Wednesday, September 3, 2008

My Backyard

My back yard is full of my brother's stuff.
No cars are left whole and paint jobs are rough.
They sit on jack stands to rust and decay.
Wind blows away sands; the cars always stay.

My back yard is dead; the grass is unseen.
The insects have fled from the lack of green.
It is far too dry to sustain life forms.
I look to the sky, but do not see storms.

My backyard is black and full of despair.
There is a big stack of wheels with no air.
The spiders have spun cobwebs in the shed
Insecticides stun, but I think they're dead.

My backyard's a jail that traps human souls.
I cannot post bail or find what it stole.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

X Marks the Spot

I approached a door that led to a place
That no one had been to in five hundred years.
The sweat dripped slowly down my face
And the noises played on my fears.
I opened the door, and to my surprise
There was nothing but a brick wall.
The map I had followed was nothing but lies.
There was no treasure. Nothing at all.