Vision+Voice

Everybody’s rushin’ round,
This disastrous kitchen is full of sound.
Pans clashing,
People dashing.
Trying to get Christmas dinner on the table,
Everyone helps as long as they’re able.
One hour has passed,
We must work fast!
There are only five more minutes,
We are working to our limits!
Bang! A pan of spaghetti hits the floor,
Now in minutes we only have four!
Clash! Two people hit their spoons together,
The two spoons break and fall to the floor as light as feathers.
Christmas dinner should have been ready,
But I can tell we won’t be having homemade dinner already.
That dinner was disastrous,
We ended up getting fast food, just disastrous!

It’s 8:00 I’ve got to mop!
It’s 8:30 I’ve got to hurry!
It’s 9:15 I’ve got to clean!
It’s 9:45 High Five!
It’s 10:00 Is the door locked?
It’s 10:30 “Oh, Look! Hey, little birdie!”
It’s 11:00 . . . Hey!

This is a very boring schedule!
I think I’ll just . . .

It’s 8:00 No need to mop!
It’s 8:30 I’m not in a hurry!
It’s 9:15 I’m not going to clean!
It’s 9:45 High Five!
It’s 10:00 The door is locked!
It’s 10:30 “Oh, Look! Hey, little birdie!”
It’s 11:00 Time for fun!
Whoops, I messed up the rhyme,
But good news, my poem is done!

Wheelchairs,
Down syndrome.
Asthma,
Diabetes.
Dyslexia,
Autism.
Tourette’s Syndrome,
ADHD.
Scoliosis,
Hard of Hearing.
We are all different on the outside,
But on the inside, we’re the same.
Even when you get teased,
You’re amazing.
Even if you look different,
You’re amazing.
When you are different,
You can be proud,
Because you are you,
And there is nothing that you should change.
Because the way you are right now is who you are meant to be.

Blue is waves crashing on the sandy shore,
Like bouncing on a cloud.
Blue feels like letting go,
Like diving in and feeling cool water rush past you.
Blue feels calm and fierce,
Like the cloudless skies of our summer days on Earth.
Blue is pretty like that one perfect daisy in a meadow full of flowers,
Like the water that keeps me alive every day.
Blue is the feeling of whipping through the air,
Like, the lazy weekend days when you don’t have to care.
Blue is Bluely Bluetiful,
Like the life we live every day.

All these problems
Polluted air,
Trashed oceans.
Endangered animals,
Fallen rainforests.
Many people think more is a good thing,
But for this, it’s not.
Because there are more problems in this world,
Than anybody can count.
That is probably the biggest problem.
The more minor problems are the ones you can change.
We can change the larger problems.
Together,
As a team.
The Earth has always given us life,
So, in return, we should be kind to it.
There are so many ways to help,
Whether it’s something small by yourself,
Or, something bigger with your community.
Forever there will be a world for you.
Life for you.
But it will only stay if you keep it safe.
Because this is your world.
And it’s up to you to save it.

When there’s a double rainbow,
The wind will blow,
The sun will show,
The clouds will glow,
And you will go “Whoa”.

When there’s a single rainbow,
The wind will blow with woe,
The sun will go,
The clouds will out of sadness make it snow,
And you will go “Noooo”.

And that is what happens when a double rainbow appears!
That’s also what happens when a single rainbow appears.
They have a very different effect on the weather.
So which would you want, a double rainbow or a single rainbow?

The smell of hot cocoa is in the air,
Fluffy marshmallows floating on its surface.
A pool of melted cocoa,
Hot cocoa is a winter special.

Hot cocoa warms you up better than anything else,
And thaws one’s bitter cold hands.
Just with milk and a spoonful of magic powder,
Hot cocoa is the simplest of simple.

Hot cocoa fills you with a warm, fuzzy feeling,
And gives you a cup full of happiness.
Hot cocoa builds the winter spirit,
Right up inside you.

Hot cocoa is a steaming hot mug,
Filled with warm chocolatey goodness.
Hot cocoa is just a pool of melted cocoa,
Just waiting to fill one’s body with that fuzzy feeling.

Oh, Zoey
You made my LIFE
A pleasure!
You have lived
Longer than I
Could ever
IMAGINE.
But your time has
COME
To go to doggy heaven.
After you were gone,
Emotions poured down
My throat,
Like a marble
Going down
A slope.
I never thought,
A dog could mean
The world
To me.
But here is the
PROOF that I
LOVE YOU!

Under the influence of synth and dials
Night and day, thousands of miles
Carelessly free, the flashing roads
Ages ago, people walked on their own
Now it’s bugattis and lambos for all the people
Nocturnal people, adrenal people
Yonder loomed ahead and yet we turned our heads to impress the regal

All of the lights light up the sky
Humans made them; the others died
Eleven angry men will cry so the 12th, a king, is satisfied
Another time can be recalled;
Dance and joy filled up the hall

They struggle with it, even now,
Unanimously, they take the vow
Remembering tales of the lands ago
Never again is the choice they chose

Barely anyone had to lift a finger,
Asking them to walk this way,
Canceling those who dare to be different
Kick them down and paint their face

Orion-the lord of the land and the living-has simmered and given his power away,
Rendering visions of virtues and valor, falsehoods that they show through the whole Milky Way

Dice rolling and shooting craps, betrothed with money
Riding golden skating rinks, landing on their stomachs
Ironing Christian Dior, lacing up the buttons
Ninety years ago they dug clothes out of the rubbish,
Killing elephants for food, killing their own to make room

Yelling out in joy they finally found the sand
Only a couple men dared to traverse the land
Under the bridge there was a troll, he’s been there ever since
People were told he was a fiend, but it was all pretense

Fencing the others to gain even a tiny portion
Igniting wars over land, and over things like abortion
They even fought about petty things that you wouldn’t believe
Usurping amongst the rich invented poverty
There were Rifts between cultures, people were scared of the peace, but
Entertainment was in demand, so they created TV’s

Frightening success occurred, no more need to write
Radio and TV night after night, it shaped their lives!
On and never off, to the corporation’s delight
Thought was lost, companies smiled, as it would surely fade over time.

The people, to their surprise, didn’t really mind.