Hasta La Poetry
Hello There
Hello there
Do you care
How others fare
If so, you’re rare
People often glare
If you have a dramatic flare
They growl like a bear
In a group or in a pair
And they catch you in a snare
Where you can’t get enough air
So you sit in a chair
Hiding for e’er
Pulling out your hair
Thinking how it’s human to err
Telling people to beware
But “I don’t care” they declare
The go elsewhere
So you’re left in this nightmare
In the middle of somewhere
(It’s just left of nowhere)
Wishing your life could be repaired
So you aren’t the round peg when the hole’s square
And people would care for your welfare
But you’re alone, solitaire,
In a game of warfare
Where everything’s unfair
Because you’re abnormal; rare.
Like
Like waves on a shore
Rushing near then far
Like sun on the pavement
Heat rising around cars
Like a cozy blanket
To curl up and read
Like excited puppies
With their simple needs
Like an organised room
Everything in its spot
Like a colourful nightstand
With books atop
Like piano music
Lifting my spirit
Like beautiful stories
Where everything fits
Like this world
Our gorgeous home
Like these people
Wherever they roam
Necessities
There are few things
In life
That are great
Few things
Which I can’t live without
But there are a few
And not none
Like this and that
Life requirements
Daily assistance
To help me exist
There are few things
But there are enough
Things I need
Not just want
Necessities
Of life
A Key and a Bell
There’s a key and a bell
Leading me down to hell
Filling me full of lies
So I’m meant for the flies
There’s a bell and a key
Saying “come here to me”
With whispers of sweet sin
And a heart made of tin
There’s a key and bell here
Erasing all my fear
Luring me with sweet lies
Breaking me with goodbyes
There’s a bell and a key
Saying who I will be
Deciding my whole life
So that pain will be rife
There’s a key and a bell
Throwing me down a well
And leaving me alone
Though I once could have flown
Welcome to the World
There’s a world
Lives and places and ideas
People who matter to themselves
To others
Places where life glows
Where a dream is a reality
Ideas of beauty and peace
Delved into and extended
Fluid and mouldable
Ideas that are ignored elsewhere
Ideas that are “unrealistic”
Ideas for places
For people
For peace
And happiness
Ideas that life can be better
Ideas that people can be better
Ideas that happiness can be reached
That we have to work for this
Ideas that are “unreachable”
Because people don’t want to bother
Because the people in this world are like other people
They’re beautiful
And they’re terrible
They are angels
And they are demons
Because life makes them so
Because other people make them so
Because they don’t have happiness
Or a hope for happiness
They just have ideas
Ideas that they are told to let go of
Because they’re “unrealistic”
Because they’re “unreachable”
Because nobody wants the trouble
And the pain
That comes from trying
And risking everything
Risking failing
Risking succeeding
And having to re-learn life
Having to move forward
Into the unknown
Into a new world
Breathing Space
Sometimes
Things are too squished
There’s not enough breathing space
Not enough freedom
Not enough time
Sometimes
I just need a break
Time away
From everything
From everyone
Just to breathe
And to think
Without all that crowding
Without all that noise
Without all those deadlines
All those restrictions
Squishing me
Making me claustrophobic
In my whole life
In what I can’t escape from
Just give me a second
I need to stretch my legs a bit
I’ll go back to by claustrophobic life
But I just need a breather first
A pause button on life
So I can think
And remember myself
Who I am
Who I wish I were
Without all those restrictions
Without people and places and things
Just everywhere around me
Instead of suffocating
I just need a little break
A little breathing space
Control
I love being in control
Being able to reveal only what I choose
Being able to hide the ugly bits of my personality
I love being able to spin stories
And tell them in such a way
A way to make people laugh
Or a way to make them happy
A way to show only the pleasant parts of my life
And my mind
I love making jokes of everything
Even the darkest bits of me
Even the parts that are angry or bitter or sad
I love being able to be happy
Even if it’s only a lie
