Unbalanced

[darthdiesalot]

Honesty is addictive

But honestly

I need my savior

Save me from my darkness

This afternoon

[darthdiesalot]

I don't recall jealousy

From something so simple

For something I don't deserve

[darthdiesalot]

Fever

After all the dimes are bought

And all the dollars are sold

We all lay in darkness

Infected by the cold

We think nothing can kill us

Immortality

Nothing would stop us

Generation x disease

Fever will not be broken

Plague that kills us all

Resistant to a cure

In for the long haul

Natural selection made

It's our new god

Lying in wait

Without a sound

Its in us now

Disease

Lee Cummings 1995

[darthdiesalot]

Salty peanuts

Went to the store for for some butter

I was walking down aisle eight

Noticed a can of salty peanuts

They were calling my name

.

I'd like to buy some

Buy some

Eat them out of the can

I am so thirsty

Thirsty

Damn good peanuts

.

Don't check the protective seal

Or expiration date

When to the store for some butter

Now I need a beer

.

Buy them so salty

Salty

So very very salty

.

Lee Cummings 1997

Miguel Luna 1997

[darthdiesalot]

What a joke

What did you mean

What did you see

Was it fun creating me

Throw me to the sea

Spin me

Drop me

Take away these memories

What is all of this

Why all the risk

Was this joke

At the expense of me

Tears I bleed

Tainted meat

My wounded knees

For soiled beliefs

I can not

Will not believe

Or be deceived

Just to justify this disease

The words I read

Planted seeds

Water me

So they grow within me

.

Lee Cummings 2004

[darthdiesalot]

Hurricane Alice

Steal electrolytes

Feel big

Shocked once

Steal again

All in all

It is yours

Steal and starve

Burnt in you

Take some time

Just to heal

Mushrooms

They made you big

Made Alice small again

Rabid bumblebee

Stinger pointed at me

Accepted socially

Killing you

Emotionally

Poor baby

Needs a bottle

Choke now

Save yourself

Milk is good

Bite your tongue

Dirty diapers

Open mouth

.

Lee Cummings 1997

Published in Melting Tree Review winter #10

[darthdiesalot]

Are we alone

Candy corn taken

Costumes so old

Interest isn't fading

Open up this cover up

Aliens observing us

Government is listening

Jackals laughing

They walk amongst us

We look out there

For something sweeter

Looking for anything

Cause something is missing

Would they guide us

Lead us

Teach us

Or destroy this

Take our pains away

We just call out

Are we alone

Lee Cummings 1997

Published in Melting Tree Review spring #7

[darthdiesalot]

Before we began

Driving down the road

Seemed to lost control

Must've drank to much

.

Don't know what to do

Or where to begin

I paralyzed my friends

.

Don't where to start

Or what to say

I lost my girlfriend

.

Don't remember much

Happened to fast

Not sure what we did

.

Didn't what to talk

As you lay there dying

Wouldn't know where to begin

.

Still won't talk about it

As I wait for my maker

We should've stopped before we began

.

Lee Cummings 1997

Published Melting Trees Review Spring #7

[darthdiesalot]

Loving wallstreet

Brokers go out everyday

Searching for that something special

Something perfect

Exciting

Buying up as much as they can

Doesn't matter

If its grows or dies

Running bulls

Bears

It's worth the risk

To spend time with you

Is like buying stock in your heart

Lee Cummings 2004

Published in Eternal Portraits

[darthdiesalot]

God of my tornadoes

Hold me tight

In breath of life

Devil pulls me

From your wind

And I fall

.

So close to sin

I'm in

Fears wiggling in

Cinnamon

In my fears again

Let your grace grow within

Out of life

Out of time

Well whatever tornado

Whatever your name is

.

Squeeze water from this stone

Raise me up

Sweet cyclone

Don't ever let me go

God of my tornadoes

Lee Cummings 1997

Published in On the Road 1999

[darthdiesalot]

Tempered

Born into raging storms

You've seen the darkness

Felt the cold winds

Were touched by the lightning

In a fight for your life

Bruised

Bleeding

Scars so deep

They never heal

World crumbling around you

Beaten to the ground

Dirt and mud

Weight crushing down

Feel the fires burning

Pressure all around

Your faith is steel

Never yielding

It's changed you

Hardened

Tempered

Your a diamond now

So stand up and sparkle

No one can hurt you anymore

That inner glow

The world will love you

Everything's made you

Unstoppable

Lee Cummings 2020

[darthdiesalot]

Diary

These weary eyes

And all they've seen

There is a simple beauty in the pain

.

Bright colorful roses dying

Renewing in the spring

Soft kisses blossoming

Into true love flowing

.

Depressions is a mist

That clouds the mind

But broken hearts prevail

Rising above it all

.

During sad times

Angelic souls dance

Feeling the bliss

Of sunny summer days

.

My tears have fallen

Down heavy like rain

Hope growing beneath puddles

And seen smiles grow

.

And found forgiveness

That is the real treasure

And doubt is a jail for the mind

.

Be careful when you speak the truth

And there is truth in faintly spoken lies

.

Measured breathes

With my significant other

I've smelled fragrant flowers

In my dreams

.

There is strength

In showing restraint

Time is a trap

But someday you'll be free

Lee Cummings 2020

[darthdiesalot]

Avocado

Perfectly me

An acquired taste

Thick skinned

Nutty at times

In my youth an inconspicuous flower

Unnoticed

But now is the time

I will stand out

Show you my flavors

Firm

Mellow

Ready to show my big heart

Ill be waiting in warm sun

Or tropical rail

Fleshy body covered

Waiting for you

Come find me

Lee Cummings 2020

[darthdiesalot]

Beauty from ashes.

Tears like thorns rain down

Leaving invisible scars in its wake

Illusion of strength

Reality of weakness

Reflections of self

A broken mirror

Fragile yet dangerous

How did I become this

At which point did I stop believing

Im on my knees

Surrendering

Teach me to see the shimmer inside

Resurrect the innocence

Break these chains of torment

Heal my wounds

Renew my mind

Give me faith

Amen

Tara Knezevich 2020

Lee Cummings 2020

[darthdiesalot]

Out of the blue

Salty breeze off the crystal blue

Laying beside you

Your true beauty

Sandals resting in white sand

Reading under the warm sun

This perpetual summer

Together on this tropical adventure

Geckos sing to butterflies

Tastes of mango and plantains

Alluring smell of exotic flowers

Rosewood

Allspice

Foliage as lush as our romance

Caribbean dreams

I wish this day would last forever

Together

Lee Cummings 2020

[darthdiesalot]

Sleep to dream

Can not wait for sleep

Just to dream of you

I close my eyes

I can still feel your warmth

Imagining your touch

My lips beg for your kiss

Your heart beats for another

But you will always be part of me

Memories fade

But emotions linger

Even with you gone

I just want your happiness

At least I still know

I can dream of you.

Lee Cummings 2020

[darthdiesalot]

Strands

A simple line drawing me to you

A strand of fate

Something within awakens

My heart has never spoke so loud

Shaken to the core

This sweet temptation

Sneaking into my mind

The fates are cruel

Heart wants what it can't have

Torn apart

Another heartache on the list

I can not speak the words

My burden to bare

You'll always be just out of reach

Lee Cummings 2019