Long Looks can be deceiving Poems

An abandoned dragonling I did find,
I took him in and built a metal shed
for this dragonling to lay his head;
he grew to have a profound mind.

When dragonling was about four,
books he actually began to read
and...

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From a babe to a man, I needed your hand. Now I understand, it was part of God's 
ultimate plan. I was to be raised by another woman.  Don't get me wrong, Grandmomma was...

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I used to watch sunsets in your eyes. But something changed, I began to catch you in 
lies.  Don't act like it's strange, and seem surprised.  Your tears can't heal my pain. ...

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I'm nothing but a junkie, 
And happiness is my heroin.
Here I go again.
I'm too strung out to sleep, and it's been like this for a whole damned week.
Everything around me
Is a constant reminder of how...

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 The empty page stretches before me, a white blank page with nothing but ink and a pen to 
fill its crevices. I pour out my ink-black heart, to stain the paper with use-less words...

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I was there not too long ago,
Everything seemed fine.
You looked like a happy, healthy family,
But I guess looks can be deceiving can’t they.
That very night,
You broke my brothers heart.
It’s shattered in pieces,
To never be put...

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It was love at first sight, looks can be deceiving, when you put up a fight, the other person starts dreaming,
You’ve got to be strong, you don’t know what your getting into, should’ve known it...

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That old blue chair doesn’t look that special upon one’s first perceiving…but, as often is the case in life, looks can be deceiving.

There’s a reason we keep that old chair in our house…a reason it...

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Escaping Illusions


A person can only take so much
Guess you ran out of luck, huh?
What’s next?  What did he do?  What didn’t he do?
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

How can she...

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Looking at the view from the window
Watching all the cars pass on buy
The street lamps give a distant glow
Now brienghting the darkened sky

Looking at the view from the outside
A whole completely different perspective
Especially when looking...

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Yesterday I found a tear stained love letter                           ...

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My dearest you 
I know I brought you nothing but pain and sorrow
Sleepless nights accompanied by a wet pillow 
How you smiled and yet with tears in your eyes
When I screamed you the one for...

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As I watched her perch upon a flower then quickly flutter by
I was reminded of the lessons I have learned from watching butterflies.

I’ve learned that change is not a bad thing…butterflies have taught me this
for...

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My flower lies within, a sight that few have seen.
Protected and hidden by sharp thorns and leaves of green.
An innocence ripped away at a very early age.
My flower's locked away in a cold and lonely...

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I saw a tree crying in the rain
A woman hurting with no pain 
The wind blowing but I couldn't 
prove it
The earth spinning but I could 
not move it
The song itself could not sing
The thought it...

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The grass seems greener on the other side, so we sometimes forget that the Lord will provide. We step away from the safety we receive so we step into danger and then we start to...

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Walking down the sea shores 
Gazing at wondrous God’s creation
Amused by the noise made by waves
And enjoying the spit by rolling waves 

I blinked twice for conviction	
I couldn’t believe my eyes
The adage says “looks can...

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We sometimes search for destiny
finding our faith
looking for entities
What we make ,is sometimes what we see
yet looks can be deceiving
and soon we end up grieving.
The self pity and the hate
are the things that soon emerge
even...

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Let me start by saying looks can be deceiving
By the person that’s receiving
And transmitting the image to the brain to create a perfect picture
Judging before you look
Failing to see pass the skin deep within
Where her...

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this boy - 
he is mythology
he is the pomegranate sitting in persephone's 
palm - 
(looks can be deceiving)

this boy - 
he is a mirror
can show medusa what heaven really is - 
how pain really feels...

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You cannot trust someone
Until you have complete faith
You have to know them
Inside and out
Looks can be deceiving
Your mind keeps triggering

You think you really know someone
Until they stab you in the back
They laugh and judge
Strip away...

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I drift off to slumber only to receive a warning.
An alert to impending danger.
The one who is evil and,
Aims to turn your soul black.
Beware of the one with hair of fire and,
The voice of an...

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Deceit is carefully painted 
by how the painter holds their brush
Arrogance will be their downfall 
and their ego will be crushed

Hate is driven by jealousy 
as they covet thy neighbor’s goods
Quick retreat is shown to...

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It never hurts to show kindness.
   to whom ever it may be.
  Vision life in their own eyes.
 all the good and the bad they
       ...

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What's inside matters did your mother ever know,
Did she raise a species of man to believe In others,
As attitude quite shows,
In depth research displays true nature,
You have decency I can see,
Looks can be deceiving aren't...

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