Day 343 - Wishing Wall

If I could just click my heels together

And disappear off to a dream land

All the world would fade for this moment of forever

I could be the singer of every band

The painter of every canvas

Defenders of the great and small

The keeper of every kiss

So that is what I ask you for wishing wall

One day years later he came walking on by

And saw all wishes that I made once upon a time

He saw the ones painted as blue as the sky

The words that only came out in rhyme

He added to them and became the giver

Of the kisses I always hoped for, wishing wall

His smiles and rhymes make me happily shiver

Nowadays we show you to our children so small

And they each add pictures to you with wishes all their own

They will do the same with their children when they are grown

Day 96 - Pinstriped Impostor

Pinstriped Impostor

Want a taste of freedom?

I'll give you a taste

In this wretched kingdom

All else has been a waste

You see the paint sprayed there?

That ought to make you stop and stare.

Stare at what you destroyed

When you kept too much for you,

Leaving only the concrete void

Onto which I boldly drew.

The honesty brought by your lies,

And you stand there so surprised?

You: the rich and pompous one

Pin striped suit and briefcase,

Nothing you can do will stun

That which is upon my face

Into something better yet

Or do you so easily forget?

You laid down in my life

All that society calls clean

But all you brought in was strife

Masking the dark, unseen

So you could walk straight

Never heaving to stop and wait

Wait for money, life or help

Search for some holy and true love

Only ignore the anguished yelp

Asking for something from above

You don't stop not for me

Only for your god, conformity