2011 - Day 147

My first moment
She was there
Has never left my side,
She saw me through
Terrible two's
And new school when I turned five.

And then when I
Wanted to run
For President of my school,
Gave me confidence
So when I lost
The next semester I did rule.

She's been there for me
My experiences
All the hard times that I've faced,
From the breakups and stress
To poor choices and deaths
An Angel from Heaven she's based.

When times were quite tough
She never let up
Instead gave us lives filled with joy,
Worked hard everyday
Took all that she made
To spoil her two awesome boys.

At the same time we learned
That life could play rough
So appreciate family and friends,
To live every moment
In positive light
To say sorry and to make amends.

Whenever down
She picks me up
Positive reinforcement,
How lucky I am
To be blessed with a Mom
Who believes love is most important.

So Happy Birthday
To my Mom
The reason I am who I am,
Nobody can mean
What she does to me
The teacher that taught me 'I CAN'.

Love you Mom!

2011 - Day 146

Blank piece of digital parchment,
Collecting electric dust,
Waiting for the hands to type
Before it wears and rusts.




Words were never written,
Dust covers the Earth,
Only in capsules that float in deep space
Awaiting another rebirth.

2011 - Day 145

A fountain spilling chocolate
Down into a pond,
The fish and frogs inhale it
Till the night is dawn.
These creatures bloat and die from it
They wash up on the shore,
Bambi and Thumper eat their skins
Black goo drips to the floor.
The ants and furry rodents
Gather up this treat,
Bring it to their champions
The topping for the feast.
From their nests and burrows
They hear the death machine,
Man comes in and tears shit down
Killing all that's green.
They spot a bit of chocolate goop
And gather up a sample,
Manufacture it in labs
And now I have a handful.
Crusty rotten old pathetic
Days forgotten past,
Sidestep since it's better than none
How long will this last?

2011 - Day 144

Attached tight to an object
Reliant overwhelmed,
A bittersweet aroma
Absence can be felt.
Trapped below the surface
Vision quite obscured,
The predators swim near me
But nothing can be heard.
A light shines bright before me
i run fast as I can go,
So close that i can taste it
I feel its radiant glow.
I grab it with both hands
Prepare to jack back in,
But changes into sand
Blows away in the wind.

2011 - Day 143

Agonizing injury
Back of splintered wood,
Chains rust through the ankle
Never given food.
How much can one take
Before they give away,
The deepest darkest secrets
Ones that break the day?
Do it for your family
Tell them what you know,
Or remove the gilded lingua
Can speak to them no more.
Live for others,
Play your role,
Die for others
Expensive toll.
Bear the pain,
Meditation,
Fare the blame,
For your nation.

2011 - Day 142

A thousand broken pieces
Bouncing on the ground,
Shining all around me
The silence of the sound.
From the world in my pocket
To exile in a cave,
The world doesn't miss me
I'll take what I can save.
Sleepless in Diego
Mind plugged up with gauze,
Wandering to nowhere,
Lost within the fog.
So long,
For now.

2011 - Day 141

The laziest sloth in the tree
Swinging incredibly slow,
His family watches in wonder
The ground looks so far down below.
He stops in midair for a second
Watch the sun move in the sky,
Time doesn't sync with this family
All around them the time flies by.
One minute more
The moon shines a cresent,
Reach the next tree
Discover the present-
The present
Is the moment
That you thought it.

2011 - Day 140

Preparing in advance,
Rolling through the fog,
Tirelessly plotting course
While sleeping like a log.
Sometimes things are better
Made with pickled cheese,
Must step out of comfort zones
To feel Life's gentle breeze.
Sometimes the wind picks up,
Throwing things about,
Convulsion chaos burning chain
Feel stuck and can't get out.
Let the storm pass on,
Clean the mess that's left,
Ready for whatevers next
Life's game can be quite deft.

2011 - Day 139

A likeness undefined,
Pinpoint salutation,
Credible source of happiness
High walls around our nation.
Abandoned right at birth,
Centuries of dust,
Continue to build and cover our tracks
No chemicals cut through the rust.
Traces of the past
Hiding under rocks,
Why did our instincts push out the good
Now made up of Legos and blocks.
Build a space machine,
Travel back in time,
Rediscover what's already found
But do not replay our crime.

