A Summer of Fences

I love the smell of flowers

And how they sway, I could stare for hours

The stems to ants must seem like towers

Oh to be so small, would be to me great power

To be lost in such a glorious city

As the rays of the sun illuminate it's beauty

Oh to be so light as to let the wind lift me

Like a dandelion's dander's flight, spastic and free

To walk in the shade of the colorful buds

To waltz with a mantis and swim in the mud

To climb their stems, like a ladybug could

And taste the dew on the leaves like anyone would

But I come to my senses, to the real world it seems

And I wonder if the flowers can see my day dream

But they silently bask in the sun's gracious beams

I am so aware of them but they may never know me

Not Really So Picturesque

When the leaves fall from the tree
Will they fall on land or in the lake?
Ever floating free
Or the victim of a rake?
Under the bridge calmly
Or stuffed into a bag?
The leaf venturing ever softly
Or the leaf burned with the chaff?
What do these waters have in store?
He ponders only what is in his sight
As the leaf in the lake floats toward the shore
To be collected another night

No Return Address

Dear You,

Your memory gives me this feeling...
It is like the smell of cigarette smoke, or plastic, inflatable pool toys
Like the sight of a mountain in a picture, or the wind rolling along green fields
Like the sound of water splashing a ways off, or a racquetball hitting against the wall
Like the feeling of squeezing a pillow, or cool water all around me

But it also gives me this other feeling...
It is like the smell of moldy old clothes, or recently burned black and milds
Like the sight of a grand piano, or a big white truck
Like the sound of a V6 engine rumbling outside, or death cab's new CD
Like the feeling of a cold sweat, or dream-like despair

I wonder just how far away could you really be?

Yours truly,
Me

Starry Hosts

Small star in a black sea
You feel so far away from me
To you this life must surely seem
Like a well intention-ed dream
Watching from your distant post
Sparkling, still among the heavenly hosts
What a massive burning light to reach
All the way to this crowded beach!
I wish to hold you in my arms
Tell you that you're far from harm
But somehow the only thing to do
Is from earth admire you
As you suffer this great yet finite fate
I watch you yet with heart ablaze
Oh my star in a black sea
You feel so far away from me

Juliana Sunlight

Juliana sunlight

Great are the great lights!

Faint are the late nights!

A whisper in the worst of times

My poems are all just ill placed rhymes

if my life wont do the same

Dressed in colors of black and white

Dancing under faint moonlight

Turn to grey, a peculiar sight

I've met a strangers eyes alright!

I think I may, I think I might

Juliana sunlight