Knock Knock Who’s Not Here

comparing myself

with no one

                    especially

me

      I feel

               so free

Guaranteed High

a sure way to climb’s

one step

               at a time

and when that’s too much

enjoy

           what we touch

Dumb Fun

I’m not as dumb as I look

I’m not as dumb as I sound

I even once read a book

and I know how to get to town

I’m not as dumb as you think

I’m really smart enough for me

I’m not as dumb as I think

I just like being very silly

Almost Beyond Control

since fruits of actions

are more than we know

                                       let’s pray

continually

Stay Today

heart beats

lungs breathe

life’s sweet

don’t leave

Lest We Be Judged

all of us

              doing

what we can

                     till we learn

                                          to

do

     even better  

There’s No Place Like Us

after I cry

I’m alone

anyone

feels like home

Bow Meow

it’s fun to move around

with four limbs

                          on the ground

Desire’s Duty

  Desire’s Duty

too many times I feel shoulds

to do what I know is good

but when I wait

                          feel my desire

shoulds and goods

                               are fueled by fire

Loving Energy

integrating the I

who attacks me

                          hatefully

we bind

              strong

                         and kind

Water Lights

when we can laugh

                                while we cry

we’re the twinkle

                             in our eye

Sky Cries

what seems like screams

might well be means

to sing

            our dreams      

Better Worse Curse

arrogance and shame

are funny games

                                     played when our

hearts

               feel

                  too apart                  

Successful Failures

Successful Failures

thanks to all I messed

I better guess

                      new ways

                                       to

define

           find

                   success                        

Scouring Power

I can be cleaned

outside and in

though I’ve been mean

I know I’ve sinned

so scrub me well

whene’re we meet

though I might smell

deep down

                   find sweet

Coming Out Party

the oy that’s inside

makes me want to hide

I’ve good taste you know

I don’t want to show

hate 

        fear

               denial

I’d prefer to smile

but uglies inside

cry let us outside

tender loving care

transform pains

                            when aired

fear with good lighting

ain’t so frightening     

Put Downs Rise Up

may all put downs

                               spring

up through me

                         thee

                                 until we

see

       of sky

                  we be

 

Nobody’s Perfect

Nobody’s Perfect

 

stranger to the human race

I’m always losing face

I’m baser than the base

a disgrace to be erased

Rhymes Mine Minds

when playing around

with similar sounds

connections astound

for words were once sounds

sad

      mad

              funny clowns

bound

           to be profound

Forgive Me For Not Knowing Who I’m Growing

Forgive Me For Not Knowing

                      Who I’m Growing

it’s so nice not to

have to be   

                  more than me

                                         while

I grow

            like a tree                              

Grace Pace

may time’s pressure to do

nourish

              like daily dew   

The Art Of Heart

when I feel ground

through sole and crown

and breathe air deep

down through my seat

firelight that dwells

in all my cells

nurturing me

expand freely

feel

       heart fully 

love

        artfully