What is going on tonight??

Bagpipes are playing
"OOZMA KAPPA" someone yells
Such is college life

Caution

Be careful, my friend
For I fear your ice is thinning

Our friendship is warm,
But this distance burns
And scalds all it touches

Beware, my friend
For I cannot be there to catch you
Should your ice melt beneath your feet

My lake is placid, with few cracks to speak of
While yours is marred by spider webbed fissures
The tales you spin, filled with hapless misadventures,
Chip away at the edges of my frozen tarn

Be wary, my friend
Of those who tread not lightly upon your ice
The figure skaters
The bandy players
The curling fans

But so long as winter's frost persists
Know this, my friend

That should you ever slip
Upon your fractured lake
My mind and ears are open
And but a phone call away

Fall is coming

Did you ever stop to wonder why

Everything has to die?

Standing by the sink

Or lying in your bed

You take a moment to think

When the thought reaches your head

The evergreen trees sway

The green boughs will stay

 

But every cell

With every blink

With every sigh

With every wink

With every cry

 

In the very end,

Everything will die

 

They said breathing underwater was impossible

And this facsimile of life is infallible

But through the continuous waves of pain

With not a thing to gain

 

the world

             Keeps

                       On

                            Spinning

 

A hand on your shoulder

A friend

A sister

A mother

A father

The soul of the dog who was lost

When the nearby mountains were still topped with frost

 

A gentle touch

(Though it seems not much)

Pulls you from this repose in thought

And assures you that though the time will arrive 

When you are but a cosmic astronaut

 

If you take a breath and dive

And rise from beneath the darkness blue

 

You'll soon find that spring was always waiting for you