GREATEST TRUTH or AGE-OLD ADAGE or THE PEN AND THE SWORD The sword gleams in the night A symbol of great might Leads by bringing in fear Threatens lives of those dear An age-old adage Used since times beginning The pen is mightier than the sword Earth’s greatest truth The pen lies in the hand […]

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GREY MIST or PLUNGING or FORGE AHEAD A grey mist lies before ‘We must forge ahead!’ Cries the leader once more, Plunging past the remains of the dead The path is unclear Yet, the time is near Put aside the fear Step into the darkness The future need not be aimless But can make us […]

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THE LOOPHOLE or HAND HOLDING The boy and girl were best friends Always together it seemed Hands were held when none could see They were a great mystery Her eyes saw steady dating His eyes saw no ties fun time He quit while she wished to kiss He lost her perfect love bliss Snuck out […]

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BREACH IN SECTOR 33 BRRR, BRRRR (Alarm noise) Breach in Sector 33! It was the middle of the night The alarm started, a bad sign All of us were in quite a fright We knew someone had crossed the line We ran towards the great Red Base Unknowing of what we would find On the […]

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RUBY RED or LET ME SEE or CRIES OF A few kids goofing off One who clearly led Breaks in with a cough Follow, as he said Let me see your arm and hammer Ruby Red, Ruby Red Let me see your arm and hammer Ruby Red, Ruby Red A new band was formed United […]

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THE LAB or BOREDOM IN A BOTTLE I ride the bus in the morn Read or sleep, just waste time I walk into a new world, just born The sun gleams on the roof like a chime Deceivingly fun it appears at first I soon realize that impressions are wrong All my hopes were quickly […]

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THE BEAST or HOSTILE TAKEOVER It was a hostile takeover What was once a separate piece  Has been consumed by The Beast Work was done with harm for none Without reason it came down It worried not for death Its word was written and done Forced to do as was written The Resistance quickly grew […]

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THE LEASH CHILDREN or THE LEASH or SLAVES You see them in parks and on the street Tied to The Hand, striving to be free The civil rights issue we must beat This blunt wrong-doing, why can’t they see Free the Poor Leash Children Kids aren’t some dogs to own The Leash is their burden […]

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ALMOST GLIDING or ANTICIPATION/COMPLETION or FLOWING Warm water rushing down Flowing over and out View of life brightens Almost gliding over the ground A change, not the best It’s done and that’s better Anticipation kills  Yet completion buries Should one act for the chance? Is it worth the risk? Is better better than conflict? Can […]

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FACEBOOK PROM DATE or STRANGE DUET We met the summer before Band camp to be Drum Major Parting led to tear shedding There would be reuniting We kept in touch on Facebook Lots of time it surely took One day I was using chat Got a dance date just like that She was my Facebook […]

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