A Series of Unfortunate Events?

Yes!
To freedom
I shimmy
I glide,
plier
etendre
releve
sauter
tourney
elancer
just watch me stride.
A puddle
in my way?
oh no,
nothing to stop my shine.
Too fast!
But the beat...
Too high!
But the breeze...
I squeal!
I reach!
Pure delight.

Midway
I freeze...
Oh no!
my steam!
That Je ne sais quoi...
Gone.
now,
how,
do I dance with me?

Herd Mentality

Chose your victim
get ready for the kill
neatly packed together
we rush and snap at will.
No rhyme to our reason
displeasure is well seasoned
with the thrill...
Let's chase this sinner
stone him to death
then sweep our dirty linens
under our beds
to rest.
Once the act is committed
you cannot go back
remember
loylaty to the pack.

Now I do to get along
sick promises sold
now seem so cold
dreams once fashioned
now seem so old
wearied
lacking compassion.
Now I must walk against the tide.

I stop and wait.
I must go back.

Emeth

Look how far you have fallen
no branches to break it
shifting sand
your anchor
lies your comforter.
Deep is the well
no grace 
no truth
down there.
Many say come
beckoning
hands outstretched
salvation sure,
until,
the great fall
without support
no anchor.
The masked
unmasked
reveals
death
trapped
beautified
by pilates with clean hands.

The Secret Place

The Secret Place

Do not
lose
have faith
timelines
may change
emptiness
will fade
fortune
will smile
miracles
they exist
still
even in
desolation.

In a secret place
Out springs new life
rain pours over pain
desert loose their claim
Like Queen of Andean
life rears alive again
Edenesque ideal now tamed
where endless rivers flow
also too dreams grow
in neatly assigned rows
where you can glow
kissed by benevolent miracles
 refreshed by the glow
of your secret place.

The Runaway

The Runaway

I am running away
today.
my mind 
works in steps
that quickly 
run away
from defects
that scream
 "No next
yesterday or today!"
I chase away
the doubts
they lodge 
they sprout
         
     they suffocate
to death
the dreams
dying to come out.
So I lay
wait
twisted 
folded
about
to see, 
the metamorphic me.