FutUre, 2morrOw

Phew, where to begin

I didn't think in 2015

We'd still be trying to keep King's dream

Growing up, back in the day

Seemed like the future was something

We all wanted to belong to

So many things in the past
Thought we'd get past

Yet, some people wanna forget

The others, well they try

But every day it keeps coming back

All this religion

Ain't nobody saved Yet?

Where did the souls go

The ones that paved these roads

What happened to humanity

One could say, gone to INSANITY

It's crazy to think, to say, to do, or to be

Just another human be-ing

We're passing strangers, things

Getting stranger by the day

When we get too close

There's no words left to say

Just throw up your hands and holler

I wanna think, hope, pray for a better tomorrow

But then I realize, that's what our parents said

So what do we tell our children

In all this strife and sorrow

Things have got to get better

Or there will be no future, tomorrow

© 2015 Sharbi3

Yeah ... that.

You ever been with, around or close to someone
Who makes you feel so much?
Amplifies every color?
Makes your skin glow from the slightest touch?
Finishes your sentences
And invades your thoughts?

Yeah, that.

That one who notices every little detail
From how you wear your hair
To the faintness of your perfume smell
How your brow raises in thought
Or when your mood changes
He's right there cheering you on
Arms wide open, hugging you so warm

Your cheeks hurt from smiling so much
He laughs at your corny jokes and such
His gaze is so focused, you are afraid he'll see right through you
And when your eyes meet his
He feels the complete you

Yeah.
That.

Too bad, he's the guy across the street, or behind the counter
Or he's taken by another
Or he's just a figment in your dreams
Yet you keep holding on to the feeling
That one day he'll notice you and wake you up

©2015 Sharbi3

''nimaerD n reveRse

I think too much. 

Get caught up in my thoughts and such. 

Make dreams realities and wet paintings touched. 

Where stars are dark matters burning lights. 

Caught in thoughts 

Where birds take wingless flights 
and fish live in trees. 

Sense isn't made by dollars making change. 

When the sun reverses and becomes the moon, 
tides sucked into the ocean's vacuum. 

I think too much, 

Like dreams are strange. 

When realities are no longer games.

©2015 Sharbi3

U've Got a Friend in ME

I'll be ur movie date
or ur coffee break.

But my ❤,
it's not urs
2 take.

I say this
in all honesty.

Hoping
that u'll
feel me,
sincerely.

Because
I only wish,
2 b
ur friend.

I'll be like
Chuckie.
Or
Buzz Lightyear.

I'll defend u
until the end
or fly
through the
universe
for you.

Because
that's
what
real friends
do. 😊

©2015 Sharbi3

#Untitled

Perhaps,
if I believed in wishes,
more would come true
Reality sets in,
shaded a grayish blue
I bring my own personal sunshine
It's the only way to be
When your heart is set on
making dreams
possibilities
All to often,
our minds trick us
Making believe
that what's out there,
is not for us
Who's to say
what promises have been made?

Like Langston said
so long ago
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams go, life is a barren field frozen over with snow..."

And I say,
stay the course,
although obstacles may appear
If you forget your dreams,
Or put them to the side
Even your own personal sunshine
May run and hide

©2015 Sharbi3

writing SOMETHING cold

i wanted to write something 

 S o m E T H i N G 

 just joking, Ha! 

 listening 2 D'Angelo 
tellin' me 2 send it on
 i realize that 
i 
do 
not 
like
winter 

 or  cold 
 it's chill y frost y

        without warmth 

 of another person near 

 2 snuggle 
chill away 
 tell me spring is on it's edge 

 that's not what I wanted to write either 

 just a sentimental feeling 

 about how much 
i actually 

hate 
winter 

 i always remember my favorite poem 
by Robert Frost                     Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening 

... i have miles to go before I sleep, 
              miles to go before I sleep 

alert to all that is going on around me 
 trying to decide 
where to focus this energy 
 manifesting in me 
 as the universe conspires 
 for me
 to bring me 
to a place 
it says is for me 
be around those 
that are (in)for me 
 want to be with me in spirit, guidance, learning,
 adding more roots to my tree 

 I do not like this time of year 
with consumerism, 
there is no cheer for me 
 celebrating a fake baby 
that did nothing for you 

or me 

not succumbing
 to a fallacy 
 bright and shining star is already present 

 within me 
 i am present, 
 gift  me 
      you are my gift 
 my treasure 
here on earth 

 but i am not seen 
 beneath the dark, cold sky 

 twinkling 
in my eyes 
 hidden by shadows 
  moonlight has yet to capture 
out side crisp night air, 
(in)side a heated space
i will lay my head down 
 dream of sandy beaches 
far away 
 where  warm waves 
of ocean caress my feet 

 i will dream away these winter blues 
believing in warmth 

 summer's radiant hues 
 i'll put on my fuzzy socks 

creating friction
remove chill from my feet 
as i cocoon myself in cotton blankets 

 did i remember to write something?

  S O M E T H I n G 

 i 
do 

not 
like 

 winter 

 it's too cold 

my thoughts are frozen 

(c) 2014 Sharbi3

Monarch's Wings

Monarch’s Wings 

i saw a butterfly today
on it's wings did i imagine
that i too could fly away
soar through the trees sway
and in the air's breeze
float gently, gently away             

                                           
as i watched it's colors
orange, black and yellow
i saw the dreams of my people
it was vivid and bright
i felt a sensation of immense
delight
seeing the day that we
take flight
reaching new 
boundless
heights

i know that the butterfly
was only passing by
it was a monarch i think
just coming into be
something new from it's cocoon           
you see
                                                                                                           

it did not know the giddy
feeling that it did provide
to my insides
for an instant
i felt like a child
watching that butterfly fly
enjoying the nature
of the Most High

it's not often that
such a marvel
comes so near
it would not leave
as if there was something
more it had to reveal
i saw a butterfly today                                         
on it's wings did i imagine
that i too could fly away
soar through the trees sway
and in the air's breeze

. . . float gently, gently away

. . . float gently, gently away

copyright (c) sharbi3 2006

It was all in my head

It's a funny thing. The mind.

It harbors such trivial, yet meaningful things.

Gate keeper of dreams.

Guardian of emotions.

Great sorcerer of fantasy.

Genius thought, some imaginary.

Appearance out of vacant air

Just there

In the forefront

Standing out

waiting for recognition 

Then once realized 

Not quite sure, it has materialized

You can touch it, hear it, see it

It's what you so patiently awaited

Once feeling as if it could have dissipated

but no 

Its still there 

and you are afraid 

To grab it 

Feel it 

Speak it 

Because the mind is a funny thing 

Draped in reality, half fantasy 

It's real 

It's there 

Just take it as it has been presented 

Don't over think it 

And watch it disappear

©2012 Sharbi3