Silence

If my lips were briefly sealed,
not a thought to be revealed

If I loved you without words,
I wonder if I would be heard

Would my eyes grip your soul,
casting doubt on all you know

Would you fall, to your knees,
overwhelmed by what you see

Would you search beneath my skin,
yearning for a new way in

Would my love be lost on you,
or pierce your heart through and through

Would you simply walk away,
cold and empty all of your days.

For Robin Williams

Did you know we’d cry along,

did you know that we would mourn?

In the darkness of despair,

did you know that we were there?

In the whispers of your mind,

did you feel us or were you blind?

Blinded by the rising pain,

slipping in and out of sane.

Could you feel, see or touch,

the love our hearts felt so much?

How could you know or even care,

wrestling with such deep despair?

Your prison wall cast out the love,

but now it flows to you above.

Center stage with love and cheers,

seeping through buckets of tears.

Go in peace and rest your soul

for then you didn’t, but now you know.

RIP to my favorite actor.

By KCH

Spinning Little Orb

A little girl is combing her hair
A teenager decides what to wear
A mom is baking and running amuk,

A Dad is fixing the pickup truck
Choirs are singing and praising their God
Protesters stand against the facade
Dogs are barking and chasing balls
Cats are screeching within empty walls
Fans are cheering their favorite team
Children are starving and sleeping through screams
A beautiful baby just learned how to crawl
Gangs are forming and breaking the law
Couples are kissing, on their first date
2 minutes ago a woman was raped
A beautiful little baby was born
A father left a family in scorn
An artist painted a beautiful scene
An abused child woke with a scream
A long lost relative just arrived
A veteran committed suicide
A businessman signed a million dollar deal
A homeless man prayed for just one meal
A family spent a day at the mall
A bully pinned a kid to the wall
A father lifted his son in praise
A soldier died defending our ways
A couple just found, love at first sight
A son was tried and sentenced to life
A mother is soothing her child's cries
A bomb was dropped taking hundreds of lives

This ball in space is spinning so fast
Nothing stands still and nothing will last.
Each little life with its own little story
The pain and the suffering, the love and the glory
Someone just died and another was born
All this in a day on our spinning little orb
When you look in my eyes I hope you will see
That I am in you and you are in me

By KCH