burning eyes in the morning shadow
my mind feels like it's becoming hollow
bored and numb from all that is shallow
today I will be subject to another 1000 cowards
these talking heads will never be muted
wherever I go they will expose their fury
their tongues manipulating every word
desperately trying to steal our worth

michaelstevengraves © 12/25/07

My little goldfish died today
Just a few days ago she was happy to just play and play
My little goldfish died today
She liked to swim real hard around in that big glass bowl
My little goldfish died today
I thought they lived to be a hundred or so
She started swimming upside down with her stomach in the air
She started diving down deep and then sideways to stare
Yes I felt that there was something wrong with her
But I guess there is nothing you can do if that terrible time has come
She had fresh food and water every single day
I even talked to her and we were such good friends one would say
Now I just went into the big warm desert to bury my friend
And life will go on as I look over at that big empty glass bowl in my kitchen again
A poem by: michaelstevengraves 6.26.07

a shining star in my mothers arms
so pure and radiant I came to stay
angels on both sides of me I can sense
as I grow older they start to teach
numbers and letters surround me
what are all these colors and shapes
I feel best in the warm sunlight
but I feel your presence even in the night
I frown and I cry, I laugh and I strike
I crawl and I look as my cat likes to hide
I feel so secure in my soft warm bed
until everyone left and never came back again
then I learned from the orphans in the street
how to fight, cuss, spit and creep
survival skills we all must learn
so we can keep up with the rest of this world.