Angel Over My Head Poems

In my head
I cant help the things I have done 
I can't take it back but I do regret what I said
You see this from...

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Premiered at The Raven’s Beak, 
New Orleans, LA – 5/23/2011

Act 1
  
TRAVELOGUE
CAR WITH NO REVERSE
IT WEREN’T WORTH TEXAS
WAYMORE ON THE PROWL
NOTHING BUT A SUNSET
THE...

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Have you signed the waiver form? 
Safety Induction? Medical? Check… Check… 
Now watch your head on entry…… 
And also watch your step.

Although dimly lit to enter…
Many corridors and...

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President
I can never ever ever be your president,

Sacrifice one life for another life
Damn president

Do bad for the greater good
Tell lies on the evening news
Launch missiles...

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I'm strong
I do belong
I long
To know right from wrong 
Let me sing this bizarre song

In the speed of light,
I feel sudden might
I feel as if...

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Sleepy head why don't you go to bed
lay down that tired head
on your big fluffy pillow
relax into mellow
Tomorrow will come
for whatever is left undone
Sleepy head...

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The Angel In My Head
By Roy Merritt

I was in the clutches of misery, misery had me down
I was feeling beside myself when I heard a...

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HEAD SPACE

if Jupiter and
Mars
aligned with the
stars
this
poem would be
diverse and
discreet

but….
this is
my head space
and heart
distinctive
poles
apart

surrounded
by branches
wishing to 
strangle me

in a swirl
of dry leaves
plotting to
confuse me

A
valley of stones
carcass...

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Sitting in my lonely room,
And staring at the walls.
I start a conversation,
With the voice inside my head.

The thoughts running through my mind,
Idea's that are really...

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Everything around me
noises echo rebound
sounds of silence 
people speaking loud
only seeing lips
moving like mime 
hearing voices mad
they always heard
in my mind
then written messages
to a lone soul
a reading...

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Tonight I’m looking at the ones around
Trying to land my feet on solid ground
Sometimes I don’t even know
If I know what that means
Sometimes I don’t...

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I want you to touch me until
My ribs become piano keys and my 
Lungs are filled with sheet music I 
Want you to love the...

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Yesterday I went home for lunch
I never go home for lunch

When I got to our apartment I don't know why
 but I didn't reach for...

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A halo around her head



There’s pain in her face 
She tries to hide with her hair
But I see the line traces 
That was made by...

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I sit in the beer garden
Not because I wanted a drink
Or because it was a nice day
But because I wanted to see her
I didn’t know...

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