Stand Up and Make the Right Decision

This is a poem I wrote on October 19, 2009. It's a poem about looking past the rhetoric and the twisting of the facts that take place over the course of an election campaign.


Doomsday could soon be near
Only in the wrong decision is made
Nothing could force me to make that mistake
Try as you might, you'll never change my mind


Vindictiveness is here
Or, it would be if I allowed it in
Together, we can keep the scourge away
Elevate the truth as it comes to light


Forget the rhetoric
Only listen to what is in your heart
Remember what has happened in the past
Evade all the lies and the deception


Join me as we stand up
Only together can our voice be heard
Hold on to your beliefs, think with your head
No longer will the lies distort the truth


We'll all work together
Instead of fighting against each other
Seems we've become a little wiser now
Eagerly, we'll start our lives anew

A Choice

This is a poem I wrote on November 10, 2008, and it was inspired by the 2008 Presidential election that took place in the United States.


We had to use our voice
Had to use it to make a choice
Needed to make a change to our fate
Before it got to be too late


And the choice has been made
Farewell to the old guard we bade
As a people, we voted for change
And yet to some, that choice seems strange


There's a change in the air
And you can feel it everywhere
There's a return to hope from despair
But there's still a lot to repair

War Of Words

This is a poem I wrote on July 5, 2010, and it laments the state of politics and politicians in the United States of America. And the sad thing is, the state of politics has only gotten worse since I wrote this poem!


There's fighting spreading across the land
But not with guns or knives or hands
Instead, it's through arguments with words
Just take a look around and see that it's true


Leaders just looking out for themselves
Don't care about anyone else
Their yelling and screaming so contrite
I wish they'd see what they're doing isn't right

The Same Old Politics

This is a poem I wrote on October 18, 2010, and it's written from the point of view of a voter going through election fatigue.


I'm tired of all your recycled lines
I don't want to hear your rehashed lies
All I want right now is to hear the truth
Accompanied by some kind of proof


Yes, it's so easy to distort the facts
When substance is something that you lack
Give me a reason to believe in you
Just show me by the things that you do

Games of Politics

This is a poem I wrote on April 7, 2011. It's from the point of view of an American who's frustrated with the state of American politics. Sadly, the state of American politics only seems to have gotten worse since I wrote this poem.


Right now, everything is on the line
And all you can think is, "Mine, mine, mine"
I think that you ought to be ashamed
With how often you play this game


The people can see through your charade
Their hopes in you are starting to fade
Instead of trying to pick a fight
You need to do the thing that's right

You're Gone Again

This is a poem I wrote in the early 1990s. It's about someone leaving the speaker's life once again.


You turned around and walked out the door
Just like you have in the past
This is just like the first time
And it probably won't be the last


This time, it's just the same as before
You go and don't say goodbye
And there's no explanation
And all I can do is wonder why

Writer's Block

This is a poem I wrote on October 5, 2009, and it's about a writer's worst nightmare.


I'm racking my brain
And I'm nearly going insane
Trying to figure out what I'm going to write


And how hard I've tried
But my brain is completely fried
I'm in serious need of some inspiration


My mind is a mess
And I feel completely stressed
Perhaps I just need to rest my mind for a bit

Worst Nightmare

This is a poem I wrote on October 4, 2010, and it's about a person who feels like they're living through their worst nightmare.


Have you ever been caught unaware
And felt like you're living in your worst nightmare?
Do you keep hoping you're just in a dream
And that nothing is really what it seems?


You're hoping this will pass soon enough
But for now, you just need to keep hanging tough
Know that someday, the end will be in sight
And hope that everything will be all right

With All My Love

This started out as lyrics I wrote for a Jem fanfiction story back in the late 1990s/early 2000s. A few years back, I decided to re-work the lyrics as a poem, and I wrote this version on November 5, 2007. It's from the point of view of a person who has lost a lover, and how these words go out to that person with all their love.


Life can really surprise you sometimes
Things can change so fast
I always though our love would last
But now you're gone...
Time should help my broken heart mend
But this doesn't have to be the end


You don't know what the Fates have in store
Life's a mystery
And now you should be here with me
But now you're gone...
You are looking down upon me
I know in my heart you'll always be


This goes out from me to you
With all my love

Why?

This is a poem I wrote on January 11, 2010. It's simply a poem about asking why.


Why do the birds fly in the sky?
Why do the trees grow so high?
Why do we have to say goodbye?
And why do we ask why?


