Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Maps and Mouse traps


Aaron Johnson

Often times

We find

The things we weren’t looking for

In the things we weren’t trying not to find

And you end up staring

Into the face of fait

Learning the gun goes off on it’s own

Jumping before you can

There you are looking at the rings of fire you would rather hold than jump through

Just another clown on his way to work

Your intentions thought up but not by you

Waiting for that nine to five o live in the staff room

Yeah plans don’t get you far from that clock

That’s why I leave an empty map next to my bed

Yeah and I know who’s got the marker

He’s just working with the paper I give him

I’m just the paper

I see him every time I stare up at those stars

Why the God who placed the stars in the sky would wash my feet

I’ll never understand, I could just stare at his sky forever and never understand

Only know how he makes me feel

How he makes it all real

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Patterns


Aaron Johnson

The never ending rows of tail lights
echo the thoughts of societies patterned lives
like the picket fence
I ounce saw and set a flame
for the echoing thought of self growth I found myself needing to pursue
reluctant to be moved from this path
I still stand moving forward this pen in hand
Pursue love and grace to leave this trace of positive energy
paint the futures picture
for today tells of tomorrow
only if you forget to paint again
each day becoming more than the next
this is your only escape from yesterdays mistakes
take up your brush and paint
resisting the paintings that jade your painting today
take your freedom and paint.