Glow

Lost in fifteen minutes

Caressing vintage with my toes

Sharing a second in infinity

None can conceive or know

Hair draping in the light

Looking at her lovely face

The lust of the flesh

The love in her grace

Wishing for power to stop

Wanting to please the most

Desire to save two lives

Chasing forever’s ghost

LH

12/15/14

The Walk

Pine cones in a mason jar

Can aptly define who we are

It is that which we see

That tells the story of you and me

Hands held tight for miles

Exchanging looks and sheepish smiles

It is what we two do

That tells the story of me and you

LH

12/2/14

Waste

Tearing down the walls

That keep us blind

Roaming at will

No longer falling behind

Vision our new teacher

Freedom from fiction

Knowing now true love

Not a labeled contradiction

LH

11/12/14

Sunday

My ADD is making me old
It's also making my coffee cold
Without my OCD, a friend once said,
My ADD would surely make me dead
A friend is my impulsivity
Adventures in simplicity
Some argue for the need to heal
While I live every day to feel
Amazement in minute antiquity
Or some heartfelt soliloquy
Gentle breezes and skies of blue
And a heart full of the magic that is you

LH
10/19/14

My Bubble

It's raining in my coffee
Leaves upon the ground
Peace is in our air
As the majority hurries round
Staring at the sky
A tickle on my nose
Warmth right beside you
And no one even knows

L.H.
10-11-14

Gene Harris

Who do I want to be?
What do I want to see?
With so little time
Why worry with the rhyme?
Where do you often go?
What is the reason that you know?
Is structure then your enemy?
Preventing visibility?
If you never even try-
Is your life then a lie?
Is your time then wasted-
If the spice is never tasted?

LH
10/6/14

Happiness

Like a loosely fitting cloak
It changes the atmosphere
We dance inside it
We long to stay here
It washes the worry away
Distracting us from pain
The look in those eyes
Promises more to gain
No one wants to sleep
At the end of the day
Because it only hastens
Going a separate way

LH
9/25/14

Uncle Bob

Cheesecake, beer, and some Dylan

The choices, you see, have me reelin’

Fear is like a rope in a pool

Confidence, a powerful tool

God is love as long as you’re good

Polish it up, don’t open the hood

Truth will help you find your way

To live your life everyday

If you don’t try, you’ll never know

What’s real or right or which way to go

Advice is abundant, mostly a lie

Careful of those who are waiting to die

What can you do to be a good man

Share, be kind, and do the best that you can

LH

6/10/14

Coffee

Need to set the clock

Need to play guitar

Need to get a dog

Need to wash the car

Staying up too late

Pushing dirt around

Fighting ever futilely

To stay above the ground

Why am I impulsive

Why are you not

Fuel for my obsession

Yes before I rot

Worrying about worry

Caring what you say

Blinded by tomorrow

We totally miss today

LH

6/4/14

Hey You

It’s beautiful not knowing

What it’s all about

Not burdened by the question

No, nothing to figure out

Another chance renewed

Simplicity easily forgotten

You plus Love equal Peace

And that’s all that I believe in

LH

5/30/14

Walk

Old memories quickly fade

As the sun warms their faces

The gentle ocean breeze

Removing painful traces

The world trying desperately

To destroy happiness

Jealously misunderstood

Undeterred is their success

Silence complimented

By the shifting of the sand

Smiles are exchanged

As they walk hand in hand

LH

5/28/14

Question

Finally I beg the question

As we strive along together

Name a goal that warrants our days

And that of generations forever

We consume ourselves with this or that

In the end frivolity

Happiness a selfish pursuit

A label born of jealousy

How does one find meaning

When all the world does fight

Day escaping like unseen winds

As fleeting as day and night

Still no answer as of yet

To justify our part

Perhaps we should instead look inward

To review the content of heart

Looking solely in the mirror

Weight, parsing, trying to see

If a value can be found

Or what we might could be

Finding in us simplicity

That could slow this wretched time

A cheek to kiss, a hand to hold

Could offer peace sublime

Yes to love, no matter belief

The only answer known

To give without expecting

That you yourself will own

Kindness and no judgment

Destroying egos along the way

Taking off youth’s blinders

Living fully every day

LH

5/7/14

Break Room

Clinging to our weakness
Of our disorders proud
The truth a relative tool
But in title, not allowed
The pain must be nurtured
To hurt with a noble cost
Applying pressure to the erring one
To the man we deem lost

