Ivy

As you try
and you grow -
you'll find out
you need to know...

You can only

do your part -

with a trusting,

caring heart...

Do what you can
when you should -
trying to do 
whatever you could...

To make this world

a better place -

with a little

hope and grace.

Keys to my Heart

I so enjoyed
the sand and sea -
where I know 
I need to be...

Coming home
is bitter sweet -
one day I will 
live on the street...

that leads to a
sunny shore seabed -
seagulls and palm trees
overhead...

Where music comes
from barefoot men -
where smiles light up
from within...

I've always known
since my first time -
I need to finally 
make it mine!

Avoidance

Will I 
or won't I -
as these
days go by...

Why worry
what's true -
when there's nothing
you can do...

Maybe space
and time -
will relax
these nerves of mine.

Karen

You always had
a big bright smile -

with your quiet

and loving style...

You were smart
and logical -

helping students

all through school...

A true believer
in God above -

showing only

mercy and love...

I guess he wanted

you to be near -

though all of us

will miss you here...

I will hold close

your memory - 

spread your wings

while flying free.

Again

I have regrets
oh yes, a few -
I have things
I should do...

I have thoughts
I wish would leave -
I have beliefs
I can't believe...

Yet here I am
until I'm dead -
while in this life
I move ahead...

No matter who
is by my side -
I will live
while I'm alive...

Don't let the tears
ruin your day -
and please leave
when you can't stay.

Discard

It comes once a week
not needed and used...

It's loud and not pretty
tossed out and abused...

It's looked down upon
thrown out with the rest...

It's pushed away rudely
not considered the best...

It's taken for granted
no care if it's gone...

and so it goes freely
when it's time to move on.

Next

Yes you do know
what to do -

you know it

through and through...

It's already been

done before -

I don't want to

do it anymore...

Sitting in
and staring out -
more things you

can do without...

Don't get up

to fall back down -

your steps will be 

the final sound.

Balloons

The day the parade
went away...

It never existed
back in the day...

It was a fragment
of the mind...

That faded and
disappeared over time...

There were never
any funny clowns...

Just hidden illusions
to let you down...

Pretend it's all
been one bad dream...

Things are really never
as they seem.

Barriers

Sitting and
just looking out -
dealing with
inner self doubt...

Will there be
a brighter day -
when the storms
all go away...

Stuck in
the same routine -
that doesn't even
mean a thing...

I wonder where
this will lead -
and when the chains
will all be freed.

Bruised

Don't let
it stop you -
do what you
need to do...

Keep on going
for the win -
accidents will
happen again...

Laugh it off
heal your wound -
work will pay off
really soon...

Hold your head
cure yourself -
you are your
only help.

Books

As they went
so shall we -
so shall you
and so shall me...

All of it
just swept away -
no more night
and no more day...

Such is fleeting
such is pain -
eventually 
nothing will remain...

All is done
no more strife -
no more future
no more life.

Bound

Cry when you
need to cry -
when you have questions
ask yourself why...

Be careful who
you open up to -
most people don't 
care about you...

Leave regrets
where they should be -
then take back
your own dignity...

Nothing that's here
will last that long -
believe in yourself
and remain strong.

Dawn

You know what

you need to do -

to become a much

better you...

Only you 

hold the key -

with the choices

how to be...

Feeling better

and relieved -

no more being

falsely deceived...

From the choices

that you chose -

while learning

to live with those.

Darkness

Why oh why
do I do it again -
I wish I could go
back to when...

This wasn't even
a part of me -
now I know
and plainly see...

It shouldn't be
part of my life -
with my own hands
I twist the knife...

realizing how
I never will -
I'm choosing that
and to heal.

Meadows

Playgrounds 

only seen 

from the outside looking in...-

No chance to ride

the ferris wheel

no races to win...

Walking alone
beside the tracks

the long train rolls by...

As the laughter

drifts away

I believe the lie.

Leaves

Sitting around
feeling quite down -

No one needs to know...

All alone
inside my home -

with nowhere to go...

The silent tears

and hidden fears -

break my heart sometimes...

Those days that past
and didn't last -

get me every time.

Windows

How can it
be full -
when it's empty...

How can you 
you starve -
when there's plenty...

How can it 
be good -
when it's bad...

How can you 
smile wide -
when you're sad...

How can you
reach high -
when you're low...

How do you
face reality -
that you know.

Trophy

I saw another place
I wanted to see -
I've taken my life back
living for me...

Rid of what I
didn't like anyway -
No one to control
any part of my day...

I am so free
and can clearly see -
I'll never again be
where I don't want to be.

Blooms Are Coming

It's that time
to come to life again...

I feel so happy
like I did back then...

The weather is warm
as the sun shines bright...

The days will last
into the warm night..

Spring and summer
is life for me...

I am content
and so happy!

Delete

Let go

and let God -
isn't that what they say...

I wanna

understand -

how to believe that way...

He gave

us a brain -
expecting us to use it...

Not just

a free pass -

and then to abuse it...

So many

just don't care -
taking the easy way...

I see

what's clear to me -

while pushing them away.