Why does someone tell a lie?
Why do we find that we have to cry?
Why don't we give it on last try?
And why do we ask why?

Why Does It Seem

This is a poem I wrote in the late 1990s/early 2000s. It's from the point of view of a speaker looking at a relationship that seems to be falling apart.


Why does it seem
That you're avoiding me?
Why does it seem
That you want to be free?


Why does it seem
We don't talk anymore?
Why does it seem
That you have closed the door?


Why does it seem
That we've gone separate ways?
Why does it seem
That you have gone to stay?

Why Can't I Have You?

This is a poem I wrote back in the early 1990s. It's about falling in love with someone, but not being able to tell then how you feel.


Once again, I've fallen head over heels
But you have no idea how I feel
It's sad, but it's true
And I wonder why I can't have you


Even if I had the courage to say the words
You would probably think they sound absurd
So all I can do
Is to wonder why I can't have you

Whining

This is a poem I wrote on May 17, 2010. I wrote it after having to deal with my whiny pre-teen daughter one too many times.


Once again, I am hearing you whine
It's the exact same lines every time
You never seem to come up with anything new
And I just keep telling you there's nothing I can do


You know I don't have a heart of stone
But I'm asking you to leave me alone
And you know that no matter what it is you say
That I'm not going to cave in and give you your way

What Will It Take?

This started out as lyrics I wrote for a Jem fanfiction back in the late 1990s/early 2000s. I re-worked the lyrics into a poem a few years back, and I wrote this version on November 14, 2007. It's from the point of view of a speaker who is interested in pursuing a relationship with someone, but it appears that person doesn't reciprocate the speaker's feelings.


What will it take to make you see
That you're the only one for me?
Why won't you try and look my way
And listen to the things I say?


What will it take to realize
That I should be right by your side?
Why don't you want to spend the night?
I know you know that this ain't right


Do I have to walk on water to prove
That what I feel for you is true?
You must know these feelings aren't new
Inside I know you love me, too


What will it take to open your eyes?
What will it take to make you realize?
What will it take for you to notice me?
What will it take to make you see?


What will it take?

What We Want/What We Need

This is a poem I wrote in the early 1990s. It's about trying to balance what it is we want with what it is that we need.


There's so much temptation
In this world
There's so much desire
We don't need to be told
I think we already know
But we've got to press the point home


We've all wanted something
In our life
It's not something we need
I don't mean to sound trite
But others must live with strife
During every day of their life

What Should I Do?

This is a poem I wrote on October 12, 2009. It's written from the point of view of a speaker who feels they have been backed into a corner.


You ask me to go on a journey
But I'm not sure that I want to go
As I look deeper into what you want to do
I come to the conclusion that it's not for me


You're caught off-guard by my refusal
And you get annoyed and frustrated
Then you say I don't have a choice, it's required
By forcing me to come, it's like a betrayal


So now I'm standing at a crossroads
And I have no idea what to do
It would be so easy to turn and walk away
In spite of it all, I really don't want to go

What Happens Now?

This is a poem I wrote on February 22, 2010. It's from the point of view of someone who wonders what will happen to them after going through big changes in their life.


So much in my life has changed
And yet I have no idea how
Now everything just seems to strange
And so what happens now?


All these tears begin to fall
As I try to forget our vow
And I try to tear down these walls
And so what happens now?

Welcome To Reality

This is a poem I wrote in the early 1990s. It's from the point of view of a dreamer who has become jaded, and this jaded dreamer is trying to give advice to someone else.


I've been living in a fantasy world
For most of my life
Just following my dreams
And seeing them shatter


Yes, I know you'd like to live out your dreams
'Cause I've been there, too
But I've learned that you got
To go and face the real world


Just sit and watch your dreamworld fall apart
In front of your face
After it crumbles down -
Welcome to reality

We Can Dream

This is a poem I wrote on December 28, 2009. It's about believing that we can dream about and work on making the world a better place.


Sometimes it seems that everything is wrong
And that improvement is hopeless
But we can get things back the way they belong
As long as we can dream


Sometimes it seems the world isn't all right
And that we have hit rock bottom
But together we can make the future bright
As long as we can dream

Visions In Pictures

This is a poem I wrote on December 21, 2009. It's from the point of view of a painter who wants to express what they see in their mind.


I've seen a vision in my head
Filled with yellow, green, and red
I want to capture what I've seen
So I set to work on a painting


And when this inspiration hits
I must try to capture it
Convey my visions in pictures
And paint them before they disappear