Saturday, September 5, 2015

Adoration

We're all drawn into the beauty of life and all it has to offer.  We fall prey to its power.

~ It's not the life she envisioned. ~


She lives her life for the adoration.

It became a drug, toxic in remediation. 
Glamorously, she pulls shades over green eyes,
A reflective way to distract them from her disguise. 
The beauty.

She's always in love but only momentarily.
From one to another, she glides carelessly,
But they come to her so voluntarily 
Because she knows the weight beauty carries.
The power.

She uses all she has to her advantage,
But beauty's a power she can never quite manage.
They start to grow tired of the same pretty face,
So they begin to create their own ways.
The rules.

They have their own motives too.
There are reasons she's the one they choose.
Learned behavior, it's all about what one can see,
But her landing happens so quickly.
The fall.

When she falls she hits harder each time.
She's not playing their game - they come to realize. 
Looking for an escape before she's convincing,
But they don't know what they're missing.
The ground.

She always has a backup plan before another leaves,
Distracting her from what's hiding underneath.
Hiding deep down is a secret she won't admit.
She sleeps in different beds of loneliness.
The heartache.

She knows the cycle must stop but it repeats again.
Heartbreak is best medicated with more attention. 
The stakes are high, but she's addicted.
Loneliness is only a curable sickness.
The falsity.

She knows she never has to fall ill to its curse.
She flashes a smile and they all swarm to her. 
It's really quite sad she lives life this way,
But beauty is only a powerful game.
The game.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Sweet, Sweet Dreaming

Dreams can be bittersweet sometimes, especially when they dare to remind.


~ Live forever in fantasy. ~ 
























Sweet, sweet kisses you're giving.
Lay, lay down for the evening.
Quick, quick to keep dreaming. 
Lay, lay down for the evening.

In my dreams, I'm seeing past things,
Gone away now, but still taunting me.
Over doesn't feel very complete
When all you want is only for sleep.

I grasp a hand and it feels so real,
Bringing back what I had refused to feel.
After all time has taken to try to mend,
But a mirage had the ability to bend . 

Sweet, sweet kisses you're giving.
Lay, lay down for the evening.
Quick, quick to keep dreaming. 
Lay, lay down for the evening.

Quick, quick before I wake again.
Come, come inside my head.
Stay, stay forever in pretend.
Come, come inside my head.

I think I'd like to live in this fantasy
Because then you'd be real for me.
I'll wear the pretty gowns I used to.
Just promise to keep me like you'd do.

Sweet, sweet kisses you're giving.
Lay, lay down for the evening.
Quick, quick to keep dreaming. 
Lay, lay down for the evening.

Quick, quick before I wake again.
Come, come inside my head.
Stay, stay forever in pretend.
Come, come inside my head.


Oh, sweet memory,
You mustn't be a figment of imagination.
Oh, haunted dreams,
You're not a mere product of my sedation.

Quick, quick before I wake again.
Quick, quick before I wake again.

Sweet, sweet kisses you're giving.
Lay, lay down for the evening.
Quick, quick to keep dreaming. 
Lay, lay down for the evening.

Quick, quick before I wake again.
Come, come inside my head.
Stay, stay forever in pretend.
Come, come inside my head.


Quick, quick before I wake again.
Come, come inside my head.
Stay, stay forever in pretend.
Come, come inside my head.


Come inside my head.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Balloons


Balloons are so tedious.  If their strings aren't grounded the tightly to something or someone, they could float away forever.

~ Ground me down. ~


I'm holding air in like a helium balloon.
A perfect party accent flying out of the room,
Running overdrive on thoughts in my mind,
Until the point I'm lost way up in the sky.

I'm floating far above all the rest,
With every bump a different test.
Helium projects me farther away from what I face.
My mind is ticking, pretense of a different place. 

Maybe I'll float above all I want to erase.
I'm on lock down with about as much I can take.
So, I'll let myself fly away into the air
Because I've lost all sense of knowing to care.

I'm flying so high now,
Blurring out all the ants on the ground.
I've lost control and direction, 
But I'll float until I reach true perfection.

