Generation Norz

Some are burdened, but will not rest

Coz they think they can pass the test.

Just go to him all ye heavy laden

And you will never feel forsaken

Sadness makes home out of your face

You look like you've just fell from grace

I try to share with you some light

Which you turn down with "I'm alright"

If God had a wish list, what would he ask for?

Forgiveness and open hearts forevermore.

Rise and shine, it's about time to awaken,

If not for anything but to triumph over Satan.

Be careful what you wish for as it might come true:

If you live like a lone wolf, you could die one too.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned;

Said no lie, but with the truth I’ve killed.

O, Son of God, have mercy on me,

Impurities blinded me, I could not see

Hail Mary, full of grace, Lord is with thee

Pray, O blessed; ask Him to have mercy

O Kingdom of Heaven, take on my side

At war with evils that in my heart reside

Yes, my Lord, I brought shame upon your name

And I have nothing that I could rightfully claim

Except your mercy that brought you to earth

And your love that has given me a new birth

Darkness is the absence of light; bad is the shadow of good

Shine on my heart and mind, O Lord, and be my livelihood

Who is the person?

Why is she staring back at me?

She looks familiar, I know I saw her somewhere before.

But I don't know anyone who behaves the way she does;

Meeting evil with evil …

Raising a sword against another …

Conspiring behind the back of people whose faces they smile at …

She speaks …

Her voice sounds familiar, but her tone doesn't.

It's how she says something out loud, but different message goes across.

How do I understand her? I never knew how to read between the lines.

Listen to me talk back; I'm writing between the lines.

I don't remember when I learned to do that,

But I remember other things that I used to forget by going to sleep;

Fights …

Resentment …

Pain …

Money ...

And the worst part of it is I'm getting used to it

And making use out of it

No more unconditional love

If you don't deliver, your out..

Out of my mind

Out of my heart

Out of my life

It's alright; cruel hearts don't dwell on pain

They move on to cause it

That's better than suffering

Let's face it, pain will always be there and everyone is on one end or another

Better be the criminal than the victim

Oh.. now I know who she is

I'd better move away from that mirror

For the worst thing it reminds me of is that this woman is not my future

She's my present.

I miss you, sorehearted.

Opposites attract and fight each other,

Similars repel but miss one another.

You drive me crazy when we’re together,

But if you go I’ll crave you forever.

In my darkest hour, in my deepest despair,

Please say nothing, I just want you there.

Words never tell me how much you care,

It’s how much of me you’re able to bear.

Do not offer me what you would want in need,

Various cures exist for men who differently bleed.

Mine is no stomach that you must stuff to feed,

The way to live and love is not a Heavenly creed.

My dearest opposite, I will come to you still

My lovely similar, we’ll fight but will not kill

Funny how the phone keeps ringing

Off the hook when they're in need

But when it's my heart that hurting

There's no one to call a friend indeed

It's not enough that chest's full of pain

Without the sting of having to blame

That special one that keeps you sane

Coz you just had to call them by name

I cannot always be the one full of power

I need to sometimes be too weak to forgive

For now I can taste no sweet, only sour

I just need to take for once instead of give

I need to be protected without having to ask for compassion

But it seems that non-business services are just out of fashion

Here we go again as the constant nightly fright

Has come again to visit depriving sleep of delight

Visions of confusion haunting the eye-shut sight

Recur to alarm the sleepless all through the night

Is it not peculiar what dreams cannot help but say

When nothing disturbs the mind under the sun of day

Of course the heart is heavy, but be that as it may

No nightly image is needed to tune the tone of dismay

Visitors of the shadow of darkness, have mercy on my soul

The message you have to deliver is, no doubt, a noble goal

Yet I do not comprehend the mission assigned to your mole

Codes are no way to explain, they only dig an incurable hole

Invaders of my unconscious, dark shadows of sequoia

5. Knock Knock!

Who's there?

Ike

Ike who?

Ike could have danced all night.

4. Knock Knock!

Who's there?

Norma Lee

Norma Lee who?

Norma Lee I have my Keys.

3. Knock Knock!

Who's there?

I-8

I-8 who?

I-8 lunch already.. is dinner ready.

2. Knock Knock!

Who's there?

You

You who?

What are you so excited about?

1. Knock Knock!

Who's there?

Yo momma.

Yo momma who?

Seriously, it's yo momma, open the damned door!

I made up #2, but if you like the rest of this list, go to http://www.knock-knock-joke.com/

This is a poem I wrote for a dear, dear friend of mine who was having some birthdays blues. The title has nothing to do with the meaning. I just didn't know what to call it. Silly me, huh? :)

The longer you stay thirsty in the drench,

The juicier the drink that comes to quench.

The longer you breathe out a hungry sigh,

The tastier the dish that comes to satisfy.

It's not a matter of how long you await,

But a matter of free will versus fate.

Although to wait for an intervention divine

Will ripen the branch you get from the vine

With so many choices and so little time,

Not to cease the day seems like a crime.

But opportunity isn't just as simple as so,

Sometime we just have to let things go.

How to settle the dilemma? How to put it all to an end?

Just forget about it and have a happy birthday, my friend.

I know your deepest secret; the mystery behind the despair

You say you cannot see it and act as if it were never there.

Way to go my dear friend, this is how the ending begins.

To confess is something, but another is to forget our sins.

I can see right though your soul, I know you hate that fact

You feel violently invaded, but you keep your facade intact.

But in that beating muscle, caged ardor has caught on fire

Forbidden love, untrammeled lust; that's what you desire.

I have always known but never had the courage to start

The one thing that could have been the wine to my heart,

But intoxication is only as good as long as you are drunk

For you soon will sober up and realize that you have sunk.

So long bittersweetness, heartache and courtship,

It's too late for love and too early for friendship.

Won't you talk to me, or at least give a sign?

Tell me things are bad, tell me they are fine

Life looks malicious, point out the benign

Earthly limits are broken only through Divine

So I open my door only when I am in need

When I drown in trouble, only then I plead

You never enter uninvited, what a cruel creed

If I never opened, would you bear to concede?

Can't the maker realize when the creation is weak?

Do you not get that you should be the one to seek?

That sometimes I'm too proud or stupid to speak?

Forgive my insolence and hear my arrogant shriek

You're the A and the Z, the beginning and the end

And I'm a lost sheep, be my shepherd and friend.