AGREED

American Greed,

The need to be

On top of everything

With speed,

Lyrical carousels

Flinging bodies,

Throwing distractions,

An absence of personal

Satisfaction,

Retract, stand back,

Watch and listen,

Instead of being

Inspired

People are lighting

Themselves on fire,

A flash in the pan

You can’t even dance to,

Subdued in the cruise,

The bruised Apple drinks

Snapple

To revive the senses,

But we’re nearly defenseless

To the waves

That come and go,

Where do I reach,

What do I choose,

Who to listen to,

Who to trust,

They want money

At the expense

Of us,

It doesn’t matter,

We’re the few and the proud

Riding in the rain,

Is it wet out,

Doesn’t matter,

Just get out,

Break out of the cage,

Leave the entertainment

Behind,

Or perhaps you’ll decide

To take it on the ride,

However you find your daily

Supply,

Just remember,

Tears you laugh and

Tears you cry

Oh how the time

Floats on by,

If only I had a suggestion

To your life’s questions,

I remember where I came

From,

How simple and straightforward

It was,

I hated it because

I was forced to be so

Damn accurate,

Every little detail,

From the nails on the hand,

To the badges and ribbons,

When it began it wasn’t such

A given,

At the end of the day

We are just monkeys,

Whether steadily compliant,

Funky or junkies,

We all had a place,

We all had a space,

We all learned to share

And how to better care

For our cage

Until we were so drained

We could barely walk,

Those long runs in

The Carolina rain and sun,

No man left behind

Was the sign we followed,

With barely enough time

To swallow,

We were hard,

But maybe just hollow,

How could we be so sure,

We were the cure before

A cure was needed,

Action, action, action,

Action repeated,

There was no delete button,

No copy and paste,

We were chased, changed,

Molded, grown,

Like jets that’s flown,

We were the storm,

The ruckus and commotion,

The green, the brown, the black,

The red and the gold,

We were too heavy and too much

To hold,

We had all the power and bottom

Dollar

Fending for you,

We came back home

And what did you do,

And what did you do

And what did you do,

We’ll see tomorrow

All the pain and sorrow

Within their eyes,

Tell me they didn’t try,

Tell me they didn’t lie,

Tell me they weren’t deprived

For no reason,

Well no matter,

It’s the season for love

I remember who I is

And I remember just

Who I’ve become,

I’m more than just a

Tongue in the wind,

Tomorrow begins,

Yesterdays forgotten,

I’m just picking threads,

Woven cotton,

How many more chapters

Do we have left

Before our whole generation

Is swept under the rug,

Countless holes dug in vain,

The rain will cave them all

In,

And the thunder will shake

The ground,

We are just waiting to mix

With dirt,

To become one with the Earth,

For our search is full of longing,

There is no true belonging

Or real calling,

It’s all make believe,

The tricks up the sleeve,

It’s all based on American Greed

And the need to feed

Enormous appetites,

Tell me what love is like

And I’m sure my blood will spike

I’ll tell you about independence

But that would likely lead to

Vengeance and repentance,

It’s all because of American greed.

I Could have

I could have been

With her, but,

The darkness of her absence

Was enough to scar the soul.

I never wanted full control,

Just a space of expanse

Where my heart could grow….

So where would I go,

In a place where you were not,

I cut down the anxiety factor,

It was dry, it was hot, it was not

The way most would dream….

I was spilling from the seams,

A sea foam, a throne of my own,

Somewhere high up in a tree

Where a kid could be a kid

Just like me…..

It was never about power,

I could skip the champagne

Shower,

So what was it about this disease

That had me bound, wound up,

Ready to go….

If I was a king and had

Everything I wanted,

Why I’d never live at all,

I heard the queen and quite

Frankly I’m appalled.

In one way or another

I guess life

Has a way of putting

Everyone in a corner.

Violence is on the rise

And it’s up to me to decide

What I want for my life.

One day at a time….

I’m filled up early morning,

By night I’m dry,

I read some glorious material,

It made me cry….

I love heroics but I also

Admire the stoics

That spoke very little,

Isn’t life just one big

Giant riddle,

No Skittles necessary.

A Dream

Life is but a dream

Sometimes dreams

Turn to hallucinations

And screams,

Did I really do these

Things,

Or was it all just a dance

In one long trance-

The price of an advance

Is like

Pulling a chance card,

Take your time walking

Your line,

Let your line of sight

Ignite

What is within,

It’s a beautiful day

In every way,

I must remind myself

Be careful what I say

Or May can become

Some of the loneliest days.

Your creativity is astounding,

My heart is pounding,

Frequency drowning within

The waves of vibration,

On what magnitude and scale

Will we soon prevail,

Don’t you wonder what your

Dreams may entail?

Sail

Into open waters,

Say hi to the otters

For me,

We are blessed,

Blessed

As can be.

Whose Time Is It Anyways?