Now I'm stuck so far up in my mind.
I always say, "I'll come down some time."
But time and time come, and I fear the worst. 
It's so much easier when you're dealing out the hurt.

I think I'm waiting for someone.
Someone who knows when to come,
At a time like this when I'm in need,
Right as I forget to breath.

What I need is to get safely back to the ground.
What I need is for it to be all over now.
But air in my helium balloon keeps pulling me up.
So just grab my hand and whisper, "It'll be okay, love."

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Scenes


There's no way of knowing how an event will unfold or how you will embrace it when it comes.

~ I think I'm ready now. ~



Scenes replay in my mind,
But you're already in a different movie.
You breath in new thoughts.
I can read them before they hit me.

And then they hit me.
I feel a rush of air, a sickening feeling.
Oxygen leaves me stranded.
I loose control, and I'm reeling. 

Stealing all I've known,
Mocking me with all I've seen,
I am pouring out.
But, inside, replay of taunting scenes.

I feel something reach
For me in attempt to calm it down.
I struggle away
Because I know it isn't mine now.

There's sounds somewhere. 
I can't look. I won't turn around.
With every word,
I detach. It can't be mine now. 

I feel more weight 
That had once been lifted off of me.
Suddenly, all my dreams
Come crashing into a twisted reality.

Sickening intensifies 
As you say you've rationalized it.
I don't believe you.
Oh, how you've tried to hide it.

The scenes are ghosts.
They were once bright foundations.
They're creeping around
At night. Now I need sedation.

I hear more words.
They shake me like an earthquake.
Darkness is tempting,
But the scenes still resonate.

Both sides feel it.
They're pushed to the ground.
I don't understand how
One can fall in while another falls out. 

You can write speeches.
You can prepare for the worst,
But the scenes always replay.
So, you can never prepare for how much it hurts. 

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Icon

I wrote this as a lyrical poem almost 2 years ago.  I was intrigued by the glamour and pose of two iconic women - what they had done and how they lived their lives.  I was in awe how two very different people could be rumored to have one great connection.



~ Nothing lasts forever. ~


Pearls, pearls. Hanging from the front near your collar bone. 
Poised, posed. Smiling for a picture on your husband's arm. 
Flash, flash. It's a Camelot setting in this pretty picture.
The American dream could never do no harm.

You got families full of money and you married your kind.
Stand by your husband, honey, cause you're on TV.
You're a style icon and you like the attention.
But your life's all wrong cause John's sleepin' with Marilyn.

Hey, hey, you're playing their game,
Put a smile on, put a smile on.
Hey, hey, it makes you insane.
Are you a lover or a wife?
Does fantasy entice you?
You're a figment of his imagination
The product of American creation. 
Do you choose to stay loyal or to sin?
Are you a Jackie O or a Marilyn?

Jewels, jewels. Hidden in places they'll never find.
Play, pay. For all all the ways you've come to fame.
Flash, flash. You're sensual symbol in public eye.
The American image will live in your name.

You've got bottles full of pills and you're clutching the phone.
Stand on your own cause they'll make a fool outta you.
You're a pop icon and you like the attention,
But your life's all wrong cause he lives with Jackie O.
Hey, hey, you're playing their game,
Put a smile on, put a smile on.
Hey, hey, it makes you insane.
Are you a lover or a wife?
Does fantasy entice you?
You're a figment of his imagination
The product of American creation. 
Do you choose to stay loyal or to sin?
Are you a Jackie O or a Marilyn?


From the BMWs to Cadillacs and limousines. 
Singing to the soldiers, sipping tea with the queen. 
You're living the high life in your own right of America's prime.

You've got everything now - the sequence, the image,
But sealed between your lips are thoughts only for your pleasure.
It's immortality, darling, and you'll be living forever. 


Hey, hey, you're playing their game,
Put a smile on, put a smile on.
Hey, hey, it makes you insane.
Are you a lover or a wife?
Does fantasy entice you?
You're a figment of his imagination
The product of American creation. 
Do you choose to stay loyal or to sin?
Are you a Jackie O or a Marilyn?