For you Peace Cave.

For you Peace Cave.

Tranquil thoughts arrest my mind
finding peace is hard
in these times

this is for you Peace cave
a little rhyme

A hidden little treasure
a place for your brain
to meet new measures
rocks and jagged edges
are only a plus
to keep out the unwanted guests
to keep harmony for us.

Peace comes here,
and resides in the shadows
come sit here my friends
time is not shallow.
enjoy it.

pick up your mess,
and leave it clean for the next guest
a little rhyme for you peace cave
a little place
for us modern day hippies to escape.
a little place to run away
a little place
with a big heart
a cave of entrapped memories.
let's work together.
let's do our part
chill out
smoke weed
keep the peace
one love
it isn't too hard.
just don't get lost in the dark.


12/08/09
C Mac

I have to be me.

write what you feel

I have to be me.

Cast aside the guilt
leave it at the door
nothing is perfect
leave your expectations
on the floor

never to return again
is what I'll always say,
forever dwelling here
is a constant fear
with anchors on my feet.
i never want to stay.

fresh red eyes in the night
seek for a treasure
a hunt with no limits
no measures
need to find a light
need to obtain some fire
lifted off the ground
my mind could not be higher

Rest on your choices
and reasons to believe
cut the ropes
from your wrists,
cut the ropes
from your neck,
run far
don't be afraid
create the life you lead
be the person you'll be
get the hell out
of here
you're free.

We just have to remember that
We just have to hold on to it.
We just have to live it.
you have to be you.
and i have to be me.


12/1/09
C.MacGinnis

random thoughts

write what you feel

Random Thoughts

Ever sit alone
lost in a trance
staring at nothing
numb, with no defense?

Ever find your feelings
scattered, and afraid
racking, and holding
tightly to your brain

Ever flip through the pages
of a book
fictional but true
the fake romance
and tortured pain
is so real
a symbolic resemblance
of me and you

ever think it is foggy
and unclear
convinced by mortality
and fear
you had it all right here
i gave it all right there.
11/31/09
C. MacGinnis

Bring a Jacket

Bring a Jacket

Brisk mornings of winter
I'll pull you out of my heart
like a splinter
running around
couldn't be better
I'm free of this pain

don't forget your jacket
my chest is spread open
and its getting drafty
i have to protect my heart
so please don't attack it
I'm vulnerable right now.

Winter wraps me up
in its freezing night
time to hold on tight
this ride is up in the air
doing spins and circles
trying to show someone..

hey, you there
don't be scared
throw your arms up
and enjoy this ride..
never let them see you hide..
its cold, so bring a jacket.

Brisk mornings of winter
I'll pull you out of my brain
like a splinter
running around
couldn't be better
I'm free of this pain
-Crystal MacGinnis

11/15/09

Oxygen's Gone

Oxygen's Gone
11/9/09

I just don't know
what I'm doing anymore
rock solid walls,
staring at the floor
dig my way out

scratching the walls
searching for a door
trying to see if my life
amounts to anything more

locked in this house
screaming out loud
fighting for a chance
to be free
from this trance.

holding my breath
the water fills up
seconds to go
before your oxygen is gone

find a way out
searching for my life
I just don't know
what I'm doing anymore
can't seem to find this illusive door
stuck here kicking and screaming on the floor
waiting for my chance to escape
just waiting for my turn to get away.

-Crystal MacGinnis

Get a Grip

Get a Grip

Reach for the grip

you can seem to get

watch for the hole

break your ankle

you tripped

twisted, turned

all around burned

it used to hurt

but i like the pain

learn a fact

create some fiction

know whats left

in your life

living out

your contradiction

laugh when its sad

and cry when its funny

worried about time

worried about money

stop.

Reach for your grip

grasp it tight

this war isnt over

i've only just begun

this familiar fight.

11/6

Crystal MacGinnis

Deserted

Deserted

Left deserted
no one around
scream as loud as you want
never hear a sound

a squall of wind
takes you away
to another place
left alone
all battles to be faced

encompass my mind
encompass my soul
i don't want to die alone

walk along
finding friends
loving them
i assumed it couldn't end

then I get deserted again
I swear I'll never win
all good things
seem to always
come to an end.
no rules will be bent.

left deserted
no one around
run as fast as you can
no way out
run as fast as you can
and scream your
deserted heart out.


11/4
Crystal MacGinnis

Here it is

Here it is.

Here it is
lacerated
needing stitches
bruised
and barely moving

here it is
keeping it for you
there is nothing left
but what i have here

holding it out
on display
looking all around
blood dripping down

pulsing in my hands
cadences getting weaker
pounding softer
with nothing left to give
at the mercy of you
take this shattered gift

here it is
my heart
crippled
and torn apart

the beats getting weaker
the cadence stops
please take my broken heart.
i don't need it anymore.
it won't get me far.
so,here it is.

