I like to walk

To silently think

And not talk

For awhile

To just listen to my own thoughts

I like to wander

Because not all who wander

Are lost

I am only thinking

Thinking about my own thoughts

I like to reflect

Both on fond memories

And on past bad choices

Because I'm not perfect

And hope I never am

I like to imagine

Things I could

And should have said

To ponder what might have been

And what may or may not be

The kid who throws rocks at you

The kid who hits you with a stick

The kid who flips you off

He still loves you

He just wants you

To prove you love him back

how can we be so stupid?

it was stolen from the American People in 2000

rather than Learn from the destructive reign,

We Respond with a narrow-minded

simplistic mandate of 'heaven'

in 2004; it makes no sense

intolerance and homophobia

supercedes Sound Policy

i just don't get why People can be so stupid

We don't Understand its meaning

until it really has one

"Give Peace a Chance"

corny, idealistic in time of Peace

Radical, unpatriotic, Seditious in time of 

war...truth is the first casualty

war...don't Speak for fear of retribution

war...a threat to Humanity

war...taking away hard Earned Liberty

the list of dead never ending...

Security, Truth, Freedom

...and worst of all

Brother, Sister

Daughter, Son

Mother, Father

no one is immune to the pestilence of war

black mark on Humanity

we just never Learn

a spreading plague

can't we find a fucking Cure?

gold, white, green

purple, orange

and all the colors we struggle to define

in Beauty we often struggle to comprehend

just keep spouting off lies

character assassination

you bankroll the smear campaign

and deny it all

the media gives you a free pass

are they on your list too?

the most dangerous man in American History

gets away with murder

1000 Soldiers

who knows how many Women and Children?

you could give a shit, you just smirk

say 'i'm a wartime president'

that's how you justify being a money-grubbing killer

you are a terrible excuse for a President

and made America a errible excuse for a country

I won't rest until your lying ass is back in Texas

(All capitalizations are intentional)

hinking is the greatest obstacle

in the quest for Creativity

forget about thinking

let it flow through your fingertips

the Ones You Love the most

are the Ones who break You down

because They Love You more

when They found out You still do

Don't Know Why

He came in with a chip on His shoulder

but We didn't know Why

He came in with an attitude

but We didn't know Why

He didn't want to do anything

We had to figure out Why

so We sat and Talked

To figure out Why

He wants to be Included

and We all know Why

the last day comes around

now I know why

Parents missing in Action

now I know all too well

Why

but I don't know Why

no I can never really ever know Why

some people treat their 'Loved Ones'

without the least bit of Love

I just don't know why

For A.J. Carpenter