Is it your fault,

Is it my fault

I didn’t call,

Who am I to

Spend time

But not some

Love

With Ya’ll

Since day one it was fun,

Then it took some turns,

Followed by some scrapes

And a few more burns,

Then it took some toys,

Followed by some teeth,

Then it took every single

Good element

From inside of me

So I put it away,

Locked it in a case

And I stay safe

Where I belong

In the end it doesn’t

Matter

What they think,

We all reach for something

And

When that something turns

Out to be nothing….

If a woman has a favorite

Outfit

Could poetry not be a strong

Suit,

If Mario had an enchanted world

He could summon

With just a flute

I think he would have

Gotten to the root

And found

The same excuse

To let loose

In public,

Love it,

Why not?

Home, Sweet Home?

When they’re banning books
Left and right
And your kids are so high
They can’t read or write,
When they can’t seem to play
Sports
Because the game of mouse trap
Keeps them locked indoors,
When thieves steal but they can’t
Apply,
When you’re taking to take
But you don’t even know why,
When you’re searching for
Answers
But cancer is close,
And the hospitals are waiting
To give you that next dose,
It’s not a matter of working hard
But rather learning how to breathe,
You can choose between peace
Or 60 mph speeds,
Either way freedom is probably
Never your friend,
As the higher you get
The quicker the end,
You can see doom coming
From a mile away,
It’s all in your subconscious
From the choices you
Decided to make,
Enjoy your time on Earth
And forget the verses
Because I’ll reassure you
Not even the nurses care,
A pill here, A pill there,
But nothing can stop
The internal wear,
Sitting in a chair
Playing with the electric,
Swimming towards demise
Without understanding
The metrics,
Here we lie in the killing
Fields
Wondering if our money
Will ever yield,
But every instrument
You purchase
Comes with a new set
Of rules,
When the coffin gets
So tight you can’t see
Yourself inside it,
When your entire life
Starts passing by
And you can see all
The ways you were
Misguided,
When you start placing
Trust in dust
And forget how to clean,
When you’re driving down
The road
Puking up everything you’ve
Seen,
When your spirit is dying
And you are to blame,
Then you realize life is
More important then fame,
When you’ve learned so
Much
And given so little,
When you live in a push
Button society
And you’re yearning for
A little more variety
But can’t seem to find
It,
You start to recognize
All the ways
In which people can be
Blinded,
You can take the stage
And
Perform for awhile,
But that won’t keep you
From all the complexities
That have already turned
You vile,
People come,
People go,
Some move fast,
Some move slow,
There is no one left,
And nobody is right,
So why not go to the beach
And fly a kite,
Feel the forces of nature
Rushing your skin,
Jump into the deep end
And go for a swim,
Fill yourself to the brim
With these smaller things,
Maybe you’ll realize
Why not to cling,
Your heart is speaking
To you and through you,
How long will you wait
To listen?

Red

I’m seeing red again
And it feels so good
To put those friends
Away

How grateful they will
Be
That I had the heart to
Leave
When I did

I just can’t be like that,
I just can’t be a kid

Go get whoever you want
Promise
I won’t be afraid

I don’t need you
To
Shackle and chain.

I gave you a chance,
But then the words
Came out as I entered
The room,
Once again to the side of me,
I had to ask myself
What are they delivering,
What are they considering with
Me

Nothing, he was just fighting
Himself
To be a lower to the ground version
For
Some voyage, path and excursion

I’m submerging everything under
Water
And swimming like a fish

I don’t appreciate the carelessness
Of your gaze,
I never did

The lighthearted suckers need to grow
And
Every single one of us needs time to
Get better
Alone

Results get better,
People get worse,
Hopping on phones,
Get me a nurse

Get me a search party
Because
I could hardly feel an
Ounce
Of remorse for what I’ve
Done

I wanted you to have gotten
Fucked like me
And live to feel everything

Because this pain is so good
It’s insane

The chill will is buried in the
Basement
Adjacent to everyone of your ugly
Ass faces

Beauty is tasteless,
Everything is ugly

It’s just pop pills and
Drink bubbly.

Rules

You never are

What

They say you

Are

Rule #1

You have no parents,

Your parents

Could have been anyone

Rule #2

You have no friends

Because

In the end it’s just you

And

They’re left

Rule #3

The same words

They

Teach you

Are the same words

They

Use to beat you

Rule #4

Even if they have

A gun

To your head

If you think fast

Enough

They are already

Dead

Rule #5

The only way

To survive

Is to get back

Into the mind

And recreate

Every design

So that every

Time

It flips in your

Direction

It favors your

Life

Rule #6

Moral of the

Story

Hang out

And

Talk too much

Your lunch will

Never be

The same

Rule #7

Don’t get sold into

The bracelets

And jewelry they

Design for you

To wear

Because the freedom

You desire

Is what chained them

There

Rule #8

Can a vanity sink

Think

Outside the box?