An act put on so others don’t see the dark
Even if it requires so much energy
All I want is a nap
But instead I keep laughing
Smiling
Having the time of my life
Everything is fantastic
Even though it isn’t
I love being who I want to be
When it isn’t who I really am
Controlling concepts of me
Only revealing what I choose
And hiding the bad parts
Controlling who I am
Even just in people’s minds
Even if it’s not actually me
Not real
Just a perception
But I can control it
And make it whatever I want
And I love that
I love being in control
HERE WE GO
HERE WE GO
HERE WE GO
HERE WE GO
Time to start the show
Speed up life ‘cause it’s too slow
We’re all swimming against the flow
And we all pretend that we don’t know
That people come and people go
With highest highs and lowest lows
We choose the prettiest seeds to sow
We wait and see what will grow
While the sun shines and wind blows
But it takes too long and goes too slow
So we change our minds, and hearts also
And poke the line with a toe
While life floats around and glows
And people line up in a row
All orderly above and below
So that they can pretend not to know
That everything goes against the flow
Imperfections
I like imperfections
In people
And in animals
And in places
But not in me
And not in life
I like difficulties
For myself
But not for others
Not for my family
Nor my friends
I like challenges
But they frustrate me
And others
Too difficult
And too hopeless
I like beauty
In people
And in animals
And in places
But it annoys me
Because it’s only beauty
Nothing more
So it doesn’t really matter
Because it’s imperfect
But that’s okay
I like imperfections
Life Exists, Right?
How does life exist
If everything is atoms
Molecules?
Is this chair really solid?
People are built like machines
Run with oil and pumps
All made of tiny pieces of matter
But then who are people?
If people are made of molecules
And tiny matter
And explained away
What about their consciousness?
What about feelings
Thoughts
Memories?
How are we individuals?
Differences don’t exist
Because we are all only atoms
Molecules
Not really separate
All just balls of energy
Light rays
In a world also made of atoms
Also made of molecules
Where everything is real
And nothing is real
And everything is connected
Life exists
Right?
Moods
A sudden storm on a fine day
A burst of sunshine through clouds
Thunder but no lightning or rain
Snow without a cloud to see
An unreasonable world
An unreasonable girl
Monster shadows with no source
Sudden bright spots, like fireflies
Random warmth for no reason
A sudden blizzard in April
An unreasonable girl
An unreasonable world
Twilight in the afternoon
Sun in the middle of the night
Bright days, grey days, confused days
Random and nonsensical
An unreasonable world
An unreasonable girl
Headphones
My thoughts are a tangle
Like a headphone cord
Like a length of rope
Like a jungle
My heart is a secret
Whispering at night
Hidden in the dark
Exploding lives
My soul is a story
Changing and moving
Twisting and turning
In its own world
Of all the People
Of all the people
Who would have thought
My father was right
“That’s just Harley
Being Harley”
Of all the people
Who am I like?
Mother’s or father’s?
(That’s just Harley
Being Harley)
Of all the people
Who would I ask?
Just me, like always
That’s just Harley
Being Harley.
Of all the people
Who would have thought
That I would be wrong?
That’s just Harley
Being Harley…
Talking Trees
The trees, they talk
Amongst themselves,
And shelter many
Little elves.
They sing a song
That we don’t know
And have many bright
Colours to show.
In winter time,
Some trees may rest.
They lose their leaves;
Become undressed.
But other trees
Stay wide awake
And don’t leave leaves
For us to rake.
In summer,
They stretch tall and wide,
And offer many
Places to hide.
And still, all year,
These trees still talk
To deer and fish,
Dogs and hawks.
Through a Child's Eyes
The night is still
The world asleep
A partial moon
Caressed by clouds
A moth’s wings flutter
Near firelight
Making shadows
Of brilliant light
The moth flies low
And settles down
Makes earthly contact
To have a rest
This a child watches
Inquisitive gaze
Knows the beauty
Sees not the pain
Nap TIme
Spinning and leaping
And running free
Cozily sleeping
Under a tree
Let the world go
Ignore it here
Pretend not to know
The things you fear.
