withered

let me contrive and start to compare

your heart to a flower with no time to spare

water and feed it, to live and to grow

like love and attention in which i bestow

some of your petals have dried up and fallen

still honey bees swarm 'round to search for some pollen

i'm sure you'll deny it in adamant style

concealing the wither, disguised in a smile

my urge is to help out and nurture your flower

but your heart considers this loss of all power

and i know that someday you'll wish something started

sad but its true that i will have departed

i'm giving up hope because i have grown tired

of offering nurture that your rose required

By C. Meneses

Appreciation and gratitude

are hard to keep short

It might take a lifetime

to give thanks for support

The angels in my world that

that keep me alive

Consistently come though

Not just nine to five

As I am arriving

to darkness in space

I will rest assured

I am put in my place

Quickly but carefully

They'll make sure I'm grounded

And hold up that mirror

When I am confounded.

Its fun and its easy

to fly up like a kite

But make sure your string

Is held onto with might.

the rhythm of my soul can vary,

depends upon the note you carry,

come to me with inspiration,

and i'll provide my compensation,

i'll show you all my bags of tricks,

and keep you all up in the mix,

don't question authenticity,

just serious mutiplicity,

what you'll question in my eyes,

i, myself can not surmise,

just ride it like a wave and see,

my spirit when its feeling free,

there's never any ill pretense,

nor mechanisms of defense,

just a masquerade i play,

when life is fading into gray,

all my pain I will assuage,

by dreaming up a little stage,

and when i'm in my finest hour,

my spirit blooms just like a flower,

My rhymes are here to celebrate,

and rid my head of harsh debate.

Sincerity

the feelings inside me that drive me insane

are never quite easy to try to explain

i want to be honest and say things i feel

but vulnerability is such an ordeal

i want to prove strength, reveal skin that's thick

but if you believe that, it's really a trick

its easy for me to portray the tough stances

but as a result, I have lost all my chances

cuz inside i'm longing to tell you the truth

i'll bottle it up and youll never find proof

Explaining the thoughts that are kept deep inside

will just cause the reflex to go run and hide

and how youll respond is the most fearsome part

especially when i have offered my heart

see its happened in stages throughout my whole life

it seems i've been cut by the same jagged knife

So this is the reason you'll never quite know

that each day i see you, inside me you'll grow

Time will just pass and i still wont express

but take note of how much i'll try to impress

its like this with life, i prepare with my armor

dont worry for me, i can still be a charmer

my pride i'll hold onto with all of my might

with so much conviction, im not saying its right

i hope you can grasp what i'm trying to say

so here i will end cuz i dont have all day.