Let me see

let me see 

your eyes gleam brightly
your frown cast cheekily 
your hands placed carefully
your ears poised readily 
your feet stood painlessly 
your fingers grasped softly 
your hair blown carelessly
your skin held loosely 
your clothes draped honestly
your smile worn proudly

Cope

howling at the wind
takes me deeper into their vast caves
where thoughts have little purpose
and ideas are shrunk until non- visible

ears are canon fodder
and ache each new day
i hope to not cause any lasting damage

oh please let them play together
grow wiser and able
to understand what it is to loose sight
and regain it

Jump

Jump up high
and see them bounce
to places deemed unreachable
before

let them hold on tight 
to their diamonds
cultivate them until 
they are ready to take their own leap 
off coasts far and high 
to ease softly down 
onto a quilted pillow 
where they can feel their most secure

Hit the deck

sit on the floor, don’t stand and rock

rest your loyal pins 
for they hold you day after day

feel secure beneath the coats of others
where the world looks so different   
a delight for your dilating pupils

become one with the deck that carries 
you toward a place where drinks
cloud the unresolved

Digits

we sit and pray to the shining gods that

sit in our hands that once touched tactile worlds,
now merely aid as a rake to gather our diamonds 
and distribute them to this fantasy world

it’s response is often little more than a

‘thumbs up’

Adapt

open your eyes 

as wide as they go

and see the change 
around you

except what’s new
breathe it in 
alter your ways
develop 

Let’s go

let’s get the next flight out of here

let’s pack a bag, call a cab, get out of here
let’s hop on board, destination anywhere but here
let’s forget what has stifled our minds for too long

let’s forget about here 
for now
forever
let’s go create brand new

is that not what we are,
creators
makers

diamond re-leasers? 

Marks

born from movement

at times on purpose
with conviction
or purely error

distributing beauty 
to those that stay
long enough to 
think.

Stretched

they come in waves
often with a smile
more artificial
than the last

seeking authority
in exchange for the lives
we hope to grow

it’s difficult to cultivate future minds
when your own is transfixed
in a parallel of statistics

release us

Drips

appearing on christmas eve

and as cunning as thieves 
they ran along the dusty white ceiling
as one

in the days to follow
they gravitated downwards 
still together
unconfident to break loose

after time though
tensions grew thwart
fights broke out
when finally

drip

drip
drip

drip
drip
drip