Feel only peace now
Life can wait a while
So erase your frown
And instead smile
Here you can be happy
Underneath this tree
Pay to Have a Say
Well, good day.
Do you want to pay
to have a say
in the world today?
Life’s a sunshine ray
or nothing’s okay,
there’s no maybe; it’s yea
or nay.
People seem normal but they’re all cray-cray
and easy to sway;
they’re mouldable clay.
They start wars and condemn the fray,
or pretend peace (but it’s just play).
If they go or if they stay
people have a lot to say.
So will you pay
to have a say
in the world today?
A Whispering Wind
If winds were to speak
What might they say?
Give us sage advice?
Count hours in a day?
Would they be playful,
Smart, funny, kind?
Or perhaps they might be
Very human of mind.
Maybe they’d be shallow,
Vain, insecure and whatnot.
They may be easy to insult,
Get their knickers in knots.
But maybe they’d be sad –
Melancholic, if you will –
If they’ve been trying to talk,
Perhaps they’re trying still.
But I guess we’ll never know
What a whispering wind might say.
Its sage advice to give,
If it counts hours in a day.
Beautiful Childhood
My memories are full
Of love
Laughing and playing or yelling
Despite and because of this
We love one another
I remember
Lying
Like puppies on the floor
Curled up
Sharing our blankets
And our time
I remember
Safety
Feeling secure at night
And knowing that
I am loved
I remember
Following them
Chasing
Trying to catch up and be
Part of their team
I remember
Summer nights
Passed with bonfires
And games
Hide-and-seek
Among the trees
Inside the dark
I remember
A beautiful childhood
Full of love
Fight or Flight
The day stretches on,
The road unwinds,
The world’s a song,
And I’m walking.
Life gets tough,
What do I do?
I grab my stuff,
And I’m running.
I’m calming down,
And slowing up,
I think that now
It’s time to stop.
I’ll turn around,
Swallow my pride.
My feet hit ground,
I’m going home.
I Live
I dance
With my feet bare
I sing
High in the air
I laugh
And spin around
I lie
On precious ground
I sleep
Sadness away
I wake
To a new day
I write
My jumbled thoughts
I read
Lest my brain rots
I live
In happiness
I love
That life’s a mess
Mad as a Hatter
Day is dark
Night is bright
The world’s a merry-go-round
Cheap and quick
And beautiful.
People are vampires
Sucking life
And mothers
Giving life
And saving it.
Fire is cold
Ice is hot
Our senses tell lies
Everything burns
And soothes.
Half full
Half empty
Who cares?
It’s both
Or neither.
Topsy turvy
Turvy topsy
Nothing makes sense
Back and forth
Forth and back.
Nothing
There is nothing
In this world
Quite so beautiful as
The sight of
Your pain.
There is nothing
In any world
Quite so hilarious as
The sound of
Your anger.
There is nothing
In our world
Quite so terrifying as
The knowledge of
Your joy.
There is nothing
Anywhere
That hurts me
That eats me
As you do.
Fall Apart
Things fall apart
So many reasons why
Similarities
Differences
Mediocrity
All combine to tear things apart
People come and go
Lives change and stagnate
Things fall apart
Or they don’t change
Which is really a different form of falling apart
I need to keep moving
Keep going
Outpace the destruction
And leave it in my wake
Ignore the differences
Ignore the similarities
Pretend the mediocrity is greatness
Let things stagnate
Then move on
Or keep things fluid and changing
And exhaust myself
And everyone involved
Because there’s no time to breathe
Or there’s nothing interesting
And then things fall apart
Because they were poorly built to begin with
So just keep moving on
And outpacing everything
Will-o'-Wisp
Follow me dear
Follow my light
Chase your destiny tonight
Follow me dear
Have trust in me
And soon I will set you free
Follow me dear
Run forever
“When will I go home?” Never.
Follow me dear
Follow my light
Your destiny ends tonight