This is my page of poems.  Most are mine, but if you have a poem you would like to be put on this page e-mail me and I will put it on here.  And yes, I will give you all credit for it.

A Mother's Choice-published in Above the Clouds
You started to laugh
But now you cry
It's tearing you apart
Something beautiful inside
Blooming like a blossom
Growing everyday
You want to keep your secret
To throw it all away

You walk into the crowded room
And everyone stops to stare
You look around and the you wonder
Does anyone even care?

When at last it's over
You feel so cold and empty
Now's when you begin to cry
And finally begin to see

You took a life to save your own
You never will know whose
You begin to wonder, given the chance
Which path it is you'd choose.

Irony

I am a little bug
Crawling and skittering
Tickling your ankle
And buzzing in your ear
I annoy you greatly
But you'd miss me if I left

Fear

Mother, Mother
I cry out in the darkness
Please make it stop hurting
Mom, oh Mom
Who is it behind the mask?
The face you do not show?
Mommy, Mommy
I am so afraid
But I love you so

Untitled #1

He put my heart inside a blender and
hit Frappe.
And when it was done he
poured it in a glass and
offered it to me. And
when I reached for it her
laughed and spilled it

The Weeping Willow

She planted a tree next to his house
A tree meant to signify all that she felt
She struggled to forget what she had said
But the hate she had felt pounded in her head
She had loved him so dearly but now he was lost
His tenderness with her now only in thoughts
She waited for years while the tree it did grom
Through summer and rain, through winter and snow
And the years dragged on as time tends to do
But finally her wait, at last it was through
She saw him once more, just to say bye
Hurting inside, though she tried not to cry

She stood under the willow tree, still as a mouse
And hung herself from the tree by her dead lover's house

Incomprehensible

Meaningless words
Written with tired hands
Chipped polish and cracked nails
They make no sense
Not to the multitudes
Not even to me

The Mustang's Prayer

The Mustang stands worried
His numbers are down
He wishes to go back
To the time of the Indian
When His kind were numerous
When he stood proud
Walking tall
Carrying the Warrior into fierce battle
The Prayer stops suddenly
Hunters draw near
The Mustang runs, swiftly
Still imagining He's carrying the Warrior on his strong sleek back.
The gun 'explodes', the Mustang jumps
And as He falls,from the bullet
He screams a challenge to an imaginary enemy's Stallion.

I'm Sorry #1

They took my friend away today
They said that she was evil
That she had been seen dancing
Dancing naked in the wood

They took my friend to trial today
But her fate was decided before it began
The whole while long she cried and screamed
Screamed "Tell them! Not me! You!"

They didn't hear my pleading cries
"I was dancing in the wood, not she,
It was me who was there, celebrating,
Celebrating the Sabbat beneath the Moon!"

They sentenced my friend to death today
We both screamed as they read the verdict
Tomorrow at dawn they said she'd burn
Burn at the stake for her evil crimes

They wouldn't let me see her last night
They said she'd corrupt my soul
I wanted to tell them, I wanted to!
Wanted to say "It wasn't her. t'was me!"

They took my friend to the stake today
And asked for a confession one last time
Staring in my teary eyes she cried
Cried "T'wasn't me, t'was she"

My friend tried to point at me today
But her hands tied behind her defied her
And the executioner laughed and replied
Replied "Trying to blame an innocent? Ha!!"

The lit the fire beneath her today
And as the flames licked at her dress
Our eyes met and I mouthed these words
Mouthed "I'm sorry. I love you!"

My friend died at the stake today
But she did not die alone
As she screamed in burning agony I ran
Ran up and leapt in the flames

My friend forgave me today
As I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her tears
She smiled through the pain and she gasped
Gasped "I'm sorry. I love you!"

Pain

I told you that I loved you
I did not push you away
Yet you ran into her open arms
My fragile heart broke that day

I needed love, just not physical
You seemed to have need for more
You looked into my eyes, then fled
And left me standing at the door

She killed you with her 'love' that day
And you are dying slowly, bit by bit
I love you still and it hurts like hell
What you did made me feel like shit

I pray everyday for help to come
The means to make you well again
I pray everyday that I may forgive you
And that I will learn to love again

She turned my heart to stone that day
The pain of this death I don't think I can bear
But if nothing else, I hope you know this
No matter what, I can't help but care

Life is a Riddle

The tears want to flow
But I do not know why
I see you through a veil
You turn a blind eye
I stop to think
And forget to start again
I begin to cry
The tears never end
I write bleak poetry
Where everyone dies
I talk to friends
But my tongue speaks lies
My mind is fuddled
My words all aju,ble
When I walk down the hall
All I seem to do is stumble
My thoughts run rampant
Round and again around
I go outside
Just to lie on the ground
I stare up at the clouds
And smoke a cigarette or two
My friends come to talk to me
But all I talk about is you
My life feels like a soap opera
She sleeps with you while you sleep with me
No one believes my troubles are real
They seem to absurd
But not to me
I know you are bad for me
I know it in my brain
But my heart doesn't realize
You're the cause of this pain.

Tears of Rain

The
Solitary raindrop
Falls down to splash wetly
On my upturned face.  And I think
To myself; as I look up to the darkened
Sky-"Isn't it ironic?" That the cold
Rain splashes on my face; mixing
With the teardrops; assuring
That no one knows just
How much I miss
You!

(It's a sad sorry attempt at concrete poetry, I know.  It's supposed to be a droplet)

Confused

We pass in the halls
Never speaking, never touching
The occasional nod, occasional glance
Nothing more
Outside these walls is another world
A world of shared laughter
A world of embraces
We talk of meaningless things
We exchange playful jabs
And all the while I'm thinking
I wish there could be more
Subtle hints are taken
But you think them just jokes
The attempts at flirting are answered
But do I know if you are joking or not?
No!
I want to get to know you
One on one, not within crowds
But always there is someone else
A friend of yours; a friend of mine
And the words that want to flow
Are checked by their presence
I want to get closer, you don't push me away
Do I push you away?
I hope not; sincerely.
I feel we could be much better friends
Maybe more, maybe not
But the stifling presence of everyday things
Seems to inhibit my feelings for you
Day to day it gets stronger
The need to pull you in
Away from the world
To show you my true self
The one kept hidden
To find out your true self
Or to find I know it already