Each Little Mystery

Creators (256/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:32:00 +0000

Misery & mistakes
Green little creatures
The power to collect and create
Is the most envied job in the universe

Stop or Go? (255/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:55:00 +0000

It sounds like an arcade down there
Noise and games
Stop the train!
Or wave it through
It won't stop in my small town
But it comes by every day
With its steam or pollution or noise
Who is responsible?

Love of Life (254/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:49:00 +0000

Life is worth living when love is in it
Love is balance, peace, and kindness
Loving makes me a tolerable creature
Love is warmth on a windy day
Love is a light heart
Free from mind's chains
Love is a gift more valued than gold
Love is your future
Love lets go
Loving is giving - all are deserving
Open the gates you locked long ago
Love is a highway
A two lane road
May your soul come to rest in love's quiet coves

Love & Games (253/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0000

Oh baby, yeah, baby
Tell me what I want to hear
You're an itch
I have to scratch
Come on over here
'Cause the blood reveals the pain
Of the war against my womb
They say it's better off a tomb
Until I reach my thirties dear
But abstinence won't keep a man
For ten years while you plan
Marry young and make the babies
Or sleep around then tie one down
Just in time to buy the diapers
What's a modern girl to do?
Keep her sanity or chastity
Go to work and go to school
What are the rules in this new era?
Born in chaos either way
Good enough's not good enough
When there's time enough to play

Peacefully Falling (252/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:28:00 +0000

A hundred autumn leaves
Gracefully dancing down across light currents
On a backlit tree
The sun sets on the person we
Grew out of today
Now, only laughter and fond memories

My Heart (251/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:54:00 +0000

My heart is a purse
With gold latches
In a tall, square, blue velvet box
Open it
It's filled with confetti

Quote

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:51:00 +0000

"Don't let failure go to your heart, and don't let success go to your head." -Will Smith's grandmother

Nonsense (250/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:47:00 +0000

He's strumming a guitar
Sitting at a desk
Piled high with papers
The marshmallow man
Walks through the chain-link fence
Skin patterned blue
Plaid and paisley stripes
Creeping up the arms
Like a sky infection
Twice
I got a long way to go
To get back to where I was
I'm in love with my bed
Tomorrow I rise

Innocent Burst (249/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:53:00 +0000

Plump juicy strawberries
Ripe and sweet and wet
Bursting in the mouth
Then dying red and sumptuous

Anger's like a sneeze
We all should say "God bless you"
In ugly outbursts of all kinds
'Cause ugly is false and passing

The devil inside
Makes you lonely
We're all born to glow
In the innocence of love

But we can't always help it
In our weakness we will fail
Best to do no further harm
Get some exercise
Be alone

Gather support; do your calisthenics
To keep the demons
On the outskirts
You'll need vigilance and blessings

Haitian Proverb

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:36:00 +0000

"After the mountains, more mountains."

It's All Important (248/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:11:00 +0000

The grass is as important as the cattle
And the cowboy and his dogs
And the horse
And the birds high in the trees
All glory asks
Is that we do what we are able
It's so hard to tame these minds
But your actions can be beauty if you move with pride and courage
And environmental nuance

In the Desert (247/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:35:00 +0000

A side-winding snake
Glides over the packed desert earth
A wellspring of cold clear water
Gushes generously ahead
I slurp out of my clean cupped hands
Burnt but refreshed

Body Diversions (246/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:23:00 +0000

I wanna do a backflip
Just to prove
I can move my body
Any way I like
I want to curl up next to you
And fall asleep on your arm
To feel your heart beating
And your waves across my skin
I could stare at you all day
And get tangled in your beauty
Diversions in these bodies
Fun and sex and nudity

Fantastic Voyage (245/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:16:00 +0000

I know my life
Is the most important story ever told
The secrets of the universe
Are hidden in me
I know the terrain
I will be my guide

Rage Game (244/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:48:00 +0000

Have you ever watched yourself murder
In cold blood
With no remorse
And thirst for more
In the absence of God and love
Have you ever felt your face
Twist demonically
As you shoved a stranger
Felt your cheek grow numb in rage?
Have you ever stabbed someone
Then enjoyed
The quickening of your pulse
As you watched them struggle
Has rage infected you?

Only Human (243/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:56:00 +0000

It's not that humans are basically good
That gives me hope
But that they're basically basic

We make people complex
With our words and gossip
When the truth is usually simple

Neither moved by evil
Nor compelled by good
A human acts human
In response to human needs

If you are still confused
There is no lazy
There is no stupid

There is only human

It's Time (242/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:59:00 +0000

A lump in my throat
But pride in my step
My training was perfect
I am ready and excited
For all that can be
It's within my reach

Rivalry (241/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:26:00 +0000

A healthy distaste
That squeezes the heart
Similar enough
But worlds apart
A push of a magnet
Of opposite pole
Your actions a joke
Your words burn as coal
In the furnace that fuels
My escape from this earth
Distanced from you
Finding my truth

Spring Cleaning (240/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:27:00 +0000

Clear the clutter
Find a place
Make some space
For magic

Seasick (239/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:55:00 +0000

Blue faced clowns
With jester hats
Scratching at the door
Looking for flowers and grass and sunshine
But there's a leak and water's on the floor

A gun to the head of a faithful friend
Sometimes they just kill themselves
But if we are what they were
There's order in chaos
And comfort in order
So life marches on
In predictable succession
It all makes sense when they're gone

Then back to the bliss
Behind our brains, pull the curtains
And stop the show
And the sounds and color of black infinity
Silence the narration that rocks the boat

Fight Inside (238/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:39:00 +0000

I'm dying on the inside
And I keep on dropping bombs
One by one
Down my throat
I moan and miss my mom
I no longer pause before killing
All offenders must be put down
One by one
Stoic and focused
Fiercely claiming my ground

I Love San Francisco

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:09:00 +0000

I love San Francisco! Instead of being someone similar who is trying to be different, I get to be someone different trying to find similarities.

Zones (237/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:35:00 +0000

Let us be known
Not for how we drag or push
But how we make room
For a soul to bloom
What is the key that unlocks their door?
Where are the wounds to their inner child?
Step aside and let the fresh breeze in
As gentle as palms on a crystal ball
Or a hand on the skin of a grieving friend
Guard my actions like my words
And know you are safe under my wing

Common Wisdom (236/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:39:00 +0000

Everyday I'm adjusting myself
Everyday I look at what I need to change
Ain't no shame in my game
I believe in being calm
They say they don't believe in God
But God is the first word out of their mouth
When things go wrong

Sleepy (235/365)

noreply@blogger.com (CMC) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:14:00 +0000

Softly drifting toward my dreams
Weaving scenes, colors bleed
Shed the stress
Melts off the bed
Cradled, cushioned
Fearless, dead