Dwayne Boyd

Should we?

There are many things that I should say to you each day.

Life moves at a whirlwind pace.
Time escapes and disappears.
Weeks and months turn into years.
The minutes can’t be saved.
Noneth…

looking out;
reaching in
looking in;
reaching out.
trying to find
feelings.

afraid to go
without.

unsure what
it’s all
about…

illusions
and confusion

keep one
from tru…

Generation X is the term used to label the current generation of people in their twenties. Before we came along there were the hippies, then the baby boomers who traded in their love beads for …

overrheard words
from random conversations,
scraps of paper scrawlled
with phillosophical
quotations,
speeches delivered
to move a nation,
whispers from children
of the next
generati…

Once they
rise,
the darkness
will retreat.

I
imagine
someplace
different.
A place where,
people are kind.
a place where,
the sun shines.
a place where,
music plays.
a place to spend
better days.

I can, see the sea;
fe…

So much of what we communicate
cannot be said;
a gaze,
a glance,
a touch,
a sigh,
a painted
fingernail.

Now, is not the time
to be shy.

I love the way
you trace the lines
of …

The words are traces
of thoughts I’ve had.
Markers of memories
and days
gone past.
As long as a spark fires,
to light the way,
down mental pathways.
I’ll spend my
days
filling the …

As I lie here,
I check the backs of my eyelids for holes;
search my dreams for tales untold;
allow my plans
and schemes unfold.
Pray that I do not die
before I grow old.
I heal my pai…

When I picture something
in my mind’s
eye,
the actual event
seems like a
lie.

Ideas try to hatch as my skull cracks
like an egg.
Fragments on the table,
on the floor,
in my bed.…

I must steal
a moment to think.
Standing on the edge
of a cliff
my toes are just beyond
the ledge.
A strong wind can test
my ability
to defy
the law of gravity.

Is this where
I …

I want to live life as if no-one
was watching.
Why do I care what others think?
I don’t want to sit still long enough
to suffer the barbs
of judgment.
I don’t care about
what society
ha…

If it’s premeditated,
or I take some time to think.
It’s not freestyle.
Thoughts have to spring
from the top of my head.
Sometimes they spin so fast,
I almost wind up dead.
Focus has s…

If it makes sense
it doesn’t happen.

If it makes sense don’t
do it.

Wait, what’s that smell?
What’s that scent you’re wearing?

It’s called, "Curiousity."

Now, you’ve got my atten…

I heard someone say, "Yesterday’s history
and tomorrow’s a mystery…so live today."

Why is it so difficult to live in the moment?
Appreciate each second you’re here.
The game doesn’t la…

You treat me like a child
when you say: "Put your toys away!"
I get confused by
the reaction.
My focus
disturbed
by the request.
I can’t be at my best
when I’m dealing with a
mess.
I…

I whisper this
in a stolen moment.
There are no curtains
to hide behind.
I dig deep inside for
the courage
to say what I feel.
I’m up on stage.
Stripped naked for the world
to see.
Sh…

I wish I could be there.

Instead, I’m here.
I’m locked away;
wasting the moments
of this day, until
I’m released.
Set free
to be
me.

While I’m here, do
not fear.

Because, my
t…

Her Weapon of Choice is the fire inside.
She speaks her mind with little to hide.
Some may think she
shoots from the hip.
Look again, my friends,
the gunsmoke is rising from her lips.
W…