In the Shadows of Eden

Fallen Petals In The Shadows of Eden The walls decay in a bloody cave Love for a century is countless in days Lies feel longer than an eternity Does the term loyalty apply? Why, when all I do is share The petal of deceit This broken chair has had its last sway This wooden shamble is not mine It never really was My heels walk better alone Rather than sit and rock with filth You sang your lullabies Truth sings slowly along with a heart full of smoke I fought for you and your bandaged lies Now is the time to radiate with pride The shield of love no longer resides as I put it to rest You will never again receive my abundant gifts My life is what I make of it Your unwanted petal has fallen And my womb will blossom into A garden more pleasing than Eden! Candy Eyes Don’t Lie All I have is time to sit As I grasp it Months and years go by Time flies by as I sit with it Shattered to pieces Inch by inch I let go of it My wounded heartfelt soul sits Please don’t share this It is meant for only you and me Tasteless candy sits well on a shelf I ask only this, please don’t share it These peppermint words are for no one else to see No copy to write No fist fight Just my words And my wounded heart As I hold it together And answer a letter that was never even sent Environmental Society Dedicated to the Youth Do you honestly know what it is like To walk in their shoes? If not then be silent before you speak About things you are unaware of Imagine if you will a shotgun Every damn night When you try to do your college-prep homework One damn class that you can't even afford The electricity is out But lighters and candles make good light at night Trying to write a paper without a pen Until you see a friend Who makes a copy on her computer later When youth walk by and never smile You ask what’s their problem, Damn! You see, they just really don't have anything to smile about You won’t find dinner in a refrigerator to be reheated A stale bag of pretzels will do Imagine the fear as you sit in a room with three windows Knowing drive bys are always an accidental death Just a test, and that chip on their shoulder gets bigger and bigger And you mention their bad attitude When all I see is an environmental society I smile once in a while when cops drive by my friends Because I choose the narrow grounds But when the lights flash on to another mission My body feels tension, not to mention I dropped out of that class And probably won’t go back I kept on feeling like I was having a heart attack But I don't think my medical covers that When roads are paved in gold it’s easy to forget But when the blood stained streets are tagged with yellow caution tape It’s so hard to remember life without the police Check it out before you attack it, and know it before you scold it Write it when you’ve lived it! Blue Skies My dreams have vanished into a heap of ashes Yet cigars and lattes calm the blues Time is ticking and still no news to write home about Be it as it may, I’ve got nothing to say It’s just another lonely day, yours truly J I could make pretend that I danced with the rat pack I could make pretend that I met Robert Deniro And that he agreed to make my ideas into a film Or I could even dream that I was an extra in a movie A movie that won Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar Yet I'll sip a cappuccino and be happy for them instead By:Jana Alibrandi