The early summer heat has been frustrating
An irritating sound like unseen flies buzzing
Our desire is for their departure or execution
There is little patience remaining from spring
We were only just adjusting to its tranquility
A guest who has grown on us as time passed
I do not offer opinions unprovoked anymore
They are dangerous like North Korea's Kim
My weapons are not those of mass fatalities
More simply they are words of self disgust
Their reflection shows me in a darker light
I used to see colours and believe in baseball
The purity is gone like a women's virginity
Love though can exist in many other forms
Sunday morning acoustic music and novels
No hangover to nurse and no sex to forget
Days are quieter after you have gone away
Nights will never be silent until you return
Staying or leaving is a very tough decision
When you are unsure about life's direction
Hearts and minds often feud over choices
Usually passion is victorious against fact
Age should bring with it a certain wisdom
So far I have not found this out to be true
Of course rules can have their exceptions
Knowing yourself is easily but not liking
Summer should be for making memories
Tanned photographs of younger persona's
There are better seasons for introspection
But I explore no matter what the weather
Perception can slowly be altered by time
Heroes will falter while old friends drift
History has more than enough examples
Should we be so inclined to recover one
From the dusty pages of friendships lost
The night has fallen dark like my karma
I have been this way before and endured
A slight breeze is a currency of comfort
Crystals of a healing kind slowly appear
The emerald mermaid swims under me
Harmonizing my wayward melody tune
Peace is a song understood and hummed
Lyrics do not matter like words in poems
There has to be a feeling and universality
Until then we are just a lost soul shouting.
25 June 2009

John -

I call dibs (if poets call dibs)
On a first edition of your first collection...

I love your word choices.
I love your words.

great pieces.
smile
Sarah