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DIRT
by
Tom Jensen

Maybe Whose got the dirt on you?
are you keeping secrets from yourself?
Do you know who I've been talking to?
No it wasn't her, it was someone else...
body,
Ooh someone's afraid of sunlight
Stays lurking in the shadowy rhelm
To only be happy when it's cloudy
Seems to me to be trapped in a living hell

Whose got the dirt on you?
Won't you whisper what your secret's worth
little
Certainly no one could have deserved this
pacing back and forth
nervous
Never seen you so

Well sure we all make mistakes
Yet this one was so easy to trace you didn't
look guilty
just
heavily disgraced
the look on your face
That Best Discribes
would

Whose got the dirt on you?
Has anyone offered to cut a deal?
Or are they just letting out the line?
Let you run knowing hold the reel
a little they

ROCK STAR DREAMS
by tony
genser

I've been living for a legacy since seventeen
That's when music filled my head with Rockstar dreams
I've been tightrope walking up against the razor's edge of infinity
Perception is just ones illusion of reality
It's not strange for my brain to change the scenery

Sure, they say the truth comes with a price
sometimes you give more than just your life...
Pay the ultimate sacrifice
You say you don't think twice
But we ALWAYS think twice...

I was craving
Retracing my past
There were things worth saving
I see that looking back.
What now seems ancient
A Newly discovered artifact
I've been contemplating
How best to back track
What will be waiting?
A part of me's afraid to ask

I've been living to be a legend since the age of seven
I'm always giving in to the present it's the quickest
way to get to heaven
Lately I've been debating should I change the books
I'm reading
Somehow I started hating everyone I followed since
no one was leading

I even been growing nervous of everything
I keep hoping for a world that's fair we know
it'll never be even
I believe in
Reason
I'd rather be led
by
Rhyme

Like you
I don't
wanna
be led
by
Rhyme

I'm still trying to find
an occupation that's pleasing

6/2/18
by
Tom
jensen

RAT PARK

Like the town witch on fire
I've become a social pariah
I've lost my desire
To climb up any higher

There's an energy vampire
Now standing right beside ya
There's lots to know that you can't see
Until you crack the code or [?] find the key

I was in rough shape
Looking for an escape
Started feeling sick
Must be time to get fixed

Look inside to see what's broken
Hoping it's not a hopeless situation
And that I really am worth saving

Since coping is not coping
And when stopping isnt an option
Oh how can I regain my focus?

It seems we cling to our vices
In major times of crisis
And when we're feeling isolated
Today and day to day we're being sedated

In a state of constant bereavement
Because we've failed to have our needs met
Hence our only sense of achievement
Is when we depart this world and leave it

Often it is fleeting, lost after a moment
Even though you're taking a beating you try your best not to show it

It was when my world was dark
I met a friend at rat park
They told me I could stay there
[?] there were lots of fun games to play there

In lofts, down slides and on wheels we play
Oh no more lonely, boring days
I'm growing stronger no longer do I crave
Thinking, drinking or sleeping away the day

Yeah, Some get lost and some get saved
Some find themselves others get thrown away
Remember if god grants wishes to those who pray
Then somewhere there's an angel that's been led astray
---
6/2/18
by
tom
jen-

RAT PARK

Like the town witch on fire
I've become a social pariah
I've lost my desire
To climb up any higher

There's an energy vampire
Now standing right beside ya
There's lots to know that you can't see
Until you crack the code or else find the key

I was in rough shape
Looking for an escape
Started feeling sick
Must be time to get fixed

Look inside to see what's broken
Hoping it's not a hopeless situation
And that I really am worth saving

Since coping is not coping
And when stopping isn't an option
Oh how can I regain my focus?

It seems we cling to our vices
In major times of crisis
And when we're feeling isolated
Today and day to day we're being sedated
---
Looking for an escape
Started feeling sick
Must be time to get fixed

Look inside to see what's broken
Hoping it's not a hopeless situation
And that I really am worth saving

Since copping is not coping
And when stopping isn't an option
Oh how can I regain my focus?