Life is a flow

But most

Still do not

Know

If you’re adopting

Language

That you picked up

From

Puddles

Then I will pray for

You

And all of your troubles

This is more for you

Than my “father”

Ever did

Be grateful for all

Changes,

And for every bridge

That

Allows you to live

Above

The swamp (influence)

When we both walk

The same ground

And wonder as to

Why

We never sound the

Same

It’s easy

I invented the game

And

It has been nothing

But

Pain

But pain is weakness

Leaving the body

Which is why nothing

Or anyone

Gets in my way.

You are a spirit

Of no race

With no trace of

Roots

Believing everything

Your eyes

Ever told you

Close them and hose

Them down

That is how love truly

Sounds

Can you still whisper

Wearing glass slippers

That don’t fit your feet

The more you watch

The less

You’ll feel complete

Work, work, work,

Then bounce

You’ll have an ounce

Of your own

In no time

But if you let your

Blueprint flip

For getting into too

Much of the wrong

Shit

Then you’re fucked

And

Sucked back down

Protect your life

As though

You were a town

You are your only

Light

At night

Remember to treasure

Knowledge

This is how to polish

What matters

All the other banter

Is gossip.

Love of Life

I need my pussy,

I need my cream

I need my America,

I need my dream

I need my guns,

I need my everything

This liberal state

Will

Never fake me out

Of

My true resting state

Fuck a grave,

Pave the way

As this world grows

More and more

Insane

We’re all gonna burn

Up

In these flames

I’ve never been more

Welcoming

Of this change

Because to live on

An inner state

Is better than the

Outskirts

And if these countries

Are gonna fuck with us

They are gonna get

Everything they deserve

We come first

The rest is dead to me.

E.G.

I was beaten,

It was eating

Me alive,

Had to be a

Reason,

Had to be a

Reason

Everything

Died

Waiting for life

To come

But this was the

Same shit

That happened

At fourteen

That I originally

Pledged

To be running

From

When we sat

In idle

On tile floors

Bitching

About

Our asses

The grass

Was

Soft

They made

It clear

That the grass

Was

Never our walk

I angered my friends

By telling them

That they lived like

Guppies

Because staring at

Puppies who pout

But actually never

Put anything out

That required intensity

Was going to be density

That needed to be broken

By a planet and a galaxy

That was fully heated

I had realized that everyone

Who ever had cheated,

Their whole atmosphere and

Orbit

Had completely depleted

I had to lead them away

Before they drained the

Lake

Of everything that made

It

Special

Fucking over friends

Is something essential

Because everything

Is growing

And your time was always

Eventual

And now that you have it

To be a little more

Sensual

Could be careless and unfair

If you are no longer aware

Of your own behavior

Savor these moments,

You never

Know how long they’ll

Last

Watch your time in sun,

Ask is it fair to bask

And when that mask

Has wore

Out its welcome,

And you learned

That behind it

You are seldom

Ever happy

Or if the only thing

That matters

Is everything quarantined

Everything you were

Trapping

Remember your training,

Remember the Philippines,

Remember grass roots,

Remember the way they

Looked at you

When you brought in the

Biggest cannon

You know better,

You know how

We work,

And if you forgot

You better

Dig and search and

Learn

To accept all the hurt

You

Were attempting to

Flush away

Medicine is not the

Way

A human should behave

Get rid of all the toxicity

In your vicinity

And go hard as the city

Streets

That fight to eat for every

Meal

So hungry those bullets

They couldn’t even feel

When you steal,

You lose appetite

Only after you have

Earned

Will that dress ever

Slip

Over you the way that

You

Would have liked

You’re marrying life

Your insides

Protecting hers.

Black Market

I see the addictive

Nature

In the reflection of the

Sun

But that is not how dreams

Are forged,

That is not how they will ever

Come

It’s the game they run for

Which

We should be prepared

30% Cannabis tax California,

Who

The fuck is cool with

That

Who the fuck stays

True to that

My economy is your

Eyes

And Astronomy

But you don’t believe

In yourself

When staring into the

Mirror

As you dilute yourself

In a roundabout

Fashion just to disappear

The money man has

Money hands

Making money plans

For Sunny chance

That’s the only way to

Ever lose yourself

And really dance

Money means,

Strength of power

To detach

And scratch the head

Of every match

Tossed your way

To catch a charge

Off the depth

Of flame

I do this sober over

And over in my head

And I’ve long known

This was to be my

Deathbed

I don’t believe in the

Reality

The hospital has to show

Because

I know

There’s a black market

For anyone

If you don’t have a set

Of kidneys,

There is someone out

There

Who will get me

Corporate is the last

Place

I’d want to waste my

Life

But I know how quickly

We all

Become hypnotized

Beneath

Bluer skies

To lie is to hurt

And

Serve nothing to

No one.