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Kara Baker Poem
A bunch of nonsense, a smidgen of spite,
a dash of illusion, a small oversight.
Pressure builds up, no way to ignore,
when I close my eyes, a sudden downpour.
Holding my breath, fighting for air,
I push it away, 'cause I mostly don't care.
I threaten the storm, yet walk on thin ice,
I close myself, but that's just my device.
Expose the layers, take it as you will,
life is life-- it's not just a firedrill.
Words are just words, no matter what they say
love isn't love till you give it away.
In the story in my head, the thoughts are clear,
but listening isn't listening, if you don't choose to hear.
Harsher than it seems, but not really, sometimes,
I remember the journey, our many mountainclimbs.
Days are changing, hearts still remain,
sometimes it's the sun, sometimes it's the rain.
Further from nothing, walking the path
Still I fear anger, the pain and the wrath.
Searching for something, I lose my way
I could find it in you, but you always look away.
Pain, it festers, like a burning inside,
You've got to stay still, when you'd rather run and hide.
You move towards something, holding on tight.
and let go in your heart, when you know it's right.
Nonsense is just nonsense, a word to be defined,
Time can make you bitter, or spite can turn to pride.
Feel it with your heart--imagine if you will...
Close your eyes, and for a moment, just be still
It happens every time, but a day is just a day.
The heart can't stay if you make it go away.
Copyright © Kara Baker | Year Posted 2006
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Kara Baker Poem
Time keeps on ticking, I've been here before,
searching my mind like a lost metaphor.
Parallel spots, and in between spaces,
Time can't heal what the soul replaces.
Looking for answers, finding no clues,
Life can't always catch what the heart pursues.
Standing still, but lost in the commotion,
looking for peace, and my fading emotion.
I am only me, I can't be nobody else,
I can't be full of sunshine, till the ice all melts.
Tired of time, and its imposition,
I find myself, but it's always with suspicion.
Closing the door, I open my heart
I want to stand tall, but still I fall apart.
Drowning in puddles, gasping for air,
I think of things that are no longer there.
To play the game is a chance I have gambled,
but my heart is heavy, and my brain is scrambled.
I close my eyes, to quiet the noise,
but thoughts can't heal what time destroys.
So many things, in so many ways,
the clouds reappear, and I'm stuck in the haze.
Life is a circle, going round and round,
you can't run away if your feet don't touch the ground.
Time is a just a battle I choose to apprehend
this is just a moment I hope to comprehend
Copyright © Kara Baker | Year Posted 2006
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Kara Baker Poem
wandering through nothing, I stumble in space-
moments in time that my mind can't trace.
Floating memories, adrift like the breeze,
my arms are open, but my heart disagrees.
Tripping over myself, I find my way
things to think and words to say.
Lost is both a word, and a state of being,
Dreaming isn't wishing, and believing isn't seeing.
Two seperate forces, combining as one,
living a lifetime and just having fun.
Dodging an obstacle, jumping a hoop,
taking a minute to stop and regroup.
Happiness lingers, moments to ponder
Through the web in my mind, I'm content to wander.
Thoughts make me crazy, I fight with my self,
But now I must put those thoughts back on the shelf.
The lightning sparks and the thunder will rumble,
I strain my ears cuz the voices still mumble.
Looking out the window, the cars racing by,
sorting through clues and wondering why.
Footsprint echo, time marches on,
life's not a sprint, it's a marathon.
Where it begins and where it ends,
depends on it's family, lovers and friends.
Moments to let go, and things to treasure.
Times like this are hard to measure.
Light will creep in, and the sun will rise.
The time will pass, but the thought intensifies.
Copyright © Kara Baker | Year Posted 2006
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Looking for words, listening to rain,
soothing my spirit, feeling no pain.
Another place, some other time,
living my days in a lost paradigm.
The music floats gently through my space,
the lines of my life, I slowly trace.
No one else matters, nothing else exists,
I close my eyes, cuz the darkness persists.
I follow the story, as it could have played out,
where time isn't time, and doubt isn't doubt.
Cuz now I'm on a journey, so play along with my connection,
and share with me, as I ponder with reflection.
Allow me the chance to play with my head,
and go with the feeling, which allows me to be led.
The answers are hidden, behind my smile,
I just need to sit, and be here for a while.
Beauty is hidden, time don't wait,
I see the hook, but still chase the bait.
Happiness lingers, but necessity calls,
when we climb the mountain, not everyone falls.
Hanging by threads, I capture the passion,
fleeting but stable, in it's own unique fashion.
A moment in time, a scatter of pieces,
so much love, and the joy it releases.
Out of control, in my ordinary day,
I brush it off, in my ordinary way.
In darkness I stumble, in light I am blind,
I hear the voices, all intertwined.
Forever falling, forever freeing,
forever questioning my sense of being.
On the path, beaten or not,
I tried to remember, but still, I forgot.
Peaceful bodies, a quiet mind,
A happy heart, and the joy it finds.
Oceans apart, mountains away,
it still exists, and that's why I stay.
So meet me there, or someplace in the middle,
give what you can, if only a little.
A simple wave, a gentle smile,
a single emotion to last for a while.
A split second in time, forever in a dream
in a dark lonely day, a single sunbeam.
But reality strikes, and the clouds disappear,
the timing becomes that which I most fear.
The angers not mine, not this moment, not this time,
to take a minute to dream is my one and only crime.
Guilty's just in passing, compassion is what stays,
I can't change time, or that which it betrays.
Just a ripple in time, a moment reflected,
a bullet dodged, a thought intercepted.
Copyright © Kara Baker | Year Posted 2006
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