LH
5/6/14

Faux

Hiding in a mixture of

Nothing even resembling love

Masking the worst attributes

While insecurity is breaking loose

Ignoring what would mean the most

To wholly heal and protect the host

We say we want to keep “it” real

As long as “it” has mass appeal

Analyzing what we say

Losing ourselves along the way

LH

5/1/14

Air

No matter how we try
Can one ever be sure
Certainty attracts egotism
With subtle superficial allure
Lost in a string of days
In an endless to do list
The focus always next
In the end, your life is missed
Close your eyes my friend
Breathe the simple air
Be at peace along your road
Worry when you get there
Walk wisely still my friend
Careful where you go
Some possess only bitterness
And truth refuse to know

LH
4/23/14

The Dream

Fighting through the clouds

Stumbling in the dark

Accomplishing the unnecessary

Eyes focused on the mark

Seeking to find a place

Some place he can sit down

Just to have some peace

While in his thoughts he drowns

Focus unimportant

Priority to be done

No matter what the task

His goal in never won

LH

4-21-14

Born

Walking with a few

Proud to walk with you

Dodging sharpened darts

While purifying our hearts

They do not have a clue

To us what they do

Judgment trained and blind

Without an open mind

Mindful of the martyr’s prayer

Living without a care

LH

4/16/14

Preach

The handle on the coffee pot

The sign upon the stall

Your opinion is your religion

Though you think it, no fact at all

Carried with false humility

The arrogance oozes out

Preaching your perfection

While your self-worth you tout

Everyone can see the truth

Except for maybe you

Only fooling those like yourself

With pettiness to prove

LH

4/10/14

Seek

Beards and black glasses

Society in classes

We seek to be elite

Relativity to beat

Our pursuits frivolous

Until they’re all envious

Help this goal to change

Priorities to rearrange

Instead of being a star

Simply being who we are

The one who seeks to be cool

Is labeled still just a fool

LH

4/9/14

Plan

As the light dims
So does his hope
The briefness of it
Enables him to cope
Her comfort, his strength
Such loss to fear
Time the cruel joke
News no one wants to hear

L.H.
3/25/14

Fake

Makeup over wrinkles

A shiny car at three

Their best pontification

Not as wise as they claim to be

A foundation shaky and hidden

The weakness never revealed

The flaw would undermine them

A hypocrite fights to conceal

We live in fear of judgments

Of those who claim their turn

With a grip of death they cling

Because to them the truth will burn

LH

3/12/14

Wonder

Telling a story with no words

The two, such a sight to behold

Ever changing, always amazing

Touching, the strongest fold

Rending hearts apart

Many long but can’t attain

Only temporary bliss

Followed by the sharpest pain

LH

3/6/14

Step

To admit his doubt, afraid

Desiring to believe

Fearful that truth is true

What he wants, he can’t conceive

Selfishness a label

Motive, a Trojan horse

Guilt lorded ore them

By one with no remorse

LH

3/5/14

Treading

Fear and desire for freedom
Revenge that shows no heart
Forgiveness because the ego blinds
Wielding indignation as an art
Slowly drowning with a smile
Last breaths breathed free
Peace still comes no matter
A wrong they'll never see

LH
3/5/14

Trek

It is an ugly journey
Not one of recreation
Examining the evidence
To define the direction
An existential jaunt
Together we go along
Many say goodbye
At the fork of right and wrong

LH
3/3/14

Healing

Seeking only truth

Questioning everything

Especially what you say

What will the answer bring?

