I was free to be anything

I swallowed it faster

Than I could run

The crow shrieked louder

Than the setting sun

But I still believed in everything

So, I’m not young

And your breath has past

Your words stink loud

But I'm deaf at last

To all you ever said was wrong with me

Because now I am in love with being me

INteRuPTed

I survived the first thought
again with the next
It bubbled up softly
and grabbed hold of my neck
I begged for a breath
a reason to breathe
It bubbled up softly
no space for relief
A jagged edge plight
not knowing what to do
You stole hopes of speech
as your words cut right through