Jump

just because your trust is broken
does not mean your scars are not strong and your skin not tough;
your resilience is now much more
determined to rebuild

so, Jump

just because you have
twice
and fallen, bruised broken defeated
twice
doesn’t mean now is the time to
stand still

Jump

just because you tried you gave
you failed over and over and over

still Jump

these painful lessons
horrible inconviences
along these hopeful paths you keep walking
allow them to teach you
allow yourself to embrace the speed
of the universe

Jump

because failure is getting scared
and stopping;
is choosing baby steps
when you are so close
when a quick sprint is all you really need
to end this seemingly never-ending marathon

Jump

don’t walk through the fire

Jump

you never bothered with consequences
so why now?

only the boring get bored
only the timid stay behind

don’t be paralyzed by the fear of your past

Jump!

af

(written with pen on paper)

change pounces right upon you
there is no warning
one path, one decision
then the one option you have wanted all along
after finally believing does not exist

mother mary doesn’t whisper her affirmation
it goes higher than her
higher than our world
when wolves, when the pack attacks
furious, ecstatic
enthusiastically
begging
Trust Me
never really sure if you even trust yourself

deciding between delusions
nothing feeling quite normal
stuck to an abrupt stop

and that is when the song ends
the jaws close tightly

and you…too late

af

(written on computer)

I think the longer we wait
the more of our skin we will shed away
two pools of souls swirling
solidifying what once were
(could have remained)
childish intentions

In that time:
two lips coming too close
the breathe of strangers colliding
invisible microfibers of energy
tickling the soft skin of the other
too strong in character to touch
until what is right is done

and time goes on
can’t help that
but days last a lot longer than they should
than they used to
making the mind wonder
if compromise really is higher than perfect

As we wait
the longer we wait
steps get closer
then the truthful voices will delicately come together
softly, in dimentions past time and existence
and quite the adventure might begin

af

(written on computer)

decide who you want to be
place faith in that
tighten everything up
and walk straight into that damn storm, headfirst!

the angles need no more playing
stop
decide
can’t you feel that wind outside?
don’t you know what time of the year it is?

everything seems like chaos
yet only in great chaos
perfect art is born;
embrace it
get swept up, dorothy…

it is all so powerful, fantastic;
the end of times is a figure of speech
applied to any part of your life
when you choose to walk a completely new path

that is the life decision of this lonely wanderer,
wanting and walking
such a fine line between realities;
your path of great novels and fairy-tales
is not your decision to be made by me

hold your baby tight
keep your eyes sharp
and smile at how inevitable your survival is…

as long as you keep going

af

(written on computer)

switch brown lighter on
blue flames burning red on green
then floating white mist

violence in the heart
do not ignore primal urge
grow strong, calm, and tame

a fan of paper
words doing nothing and still
are more real than life

rhetoric is real
a war can never be won
when will you believe?

the perfect flower
aged, wrinkled, strong with no doubt
about her beauty

they all have a scent
the aged wood floors of backstage;
all a past they hold

It is not just the gray sadness
It is an inability of the human mind
to unlearn its knowledge
to erase the images burned

It never recovers from the shock
of people’s indulgence of destruction
the lack of responsibility
the deficiency of remorse

The brain is capable of making the body hurt

Now I understand why
people refuse to know the truth

af

Come on in
It’s what the sign says, right?
Give us your hungry, your tired, your poor?
We want to take care of you
It is our God-given duty to do so…
We’re good people here

Come on in
As much as you need, whenever you need
Family is family, human is human
We have all wanted, and we are capable
of giving
and now want to
We’re good people here

Come on in
Those who are always in need still deserve
The words we have are kind
paying life forward
trading abundance for servitude
We all have thoughts, all have emotions
all are consumed with sadness more than
our hopes and expectations could imagine
But we’re good people here

Come on in
My soul is here to share
fifty-fifty, selfless, genuine
Facing against tides of rancor
Intrigued to leave it all, shed shirt and walk away
stepping into the unknown black hole of starting over
The desire we all dream of in our secret caves
Doing so because we know
We’re good people here

Come on in
The rhetoric is slowing down
Ignition, once started, must combust
Dying out in time as its fuels run dry
Then we will accept you
Stand by our promise, honor our integrity
Live up to the character expected
of us…

We’re good people here

af