Passion is not evil

though some disagree

Living, sharing fully

No, they will never see

Lost in their medicine

Everything except the name

Emptiness is their prison

I will not be the same

LH

3/3/14

Vertex

A little ray of sunshine
through the door to his soul
the warmth overwhelming
enough to heal the whole
this feeling so familiar
reminding of a better day
to know that peace is always there
no matter what they do or say

LH
2/25/14

Sword

As the past began to die

Dancing with the pain

Together just for now

All but memories slowly slain

Addicted to the healing

Not knowing truth from dream

Just longing to obtain it

Form irrelevant it would seem

LH

2/23/14

What

Don’t you dare look at me

As I walk alone today

I am not seeking your pity

With the pathetic words I say

In this world

I may not be the best

What is it that sets us apart

That determines if we pass the test

Fighting with my demons

I am just like you

And if I can help your struggle

There is nothing I won’t do

LH

2/17/14

Relative

Who am I?
The hands are just a blur.
Why do you care,
when the judges all concur?
Wish it were true,
As it flies by so fast.
Living fully now
before it becomes the past.
What is the reason
we look toward the sky?
All else just opinion.
There is no truth or lie.

LH

2-14-14

Inspired

He always was a good boy.
They just couldn't tell.
Pure and sweet for so long
while he endured their hell.
Begging to know why.
He silently questioned it all.
No answer would be enough
to prevent the fall...

LH
2-14-14

Misunderstood

Seeking it so frantically

As if it’s all going to end

Fearful of the responses

Their unwillingness to bend 

Wondering about validity

Is it all in my head?

Better to be here

Or go where I am lead 

Wanting to share it all

Though some fear the deep

Looking for the bliss

A peace and joy to keep 

Walking in the snow

Frozen tears, emotionally blind

When will they come along?

Who will I find?

Only wanting to love

With a purpose to fulfill

Yearning for that one

To give his entire will

LH

2-13-14

Notes

Walking ever cautiously

Like a stranger in this land

Wanting to feel welcome

But find it hard to understand

Observing life uniquely

Feeling different than the rest

Laughter often surrounds me

But by the subject I am not impressed

Finding so much irrelevance

As others go along

Not meaning to offend them

But refusing to just belong

Operating on a level

That seems a bit above

I struggle to construct my crutch

While they judge me with no love

LH

2/11/14

Decision

So here I am, a mortal,
upon this spinning ball
watching all the people
taking note as they fall.
Let me ask a question.
Beg you forgive, I must.
If tomorrow you were terminal,
and you started to become dust,
if all that was important,
that you had said was odd,
if in spite of all your fighting,
there truly was a God,
If you knew before
before you crossed on through,
that you could be forgiven,
what exactly would you do?
Would you confess transgressions,
tears flowing from your eyes,
or would you embrace the liberalism
and foolishly die?

LH

2/10/14

Death of a Weekend

Reflecting on the choices
since life has gone this far.
Surrounded by the silence.
His peace bought with a scar.
Memories flood randomly
as he trudges through routine.
Piecing together happiness.
The picture clearer yet still unseen.
When each piece is added,
it brings a little tear.
He anxiously assembles
with anticipation of a fear.
He's listened so very long
to the thoughts of the unconcerned.
Believing the manipulation,
the consequences burned.
Shirking now the labels
of those who mindlessly judge.
He smiles because he knows they're lost,
cause their compassion just won't budge.
Now he lives his truest,
seeking what is real,
and when she kissed his lips,
he knew that he was healed.

LH

2-9-14

A Winter

A winter like no other.
A beauty without compare.
The past had just prepared him
For a future unaware

LH
2/8/14

What

He wonders what compels him,
as if it's something else.
And what is he pursuing?
It's Folly, yet still he delves!
Fun or is it Fire?
Bored or is he cold?
Time is disappearing... so,
Live before you're old!

L.H.
2/6/14

Serenity

Sometimes we just need to slow down..