It seems we cling to our vices
In major times of crisis
And when we're feeling isolated
Today and day to day we're been sedated

In a state of constant bereavement
Because we've failed to have our needs met
Hence our only sense of achievement
Is when we depart this world and leave it

Often it is fleeting; lost after a moment
Even though you're taking a beating you try your best not to show it

It was when my world was dark
I met a friend at rat park
They told me I could stay there
And there were lots of fun games to play there

In lofts, down slides and on wheels we play
Oh no more lonely, boring days
I'm growing, stronger no longer do I crave
Thinking, drinking or sleeping away the day

Yeah, Some get lost and some get saved
Some find themselves others get thrown away
Remember if god grants wishes to those who pray
Then somewhere there's an angel that's been led astray
---
OTHER TIMES by tom jenn
The more get less as less gets more
They keep on raising the ceiling
While dropping the floor
The rich get richer
Those in the middle grow poor
Thats when the soldiers realize
They've been fighting the wrong war

There's a curtain of silence
Now draped over your island
It blows in from the high lands
Where everything's in ruins

Many were trapped there stranded
Left right where they were standing
Those poor fools lacking the tools
Who got caught not knowing the rules
Yeah, we all know what leads you
Your reputation proceeds you
Still playing games you've devised

Healing takes time
To mend a broken mind
When the wounds cut deep
To all the way in side

As my luxuries have become necessities
I'm being slowly stripped of my spirituality
This lack of harmony within humanity
Has begun eating away at me

I can't decide if this is a side effect
Or the scheme behind the Plan
I don't know where it's going
What I was or who I am

Positivity triggers mental agility
While negativity kills our ability
To forsee a future better than the present
As intuition tunes us in to what isn't evident

Every pauper's voice shall be equal to the presidents
When we get things right no more will we be hesitant
To speak out against what we feel isn't right
Sometimes love heals othertimes it starts the fight
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OTHER TIMES by tom fenow

The more get less as less gets more
They keep on raising the ceiling
While dropping the floor
The rich get richer
Those in the middle grow poor
That's when the soldiers realize
They've been fighting the wrong war

There's a curtain of silence
Now draped over your island
It blows in from the high lands
Where everything's in ruins

Many were trapped there stranded
Left right where they were standing
Those poor fools lacking the tools
Got caught not knowing the rules

Yeah, we all know what leads you
Your reputation proceeds you
You may say you've changed
Still no one believes you

Healing takes time
To mend a broken mind
When the wounds cut deep
To all the way in side

I can do better than I'm doin' now
I can pull myself up some way, some how
The circle is spiraling out of control
I'm deep in doubt of everything that I know

with my past as my compass
I left and now I've returned
The scorched earth and bridge burned
Thés [?] nothing learned...
And now I'm running out of places
There's not many people left to call
friend or foe
And I'm running out of directions
left to face
Even inside my soul no longer seems
like such a safe place

Running out of answers, excuses and
people to blame
I'm hiding under the covers whenever
I hear my own name
I'm starting to think I'm never gonna go
back to the way I was again
seems my song lacks a chorus and
I wish I could change this refrain

by tom
jensen

RIVAL
Once the whole gets halfed
There ain't no going back
Yeah, it all went to hell real fast
Republicans and Democrats

As This nation is facing
The shattered after math
Our fate has been placed
In the hands of a psychopath

Asking a leader to lead
When no one agrees
Leads to blunders it's a wonder
we're all not deceased

The best way to start a fight
Part the middle tween left and right
Just stir the pot to get some action
Then do what you want during the distraction

yes
the method is tried and true
Throughout history it's been used
safety in numbers were harmed by division
This fractured state becomes our prison
with this knowledge at our disposal
It's time to act local and thinking global
while
We're all allies in the struggle for survival
You'll die for your brother I'll die for my rival
while
---
RIVEN
Once the whole get
There ain't no go
Yeah, it all went to
Republicans and Demo[c]
As This nation is facing
The Shattered after math
Our fate hgs been placed
In the hands of a psychop
Asking a leader to lead
When no one agrees it's a wonder
Leads to blunders between left and right
we're all not deceased to get some acti
The best way to start a fight
Part the middle to stir the distrac
Just Then do what you want during the
yes the method is tried and true
Throughout history it's been used
safety in numbers were harmed by divisi
This fractured state become
with this knowledge at our
It's Time to act local while
all allies in the stru
for your brother
w[?]