11/4
Crystal MacGinnis

Down the Drain 8/24

Down the Drain

Water dripping down the drain
similar to the thoughts in my brain
enough to drive
a sequential man
insane.

Enough to give up
not enough to stop trying
never going to recover it seems
got sick of crying..

the thought
of being with him
is hypnotizing
being apart
is agonizing.

sliding into the end
never going to pretend
for myself i need to fend.
i was flexible for you
i learned to bend.

I don't want it to be over
my glass half full
is tipped over..
empty
used to be filled with color
now left to a dull plain.

Water dripping down the drain
similar to the thoughts in my brain
enough to drive
a sequential man
insane.
enough to cause me a lot of pain.

8/24
Crystal

If Only 8-23

If Only
8/23

Rest assure
i have no feeling
left numb and alone
it can't be healing.

he can't care for me
like i care for him
so he gave up
it came to an end.
wishing for a second chance
turn around
start over again.

deserted by anyone
i get close to
anyone i get comfortable with
left to be alone
left for dead.
some things are better left
unsaid...

tears are gone
sadness reaps
if only the one i care for
i could keep.
if only..he could see.
if only.
-Crystal MacGinnis

A poem dedicated to Grampa Roger..

A poem dedicated to Grampa Roger...
It was written by an unknown author, and is dedicated to My gramps.

When I'm gone, give whats left of me away to children and old folks.
And if you need to cry, cry for your brother and sister walking the street beside you.
And when you need me,
put your arms around someone and give them what you need to give to me.
I want to leave you something,
something better than words or sounds.
Look for me in the people that I've known and loved,
And if you can not give me away,
at least let me live in your eyes and not in your mind.
You can love me most by letting hands touch hands,
and by letting bodies touch bodies.
Love doesn't ever die, bodies do.
So, when all that's left of me is love,
give me away.

Slow Down

Slow Down

where is everyone going
what is the rush
no one else matters
time is crunched

take time to breath
stop, and take it in
under, and beneath
enjoy the world
while we have it.

take a minute of your day
to appreciate the souls that paid
for the streets we walk on
the food we eat
the money we spend
the freedom of speech..

talk about the birds
talk about the weather
but take time to appreciate
one another
help out each other

slow down
take a minute
enjoy this world
and everything God put in it

where is everyone going
what is the rush
keep going at a fast,
impatient pace
and your life is as good as flushed.
this is our lives
not a race to the end
so slow down, and take it all in
while you can..

-Crystal MacGinnis
7/11/09

don't open your eyes

don't open your eyes.
4/14/09

almost saw his face
his big blue eyes
his warming embrace

open my eyes
cant seem to shake the dream
cant seem to dismiss
missed opportunity

fading in my eyes
burning my heart
cant seem to see
falling apart

still on this earth
i wish he could be
pictures, movies, and
memories just aren't good
enough for me

please open my eyes
let me see.
blocked by the
missed opportunity
in my dream
to have him near me.
keep thinking...
don't open your eyes.

Summer Winter Ashes

Summer Winter Ashes
3/30/09

Reach out your hand
help me understand
summer winter ashes
turn into tiny crystals
of sand

scattered around the world
nothing to hold
my words are loud
my mind is bold

resisting the right way
attracted to the wrong day
not enough words to think
not enough words to write
just not enough words to say

fight for my right
many lives paid
holding this tightly
obsessed with
knowing the right price to pay

Fresh breath of air
filling my lungs
let down my hair
reach for the bright burning sun

soft summer nights
scream for attention
dark winter days
beg for affection
autumn leaves feel
rejection
spring flowers
enjoy their reflection

reach out your hand
and try to understand
why summer winter ashes
turn into sand
and get taken by the breeze
to learn live and love
in another land

-Crystal

Randee Wilson

Randee Wilson
4/1/09

memories lifted her mind
thoughts traveled her mouth
her mind never stopped running
when her life hit the solid ground

she results in fighting
for this forsaken country
taught to serve and protect
our right to be free
a special type of person to be

down in the dirt
flying in the sky
bullets are a hit or miss
when they fly by
for what
for us.

she is a fighter
a bestfriend
a wife
a sister
a rolemodel
our solider

memories lifted her mind
thoughts traveled her mouth
her mind never stopped running
when her life hit the solid ground

eyes forward
thoughts set aside
makes wishes on stars
falling in the night

come home soon
feet planted on the ground.
looking at the same moon.
thinking, loving, and always
caring about you
our soilder
randee wilson.

-Crystal

take it away

take it away

breeze hits you lightly
smell rain
feel pain
no one gets left unbroken

rush of wind
clash of thunder
thoughts only thought
left nothing to ponder

head back
eyes shut
mouth open
screaming
rain pounding

on top of the world
or at the bottom of my own
feelings left unknown
so much to learn
someone-else take a turn
feel the burn
fade
into another day
wish it away
take it away.

4/1/09
-Crystal