10-31-16 Halloween Is Here

When the ghouls step out
Into the darkness so deep
We get frightened easily
By things that go bump

Creepy crawlers lurking
In the shadows at night
On the prowl around town
Trick or treat in the neighborhood

Scary monster movies on TV
Revenge of the spooky creatures
Dress up like your favorite ghost
Then pig out all day on sweet candy

10-30-16 Rainy Day At The Playground

Everyone stayed home today
It's too stormy to play outside

Heavy raindrops pouring down
Washed out like a waterfall wave

The ballgame has to be cancelled
There are puddles in the outfield

Fun times will be had here again
But today everyone stayed inside

10-29-16 Black Moth

Follow the moonlight
Flutter to the big flame
Flickering after the midnight hour

Black moth in my house
Beautiful flying creatures
Or monsters at the double feature

Visitation from the spirit
Of a departed loved one
With a message from the beyond

I trapped it in a cup
Then set it free outside
It flew away and faded into the night

10-28-16 The Eighties

Memories burned into broken hearts
Scar tissue so deep it won't fracture
Songs that trigger those same tears
Like a time machine from the future

Remember the loss
Complete devastation
It's difficult to miss
What you never had

Hard to forget
The good old pain
Feels a bit better
But never goes away

10-27-16 Peace And Quiet

Inside a quiet space
Where there is no sound
Only time to think
Where there is peace

Inside of the silence
Where there is no talking
Only time for being
Where there is existence

10-26-16 Sunrise On A Quiet Beach

Cool morning breezes
Soothe your soul fire
In waves of salty ocean air

Gazing out at a new dawn
Across the great horizon
Promising fresh rays of hope

10-25-16 First Days Of Hibernation

too many days
spent chipping away
adding up bucket drops
waiting for the sun to run out

wave to the sky
catch a dream tonight
listen to the breeze blow
watch all the trees grow

dry rain showers
tears running down
the flowers are all dried up
while animals fade into extinction

10-24-16 Sleepy Brains On The Train

Dark cold morning
Sleepwalking through
Damp subway tunnels
Half dreaming awake

Lost in a mental fog
Thinking about conspiracies
Paranoid from nightmares
Living in a fantasy land

Early hours fade away
Tumbling into tomorrow
Forgetting to remember
Half of what we already knew

10-23-16 The Outer Space Inside

Rocket line straight through
To the great beyond out there
Entering into another dimension
Laughing all the way to Jupiter

Search to find a spiritual outcome
There must be meaning in the stars
Meeting someday soon on the moon
Seeking a place to build a civilization

10-22-16 Saturday Night At Wrigley Field In October

Thick electricity crackling
Energy flowing in waves
Be brave and bathe in it

10-21-16 We Are Free

We are free
To pretend to be
Anything we like

We are free
To play fun games
All day long

We are free
To use imagination
In the art of creation

We are free
To love one another
Like a big family

10-20-16 Life Is An Illusion

You are not here
Here is not here
You are not you
There is no here

Everywhere is nowhere
Never where you ever are
Something is really nothing
When nothing is everything

10-19-16 Sing Your True Song

Search for your song
Listen to the breeze
Look for it in the trees
In the buzzing of bees

Find your true song
In the books you read
In every good deed
In the music you bleed

Sing your sacred song
Out loud into the sky
At the top of mountains high
Then you will really fly

10-18-16 Out To Sea

Like tall tales told
In an old sea captain's legend

The seas will only forgive
If the winds will allow it

A love affair with the ocean
Ends on the edge of the horizon

A love affair with the city
Ends on the floor of a fancy hotel

10-17-16 Silent Radio

It might be on another planet
Or it could be in the future
Happening live as you see it

Listen to the music of the universe
Traveling through sonic spaceways
Lost inside a shift in the fabric of time

Songs that make your heart sing
It means everything when you need it
Soul medicine to soothe your spirit

10-16-16 Eating Crickets In The Woods

there is no time
then a water cup came
to read a good book
before a bear bumbled
into a fumble bush
mumbling something
about the keeper of snakes

we're not going to write
about creepy bugs today
but if we talk about bugs
the bugs will eat everybody

