Home Remedy, Yes Please!

Undress the stress And its suffocating layers It isn’t doing me any favors Covered in high expectations Ruining my immune system Restricting the passageways Leading toward a mini vacation That I’ve already booked & paid It’s time for a home remedy With a fresh plea, God help me Wished into a steaming-hot mug Lemon and

Sedentary

Silently working against us Every hour of productivity Spent with physical enemy Zaps all the mental energy Without any of the pleasantries Defeated army of office butts Sitting on fast growing asses Deciding to take off the glasses Moving through sticky molasses Until the stiffness passes 30-minutes a day won’t be enough

Detention

Statistics claimed another victim Putting a kid through the system Perpetuating products of society Convicting youth to crime sprees A revolving door to stop in prison

Holding Onto Forever

I want to hold hands Until you are an old man Do you understand It’s not for today, Or tomorrow, that won’t do I want all the years Fingers tightly laced Together getting us through Everything in life -Triple Haiku

Scythe (repost)

                At the twilight Under a magical guise Carrying her enchanted scythe She moved stealthily throughout the night Tracking down the corrupted and served destruction Under the pretense that she was the bearer of the righteous light At morning’s dawn, she laid down her blade, and prayed for

Lethal

Welcomes the end Strapped upright Fastened real tight Time now suspends Secured for a show Through a window Procedures begin Heart palpitations Hyperventilation Onlookers cringe Justifying his sins

Sight

I’ve got 20/20 vision And I’ve seen the future In focus with precision You’re always staring in it Playing drama and humor On my lifelong television

Open Mind’s Eye

Might I reach for the sky To open your mind’s eye Where happiness lives, And hearts can forgive Pass through heavy clouds Making each other proud As we begin to believe In more than you and me Imaginably a collective us A universe capable of love Minus boundaries known In the past that we’ve shown Bring back

No Kindling

A world once inspired The light and darkness afire Now still and quiet Twice dipped in flame retardant No phrases to catch ablaze -Tanka