WISH

i wish we were like
actors in a movie
script written in stone
no matter what did
or didn't happen
love  always made it
safely home.
i wish love were like
an old-time movie
where everyone
had a happy ending
when love not only
played together
but prayed and
stayed together.
i wish we were like
actors in a movie
where we could
look back in time
memories without reason
and
without rhyme.
i wish we could love
forever you and i
...i wish

THE END

is this the end
is it over before
it really began
is time not our friend
is there no reason
is there no rhyme
is our love
past its purpose
past its prime.
is this the end
harsh words
salty tears 
so what then.
is it over
before it began
love pushed aside
left in the dark
left to bleed and to die
... is this the end?

GILDED BIRD

instant gratification

yet no satisfaction

protraction betwixt

reaction

silence of sound

darkest of night

fight for what's wrong

yet do what's right.

run like the wind

try as you might

alone in a crowd

but on center stage

gilded bird

fragile is your cage.