Teenage

spring has its characteristics
the blooming flowers, the magical sky
and the smooth flowing breeze
and summer—the beauty of it all with the
powerful sun with long nights of laughter and joy
and of course lovely autumn with its
majestic colors that bring a new life to the world
we finally have winter—for some a miserable
time full of loneliness and terrors, while for others
there is comfort and love showered with
the views of unimaginable sights
winter brings a new, exciting adventure
from looking up and tasting the flurrying snow
to cuddling up in snuggly blankets with
warm, tasty hot cocoa secured to your side
all the way to the blazing skiing slopes in
shivering Colorado, winter truly hides
the negative of lifeless trees and plants
and shows a glimpse of imagination that
helps us close the year on a positive note
and opens the new year to a life of hope and acceptance

The Diary of a Soldier Chapter 1…

You’re telling me that’s all it took
falling in, falling out and finally falling down
At least it’s better than falling again

lifeless motions across his face
visions of a face that I hold close
a heart that opens up its doors

it’s just because I’m tired
of this life of mine tonight
he’s been hurt too much is what I think
but a part of me knows it’s not true

I’m so broken and convinced that
he’s breaking too
Sometimes you wonder if he will leave me too

and I’m telling you to keep wondering
but let me tell you something
the things we take for granted mean the most to us

and if not this time, then next, he will reassure me with the truth
the blindness you have tried to summon upon me will run away in fear
because the truth is, I don’t want you to go
but his presence matters more

you can bring back the pain from the past
and test my strength when you seek
even if I lose to you again,
I wouldn’t leave without the lessons that the teach
shackle me down when you’re bored,
but oh mind of mine, you and I are chained for life

I want to write.
Snatch the sun and trap it upon A4 until it melts into words, inky gold
I want to become the North Pole,
and every light that dances in the dark and shines in the day be the south.
I would pluck every wisp from my magnetic skin and put it in a fluffy sock to keep warm.
Then, I would let it spill into the sun,
no longer a thin slice of a tree’s many years but all the love in my heart.
I hold my writing up to you, the light of my life,
and all is dim memory.

I woke it, it was cold
I looked down and saw a duck
It said and I said bye
I looked around and saw a cow
When we saw the cow
We said mooooo

As I sit here
they watch over me
my every movement they can see
they keep me here like a prisoner
but I have done nothing wrong
I object to the darkness
I hoped it would bring light
but I have been pulled into the depths
I’m invisible to sight
It’s either life or death
nobody else can see
that he has been waiting for me
I will not suffer
I will not cry
for that will give them victory
I’d rather die
how can nobody else see
he only wants to kill me?

war is pain
its suffering from destruction
whilst the Earth decays
it’s life
it’s death
it is war
war
war is hell
war is gunfire
war is many dangerous people carrying explosives
the tears of mothers and fathers at the death of their child
the screams of pain from a child who thought war was all a game
the yells of a child’s name, guardians hoping they are safe
war
war is dark
it has no light
just a foggy horrible sight
war is cruel
it’ how they will rule
but it’s life’s way of saying
this is what happens when you start disobeying

I was strong
I was brave
I could walk alone
Mow I wonder
Now I’m losing not just my way, but myself
I’m holding up signs
Screaming for help
No-one has noticed I’m losing my self
I used to dance
I used to sing
now I hunch
now I hide
my mouth is closed
not open wide
You will throw me down and lock me away
someone please help me find my way
I’m lost
I’m alone
Screaming your name
No-one has noticed that I’m alone
Again.

We didn’t see it coming
Some thought the government was bluffing

Staying at home is a definite struggle
The once quiet house turned into a jungle

Unfortunately, people lost their loved ones every day
Leaving us all feel grey

Maybe it will stop
So we can open the barber shop

We can’t see our friends
Let’s hope this comes to an ends

COVID-19 is a daily struggle

But remember
Storms don’t last forever!

Sometimes we have all just got to sit back
Sit back and just listen…
Maybe watch how the seas glisten
Maybe you have no one or nothing to listen to
But there is something you can do
Here I will give you a sneak preview
…
Nothing?
There has gotta be something
Sometimes nothing IS something
When you JUST LISTEN…