April Madness

Moonlight Sun

This day

white lilies sing out sugar sweet

and roses set the air on fire,

while the embers

go dancing with the rain.

Our featherlight footsteps

now sink

to the bottom of the ocean

where the snow is falling

from sea-foam clouds.

The dunes of sand to sliver mountains

and ink to rust,

on faded pages;

staining the world evermore

with paint

and beautiful chaos.

When the child chooses
The tree branches.

Some trees grow crooked
With knobs from branches cut
Paths started
But abandoned before it's too late.

Trees may grow straight and tall,
Flexibly swaying in the wind,
Birthright of those who know their path.

Some branches are solid, strong, and safe,
But others are rotten
Sending the child tumbling to the ground.
A few are thin, risky, looked down on,
But flower the prettiest
Bear the sweetest fruit.

Never ever prune your tree
Pushing you to a path
Because if the tree rots and branches fall,
You'll have no retreat.

The branches thin near the top of the trees,
The child's options narrow with age,
And the tree wilts and shrivels and dies,
The child crumples at his fruit's feet.

New branches bud
Children cry
At the death of their parent
But the cycle starts again.

For you is this poem or this song,
And correct me if I am wrong,
As you have did it all along.

I always made myself a fool,
I never played by rule,
It was you all the way, who who kept cool.

You lit the fire,
You took me higher,
And my mind, you did aspire.

Whenever, I don't know what to do,
The one who helps me is always you,
And keep my imagination out of the blue,

Now, you are against me not by choice,
And this fact, you don't rejoice,
I admit that I don't like this, how will I raise my voice?

But now what's done is done,
There's no escape or any run,
Just think that this will be fun.

It don't matter who wins or lose,
No problems and no excuse,
Or if you want, you could always choose,

Remember, when this is gone and done,
We will again, unite as one,
A new beginning would have then begun,

No more to lose, no more to gain,
Play again as we did in the rain,
Together, hands in hands again.