San Diego's Year

January is starting anew
February is full of love
March is mad as a hare
April is a foolish fool
May has the days of spring
June is full of weddings
July has fireworks
August is hot
September, you thought August was hot?
October welcomes Halloween
November we give many thanks
December here comes Christmas
Then it starts all over again!

The Demon

He rarely spoke to anyone, and the people he did speak to ended up dead.  If he spoke to you, he didn't like you, and you were in trouble.  He was a vicious and cruel killer but not even the law could stop him, they were too afraid of him.  Rumor had it he couldn't even die.  He was a ghost, or a god, or a demon perhaps.  The stories always varied as to what he actually was or where he came from.  But the west was never the same after he showed up.  Yes sir, Dan Samuals had struck the west with fear.

One day in a small town in the south-west, there was a sheriff by the name of Emmett Price who had had enough.  He began to round up a posse so that they could have a lynching.  They rode north to a town where Samuals had last been seen.

They entered the town's saloon.  What happened after that was legend. in the town to this day.  The posse surrounded Dan Samuals who was drinking whiskey while playing cards, a hooker sitting on his lap.  He paid the posse no mind, but simply kept on playing cards, even though his companions had all frozen and were watching the men.

"Dan Samuals," said Price.  "You're comin' with us."

"Oh yeah?" said Samuals finally after minutes of silence.  "Naw, I'm fine where I am thank ya much."

"It's not an option," Price spat out drawing his six-shooter from his hip and pointing it at Samuals' head.  Still today people remember those last words before Dan Samuals stood up.  He was a good head taller than Price...and then two heads taller as Samuals grabbed hold of Price's head and ripped it off.  He held the head high and let the blood drip into his mouth before pulling two huge hunting knives from his boots and letting loose on every living person in the bar.

After he was done he was covered in blood and his eyes were filled with rage.  It was that day that the west decided what he was.  All the stories pointed to it.

A demon.

Catch Me

Falling from a great height is such a thrill
The rush of the air past your face
And through you hair and in your ears
It's only then you realize what the bottom holds
And you can't wake up from it this time
Catch me, I'm falling, I'm falling deeper

The bottom is only the beginning
Once you're there you can't get back up easily
And it's such torment
But I see light in the darkness
So as I fall I beg you to catch me, catch me please

The Beach

Soft breezes blowing carelessly about
The sand wraps around my toes and feet
The waves gently roll up on the beach, then back again
There is beautiful sunshine brightly beating down
The reflection is glorious upon the sea
But the air is neither hot nor cold but a perfect temperature
There are small, puffy, white clouds dotting the sky
Different shaped and colored shells litter the shoreline
All I hear is the waves rolling in and call of seagulls
I close my eyes and lay down in the soft sand
It's so soft...so caressing on my skin
I lie there, on the beach, by myself, on the beach

Dear World

You make me sick.  I can't even say words about it.  Well I should say the people of world.  War, hate, slander, lies, cruelty, slavery, violence, and more war and hate, slander lies, cruelty, slavery, and violence.  It just goes on and on and there never is any peace.  No rest for the wicked I suppose.

I love at night when I can look up at the stars and see there is something bigger than all of this.  It gives me hope, if only for a moment.

So dear world, please do some serious changing.  Do some serious forgiving, and loving, and learn to be patient and kind.  Because at this rate we'll all be dead before long.  We don't want that now do we?

Sincerely,
A concerned mammal

Castle

I live in a castle
Or that's how I look at it
Defended by high walls and battlements
Turrets and slot holes and catapults
My castle is very well built
And I live in it
I don't let anyone
And if anyone knocks
Off with their heads
Because I'm selfish and lonely
Too proud to accept friends of any kind
No one is allowed in my castle
Because I live there
Me, and me alone
In my castle

One Word

One word
Tears
Two words
No more
Three words
I hate you
Six words
I will never hate you again

One word
Hate
Two words
Never again
Three words
I love you
Six words
I can't be this way again

One word
Love
Two words
True love
Three words
I love you
Six words
I will always love you dear

"Listen to me, please."

"No."

"Ok."