All my inner turmoil is at peace
I slayed the dragon, I conquered the beast
6
1
6
---
GATE KEEPER
by tom jensen

Gate keeper, gate keeper
I can dig a little deeper
Please tell me what you require
Would you have me walk across the water
Or are you thinking of something hotter?
Am I sensing a cleansing by fire?
Oh those eyes I see them rise [?] desire
As Beads of sweat from your forhead perspire
I [?] the whole time the feds had you pegged and wired
And this [?] bet the girls in your bed were hired
If it goes to trial they got you on file as a liar
It don't seem this high is gonna get any higher
Too [?] many rhymes at a [?] time [?] I get tired

Gate keeper, gate keeper
Oh won't you let me into your little show
Gate Keeper, gate Keeper
Tell me all the secrets that you know

Here I am alone with my thoughts
Sitting sstaring, watching the clock
---
When tragedy struck my family
I began my decent into insanity
It started to creep
so slowly week by week
And before too long
I found I couldn't sleep
again
Never alone
not with these fantasies
As I lost my [crossed out: true] self
To the worst version of me
Kept holding on
[crossed out: un] til I couldn't break free
by the time I realized
What was happening to me
I [crossed out: became] became someone else entirely.

I left my chin in the gym.
so when I went [crossed out: made] into the ring

I'm fired up
I've had enough
Of backing down
And getting pushed around

I'm standing tall
I will not fall
I'll be the wrecking ball
[crossed out: through your] [crossed out: brick] wall
Right through your

I'm rising up through the ashes
Taking names and kicking asses
Finally the tide has turned
And I'm laying claim to what I deserve

I've waited
And found waiting brings nothing
Dedicated
I know I'm bound to find something
[crossed out: that leads down this road or the past]

Just hoping
That I can handle the pressure
That comes with
Protecting [crossed out: ones] treasure
Defending your
I've never been [crossed out: material]
had many things worth keeping

Everybody wants to know what you're sayin'
Any body you wanna bed we know you're laying
You got every card in your pocket [crossed out] play, kid
There's no way you're gonna fade we know, you'll [crossed out] make it
---
Everybody wants to know what you're sayin
Any body you wanna bed we know your laying
You got every card in your pocket you could
play, kid
There's no way you're gonna fade we know, you'll
make it

[On the left, written vertically:]
Captivate
celebrate
complicate
concentrate
radiate
illustrate

[To the right of those:]
speculate
under state
appreciate
compassionate

[Top right area:]
twilight
future looks bright
gravitate
I cannot fight

A
A
B
C
B
B

Orange is the color of the trees
At least the ones that still have leaves
In the coolness of the night
I watch the warmth of my breath escape
In the glittering moon light

A
A
B
C
B
B

But I shall not shiver in the cold
For I now have someone to hold
In the coolness of the night
As the skyward birds migrate
I hold my new love tight

A
A
B
C
B
B

In the warmth of your eyes
I am [crossed out] lag hypnotized
In the coolness of the night
[scribble] my heart palipatates
As you [scribble] take me to new heights

A
A
B
C
B
B

Without you I'm just part of the whole
When we're together I feel both my heart and my soul
In the coolness of the night
the [crossed out] and state
yours
Eyes are windows that look inside [crossed out] mind
I am [crossed out] [crossed out]
[crossed out line]
You see us together 'til the end of time
[arrow pointing to the previous line]
our future looks bright

[Bottom right, written vertically:]
Refrain
---
6
2
4

A Orange is the color of the trees
A At least the ones that still have leaves
B In the coolness of the night
C I watch the warmth of my breath escape
B And soon vanish out of sight
B In the glittering moon light

But I shall not shiver in the cold
For I now have someone to hold
In the coolness of the night
As the skyward birds migrate
I hold my new love tight
In the glittering moon light

Through the warmth of your eyes
I am becoming hypnotized
In the coolness of the night
My heart palpitates [begin to] my senses elevate
As you take me to new heights
In the glittering moon light

[ise]

Rise
Wise
Sunrise
Surprise
fantasize
idolize
magnetize
memorize
mesmerized
paradise
realize
eyes

[ees]
Freeze
skis
keys
knees
please
seize
appease
displease
please
Breeze
Tease
expertise
disagrees
fantasies
guarantees
seize
sees
seas

I'm looking for something new
And I don't know what to do
I've been seeking to make changes
Having thoughts that are the strangest
I've been hiding from my demons
Pretending I don't see them
Yet I feel their presence creeping
Around my room when I am sleeping
And I find it [scratched out word] a little quite bit unnerving
More than, [scratched out word] surviving
When you're trying to go straight but keep on
And before it's too late the lesson your learning
Is you can't go back and change the past
It catcher up with you [scratched out word] living past
while

---

A Orange is the color of the trees
A At least the ones that still have leaves
B In the coolness of the night
C I watch the warmth of my breath escape
B And soon vanish out of sight
B In the glittering moon light

