Verse 1]
You're so incredible,
the most amazing man.
I'm taken to new heights of pleasure
with the touch of your hand.
There will never be another man
in my life who compares.
Your eyes, your smile...
no one as perfect anywhere.
I will never forget, or stop loving you...
Well would ya lookie here, my dear…
I can lie too!
[Chorus]
I can lie just like you do!
Make promises, plan dreams that will never come true.
I didn't know I could be such a fool!
I guess I was never, ever
good enough for you...
See? there I go again, I can lie too!
[Verse2]
You are the man
of every woman's dreams.
You sure knew your way
around my body
I guess I had you going
with all the fuss I made
So glad I was the star of all my high-school plays
Because you are an imposter...
And baby I should win an Oscar…
Cause as you can see
I can lie too!
[Chorus]
I can lie just like you do!
Make promises, plan the dreams that are never coming true.
I didn't know I could be such a fool!
I guess I was never, ever good enough for you...
See? there I go again, I can lie too!
Wait.
I Wrote That Already!
Somewhere...
Hmmm...
*SMILE*
-Gray Squirrel
09-07-2025
I can assure you
Had a dream while sitting at the edge
of a hole where they had removed a stone
and the mold was soft to the touch
that I had died, but also said to myself that
Were I dead, I wouldn't be able to dream
I have growth on the side, which looks innocent
like the one I had surgery on, the new one
is on my back and tends to be ignored
I must see a doctor again before the ulcer
sprouts a green plant that has a red rose
that needs to be handled, not by a gardener
The hole had turned into a newly dug grave
I didn't care for this dream, wished it would
I assured my frightened self that I was not
dead, and the self said I will believe that if
You wake me up at eight
When the world seems
to have left me behind
I pick myself up
stand tall
dust myself off
take a deep breath
and get out there
bracing myself
for another go at it
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Could I
do this
here goes
I’ll try
to make
some sense
for you.
It might
be hard
to write
some words
that rhyme
But this
will do.
So now
I think
it could
be done
I’m half
way there
you see.
This one
is last
and that
my friend
is all
you’ll get
from me.
A thousand fair suitors all stab at your heart,
those poets of movement and jockeys of art.
The high-volume vendors who hustle romance,
splashing their canvas with color and dance.
The blasters of trumpets, gold banners unfurled,
they offer lush gardens in glistening worlds;
yes, bearers of torches and carvers of stone
who whisper their sonnets and surrender their thrones.
There in your doorway, no shadow is cast,
no lingering voices, no ghosts from the past.
Just a cluster of walls and a window of pain
collecting the heartaches like droplets of rain.
Still I stand before you with palms to the sky,
no gold in my pocket, no position high;
and all I can offer where words have no place
is a heart that is true and this love that awaits.
Blinded by the burning sun
Mouths parched and without hope
Miles of endless desert sand
It's way too much, I cannot cope
The Lord whispered from across the dunes
Be steady my child, don't dismay
I can save you just like that
So you won't lose your way
I know I can be humble
If anybody can
'Cause I can take critiquing
And even a good slam
So roast me like a famous Star
I guess that's what I am
For I'm the best-est poet
You'll find in this here land
I really must admire
My meter and my rhyme
I only read MY poems
That's when I have the time
Everyone around me
Is looking up to see
Me riding on a fluffy cloud
As brilliant as could be
I bet I don't get comments
On this MY Masterpiece
You'd think they'd stop
their jealousy, by now
To say the least
There's no need to applaud me
Or rush to shake My hand
'Cause strip away My Glory
I'm just a humble man
I can smile ,sure I can ,
But I forgot how to smile , memories faded ,
Time whispered ,days gone ,
Promises withered ,gain lost ??.
I can love ,trust me I can ,
But loving requires trust ,that I have not ,
They took my innocent soul,
Taught it to repeat the oath - trust no one !
I can be happy ,trust me I can ,
But I don't anymore ,I become an adult,
Adults don't laugh,they warn with frowned faces ,
I guese that's life ??- that God made !
I can be succinctly silly
Drawing diamonds willy nilly
Bothering my brother Billy
I’m a queen and he’s a dilly
I can only imagine
the marriage of life
From youthfull marriage
to the end of life
But I cannot see
what was not meant for me
one by my side
No one else to see
Children made by her and me
some like her others like me
The making of choices
Of what they may be
The ageing together
the problems we'll flee
the undying love
and sometimes disgrace
The finding of peace
after all the mistakes
Knowing our future
without force of fate
Stay where you are
no matter the stakes
Beside them in a car
were ever it takes
Fighting with voices
that forces and makes
listening to lies
our jealosy at stake
Going to bed
without a word
where silence speaks loudly
and suspisions are heard
Ever the endurance
the constanct reasurance
It's forever and a day
Just as they say
I wish my life
to be this way
somehow I escaped
to a different day
Looking back
I wonder why
For all these women
I was willing to die
It's what they call
A polygamous life
Where all I loved
Made one wife
Yet today I wonder still
Is the past the life I lived
Was marriage ever the thing I'd give
The ones I loved and love them still
If only all of the poetry I ever written for thee
Would resound deep in thine mind all while setting yourself free.
If only you and I would have formed that family tree.
trying my best
to compartmentalize
these feelings
that are quite novel
in company of or separated from
an individual
who unknowingly energetically
activated something within me
unshakable but sweet
hope in the midst of despair
the world may seem at its darkest
but i've not given up on life
you and i can make it beautiful again
one dream at a time
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Because that is all I can do!
Influence the little spheres where I have presence!
A little space for all my voices!
Voices that speak choices,
Choices that direct violence!
Violence so benevolent,
benevolently left for your choices!
Because that is all I can do!
Speak truthfully in all ways,
Weigh what is on my mind,
and temper it with the wind.
And wind up my mind,
into blissful smiles!
Because that is all I can do!
smile in confidence,
And confidently style my stance,
And smile at your glance,
Gleefully like in a trance,
and dance like it's my last!
Because that is all I can do!
sit patiently in silence,
Silently observing my audience,
and patiently saying less,
Tactfully without a mess,
and nod in acknowledgement!
Even when your paths are perilous!
Because that is all I can do!
no more than the next,
text all that is said,
and memorize the best,
messages you all endorse,
and bless endlessly!
Because that is all I can do!
be genuinely present,
giftedly in your audience,
and nolstage your essence,
an indepth escape,
with all outcomes endless!
Because that is all I can do!
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