-- butterfly

-- burn and crumble

the leaves burn and crumble away
into the night where they
blow deep into the sky.
the ash where they stood
is swept away into the same gust
only to be spread across the meadow
a fire can cleanse anything.

-- talking trash

your mouth is dirty;
full of garbage.
floss the slander out;
scrub the gossip off your tongue.
if you're so nice;
why does your breath stink of lies?
who made you this way?
surely the dentist warned you against false,

sweet remarks.
the cavities that being fake leaves
talking trash gets you nowhere.
dumps don't even taste that good.

-- i'm a written check

validate me, endorse me, i'm a written check.
made out for the amount you want, i'm
in transition, cash me in, withdraw my balance
i belong to you

crumpled and forgotten, i'm the originial
of the copy you lost in the back of your mind.
how can you ignore me?
i'm something that pays.
representing so much possiblity,
i'm just here
waiting unoticed in your bill fold for days.

-- page

will the eyes continue to grow red
seems everything gets cold and dark before it's dead.
though death is not the ending of what seems a great test.
many thought but few have known the truth that you'll find in the end with the rest.

i'll bring it in, the darkness and the pain
because my threshold is limited, merely by my brain
and if i cannot handle everything brought to life
then life's not meant for the best, just for the right

i'll take a page from the book, the greatest of them all.
thumb through every page, every line, every minute until they call.
cause it's not the end, consistently they plead.
another chapter, and a verse soon, the meaning you will read.

yet if one cannot find the meaning, so obvious to sight.
then obvious it is not and the book may not be right.
now where will your wind go farther than the word.
if to listen you will not then nothing you have heard.

-- what i know now

i wanted to help her,
but i didn't know how.
i wish i knew then
what i know now.

she used to be happy,
on top of it all.
her life was going great,
until her look took a toll.

her friends all left her,
her good days went bad.
i wish i would've helped her,
when her happiness went sad.

i wanted to help her,
but failed at my tries.
i wish i could've helped her,
hugged her through her cries.

the darkness grew longer,
and she prayed for dawn.
but before it could reach her,
she was gone.

i wish i knew then,
what i know now.
i wanted to help her,
but i didn't know how.