Success

Success is trying 100% of the time and failing 90%.

-Jake R. Green  7-24-12

Boof

She rolled along paved roads
Without a care dreams unfold.
Whatever destination
Near or far
Traveled my little red car.
She sped through summer,
And glided through fall.
-Even winters canyon couldn't frustrate her gaul.

-Jake R. Green 4-26-12

Kindling

All the while no fire started
Kindling glowed and kept out the darkness.
Too long the embers fought
With no help of wind,
To pick up a spark
And journey begin.

-Jake R. Green 4-10-12

Aborted Love

Months of growth
Nourished by laughter,
Ever doomed for sheer disaster.
Left alone and kicked aside
Was the fate of this heart of mine.
Time will bury this aborted love
And fate will visit
The wreck less one.

-Jake R. Green 4-10-12

Lessons

When asked what lessons you have taught me,
I find my mind is blank.
No quick quote or winded passage,
-The seeds more deeply laid.
The way you pause to hold your breath,
Or the way you sweep the floor.
Speaks volumes above guidance,
Like holding open the door.

-Jake R. Green 3-31-12 ( For: Dad )

Inspiration

Is it wrong to call you inspiration?
Before you there was no dedication.
The world dull with desolation.
Now my muse,
My pen filled with expectation.
Ink pouring rhymes
Without hesitation.

-Jake R. Green 3-30-12 ( Dedicated to: ___ )

Wake Up

Everyday I hope to wake up,
To a world where you are not made up.
Where you exist by my side,
And held in my arms
All the while being slayed by your charms.

-Jake R. Green 3-30-12

Know You

I wish that I could know you,
And where you've been.
What tragedies have shaped you,
And if they're going to end.
What walls have risen before you?
What mountains have you climbed?
And do any of these paths,
Lead to one of mine?

-Jake R. Green 3-29-12 ( Dedicated to: ___ )

Stow Away

I wish I could stow you away
In the corner of my heart.
Wrap it tightly around you,
And protect you from your scars.

-Jake R. Green 3-29-12 ( Dedicated to: ___ )

Frostbitten Heart

Too empty to cry,
So lonely I've died.
All the years flown by.
Looking back
I remember their faces;
All the rejections,
And misplaced conceptions.
The one thing I have,
Is knowing that I tried.
Here is my wight flag
Goodbye.

-Jake R. Green 3-27-12

Feral

Stepping away from what I know,
Biting and clawing my way back.
Prying away from the pack.
One small step from being stray,
Another leap and back home I'll get.

-Jake R. Green 3-27-12

Fighting The Beast

Fighting the beast
Is like fighting your shadow.
You try to escape it
Hardly seeming probable.
In every light
It tarries in toe.
With every effort to cut it,
It only seems to grow.

-Jake R. Green 3-26-12

Drive-In

You pull into the parking lot,
And plug the speakers in.
Change out the reel,
And the movie begins.
What pictures flood the screens,
Are they scenes in shambles?
Who plays the lead,
And whats the subject matter?
Take hold the directors chair,
And edit as you please.
Making sure the hero,
Avoids the deleted scenes.

-Jake R. Green 3-26-12

Sanitarium In My Head

I run a sanitarium
In the deepest reaches of my head
Where I am
Doctor, Patient, Nurse and Friend.
Self sustained
By dreams without end.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Never Ending Swallow

Perhaps the hardest lesson
We are ever faced to learn
Is written on this paper;
Curtsied by verse.
However long we live
We mustn't give up.
Drink up life in a never ending swallow,
Never lowering the cup.
Curse at contentment
And rejoice in knowing of a tomorrow.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Hero

Have you ever dreamed of being a hero,
A caped crusader, a masked man?
Well chin up,
--And need it not be chiseled.
There is no need for the strength of ten men.
Or flying a fancy jet.
Simply put your pants on,
And be a man.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Tabled Heart

Your heart is on the table
And quarries begin to assault.
An enigma wrapped in a shadow
Fortified with walls
Which layer do I start with
The outer or shoot for it all?
However far the penetration
When you recast leave me on the inside.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Sands Of Love

