It's Only Natural

Sapiens:                       Cell by cell we form

                         Minds searching for so much more

                                       A creavolution

Sweet-n-low:                  Diabetes sucks

                          Like sweet tea in the summer

                                    Sip, sip, sip away

Sunscreen:                    Level of degree

                           Skin that cringes in the heat

                                  Welcome the aloe

Silicone:                These bouncing beauties

                           They never droop in tight tees

                                  Jiggle, jiggle, woah!     

Skyscrapers:           We build them up high

                          Reaching, reaching for the sky

                                 Down below, is full

This is my latest poem I wrote for my workshops in my poetry writing class this semester.  My classmates didn't quite grasp the concept of the poem but they were close.  I got the idea from reading an article about people saying man made stuff wasn't natural.  The writer of the article went on to explain that technically everything that evolves and forms through this world is natural and as humans we cause things to form just as a rain drop falling into the soil causes things to grow and thus all things are natural even if they seem unnatural because they are man made.  My poem is pointing out how these things that seem unnatural are in fact natural responses from us humans to compensate for something we find is a problem.  i.e. sugar being bad for us so we create "unnatural" sweetener to try to fix that problem.  We get sun burned by the suns rays, so we create sun screen to use.  We find our bodies lacking some how, so we create a product and procedure to fix it.  We run out of room to build enough buildings to house people, so we build the buildings up.  I couldn't understand why my classmates couldn't understand how my poem conveys this...  They did however seem to all really like it despite not quite understanding it, so I don't think I'm going to be editing it.  Please leave comments if you think differently.  Thanks!  ~T

Epic Storm

The tides in my soul

Roll with the rain

Splish, splash

I feel insane.

The shift in my soul

Shakes my roots

Crumble, crash

Chaos mute.

The storm in my soul

Flashes and hails

Boom, boom

Epic fail.

I Don't Suppose Raindrops by Jewel Kilcher

I don't suppose raindrops
will ever replace
the sound of small feet

nor sunflowers
their tiny crowns

All the dust has gathered itself
and settled on
your heart
and there is no correct combination

no key

no question

that will deliver them
once more
to your side

for she has already decided:
no answers will
be given



I love Jewel's poetry. Her music has always been some of my favorites even from when I was young. I'm sure her music helped inspire my own poetry.
~T

Is I

Who I am, Is I
a subtle breeze through the trees
a bluebird flitting across the sky
Who I am, Is I
the sunlight glittering through the trees
the splash of color from a butterfly
Who I am, Is I
a drip of golden dew from a leaf
a flash of fur from a deer slipping by
Who I am, Is I
the blue drip, drip, drop of rain
the quiet slip of a shade, gone by
Who I am, Is I
a brittle bark of a log, decomposing
a changing leaf beneath the fly
Who I am, Is I
the song of the hidden bird at night
the cold touch of rock beneath the night sky
Who I am, Is I.


This poem was inspired by the song Who You Are by Jessie J. Beautiful song. :)
~T

Sun... Rise!

And she rises with a crimson blush
Debating whether or not to grace this world
The trees quiver and animals hush
waiting, waiting for that one moment
She's so lovely, so bold.
And as she rises, slow and high, it's the moment
To live and love and rejoice
Over this land and sea, the whole world
she has a heart beat, she has a voice.
For God's love made such beauty
The day he made this world
It's beat is ours and we need to keep it beating.

Driving to work this morning there was the red sun, peeking up over the earth. Made me think she was blushing, shy, timid about gracing us with her presence. lol.. Not that I believe the sun is a living being that you could call a "she", it's just that there's something so feminine about the sun, it's beauty, it's strength, it's ability to create and sustain life... *shrug* Thank you Lord for our beautiful earth and the wonders that keep it alive and us alive.
~T