10-15-16 Hot Soup Haiku

Hot soup warms my bones
All the best ingredients
Cooking on the stove

10-14-16 Pieces Of You

we will carry your light
inside our empty world
into a future without you

we will carry your words
inside our empty pages
into a chapter without you

we will carry your love
inside our empty hearts
into a new life without you

10-13-16 Earth Tones

green green grass
brown tree leaves
clear blue skies
orange sunshine

let the spirit flow
across the ocean
in thriving gardens
alive on this planet

10-12-16 When This Chapter Ends

One last word
Before we close the book
To look up at the sky
Gazing beyond the horizon

Now you are free
To fly again on golden wings
We'll keep your love
Locked safely inside our hearts

10-11-16 Feelings Between You

Windmills in the winter
Coconut candy cocktails
Superhero sandwiches
The old bookstore closed

Animals in the ocean breeze
Take the tide forward home
Listen closely to the thunder
Take the time to live and learn

Love everything you've got
Pass along the good energy
Hold away the dark at last
Sing songs from your heart

10-10-16 Shifting Patterns Of Creation

when it all comes down
nothing feels the same way
to change your page around
full of love yourself without

tangle with the beast for best
results shake firmly before
opening up the bottle together
to drink from the cup of salvation

restless syndrome criminals resist
to live out those unimaginable lies
giving in to fairytale fantasy dreams
where we all win the superstar prize

10-09-16 Let Me Show You

Holding your little hand
When we get on the subway
The world looks so big
When seen through your eyes

Excitement of new discoveries
The magical wonder of childhood
Reaching those golden milestones
I'm glad we get to share it together

10-08-16 Comic Con Shakedown Party

Lazy afternoon reading comic books
Superheroes in your neighborhood
Cosplay champions shine on display
Sunday cartoon colors come alive

Villains plotting to take over the world
Intense energies exploding all around
Characters in toy land are reanimated
I spent all my money on action figures

10-07-16 Phantom Language

missing words and phrases
disappear then reappear
floating out in the universe
before putting pieces together

sliding through consciousness
poems are born and then reborn
the sentiments live on forever
invisible thoughts become tangible

10-06-16 Phlegm Balls

green globs
oozing down
sore throats
choking mucus
congestion
tastes like
infection
burning hot
swallowing
razor blades
dripping snot
cough it all up
then spit it out
in a bloody mess

10-05-16 A Fool's Golden Ticket

do you remember me
we met on my way up
now i am begging here
on my way back down

we crossed this bridge
together at the beginning
now i have come back
to find this bridge burned

can you still see me here
untouchable and invisible
fading away into nothing
like i never even existed

10-04-16 Stolen Gypsy Heart

You stole my heart
And sold it to the gypsies

Now my feelings
Are far away in another place

The fortune teller
Was right about losing my love

Now you're gone for good
While I still feel the pain so far away

10-03-16 Ride The Blue Whale

Freewheeling western drive attitude
Famous in your own mind destruction
You look so cool standing in the mirror
Look out for more luxury reflections

Technology takes us to many places
To make it seem like all is well today
But while you are off in zombie dreams
You're being distracted from your doom

Success comes in many different faces
Capture the glory and pass the torch
Kids these days don't have a chance
Maybe someday they will live in space

The countdown to extinction has begun
When the earthquake hits it will all change
Mosquitos will bring death to your door
Only the power of love can save you now

10-02-16 Windows Into Tomorrow

unwritten thoughts
lost forever to the ages
dissolved into nothing

variety show spotlight
dance routine on ice
washed up comic bombing

head in the sand on demand
time is twisting up all around
simple sweet kisses are eternal

listen to the voices of the universe
alternate realities run in parallels
extraterrestrial space creatures are here

10-01-16 Ice Angels

snowflake kisses
landing on your
rose red cheeks

perfume of winter
minty deep breaths
vanilla frosted bliss

feelings forgotten
remember their faces
listen to their voices

soft crystals sparkle
in silver moonlight
in crisp evergreen