My Life

I was told that Life could be just what I made it
It could be fashioned and worn like a gown,
I, the designer, mine the decision
Whether to wear it with a bonnet or a crown.

And I selected the prettiest pattern
So that my life is made of the rosiest hue,
Something unique, and a bit out of fashion
One that perhaps would be chosen by few.

But other folks came and leaned over my shoulder
Someone questioned the ultimate cost,
Somebody tangled the thread I was using
And one day I found that my scissors were lost.

And somebody claimed the material faded
A few suggested it was not worth a corn,
Someone's fingers, too pointed and spiteful
Snatched at the cloth, and it was torn.

Oh! somebody tried to do all the sewing
Stretching all muscles and tiring each bone,
Here is my life, the product of many, But
Where is that gown I could fashion all alone?

Your Wish

If you wish the World were better
Then let me tell you what to do,
Set a watch upon your actions
Keep them always straight and true.
Get rid your mind of selfish motives
Let your thoughts be clean and high,
You can make a little Eden
Of the huge sphere you occupy.

If you wish the World were wiser
Then I suppose you make a start,
By accumulating all the wisdom
In the scrap book of your heart.
Do not waste even a page on folly
Live to learn and learn to live,
If you want to give men knowledge
You must get it before you give.

If you wish the World were happy
Then remember at the start of day,
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
As you pass along the way.
Live in what you think and feel
Put your dreams in actions to do,
The present world is simply waiting
For your wish and just for you...

Star World

I went to a planetarium one day
To visit the stars and the Milky Way,
To see the Orion's Belt, and the Big Dipper too,
And to meet the glowing stars along with their crew.

The stars gleamed like diamonds against an ocean of black
As I looked up at the ceiling to the sides, front and the back,
Impossible to count the stars for there were many
Except the black hole, where I didn't find any.

Taurus, the Bull and Cassiopeia, the Queen
Were part of the night sky I had never seen,
Constellations of Sagittarius and Gemini, the Twins
All made up of stars like the heads of tiny pins.

No matter which way I look up in the sky
I could see stars throughout the corners of each eye,
The Signs of the Zodiac were this way and that,
Shooting stars were right above me, over the seat where I sat.

I went to a planetarium that day
To visit the stars and the Milky Way,
Now when I look at the night from my room,
I see lots more than just the stars and the Moon...

I Died Last Night

I died last night, in that deep blue sea
Why weren’t you there, when you had promised to be,
In the cold water, I called your name
But u didn't come when things were not the same.

Each wave of the water, pulled me deep inside
I couldn’t get you out of my head, no matter how much I tried,
Thinking of you in my last moment, I guess that’s just fair
Before I give up, tell me, did you ever really care?

I died last night, in that deep blue sea
But I had stopped living, the day you set me free...

If Only

If only I could write a beautiful poem
I would write it specially for you,
So that we forever remain, so very true
With more than a goodness, like something new.

Like the everlasting stay of the sky so blue
Like the purple flower at dawn holding the dew,
Something that never fades away with time
Like the memories put together in a rhyme.

This friend always wants a smile for you
And will not be happy until you are too,
I can spend each and every day with you
No matter what you say and what you do.

With happiness that remain all through the year
Knowing that you will always be near,
With the happy feeling of living close to you
I would write the poem just for you...

I'm On My Own

I feel much better when I'm all alone,
I feel so together when I'm on my own,
No one can listen what I have to say,
No one can tell me where I have to stay.

I hate being around people,
They always bring me down,
I wish they would just go away,
Then maybe I wouldn't frown.

My life is so screwed up,
And no one understands,
They don't know the pain I feel,
They don't care to put in their hands.

But I guess I'm good off alone,
Things are just better this way,
I'm free to do what I want to,
And not what others say...

I Doubt...

I doubt anyone would write for me
Since I so rarely get,
The things I set my heart upon
The things I might regret.

So little do I now expect
And have little hope or fear,
I draw a circle around myself
And find my pleasure there.

I do not like my acquaintances
nor do they like me,
Their words are hard, like jagged rocks
Their trembling eyes like scree.

Alone I read, I dream, I shout
With my music loud I wait,
For something that will never come
I blame my faultless fate.

I throw myself upon others' will
Yet know none will ever say,
The words that show me to myself
And burn my heart away...