Silence Consumes Me

it is frustrating 

i wish i had the words

lend me some of yours

you love to throw them around

even when i am not listening

every word is worth something

i can’t find the words

none that are worth to mumble

not to speak with pride

with intelligence

you are much smarter than i

it is frustrating

to have the urge

to wrap my lips around a word

to say what i feel

not what i mean

what i mean never

formulates the true meaning

of my passion

they never come close to yours

i am sorry

but i just can’t find the words

it is frustrating

Remember Your Dementia

don’t forget who you were

don’t forget  who you are

don’t forget who you should be

don’t forget the past

don’t forget today 

don’t forget tomorrow

don’t forget to think 

don’t forget her now

don’t forget she will unravel

don’t forget you can’t substitute

don’t forget there are none

don’t forget to make space

don’t forget your heart has room

don’t forget you have 4 chambers

don’t forget it is enough for the world

don’t forget you live here

don’t forget to do the best you can

don’t forget your dreams

don’t forget to kiss her in the morning time

don’t forget to kiss her in the noon time

don’t forget to kiss her in the night time

don’t forget the note on the door  

don’t forget to smile 

don’t forget to be loved

don’t forget I love you

remember to love me

i know you won’t forget

Before I’m Frozen

so cold today

colder tomorrow

winter

i hate you

ocean skies

i miss you

emerald grass

i long for you

warm breezes

i need you

summer please

come back to me

For Aly

you’re shaking now

you’ve gone too far

holding your body steady

the pencil slips from your hand

what can you remember?

nothing

a bond of birth broken

i’m sorry to hear your loss

generic

my words fail to please you

i want to say

i will take his place

you can have him back

would that make you smile?

please just stop shaking

i cannot take his place in life

i cannot take his place in death

for you i wish i could

Hard Rock Stuck In A Place

never knew 

i was a rock

didn’t know

i was stuck

i knew i really

was a rock

stuck in a hard place

i didn’t know

i was on the rock

in a hard place

i didn’t know

the rock

was a hard place

what i am trying to say is

i didn’t know Newfoundland

was such a hard place to live

i’m so stuck

Dear Sister,

i don’t like you much 

everyone loves you

you seem to have this

light you carry

it makes your nutmeg hair

illuminate at every coil

it makes your emerald eyes

more intriguing

your shaded skin

warm and brown

makes you one with

the golden sun

eyes love to linger

where you are

good times

follow you around

your delicate hands

emits wonderous art

your tongue an angels tune

unique in every way

i wished i could be you

Dear Mother,

you did not plan

this doll of yours

you kept her anyways

she thanks you

you said she was the best 

trouble she never gave you

unlike the other three

in later years

when each one grew up

three dolls became puppets

in a emotional muddled mess 

yet the doll that

had the strawberry hair

the porcelain skin

watched the others

tangled in their strings

so graciously you untangled them

with you soft gentle touch

you cared for them

and loved them

even if they crossed you

you left the silent doll

sitting in the dust

shes sorry she sat silent

Dear Father,

how old

too old

far from young

not young

respect from her

you shall not have

since the day

a porcelain doll was born

you left it

you betrayed it

now it has

no respect for you

you can earn it back

for she will forgive

even the one

who should kill her

your right

of speech

is limited

use the words

that matter

maybe  one day

she will smile again

when she was young

when she was proud

of a father

that meant the world

and more to her

Stars and Leaves

I am not an A

I am more of a C

Whatever happens to A

Usually happens to C

A is usually absolute

Where C is often confused

 A is important to C

America Backs Canada

Or maybe

The other way around

The both support

Each other

Red Grey Blue

red roof

grey roof

blue roof

red door

grey door

blue door

red hair

grey sweater

blue eyes