An Ode to Pepper
It is easy to lose things. We lose something precious everyday. But if I could take all the time I’ve lost Just to spend it with you, I would. All the hours I wasted sleeping, I would lay with you instead. All the hours wasted eating, I would feed you. All of the time wasted sitting, I would sit with you.
It is easy to lose things. We lose something precious everyday. But if I could take all the breath I’ve lost, I would give it to you. If I could take all the wasted heartbeats Just to put in your chest, I would.
It is easy to lose things. We lose something precious everyday. But whoever said it was easy to lose you Could not be more wrong. Because every moment spent with you, Every heartbeat I shared with you, Every breath we breathed together Was never wasted or lost.
Losing you is not easy. Because nobody loses something this precious everyday.
One Day
Maybe one day I’ll have the courage to say what’s on my mind…
But until that day, I’ll let my thoughts do what they will.
I’ll let them eat away at the inside of me
Like a bug trying to force its way out of a jar.
I’ll let them swarm my mind
And block out all other noise in my life.
I’ll let them consume my body until I am unable to move…
Because I’m afraid of what will happen if they all spill out at the same time.
I’m afraid of what you will think
If I have the courage to say what’s on my mind.
Here’s to childhood.
The Wall We’ve Built
Last night, I had a dream.
Last night I dreamt of a wall.
A wall that went all the way around the world.
A wall that went all the way to the sky.
And on each side of the wall, the rich and the poor were segregated.
But slowly throughout my dream, the wall crumbled more and more.
It crumbled in to trillions of pieces around the world,
And with each break in the wall, people got more worried.
And finally, it was gone.
And the rich and the poor were one community.
And we all had to start over,
And forget about ourselves for one day.
Last night, I had a dream.
A dream that the debt of the world was forgotten for just a day,
And that we started fresh.
And it was all okay.
The Man In The Undertow
Can you see me?
From way up there?
Because I see you.
I see you in the grass.
And in the trees.
And in the stream.
I see you in my little boy’s face.
And in the tiny footprints beside me on the sandy beach.
And in the waves that wash our footprints away.
I see you in the shore as we wash away.
As we are cleansed one last time.
I see you in the sun.
And in the frightened look in my little boy’s eyes.
And I hear you when I tell him, “It’s all going to be alright.”
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time, I was just like you. Once upon a time, I saw things the way you did, with open eyes, an open heart. I saw the sky’s smile reflecting on the lake, and I saw it cry when it longed for the sun. Once upon a time I heard things as you do, filled with beauty and mystery. I heard the orchestra of a summer night through my window and the whisper of a winter morning. Once upon a time, I tasted the sourness of a lemon, the sweetness of a woman’s lips. Once upon a time, I smelled the lust of a rose, the longing of baking cookies. Once upon a time, I felt as you do. I felt the touch of a hand in mine, I felt the hurt of it being taken away. I felt the rain on my cheeks, and the sun on my back. Once upon a time I walked as you do and talked as you do. But now, as I lay in the earth, I long to be your footsteps above my grave. To be your teardrop on my forehead. To be the flowers planted over me.
Once upon a time, I was just like you. But soon enough, you will be just like me.
Roadtrip this summer.
Where You’ll Find Me
The golden waves of a lake unnamed
Do rustle with our mother’s breath
And grow beneath the tears we cry
And laugh with every sigh.
And in this lake, I have found a frame
To cover me with waves of rest
And comfort me when I close my eyes
And hold me as I lie.
And soon enough, we’ll be the same
United by the sheet of death
The bed prepared for when we die
As the waves grow towards the sky.