But I shall not shiver in the cold
For I now have someone to hold
In the coolness of the night
As the skyward birds migrate
I hold my new love tight
In the glittering moon light

Through the warmth of your eyes
I am becoming hypnotized
In the coolness of the night
My heart palpitates [begin to] my senses elevate
As you take me to new heights
In the glittering moon light

[ise]

Rise
Wise
Sunrise
Surprise
fantasize
idolize
magnetize
memorize
mesmerized
paradise
realize
eyes

[ees]
Freeze
skis
keys
knees
please
seize
appease
displease
please
Breeze
Tease
expertise
disagrees
fantasies
guarantees
seize
sees
seas

---

When she calls you up you drop everything
Time itself stops when the telephone rings
She inspires the love song [?] your [?] sings
When you hear her voice your heart soars - she gives you wings
She lives in [?] a vacuum bag inside a box
Got no television, no internet, no clocks just a single
watch
hanging upon her
wrist
If it wasn't for religion she'd never know what
day it is
She's so innocent, so young and naive
Yet she could speak for a week about Adam
and Eve
And she calls you Doubting Thomas because
you don't believe
Says you'll never see heaven unless you
fall to your knees

Looking for a roll model
Looking for a good hobby
Ended up picking up a bottle
Ended up hurting my body

Looking for the sacred river
Looking for warmer water
Ended up a disbeliever
Ended up being led to the slaughter

Looking to transcend my existence
Looking to find heaven on earth
Ended up finding no sign; No admittance
Ended up finding I couldn't break the curse

Looking to begin another day
Looking to be the voice of reason
Ended up denying many things I say
Ended up a victim of treason

Looking to look at myself in the mirror
Looking to see if I can still recognize my face
Ended up seeing everything so much clearer
Ended up finding the self I'd misplaced

I, I dont want to lie to you
I dont wanna be your friend
I, I want to confide in you
That I saved the best
For the very end..
For the very end
I, I just had to tell
some one
my dirty... little secret
I, I have barely just
begun
to speak the truth
but now there's no use..
but now there's no use
---
6
2
7
---
You can't burn what's already been burned
I died inside once that's when I learned
Something is you I can't put it in words
I've been far more reserved and afraid to be hurt
I think it's contagious
Are you on the same page, kid?
Tell me your story
share with me your pain
How far was your fall from glory?
And tell me what was her name?
With a teary eye he recalled Adellana Marie
She said her last name [?]
At least what it used to be
The same fire that warms can also burn do you harm
The many times I was warned I claimed false alarm
She hunt me by giving up
I hurt myself & loved too much

I Got Some Money
Maybe I'll SPEND IT on you
I still got some love left
Hopefully enough to get us through
I WAS GROWING tired
What else could I do?
---
My Love is one thousand days dead
But she still lives as long as I have
Went from completely full to totally empty [?].
Now I got nothing where was one [?] plenty.
And I'm glad you asked:
What if I could go back?
All that love
But then [?] all that loss
the pain
What would Jesus do looking down from above?
Would [?] still carry that cross?
Is my pain art?
or is art my pain?
Is all Lost or can I be saved?
When I speak does anyone hear me?
Has anyone seen the whole picture clearly?

Turn all that negativity
Into positive energy world wants
Unravel what this me
Keep travelling until you end up
Just where you're supposed to be
Like your last name was wilbury

Decide if the truth was ever
carved in the stone
yes, men have moved mountains
yet have never moved them
Any carpenter can build a house
But it's up to you to make it a
home

The idols are many
the gods are few.
What you believe in is up to you
And the book that was written
No one knows if it's true
time
When it's your
as anything left but your name.
As the ashy breath sin
Than a mind that will never
change
That will always remain the
same?

---

My heart palpitates
The hands of time move
yet still I wait

I can't tell you about the latest murder
Or whose been sleeping around with who
I couldn't name more than three fashion designers
Well, actually maybe that two

I'd be lying if I told you

You can't believe a picture
Surely not a video
Never trust a politician
At least not anyone we know...
Headlines read like gravestones
To the soldiers behind enemy lines
Weaponized words with wizardry
A Battle for peoples' hearts and minds

goal
pole

scola
console
hold
control
soul
stone/ice cold
mold
old
told
fools gold
blind fold
choke hold
foretold
household
unfold
fold

first it starts with a toe hold
them a choke hold
History has fortold [scribbled out word]
turns into

we're gettin' jacked and taxed to the max
It's no fun [scribbled out words]
war's instore one's just begun
Why? Peace in the Middle East dont sell guns.
When it comes to dying - the weapons we're supplying
are number one
[scribbled out words]

I'm a yellow fellow (Hello!)
Oh, you're right I'm white by sight
But it rides that inside I'm
a flesh and blood creature with a sell-by
date
Trapped in something
I don't know what it is
So I don't know how to escape
Is it too late?

