Green

More seductive than the seductress’s lips

Or the swaying movement of her hips

The reason she accompanies the sailor off his ship

The little green note between his fingertips

You can see the greed, transparent in his eyes

He gambles over and over for that unholy prize

Will he be the king of diamonds or the king of sighs?

For the little green note he sneaks and spies.

She spots him walking on the street

With a smile on his face and a jump in his feet

She drags him into the ally, later leaves him white as a sheet

Triumphant, with the little green note her night’s meal is concrete

And then some, they work all day and night

In their faith, their mantra they continuously recite

If we do good, we will be treated right

Yet the little green bill stays out of sight.

Green makes the world go round

Turning an churning without a sound

Some may have earned and some may have found

But none can take it 6 feet into the ground

So frivolous and crass are money matters

It turns even the sanest of the sane into hatters

Leaves so many good souls bruised and battered

The thin get thinner and the fat get fatter.

Green is the colour of the earth, of life and of being

But what is this we have been seeing?

A little green bill has everyone fleeing

To steal, to murder, to gamble a living?

Fearful state of mind

There is silence in fear.

Its frighteningly quiet as you strain to hear some sound of home

You are cold and unclear

Shivering in the dark, confused by the fog and blinded by the foam.

Stranger in these parts

There are no escapes explored or known

No longer a lion heart

There is no path or solution shown

You are alone.

How did you arrive

This was not intended or planned

How will you survive

No guide or map back will be laid in your hand

There are no clues

Just silence in and around you here

You had paid your dues

And what did you get in return? betrayal and fear

Don't shed a tear.

But what is left to do?

Where is the honk of a car or chirp of a bird

Where has your sense gone to?

Why cant you think and find what is to be seen and heard?

You are paralyzed

The only thing that you can perceive is empty, useless and black

You are compromised

You cant function or move or get back on track

There's no going back

It makes sense now

It was all unfair and undeserved, just an unfortunate loss

It is time you bow

And accept there is nothing in the past to counter or cross

You have everything to gain

They have everything to loose and you, a fresh start.

You can sense again

So observe their game and learn their deceptive art

Now play the part

Half morning

The moon lazily floats in the sky

Scattering light while still it dozes

But the dark melts away to the human eye

As light greets the trees and the roses

And the blissful moon, still in happy stupor

Confuses a little girl spying

And though it was not his intention to dupe her

He continued his daylight flying

She called to him “Mr. moon, Mr. moon!”

Should you still be up there?

The night is long gone and the sun is here soon

But you’re still glowing fair!”

The moon, sluggishly smiled under heavy lids

And responded in monotone

“Correct my child, its time I hid”

And sunk out of the sky with that drone

The cool of the morning followed to moon

The sunshine replaced its kin

Glorious gold caused the birds to swoon

As it was time for the day to begin

Rain

Rain.

Pouring down, battering down on me.

I welcome the assault again

It helps me break away from me.

It pelts hard, scrubbing my skin

and washing away all care

I advance out from within

As it soaks my clothes my skin my hair

A swing awaits me in the park

An appointment I’m careful not to miss

A boy awaits me in the dark

Who’s lips I’d like to kiss

The grass is greener the air is cleaner

My soul is fresher inside of me

The song is sweeter the mess is neater

And now I know I’m free.