Nothing to Write

Dirty crumpled paper and a running out pen

Aren’t the best things to help me find inspiration

I stare at the wall and twiddle my thumbs

But still no inspiration comes

Wanting to write the perfect poem

But I can’t stay focused- my eyes just roam

Around my purposely darkened home

I try to get myself in the writing mood

But unwanted words and images want to intrude

Leaning on my right arm it begins to go numb

But still the inspiration does not come

I listen to the deepest music to set the tone

I even turn off the phone, but my mind is set in stone

It refuses to think of anything good

It chooses to close up now- it would!

Still can’t think of anything to write

So I’ll doodle anything just in spite

Of the tricks my mind wants to play

My mind is the inspiration for this poem today

Over You

I use to worry in the past, cry about why it didn’t last

Wonder how the sparks were lost willing to fix it for any cost

Wonder what I did wrong but I’m singing a different song

What goes up must come down

But I’m not gonna let it get me down

I’m holding my head high

Gonna smile and get by

I’m finally over you

And I’ve got nothing else to lose

You aren’t the greatest thing I ever lost

The risks too high I can’t afford the cost

I’m letting you know I’m losing you so I’m letting you go

Falling out of love with nothing to fall short of

But with what gets lost something else is found

So I’m not gonna let it get me down

I’m holding my head high

Gonna smile and get by

I’m finally over you

And I’ve got nothing else to lose

Your stupidity is not my fault

You mixed sugar with salt

And poured it into open skin

Funny that I just let it in

I Let you make me insecure but I’m going to endure

Because what goes around comes around

So I’m not gonna let it get me down

I’m holding my head high

Gonna smile and get by

I’m finally over you

And I’ve got nothing left to lose

So many things to gain instead, no more rain clouds over my head

Only blue skies from this day on cause you’re gone

Even when things don’t go my way I’m gonna have a good day

You’re never gonna see me wearing a frown

Cause I’m not gonna let it get me down

I’m not gonna let you bring me down

Captive By You

You’ve got magical fingers knowing the tunes of my soul

Laying down my dreams onto the keys of an old piano

I watch your fingers grace each note and I fall in love with your hands

I’ve never been so captivated in my life -you’ve put me in a trance

You finish my song and I’m speechless –nothing to say

Words won’t come out –but I want to say

Don’t stop- never stop! I could watch you play forever

I would watch you play forever

I shiver from the chills you sent down my spine

They leave me wanting more – I need, I long, I pine

I pine for that sensation again and as if you had read my thoughts

Your fingers hypnotize me onceagain giving my desire exactly what it wants

A masquerade painted in the color of music

A fantasy of shades unknown to man that I choose to pick

The sound’s so beautiful I want to cry

A single tear falls from my eye

You keep playing undulating in motion

Tuning out the world and unaware of my emotion

You’re playing my heartstrings winning me over with each measure

You prevail with no endeavor

You don’t need my love you don’t even care

You don’t even know that you’ve stripped me bare

My heart is wide open, but it’s obvious to see

The piano is your only love you have no more room for me

Hidden Beauty

Camouflaged in this life

She blends in with the world

Ebbed out of the limelight

Almost made invisible, because of the flashiness of others

Just one more face in a sea of cloned people

Nothing special, nothing noticeable, nothing memorable

She looks just like everyone else

Shy, quiet, nothing to shout about, but nothing to cry about either

Just ordinary

A hidden beauty

That when she is noticed-

She’s unique, oddly beautiful, almost perfect

She has her flaws, but she’s better than most

A camouflaged beauty, that will one day make one lucky man very happy

Wanting Nothing

Bored out of my mind trying not to think of you

When that’s all I really want to do- is forget you

I remember every time you made me cry, and now it seems

I’ve wasted my life away with dreams

Of how you and I could be

But I just saw reality

And it’s changed my perspective

On what I thought of you- my objective

The stars from the skys

Use to shine in your eyes

But they have floated back into space

And you’re no longer worth the chase

You’re no longer worth the wait, you’re no longer worth my time

Ive given up on the bait that was gonna help real you in and make you mine

I’ve waited too long –I’ve cried too much

Too many things gone wrong – I’m letting them go from my clutch

I’ll be free from pain, free from sorrow

Free of you – a new tomorrow

I’m letting go of you tonight

Blocking you out with all my might

Throwing my wasted years away

Forgetting the words you use to say

So you’re no longer a memory

And no longer a future for me

No longer a good dream gone array

No longer the face of the perfect guy.