lifes good

New


i sit
staring at the screen
in fuzzy slippers
and thermals
and all i can do
is think of you

A chance
It's five A.M.
and I cant sleep
because your still awake
and talking to me
i want to lay my head
on your shoulder
take your hand
softly in mine
dont want to scare
you off
dont want to push
you away
before i get the chance
to sleep the day away
in your arms


Old
Assuming Grape Juice
Here i am again
a lone cup
of grape juice
in a room full
of wine.

Just sitting listening
to the laughter
and debauchery.
Receiving cup
after cup
of grape juice,

politely smiling...
suddenly I find myself
in a room full
of grape juice
talking to
the lone cup
of wine.

Just sitting listening
to the laughter
and debauchery.
Receiving cup
after cup
of grape juice

politely smiling...
and I wonder
who decided
i like grape juice
because honestly
orange juice
is better.



Here is some stuff I did in German

Möwe
stark, schön
fliegen, erlösen, tauchen
mit einer freier Seele
Wasservogel







Gift

Er sagt
"Ich habe Gift fur dich"
und ich spricht kein deutsch
so ich habe nicht verstanden
Ich denke
"oh dass ist schön, ein geschank"
wird dass schön wenn tot ich bin?
Verstandnis habe ich alles gemöcht.



This one actually came from something that happens as I walk to work
Lamp Post
Walking
after dark
towards the campus
that lamp post
used to turn
on for me
just as I came up
it would
flicker into life
I thought it
was my ally
that it predicted
good things ahead
so I should
have been
on my guard when
it stopped
turning on

Now when
I approach
it flickers off
it makes my heart
drop to see
its like
losing hope
losing a good
friend
losing the guiding
force
now i walk alone
in the dark
so alone
so cold
without my ally


life changes
i step briskly
up the street
the lamp post
flickers on
i lift my eyes
upward
filled
with hope