Sweet & Sour Poems

Devastating I know Too small to grow Prisoner of my own fears Drowning in a steady flow of tears Questioning, pondering What to do? What to say? Everything always seeming a neigh Decisions that I must weigh To go or stay Expand the mind Change of thinking For wherever your mind is so your body will follow

When a child loses the ability to dream then you know that is when they become an adult.

The longer you stay, the harder it is to get away Such is life's way Building up such a nay Getting comfortable and set in ways Becoming too lethargic to stray Living just comes what may Dreaming of a way to get away Breaking through the fray Knowing what needs to say This being the only way One needs to say The shorter the stay, the easier it is to get away

Anxiety and worry Holding up my story No guts, no glory Always feeling sorry For myself Putting my dreams on a shelf Leading me to hate myself Thinking must become bright Giving me the will to fight Then I will delight Accomplishments made Troubles will start to fade Ending this desperate charade

Finding the will to fight Difficult in a world of wrong or right The world is not always so It being a matter of letting go Trampled upon, beat down Causing one to wear a frown Only those with privilege seem to wear the crown Having odds stacked against you Thinking what to do Time precious, the seconds few Where to start? How to accomplish? Where do I start my battle? Or is it over before I began? Must I stay in this place of strife? No! Must I hate my life? No! What is my right? The right to... fight! Scary at first Must quench this thirst This thirst for freedom, happiness and joy First step is hard Second step not as hard Third I am on the way Soon I will be in the fray Then I will say "Fight!" Fight for my freedom Fight for my life Nothing is accomplished without some struggle Life is not an eternal debacle One makes them self susceptible to those things that case pain & suffering Stop to pretend to be happy For something that is so crappy Wanting things that are...

Honesty is a lonely It can leave one in a lonely world Rewards may be reaped for being honest Accolades of others Admiration Even cash Disdain can also be the result of honesty Others can't handle the truth Hate Ostracized Many people don't want to hear the truth Honesty for them being a terrible thing Honesty freeing on one hand, fleeting on the other A double-edged sword indeed The truth will set you free The truth it will always be

Thrown around like a pinball Hit from the back Smashed in the front Looking like a crushed sardine can Shock, awe, fright All emotions at one time Over like that, drop of a dime Life in pieces Where to pick up Accident a terrible thing to be in Wanting the pain and suffering to leave At first wanting to heave Now wanting to believe Wanting my life to resume A new day will bloom New beginning to assume

All my heroes are dead Nothing remaining in their stead Breathing life from a time ago It was a time I will never know My mind traces their notes It was a time different than now Time was simpler and less sophisticated Unlike now where everybody is suffocated Homes, jobs, debt Life being at times a woeful bet Now things are changing Everybody stopping to spend and spend Perhaps we have seen the end End to greed, end to superficiality Could there exist such a banality? Who knows? Are we victims of life and its throes? Only then can we suppose Returning to a simpler life One without strife Those heroes of long ago Perhaps they did know When to say "No!" What we reap is what we sow Along those lines I will go

Body numb, coughing some Mid-winter colds are always a joy! Just always in time to annoy Advil, Alka-Seltzer, Tylenol All claim to provide relief Actually subduing my grief The relief is oh so brief In a few days I should be fine No point to sit and whine Feeling better will be divine

Sit alone and stare into the sky Looking at creation and wondering why? Why are we here? Why did God create the world? What was He thinking? What does He see? God wants us to be free He wants us to see How the world is beautiful Life is what you make it Only have one chance to make it Certainly do not want to fake it God wants us to be free God is love Love is God

Lament over a life that could have been Lament over a life that never was Lament over who I could have been Lament over what I will never be Lament over who I am Lament over how I feel Lament over how to heal Lament over how to deal Lament over where I am Lament over who I am Lament over and over again Lament a thousand times ten Lament, Lament, Lament Lament over time spent Lament over how to pay the rent Lament over every lost cent Lament on how to not lament Lament on this accomplishment

Always heard "No!" Why was this so? Pretending that I did not know Your envy of me preventing me to grow "If 'No!' applies to me then it applies to you" you lament. Spreading your misery and guilt Saying that is love, tough love You saying "No!", never saying "Go!" Go! live your life! Go! follow your dreams! Go! be free! Like a buzz kill, a hit to the back of the knee Striking me down with your misery Life is hard "Dreams should be barred, they never come true anyway", you say You being so blunt Trying to stunt My dreams, my desires Unfortunately, I listened to thee Feeling that I can never be free Never be me Why? Because you said so I ought know To tell you to blow away like the wind Never having anything to show me Never encouraging Ever discouraging "Dreaming is a waste!" Leading me to stunt and be chaste The fault is my own This I know To be stunted or not be stunted This was my choice Choosing the former and ...