SONG IN FRACTURE

Would you like to hear my story?
Could you listen for awhile?
Will you gaze at me intently?
Will you leave here with a smile?

I’m not looking for a roommate
I’m not bent on giving in
Just laying down some lyrics
About beauty, hope, and sin

Life has been prismatic
Holographic form
Filled with false bravado
Hauntingly lukewarm

So much for acceptance
To hell with fitting in
Mask of indignation
Melancholy wins

CHORUS
It hurts too much to focus
On things that might have been
On dreams of love abandoned
Or when the pain shall end

We all have subtle lessons
I learn mine every day
At times a bit confusing
And daunting I must say

I wrote this song in fracture
Whimsy of release
Weary of the loneliness
Seeking only peace

I’m sick and tired of silence
It’s time to move along
New friends and foreign places
As I learn how to be strong

Thank you for a hearing
I’m grateful for your time
May God bless and keep you always
May your sonnets always rhyme

CHORUS
It hurts too much to focus
On things that might have been
On dreams of love abandoned
Or when the pain shall end

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2011

QUICKSAND

Walking down a lonely road
Requires a solitary mind
Void of apprehension
Open to a higher consciousness
Beware of the quicksand
Pockets of seductive misery
The cost of self enlightenment
Separates one from the play around you
One step at a time
Inching ever prominent
Never looking back
I’ve crashed and burned a thousand times
I’m sure I will again
Settling in
To permanent peace of mind

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2011