See-Saw
swing, swing, swing
See-saw See-saw
swing, swing
Up then down
Lefts and rights
And rights and wrongs
then poems then songs
Sun up, sun set
Fantasy and regret
Heaven & Hell
To know and tell
To lie to be true
To fight and lose
To fight and win
To fight and call a truce
To end just to begin
To ride the see-saw
To fall off then try again
To hide the see saw
To love to sin
---
I don't hide who I am
I'm not that kinda man... anymore
On what I do not know
I don't speak

My identity used to be
being superior to the inferior
Yet that just made me average at best
And most often even less

The best place for a lie is in between two
truths
Sometimes a girls' pretty eyes blind you
[crossed out text]
and disguise what otherwise would act as proof

When chaos comes calling
Answer cool, calm and collected
Have you ever felt yourself falling?
Tripped up when you least expect it?
That always leads to the hardest fall
Sometimes you're lucky if you get up at all
---
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[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
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You blew out my candle
Just so yours could burn brighter
Then you flew off the handle
I cut the cord I'm so much lighter
Once I was in shackles
with everything in shambles

Father Time
The casino and father-time
Two who will take your last dime
---
Visions of Your future ARE found in the memories of the past of your
You can trace each face to a place
as you look back
A symphony of senses as you travel
back through time
It's like dreaming but you're not sleeping
still it feels so alive

Close your eyes
Quiet your mind
and describe to me
What you hope to find
Don't give it a name
Let it be free
for fear it may change
Or worse never be

Calm your breath
yes inhale deep
And then punch yourself
Make sure you're not asleep
[?] of the work [?]
[?] let me what you see

The ocean acts as the blood of the earth
She's screaming out in a flood of hurt
Oh misguided one can't you see what you've done?
Taken a mother and Forsaken and see the red river run
He who seeks with our provider in failing heath
We could stop dividing and help ourselves
where paradise [crossed out: have it in] ruins?
[crossed out: yes, as the] [crossed out: good things go away]
Finds that all good things come to an end too soon
its true

I guess when you're living with your head in the clouds
It can be good to see lots of silver lining
Yet when you come crashing back to earth
Don't plead from your knees crocodile tears eyes crying
That you never in all these years ever realized your life declining
Silver lining...
That's too much silver lining...
Too much silver lining
Can keep the sun from shining
So be careful of silver lining

LAST SONG
Do I have strong enough faith
To look back in hind sight
And realize I made a mistake
Or do I pretend things are alright

Am I willing to move on
To a new phase in my life
Write her this one last song
And finally part ways with my wife

Am I willing to move on
Or will I continue to postpone
Is this really her last song?
Would I be better off on my own?

Here I am
Back in my memory
THE OLD DAYS
Not knowing how it would be
Just a glimpse
Only the tip of your nail
Every scent was new
Now what's collecting dust
Is the only thing you can trust
Never knowing at the time
Thinking everything was fine
It damn near blew your mind
When they started treating you unkind
Only one thing you are left to find
Man is Man
Man is Man
Man is Man
Unlike Machine
Engines blow their top
But we get mean

Charms [?] Both
---
See all the colours of the rainbow are
there... withing her eyes, her smile
and her hair...
So are my dreams
my desires
my fears and my flair
If you look inside my soul...
You'll see all that I don't show
My deviled horns, the blood-stained thorns
and the wilted leaves of long dead red roses

I'm becoming a big fan
Of a guy who's barely five feet tall
He's a man that's making a stand
While his friends play their video games
And then go hanging out at the mall
Ethan is a thirteen year old boy
Who's probably never even kissed a girl
But he's a singer who plays a mean guitar
He can ride a unicycle
And he writes songs about changing the world

So now you wish you never
met me...
Just because you couldn't
"get me"...
So I guess that makes me
nothing + 0
When once I used to be
something...
Still not sure what happened
was it all my fault or outta
my hands...
---
Empathy
is really
Sympathy
for the
Enlightened

