Friends Without Faces

We sit and we type, and we stare at our screens.
We all have to wonder, what this possibly means.
With our mouse's we roam, through the rooms in a maze.
Looking for something or someone, as we sit in a daze.
We chat with each other, we type all our woes.
Small groups we do form, and gang up on our foes.
We wait for somebody, to type out our name.
We want recognition, but it's always the same.
We give kisses and hugs, and sometimes we flirt.
In MIRC we chat deeply, and reveal why we hurt.
We do form friendships, but why?
We don't know.


But some of these friendships, will flourish and grow.
Why is it on screen, we can be so bold...
Telling our secrets, that have never been told?
Why is it we share, the thoughts in our mind...
With those we can't see, as though we were blind?
The answer is simple, it's as clear as a bell.
We all have our problems, and need someone to tell.
We can't tell real people, but tell someone we must.
So we turn to the 'puter', and to those we can trust.
Even though it's crazy, the truth still remains.
They are Friends Without Faces, and odd little names.

Things I Have Learned

As I Walk Through Life...
I've learned -
that you can do something in an instant
that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned -
that it's taking me a long time to
become the person I want to be.
I've learned -
that you should always leave loved ones with loving words.
It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned -
that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
I've learned -
that we are responsible for what we do,
no matter how we feel.
I've learned -
that either you control your attitude
or it controls you.
I've learned -
that as much fun as young love is at first,
the passion fades
and there had better be something else to take it's place.
I've learned -
that heroes are the people who do what has to
be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I've learned -
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned -
that my best friend and I can do anything
or nothing and have the best time.
I've learned -
that sometimes the people you expect to kick you
when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned -
that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be
angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I've learned -
that true friendship continues to grow, even over
the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I've learned -
that just because someone doesn't love you the
way you want them to doesn't mean they
don't love you with all they have.
I've learned -
that maturity has more to do with what types of
experiences you've had and what you've learned
from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned -
that your family won't always be there for you. It may
seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take
care of you and love you and teach you to
trust people again. Families aren't biological.
I've learned -
that no matter how good a friend is, they're going
to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned -
that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others,
Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I've learned -
that our background and circumstances may have
influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned -
that just because two people argue, it doesn't
mean they don't love each other. And just
because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned -
that we don't have to change friends
if we understand that friends change.
I've learned -
that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret.
It could change your life forever.
I've learned -
that two people can look at the exact same thing
and see something totally different.
I've learned -
that your life can be changed in a matter of minutes,
by people who don't even know you.
I've learned -
that even when you think you have no more to give,
when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I've learned -
that credentials on the wall do not
make you a decent human being.
I've learned -
that the people you care about most
in life are taken from you too soon.

Chaos!

Undying love
For dying people
Unending hate
For those who live
Unimaginable sorrow for hurt we do not cause
Mockery for pain we inflict
A frantic search for meaning in life
While blind to beauty that surrounds us
Attempts to fill the void within
When the void is what defines us
To lust for power
When the most powerful have the least control
To destroy ourselves for money
Which will only buy us more to lose
To trade our soul today
For a whisper of tomorrow
That we may never see

Dreams

Millions of seeds aloft in the winds of imagination
Mere thousands captured by the clouds of possibility
To be rained down upon our jagged perceptions
Many smashed into rejection
A lucky few tumble unharmed
Into the fertile gardens of thought
Fed by the rays of hope and passion
Springing roots of action
Yet most prove to be mere weeds
Choked by their own ambition
One out of the millions, however
Will rise above the weeds
Until its leaves shadow all below
As the weeds wither and die
The leaves merge into wings
Taking flight with the returning winds
And once again
The clouds will rain dreams

Father's Superman

They Speak The Word Yet Never Heard
The Truth He Came To Bear
"Are You?"
"I Am!"
That's All They Will Ever Hear
Immaculate Birth For What It's Worth
I Think It's Kinda Cool
But Don't Tell Me It Ends In Death
And Waste Your Breath
Using That Ressurection Tool
That's Important But
Don't You Understand His Worth
For It's More Than Birth & Death & Birth
Awaken The Mind To Spirit If You Hear It
The Truth He Came To Bear
What He Said In Dying Was
There's Nothing Left To Fear

The Bridge

A canyon much grander than any imagined
A gorge without limit; a far-flung expanse
Separates Holy from mankind, the fallen ones
Bipeds can't bridge it, the edge halts advance

Our skulls hold no answers but hints are abounding
A crossing exists, undetected by probing
A dream, some have said, or a wishing by foolish ones
Only a few see the mystery disrobing

Opposable-thumbed ones are bent on the conquest
To plumb the crack's depth and its width quantify
Theories are theorized, hypotheses offered
Trailblazers march on with their quest to defy

This chasm that mocks them with stoic delight
Observing each failing with glassy-eyed stare
But try as they will all the creatures of carbon
Still find themselves bowed at the foot of despair

Gray matter and sinew and neurons and sweat
No match for the rift between Spirit and flesh
But a Carpenter crafted a firm, narrow walkway
A wood wright unique, of a mystical mesh

He took many pains for this avenue's crafting
Each nail driven firmly, each plank richly stained
He crafted it minus the help of all others
At project's completion his coffers were drained

Now ages have passed since the bridge was completed
Though few find its entrance and try out its boards
Many are they who deny its existence
Though 'twas built for the mislead, incredulous hordes

Still others believe it to be but another
Of thousands of bridges that span the divide
But that ages-old link remains stalwart and lonesome
Though the fables and myths ebb and flow like the tide

And one day the last foot will cross its far threshold
As the naysayers doubt and the myth lovers pine
And the Builder will welcome the final sojourner
All the branches securely attached to the Vine