clementines

sunshine & flowers
swinging for hours
pickles & cheese
a good crisp breeze
holding new babies
raking leaves with old ladies
new friendships made
fresh squeezed lemonade
motorcycle rides
watching incoming tides
bare feet in sand
holding my daddy's hand
ridiculous behavior
the love of my Savior
laughing & crying
failing & trying
talking to Elaine
dancing through rain
sisters, mom & Hannah
foolery with Anna
joy that is rife
I am thankful for Life.

Pretender

tell me how it is
to walk this road alone
how you start the day
where you go to roam
tell me what you do
when no one cares again
how much you despise
when you just bleed again
tell me what to think
when they give up on me
when love is hard to find
when darkness cuts me deep
tell me where to go
and how you sleep at night
I'm running out of answers
I'm running out of time
tell me just how close
you've come to the end
and where do you stop
so I don't have to pretend

in my parallel universe

somedays I wish

I had no brain

to think or condemn me

I'd make bad choices 

all day long

with no guilt to attend me

I'd drink too much

and drive too fast

up all the one-way streets

I'd be cross

and punch my boss

I'd steal old ladies seats

I'd go on dates 

with 100 boys

all within a week

I'd start fires

slit some tires

whatever havoc I could wreak

sometimes I think 

about sitting around

a fire and smoking pot

but then I think

to myself

'hmm, better not.'