Well the mountains have no snow
But that won't last very long we both know
For once the trees have lost their leaves
So it seems nothing much will grow
And while the nights are becoming longer
With every sunset and sunrise
Our love becomes just a little bit stronger
I will always remember this December
I could never forget
I started humming the same tune
Half way around the world
Is the birthplace of my girl
In a land with no oceans
Is where I found my pearl

I RABBLE THE ROUSE
I BURN DOWN THE HOUSE
I DO WHAT'S NO ALLOWED
I am dissident
proud

I found being myself happy
yesterday sitting in the sun
Surrounded by seclusion
Away from everyone

Every thing that was human lots of
Of course there were [?] tails and wings
We had ourselves a grand old time
[?] my neighbor ruined everything
banging on
Began [?] his tractor
the [?] thought they heard guns
All [?] birds flew away
Once they saw the squirrels run
[?]
Soon [?]
my neighbor went back inside
To do what is [?] no concern
Now I'm back to being sad
For the creatures have not returned

1/2 People's word it ain't what it used to be
3/4 Oh No!
Suddenly That's become crystal clear to me
How so?
The New party line... is [crossed out: dead] don't get killed and don't
And don't lie... until you see the whites of their eyes!
But boy when you do... oh let 'em fly!!!
We'll build you a corporation behind which you can hide
Just a little tax shelter to help your money warm and dry
1/2 While people somewhere are suffering
3 In fact there are some right outside
4 They've been tapping at your window?
Remember when you put down the blinds?
Or did you forget already?
I guess I'll refresh your mind:

(4)
We've both seen the worst that can happen
Even through what seemingly was the best of times
Celebrated many of nights
Written many a rhymes

It may in fact be hip to be square
Unfortunately the circle keeps its shape
We still got some years
But just how long will it take?

We never want to give up
On a family member taken in
But the question pops up
When you're surrounded by sin

False Gods I have never preached
By some higher power up there I truly beseech
Come to the aid of a couple fellows out of reach
Who's life's goal is goodness to teach

Giving to the takers
Take nothing from those who give
Do it long enough
You'll find your way to the bridge

There's no place for me
Except off the grid
It will be [?] there
Where I choose to live

I shall dwell in a cave
As I barter and trade
I'll keep to myself
And the few friends I've made

Who says you need electricity?
Certainly nobody not from this last past
Century and a half has ever said words like
that to me
No explorer or warrior, high priest or king
Ever became encumbered by the lack of such a thing

Right Now... is the time
Right Here... is the place
Left out... is not where to be
Time to rejoin... the human race

Being human - it ain't a
bad thing to be, no.
So long as you accept the fact that
they [crossed out: put] just put a price
on your life
Then
And E-BAYED [crossed out: your] your
Soul

Black cat's asleep in the box
while white cat can't be found
And I hear running foot steps
Means the boys be coming 'round

I hear chopping in the kitchen
As the radio plays low
I feel the safety of sanctuary
In the breezes that blow, blow, blow

Drumming rhythmic sounds of
Stirring, strumming of busy active hands
The sizzle whistle of water

The Next wave, you watch it
come break and then come
tumbling down
You stay awake,
---
The last words I heard from you
was that all sense of hope was fading fast
But what you forget is that I cry too
Unclench your fist and remember this...
Given time all things must past

The path of life can be a rocky road
As the hills seem steeper with a heavy load on your back

There are too many lives lacking purpose
Yet so many with misplaced ambition
Just what's the point of existence
If you spend your entire life going fishing
I never understood remedial repetition
By those who could make a real difference

They end up selling their soul
For a few dollars a pound
All the while believing they're fully in control
Sometimes I wonder if they've ever stopped and
looked around
Perhaps they're too busy managing their bankroll

[List of words oriented vertically on the left/center]:
fantasy
franchise
guarantee
divorcee
employee
shopping spree
honoree
pedigree
degree
latch key
trainee to be a trustee
potpourri
referee
rusty
maître d'
attender
appointee
manner
chimpanzee
nominee
committee
overseer
counter plea
detainee
disagree
plea

[Poem oriented horizontally]:
Caught up in the rat race of time
Can't free myself from my own mind
Sitting here on this fence
Waiting for some kind of sign
Still searching for something
That may never be mine
Don't know where else to look
Not sure of what I'll find
Wanting to see the master plan
Through the eyes of the divine
Yet Society keeps on pushing me
Into situations and places I don't want to be.
Keep bagging me to become a member of the bourgeoisie
Still there are so many things that they just don't see