2011 - Day 138

Life isn't about
[Enter paragraph],
Rather,
The matter
Of paint and math,
Of art and science,
Of connectivity--
Especially nestled
Between the cesspool,
That which is
The essence of us anyways.
Go find the string,
Follow the stream,
In conscious dream,
Record what's seen
You'll know what I mean,
But don't fall in-between--
Because that one,
That story,
Is a tale of its own.

2011 - Day 137

In a strange way,
I know I know you
From around the way,
Makin your business
What aint yours,
There's no forgiveness
Light the torch.
Breathe it in
The kerosine,
Damper the vein
Your humility,
It's understood
By all save you,
Not in these parts
Can wolves pass through.
Alas
Another sick beast
Watched by careful eye,
Tonight
We'll have a great feast
The torched remains quite nice,
There.
A Sound from the East--
Without a word
We slip back into
The Night.

2011 - Day 136

I awake and open my eyes,
But darkness all around,
Blink twice
Then
Pull the shades,
Reveals a world
Of shadows,
My new home.
In it,
I feel alone
Chilled to the bone
Can't find my phone,
But found
My keys.
Onward,
Seven above
Patiently waits.

2011 - Day 135

A million strong
We roamed around
The path of liberation,
The places we saw
The people we met
Then back to hibernation.
Atmosphere great
The weather pristine
The party keeps going and going,
The yellow brick road
Though no cobblestones
Continued to keep the drinks flowing.
Then off to the Clay
We called it a day
Time for food and relaxation,
Experienced much
The day packed a punch
The best City in our great Nation.

2011 - Day 134

Inside the inside
Around the town
Exclusive patches of grass,
Canals and trenches
Barbed wire fences
There's no possible way past.
Excavation
Digging remains
Creatures unlike any we've seen,
Preservation
Bound in thick chains
Skin scaled and ancient and green.
What have we done
Unlocking the past
Awakening madness within,
Mind control powers
Breath hot thick and sour
The rest of our lives will be grim,
Shoulda,
Shoulda left it alone
And let it be.

2011 - Day 133

Trains race across the desert
The new world awaits,
Sounds of fortunes
And waves.
They bring with them
The minds of the future,
Utopia
Three hundred sixty degrees.
Now we sit,
Waiting for the next frontier,
Calling from darkness,
Whispering madness and color,
Contours of invisible mass,
And perhaps,
Perhaps,
Life-
The future of the future.

2011 - Day 132

Stone cold statue
Standing there
Thinking oh so hard
How nice it'd be
To run with glee
To play a game of cards.
He'd go play sports
He'd laugh and sing
Not taking life for granted,
Every moment
Creating life
Oh the plants that he'd of planted!
He'd kiss a girl
And hold her close
Vow never to let go,
He'd get a dog
He'd call it Bob
Teach it to shovel snow.
Never sad
He'd give give give
He'd help out all the needy,
So joyful that
Would wear a hat
Reads 'World, destroy the greedy'.
But, instead,
He stands there sad
Cannot move an inch,
And over time
Stone heart grew small
Until it matched the Grinch.

2011 - Day 131

Climb that mountain
To the top
To reach the summit high,
And now you stand
Above the Earth
Can watch as time flies by.
Two dice are rolled
Both made of stone
Determining all fate,
Each toss decides
Who lives who dies
And who will become great.
The cave is dark
So cold up here
But all depends on you,
To go inside
To stay alive
And steal the Fate's die too.
You see them there
Each roll brings pain
To some unhappy fool,
Your quickly run
You shoot your gun
And kill each ghastly ghoul.
Now die in hand
About to leave
You get the urge to sit,
You roll the die
And now you're stuck
New Fate for infinite.

2011 - Day 130

To the finish
From the start
So close behind
So far apart,
Interweaving
Through the bend
To beat the light
To make amends,
Crowd is cheering
Distant strip
No slowing down
Must crack the whip,
Lightening thunder
Up above
So close at hand
Need just one shove,
Blurry vision
Melted wax
The end has covered
Up its tracks.
Darkness melts slowly
All around
I once was found
But now I'm lost.

