Ocean Zebra Poems

Silent Wisdom

Did you see?
Did you look?
What do think?
They are so…   …   ?

Words heard directly, 
indirectly or by accident, 
but never by...

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Puzzles in Pink

Yesterday is just a dream. 
I took you everywhere, 
but you... do not remember. 

My little one, 
you cried and cried. 

We went...

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Stop Killing My Country

Accused of political banter, 
to speak the words, God Bless, 
and America in the same sentence. 
Bespeaking the fear, 
of being proud,...

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The Ax

Sometimes death is easier. 
Wow, that is terrible. 
Divorce, rips families to shreds. 
This is mine-that is not.
Confusion and conflict. 
The kids… oh yeah,...

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Abandoned Lace

Evil knows your name. 
You did not even want them. 
You had them to please him, 
or to make him, 
do as you wanted.
When...

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The Mermaid Calls

You draw me close, 
and I can not swim. 
You lure me, 
tempt me, 
and tell me…
things.

Your beauty is beyond, 
all that I...

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Angels Touch the Earth

The soft color of red, 
turned ever so slowly to pink… carnations.
The grand color of blue, 
the sky, the ocean, 
the color...

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Judgment

Entrapment by design. 
Battles by the unseen, against the children of the Light. 
 
The witness(s) openly lied. 
The outcome already set. 
The frame perfect,...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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Freedom’s Color

America knows the truth. 
Their flag echoes their heart. 
Red, white and royal, chieftain-blue.
It fills some with hope, 
others feel fear. 
 
Red, for...

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Not Every Day is Perfect

I took my pad to the park today. 
I wanted to find an idea for a book. 
I was blocked…you know…...

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Your Shoes

Are the wrong size. 
I never liked how they looked, but I was silent.
You made me that way, for a long time.
Not forever.

All grown...

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Merry Me
(Marry)

You just met me. 
You never knew me before now. 
I love you. 
Believe me. 

I convinced you.

Your hair is like silk, 
the color...

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The dreams are the ones who enjoy our lives
So jump of the cliff and denounce your ride
Never look back, for single fly
Or to the unpredictable...

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ZEBRA    COMPLAINT

My mom gave me these stripes at birth: 
In the veldt they‘ve proved their worth
For hidin’ from predators
Or National Geographic editors,
But...

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