Bait

Boys use their

own hearts as

bait.

A dangerous game

by any standards.

The Cost of Clean Shoes

Believe me;

those sneakers,

aren't worth half as much

as the experiences you might miss

if you insist on always keeping them clean.

For the Best

Somethings are

out of my control.

Somethings are

better that way.

Red Herring

I don't think that

you ever find yourself,

because there is not

any of 'yourself' to be

found out there.

I do think that

we make ourselves.

and once we've made

a person who's skin

we are happy to be in;

a person who has

decided what they

desire and abhor,

what they live or die for,

we'll find that we revel in who we've made,

not who we found.

Not the End

She'd waited for him

and he let her down.

Thankfully, good stories

don't end like that.

And this will be

a good'un. I can tell.

To Terms

Maybe,

you'll live

fully and wholly

without ever really

understanding what transpired here

in this ephemeral encounter with existence.

Maybe,

if you were

given more time

you'd figure it out.

Maybe,

maybe not.

Evanescence

If I were to cross over today,

let it be known,

that my time

here was

super

cool.

The Chase

He traipsed through hundreds of stores

Searching through vast literary archives

Rooting deep down into bargain buckets

Hoping to exhume that one hidden gem

The one everyone else had overlooked

The one who's merits only he knew of

For him, it's all about

the chase.

Discipline

We discipline children

because we love them.

So let us discipline ourselves,

by denying hedonistic lures,

it is the ultimate self-respect.

How Kids Turn into Suits

You've probably wondered

how some grown-ups live without fun,

they walk with a frown

were they never kids? even once?

The truth they used to be

just like you and me

they imagined of jelly bouncy castles

and climbing candy trees.

But day by day

their dreams lost their shine

boringness became normal

uniqueness in decline.

So as you get older

please, don't forget

that the world is a playground,

you're not old and boring, not just yet.

Growing older,

doesn't have to be

'growing-up'.