2011 - Day 129

A crease in space
Results in unwanted
Magazines,
Distracting the rubber ball
While It's followers
Dance in unison.
Too many eyes
Watching from the shadows,
Watching the shadows,
Torn and indifferent
Truth is key.
A fire burns in the back
Controlled,
Beautiful,
Bringing together he
And they
And she
Unforgettable
Until you forget.

2011 - Day 128

One way mirror
I watch you sleep
And when you brush your teeth,
When reciting your speeches
And eating those peaches
And when you pretend to preach.
You stare hard
Into your soul
Determined to figure it out
Don't get why you feel small
Or why a trees leaves fall
You continue to take the same route.
Now boring and old
I tire of your suffer
Jump right through the mirror
And I eat you for supper,
Time to wait for new tenants
I have all the time
I drift back to slumber
The world is mine.

2011 - Day 127

Another look into the globe
It shows me right where I stand,
Only at very particular times
Do I make it to Candy Land.
The gumdrop forest
And colorful path
The unlimited keggers of beer,
The people are wonderful
The sun comes undone for all
The world is much better here.
This month I get to go twice
That's double the deuce on the die,
Make sure that I live it up big
It's the dream -
American Pie.

2011 - Day 126

A thousand hands
Crawl out of my heart,
Sticky flakes of life
Cling to their palms,
Unwavering,
Determined to succeed.
My open cavity
Loss of red soul water
Refilled with red grape water
Sealed with toothpaste
Until they return,
Bringing with them
Infinite happiness.

2011 - Day 125

El cinco de mayo
Y toda la casa,
Copas y risas
Qué grandes amigos que tiene.
Aunque extraño estaba presente
La batalla fue ganada,
Bailé mi manera
Para la luna y volver.
Celebramos un día
Significa poco, en esencia,
Para otros, sin embargo,
Avances fundamentales.
Para nosotros es un tiempo
Recoger y vítores
Y nunca olvidar
Por el resto de nuestros años.

2011 - Day 124

A Lion in Sheep's clothing
Escape the monarchy,
Believe that life is better
The realm of anarchy.
Maintain a deceptive skin
See what really exists,
Simplicity for security
To give in or to resist.
The coppery taste of wealth
Can't ever leave us in peace,
To touch it once is to never forget
Better off to say no to the feast.
That is, unless the goal is to stay,
To pave your own road and make your own way,
To write your own story and set your own pay,
To accumulate wealth and live right on the bay,
To run the whole world
They'll do what you say-
In this case,
Remember where you came from.

2011 - Day 123

Take what you need
You'll never change my spirit
Just try not to worry
Cos life's on the spin cycle.
Forget what they told you
Reality is seen all around
Make your own thoughts count
Otherwise,
What are you?
Freedom of speech
Freedom of opinion
Until stripped of free thought
Express yourself
Or be another cog in the machine.
What machine, right?
You'll find out soon enough,
I can't ease your pain
Is there anybody in there?
Only you
Your lips move
But no words can be heard.
Please
Please,
Never become
Comfortably Numb.

2011 - Day 122

Ding dong the witch is dead,
Which old witch?
That Muslim Bitch.
Planned for months
A stealthy ploy,
The Navy SEALS,
Exquisite joy,
To end his days
We get our wish,
And now he lays
Down with the Fish,
But if radiation
Mutates a shark,
And his DNA
Finds a place to park (upon the shark),
We'll be in grave danger
Our horizon's must broaden,
Brace for the terrifying reign of
Osama FIN Laden!

2011 - Day 121

To wake to the sun
Rising Eastbound,
Shining over the Pavilion
Golden dreams immaculate.
Bending of wills,
Gritty, drawn out, scripted havok,
A masterpiece
The troupe our very own.
Matching costumes,
The snow slowly falls,
Thunder bellows 360 degrees,
Our eyes never leave the stage.
At the end,
Roses strewn with standing ovation,
And take a bow,
You deserve it.
Bravo.

2011 - Day 120

Move locations one by one
Near me to towards the ocean,
Mix it up and live it large
Go tan but wear much lotion.
To move but once a year is tough
I hate the entire process,
But to do it every day for pay
I'd rather work in an office.
I feel the feeling walking by
The mood is energetic,
Mysterious though it seems to me
Nobody's explicitly said it.
My boat is parked in the very same harbor
Where the gold is stowed,
I need take it out for a spin
Before I'm turned to a toad.