Utter Nonsense

Twenty plus five is the letter A
Purple plus a bushel of hens is a good stew
Micro clouds rain down a plethora of forks
But the intro to the book is sung as an opera

Fashion says a lot about what you say
Ugly isn't a statement but a type of shoe
Hippos fly much like average storks
And the intro to my book is thrown away like the opera

Happiness abounds in the midst of natures sway
It tastes so good if you step on it with your crew
And then the explosions shutter thousands of corks
So then the intro to your book is shattered like the opera

Vengeance

Swift and abrupt was his justice
True we his marks and sudden were their deaths
Brutal was the word to describe his punishment
His vengeance was bloody and graphic
That was how he was known
He was sent to destroy evil, and to punish
None could oppose him or stand in his way
All who did were obliterated
He was death

Captured

He rose from the ground blood gushing from the side of his head.  He'd been shot.  Not the first time either.  His long hair was sticky and wet now and clinging to his face.  He stumbled across the mossy forest floor grabbing onto trees for support.  He could hear the dogs barking behind him and the shouts of the men chasing him.  This was it.  He knew he was done for.  There was no escaping them this time.  If only he hadn't come to this place.  If only he had listened to the good doctor.  If only if only.  He fell to the ground again.  He crawled to a rock and slumped up against it.  He had to rest for a moment.  It didn't really matter any way, he was going to be captured one way or another and taken back to...the place.  He shuttered at the thought.  He closed his eyes.

Suddenly he awoke.  He was still in the forest, but he wasn't bleeding anymore.  His head was completely healed.  He looked up and saw her standing there, looking beautiful in a white dress.  She couldn't be real.  He had to be dreaming.  She was dead.  He knew that.  She walked towards him.  He went to speak but she put her finger up to his lips and then kissed him.  She stared into his eyes with joy in her own.  But then she looked behind him and her eyes widened in terror.  He looked behind him and saw the men and dogs coming.  He looked back and she was gone.  

He fell to his knees again, suddenly bleeding from the head again.  He stood up again and began running.

But a shot rang out.  For the third time in his life he had been shot.  But this one killed him.  

Captured, escaped, and killed.  

Better than being there, so many said.  

The men stood around his body and the dogs growled at his corpse.  One man whistled and motioned at the dogs and they pounced on the dead body and began to tear it apart.  

"No evidence."  said the man.

Because You Told Me Too-Some Haiku Of The Mind

You told me to do
What I wanted to do and
Now I am outside

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Breeze of the soft kind
Following through the mist of
Shadows all around

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Broken hearts of long
Sadness does not live in you
Hopeful sirens sound

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Because you told me
I have come to the very end
Soul vulnerable 

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Hopeless wandering
Matching the long night
Beautiful love

Who You Are

A beautiful crossroads at the center of the world
Every direction is a new adventure to be had
Trees changing color from green to gold
And the dust and dirt is fine and soft on the toes
The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds throughout
The sun is pleasantly warm with a cool breeze
There are beautifully colored birds flying about
This is who you are
This is how I am
This is what I know, what we know
This is who you are

Inside A Little Mind

There is a place a peace I can show you
Take you there if you take my hand
A place of wonder and serenity
A place where you can view the land
Mountains and trees or deserts and oceans
Whatever you want to see
Wherever you want to live
And the sand is soft and pleasant between your toes
The breeze is cool but not cold, perfect in your hair
On your face and skin it blows gently and calmly
This place exists in all of our minds
It's a sanctuary, a safe haven, an escape
And anyone can see it, anyone can enter it
Inside a little mind, there is a big world