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I watch, a bystander,
as ideas skip across my mind
like stones across the water
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I find a religion in you, a magnetic draw that pulls me to my knees,
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I watch people do things,
trek the wilderness or
by maheo
21 lines, 1 comment,
on Jun 1 8:19 AM 2008
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finger painted letters scrawled on the wall
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I am not worried about society,
its wisdom falters about humanity.
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We walk hand in hand,
the coarse grains of sand
by maheo
26 lines, 3 comments,
on Nov 11 5:22 AM 2007. In Personal
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Yes son, I remember those years, / thinking I am going insane / nothing but numbers / reflecting inside my brain, / 19 years old / 1 month pregnant (so I am told) / 16 dollars short in rent / minus the 26 I just
by maheo
38 lines, 3 comments,
on Jun 29 1:19 PM 2007. In Personal
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I want to touch you, / reach out and feel something / anything / but there is something in me that snapped, / som
by maheo
13 lines, 2 comments,
on Jun 3 7:23 AM 2007
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There is a circle, / a cycle, a metaphoric chain, / linking us like dead weights / to the underbelly of society, / getting our hands d
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It's 2 am / and the front door opens, / the keys jingle as you try to be quiet, / and stale smoke permeates the room. / It's 2:10 am / and the argument is getting heated, / I can see I struc
by maheo
30 lines, 4 comments,
on May 4 2:28 PM 2007
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Let's live out our lives in pencil, / it will be much less messy in the end, / there will be no dark smudges on our narration, / no smears
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this is rough and I welcome any help from anyone and everyone
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There is a secret garden in life, you know,
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There is a God, it probably isn't the one that I talk to,
by maheo
31 lines, 5 comments,
on Feb 13 3:29 PM 2007
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You are blind, I do not mean physically blind,
by maheo
28 lines, 4 comments,
on Feb 3 10:53 PM 2007
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You sat on my bed, telling me about AIDS in Africa
by maheo
23 lines, 9 comments,
on Jan 29 8:04 PM 2007
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In the street light, you know, the one barely visible from your ivory tower,
by maheo
22 lines, 3 comments,
on Jan 29 3:48 PM 2007
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There is an eleventh commandment, the one that says;
by maheo
23 lines, 14 comments,
on Jan 23 12:41 PM 2007. In Society
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There in the broken mirror lay the fragmented dollar bills
by maheo
23 lines, 4 comments,
on Jan 22 4:04 PM 2007
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I did not know how to tune in,
by maheo
26 lines, 6 comments,
on Jan 22 1:58 PM 2007
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I saw the young, vibrant woman trip up the stairs,
by maheo
22 lines, 3 comments,
on Jan 22 9:33 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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I do not write because you approve of the form and flow
by maheo
23 lines, 15 comments,
on Jan 18 8:06 AM 2007
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I watched sadly as the old, bent, woman panhandled an hour for a lousy nickle,
by maheo
31 lines, 8 comments,
on Jan 16 12:18 PM 2007
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I saw the homeless woman standing on the corner in the rain,
by maheo
18 lines, 5 comments,
on Jan 16 9:36 AM 2007
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Sound check-- One, two, three!
by maheo
44 lines, 8 comments,
on Jan 4 11:51 AM 2007. In personal
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I tried
to unwrap my mind
by maheo
19 lines, 7 comments,
on Jan 1 7:51 AM 2007. In Personal
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by maheo
17 lines, 5 comments,
on Nov 29 9:25 AM 2006. In Personal
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I struggle with self-definition, whether it is the honey-suckle lingering
by maheo
181 lines, 15 comments,
on Nov 19 11:04 AM 2006. In Personal
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On the old, worn-out, wooden table, through two old, tin-sounding speakers,
by maheo
116 lines, 5 comments,
on Nov 18 10:34 AM 2006
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I forgot to listen
by maheo
24 lines, 6 comments,
on Nov 12 4:41 AM 2006. In Love
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In the little house,
the one with the old blue peeling paint,
by maheo
20 lines, 1 comment,
on Nov 2 5:10 AM 2006. In Other
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(whispering)
Keep your eyes open,
by maheo
23 lines, 2 comments,
on Nov 1 9:27 PM 2006. In Other
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Cynical gates are crashing.
by maheo
0 lines, 1 comment,
on Nov 1 9:17 PM 2006. In Other
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I, mortally aware of my lack of grace,
stood and watched the puzzling fall
by maheo
35 lines, 5 comments,
on Oct 29 7:42 AM 2006. In Other
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