Shards

Barbs in my mind I cannot address
Tacks in my head don't let me breathe
Lights in my brain bring me a stress
just another day

You might think I have to rhyme here.
I'd tell you it is not so...
But to me the future is unclear.
plans get out of hand

Reaching for the star that once shone so bright
My eyes bite down, they betray me
It lays there now in plain sight.
wasn't sure it was possible

The chain can be split at a single point
Just let go of both sides.
Saw them fall, where was the missing joint?
slipped away, it's wind in the hands.

So the wind has no master.
Nothing to contain it you say?
It can be created and can be blocked.
what creatures have the skill?

Now I once spoke of the future
Uttered much of the past
And how these things do not match,
so little has remained the same.

no rewind no fast forward
no relapse or circles.
keep from the bars,
don't step in thorns
please keep away from tar pits.
A matter of perspective Clapp.
though veins do strangle
they are yours, remember




I'm too tired to sleep.
Thanks for reading

Open or Close

They're on the fly

as the time goes by.

watch the tree grow,

feel the wind blow.

As they grow up

Everything falls down.

Thought they could float

but they might just drown.

Reaching for the vines,

the light shines too bright

Pulling through the thorns

The blood enhances the fight.

Cover your eyes,

the dark keeps your fright.

Just look away,

but spiders do still bite.

They wanted more

so much more

Made the tree barren.

Now the earth is sore.

Grow tree grow,

The battle's almost won

Overlooked now by the planters

Now they have none.

The day Before

Matured as the night,

the eyes lie low,

as does the sight,

The weight starts to grow.

The noise starts to fade,

shadows grow tall,

while the lights wade,

They climb up the wall.

Shadows do survive,

while light dances,

dark creatures thrive,

Their mystic trances.

Look up and look down,

keep up the plow,

don't look around,

Not much longer now

I am Child

Those little shiny rain drops,

they fall down on me

In those little tiny pops.

Dark to life underneath.

Where do they come from?

Where do they go?

I stare deeply at this mystic show.

I thought I knew them,

Watched for a lifetime,

but funny thing is they...

they still amaze me.

Like diamonds in the skies,

Fall to earth; they cuddle.

Breaking my fragile eyes.

I can't see this puddle.

Wasn't I out?

Is it bigger tan I thought?

No idea, it makes me shout.

Life is more than what is bought.

Grow tall, grow fit,

Catch the drops, every one.

Get them before they hit.

Best them all, before they've won.

Too small, too tiny,

I can barely breathe.

I am blinded; they are shiny.

Puddles suck, let me leave.

Leave the lake which I was born,

Leave into the life of the sun and the snow.

Into wilderness where life's been torn.

Bigger chance bigger challenge, make me grow.

the loop

What do you want?
What's wrong?

Just leave me alone...
(Please sit by me)

Go Away!
(Stay with me.)

I don't want to talk about it.
(Please care for me)

Not hungry...
(Say I'm beautiful)

I'll sit and watch.
(Please invite me)

I'm so Great!
Life of the party

Just accept me.

What are we but children?

Glass Bottle

I am broken,
by society's plan

I am broken,
by the will of the clan

I am broken,
by my dark inner man

I am broken
by the Blood of the Lamb

I am broken

Restore me

Highschool

no where to go
no way to compromise
no choice
but the one hardest to make

i wish i didn't have to
have to say those cutting words
i wish i didn't have to
have to see the sadness in your eyes

i wish i didn't have to
have to end the chapter
i wish i didn't have to
have to feel the pain inside

you really don't need me
you really are beautiful
you really can make your way
as long as you remember

the wonderful person you are,
please
remember