Reality Checks

I look in the mirror and I see depression
It’s time to put out my confession
There’s a lot to learn in life, so we are taught a lesson

Wow there is such power in a lightning strike
A thunderous roar and hit could knock you off your bike
And I am not joking or else I would say sike

Jelly beans to my left, a window to my right
In the middle of an insane storm on the verge of night
A wet image outside is my current sight

I hear the television drowning us all with information
With the flicker of a button I could change the station
I’m too lazy though, so it continues in our nation

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His Own World

I had a world of my own once
It used to belong to me
All in a rush, and all in a hurry
It went away, it was so blurry

Nothing makes sense now
His own world can’t be shared
My own world is gone
It had a life, it had a soul

Inside me I feel an empty hole
Something that’s not quite
Meant to be full?
I am in a world were I am a fool

It is not right, and it isn’t cool
That’s his own world over here
My own world is gone, it’s not
Near, it went away and took with

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Sad Night

On the eve of my 21st birthday
I sat alone in freezing temperatures
I walked upon snow and almost slipped on frozen water
The sky was clear above me as a plane flew over head
Dark, cold, lonely, sad night

Amidst the frustration of the winter dog trying to bite my backside
My feet were freezing inside their boots
My body was numb; the icy air ate through my gloves
It provided a bone chilling unpleasantness
It is a cold, lonely, dark, sad night

I called a friend to have a chat, but there was no answer
I was literally standing atop a frozen snow angel
That I had formed with my body a few days earlier
I left a message, not much more to it
Tis a lonely, dark, cold, sad night

I crusaded from one side of the parking lot
To the other in search of light

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The Money

Can money kiss you?
Can it give you a hug?
Will money save you from death?
Often people kiss their money
As if money were a person
but does money kiss you back?
Does money make the world go round?
Perhaps money can bring you down
When you spend it all, it’s just gone
leaving you with... possessions?
It’s true; money can buy you things
but it shouldn’t be the main motivation
or reason to live
It’s the root of all evil
Too much love causes greed
Some people have way too much
While others are in real need
Why are people starving?
The rich dictate the poor
Nothing less and nothing more

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