why not people have been getting married for all the wrong reasons anyway, that's why the first time marriage divorce rate is over 70%....Money, social standing, looks, physique, or citizenship what's the difference.....course I'm being facetious......But I'd do it to save someone in a heart beat.

My Beautiful Universe

a biafra child
who didn't eat
air filled stomach
echoed drums we beat
SAVE THE CHILDREN!
a phrase we repeat

a soldier's limb
has returned from war
tears from loved ones
who expected more
WE WANT PEACE!
hangs on every door

postpartum depression
is the new excuse
to kill the child
suffering from abuse
WHERE'S THE JUSTICE!
what's the use

villages of genocide
mercenaries rape and rob
stolen booty
benefits of the job
HANDS ACROSS THE WORLD!
to catch the tears we sob

streets littered with vials
of the newest drug craze
while we laugh it off
as just another phase
SAY NO TO DRUGS!
as we idolize purple haze

another homeless man died
a horse with no name
pulling the plow of poverty
we hang our heads in shame
SHELTER THE HOMELESS!
animals of cardboard fame

corruption at every level
robbing its citizen's blind
the constant trickling down
leave two pennies hard to find
SUPPORT YOUR GOVERNMENT!
democracy of a different kind

then there are those
the ones who understand
the poet's of the world
bringing beauty to a hapless land
MY BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE!
has been created by your hand.....

Dedicated to all the poet's
throughout the world, who
through their words make
life livable....write on!, Peace

Pernicious

another train passes
along the tracks of an addict
sweet liquid poppy
never was a good parent
although one may be found
at your nearest stop and go
anything to escape
those white picket fences

many clean shaven men
have stepped from the closet
lost in a woman's world
as guilt sends them to repent
within a cenobitic community
it is there they learn true love
yet remain confused
by the closed door of confession
which has become just another closet

a sixty year old maiden teacher
has settled for early retirement
to pursue an education of bliss
forfeited for the benefit of others
deflowered by a tainted gardener
marking an early exit from life
another lesson taught......

I am here
with joy on loan.

^hmmm and fleeting that may be.....as always I enjoy your self reflective pieces.

I wood like to say this wood make the most stoic wooden Indian smile, that's what I wood say, but I have termites eating my brain away, age has a way of making the mind soggy wood.....nicely done

wildflower, by Newbirth
firefly, by skylark
I'll try somethiong new, by the temps and the supremes

a cowboy after a long journey walks into a bar, there's a long line waiting to get to the bar, he asks the guy in front of him, "hey, what's the holdup." the guy says, "there's some dude up there with a horse and a jar of money, you put five dollars in the jar and if you make the horse laugh you get all the money"...so the cowboy waits for what seems like an eternity and then puts his money in the jar, he walks over to the horse, whispers in his ear and the horse starts laughing. He takes the money orders a drink then leaves, while the others look on in amazement. 3 years later, the cowboys stops by the same bar and it's the same thing , a long a.s.s line. He again asks, "what's going on", someone explains to him there's a guy there with a horse and a jar of money, you pay 5 dollars and if you can make the horse laugh you get all the money in the jar.....so the cowboy waits his turn, puts his money in the jar and takes the horse over to the corner, 3 seconds later the horse is balling his eyes out. He collects his money and starts to leave when the owner of the horse says hey, aren't you the same guy that made the horse laugh, and the cowboy said "yes sir", the owner said, how'd you do that, to which the cowboy replied, I told him my penis was bigger than his, well how'd you make him cry asked the owner, to which the cowboy replied. I showed him.

guess I should be a little more picky now huh? I wanted to throw the skin color out of the way but just having what my friends and family sayings embedded into my head, its becoming very hard.

^I gotta tell you I'm Lmao at this, whom are you entering into a relationship or marriage with, your family, friends or significant other. The hell what others think or say, the only thoughts that should matter are those between the two in the relationship, because in the end that's who ends up in the bed or shower together, unless you're into family reunions...Lmao

geez, I'm so thankful I learned to leave what others say about me where it belongs, on their minds...not mine

love hath no race, creed or boundaries, all things are possible through genuine love, it's how bad you really want it to be able to put your differences aside, the culture thing is a cop out, always has been and a just means for one to control the other. It becomes a built in excuse, nothing more, nothing less.

Viagra (Senryu)

...I do not need it
a gentle breeze is enough
..please whisper softly

shards, my heart
shattered kaledioscope
nary a rainbow
until you smiled....

mushy mushy

Inner City Blues

Street corner pharmacist
ten year old urchin boy
snow white Christmas candy
providing synthetic joy

vials for smiles
cradle flesh sellers
souls of darkness
from hell dwellers

dragon hearts
breathe deeply
smoke and fire
burns cheaply

silent are the lambs
who flock to score
circular journeys
returning for more

it's all a vicious cycle
that never makes the news
american idol is more important
than those inner city blues......

Where's the real war

Even Christmas trees die

Fifty years ago
a small embryonic plant
escaped from the bag
wedged unto an earthen womb
nine months to be entombed
warmth from winter's cold
spring brought sapling growth
summer delivered handsome bud
while fall winds cried

the seasons came and went
as sapling grasped the light
only to wish for darkness
for tears caress the night
morning dew dissipates
leaving nary a trace
of the past scars
upon a tree's face

families laugh
while children play
upon thy branch
of noose sway
tire and rope
swing lonely now
peaceful journeys
from traveling fowl

age is a blade
cutting oh so deep
sap runs freely
toward eternal sleep.

memories are the glue that holds us together, but I hate when the salt seeps through the open wound....nicely penned

so many directions, so many currents, hard to keep swimming upstream wondering if your headed towards niagra falls....very deep and filled with thought...nice

able to communicate on all levels
confidence, assertiveness
and naturally trust

yes but only in the throes of ecstacy/.....lmao, you wont call me she afterwards....ha ha

when I'm on the bike she's the only one I listen too, she has a mind of her own, and says faster faster...lol

likes being submissive.....

sure a ride, no problem..

your whispers
are the winds
of today
that carry me to
the hope
of tomorrow


^absolutely beautiful...ahh if only parents cared for their children this way and the same for lovers. The world would be a much happier place.

aw santa...thanks...lol

I'm a lesbian trapped in a mans body...lmao...where do you all get this stuff