Daddy and the Elephant (Written for my English/Poetry college course)

Mother and I on vacation
Took a bowl and
Went to a hole--
Not just any hole
But a watering hole. 

We stood in line behind
A baggy elephant waiting for
Sustenance
But he move he did not--
Oh the ignorance!   

I got angry and spanked him
On the butt
All the while thinking
"Not sophisticated not smart but what?"
He sure is fashionable
My mother suddenly observed
As if she was in love--
Look at the colors
Such an array!
And though he is of many summer seasons
He is utterly gorgeous--
A gold ring of which I want wear! 

Inconceivable!  The conception
Of such an outrageous idea--
Something was off something was wrong
With my cute as a Popsicle mother,
"This morning mommy did you have your coffee?"
This animal is as uglier than daddy.

Tears, Knees, Floors

Down on my knees
For your heart,
Down on the floor
I fall apart
Down on the floor
I beg for your life
Deep, deep into the night--
Compassion burns
In my chest
Don't be lost
From my hands
Not yet. 

Hope Dies

I couldn't write
But "no!" said pride
So again I tried--
The secret to the perfect word
Mystery of mysteries
Hidden from my eyes--

I simply couldn't get it
No matter how hard I tried,
My hope had died
And I who once desired to write
Now only try. 

Eye

Who are you
In the mirror
Who I can't look
In the eye?
Ashamed of me
Ashamed to be.

Tenfold

My hope
For you
Is for you
To grow
And realize
Today and
Tomorrow
Are borrowed--
And though
By when you know 
You'll be
Tenfold
Never let
Your pure heart
Grow cold--always do
As when a child
You were told. 

Fly

Hi
Bye
A
Thought
Comes
Through
On
The fly.

Rain

Under falling rain
You and I
Walk away
We say goodbye--
Under this
Crying sky
You and I
Hold hands
For the last
Time. 

Not One Thing

Nothing will fill you
Not one thing--
Get wasted into the blackness
And sex yourself dry
Don't you see why?
Nothing will satisfy.

Go high go fast
Fix yourself sick
Give your brain a kick
Take it all as your body calls--
Dirty little hands and
Little dirty needles
Today tomorrow you'll need a fill,
Again and again and again!
You're in so much pain--
You just can't stop
Oh so empty
One more pill pop,
Oh so down
So so low.
Jesus is the only answer
For now
And forever more.

Pain and I

Agony blinds
Torment teases
Pain isn't kind
Pain does what pleases.
She and I dined that night
... That is Pain and I -- oh so refined
Red wine
So stained
Oh so unkind.
Once again tonight she
Glided to my side
Across cold tile
Only to burn me
With Her white lying smile.

A Precious Little

Skeletons of you
In my closet--it's a precious little--
Pieces of you here
And there. And
My heart utterly stubbornly refuses
... To forget it,
Sweep out the memories tomorrow
Because today I cannot and
Though you told me to forget
My heart still holds onto what's left.