How many grains of sand are left?
Is it measured by hourglass,
Or the Sahara's relentless quest?
All the beaches the world 'round?
Or for some
Simply never found.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Last Breath Shut Down

To shut down shop
You start with the lights,
You would lock the doors,
And sweep for mites.
To shut down a man
Is far more intricately planned,
For several systems make him stand.
Take his heart and whats in his head.
Without these governing two
--His fate certain death.
But be gentle and systematic
In taming the lad
For like a frog,
He is not easily had.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Hyper-Extended Heart

After being pulled and twisted
And far too stretched;
My poor heart could use a rest.
A special brace,
By the name of love,
Could cure such an ailment
As hyper extended love.
But do be careful
And not too tight.
For like a glove it should fit just right.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12

Just Being You

Just being you brings a brightness to my day;
In the way you say hello,
Or in a how was your day;
--Just being you chases the darkness away.
The way your hair falls,
Or your body as it sways;
Just being you brings a smile to my face.
So don't stop in front of the mirror
And ask it what to change;
Keep you how you are,
Let your quarks stay the same.
--And most importantly let imperfection remain.

-Jake R. Green 3-25-12 ( dedicated to: ___ )

In Your Eyes

Oh that my eyes were shut
And sheltered from your beautiful eyes.
What messages spanned the nakedness
And heartstrings burned with life.
Kidnapped by the moment,
Help captive by a deeper love
Feelings caged by inaction
But tempted to rise above.

-Jake R. Green 3-23-12 ( dedicated to: ___ )

Dead Star Light

Long ago a star was born
In every galaxy its light was shown.
And one day, millenia now past,
A space woman set course
For the light source these galaxies had.
As she shuttled nearer
Her fear began to brim
Her arrival too late,
And the star was dim.

-Jake R. Green 3-22-12

Control Room

Behind me stands an ominous web
Made of intricately wired threads.
While in front of me sits with blaring glow,
Two computers for the puppeteers control.

-Jake R. Green 3-20-12

( titleless )

I will always be in love
With the memories with you.
Like standing in the kitchen
Washing whipped cream from your ear.
Or a parting embrace
--Which required two.

-Jake R. Green 3-19-12 ( dedicated to: ___ )

( titleless )

Caught in your eyes
Was the sentence to my heart.
A jail full of life and beauty.
--A prisoner happy to be a part.
Each day a hope for solitary,
Each day a fear of release.
Please grant me a life sentence,
Oh how happy I would be!

-Jake R. Green 3-19-12 ( dedicated to: ___ )

Unappreciated Treasure

Whether left to weather
Or left to collect dust,
An unwanted treasure
Is still a treasure to some.
New or old,
Broken and fractured;
The pricelessness
Outlasts its captor.

-Jake R. Green 3-20-12 ( dedicated to: ___ )

Juliet My Tragedy

Is Juliet my tragedy?
My predetermined friend?
I meet you in my slumber
And when I awaken
My wounds unmend.
How many strings must dangle;
Life's amusement a lonely man.
Where's my flag to hoist,
To surrender while I can.

-Jake R. Green 3-13-12

Seasons Of Heart

Springs warm breath comes to awaken the frosty sleep
Begging life to renew the streams flow free.
But beware the floods
Too halcyon to see.
An unprotected bank
Will leave a scar for millenia to see
--Bringing again the frosty sleep.

-Jake R. Green 3-13-12

Oh Weary Heart

Oh weary heart,
Will time ever mend?
Or will deaths cold hands
Painfully lull you to bed;
Without the blanket of numbness
To sulk your head.
No rest nor refuge from
Being killed over and over again.

-Jake R. Green 3-6-12

( titleless )

Tenderness caught in her voice
As the words materialized in my ear.
Truths serum breaking through,
And bringing to light what is true.
Maybe just a moment,
Maybe somewhere still true;
But how I long for that instant.
--In that instant it was real.

-Jake R. Green  3-9-12 ( dedicated to ___ )

Majestic Eagle

I came across a grounded eagle
Not far from his nest.
I asked: "What's the matter?"
And he puffed out his chest;
"My wings been broken,
I'm a terrible mess."
"So I walk this path til my wing no longer bent,
And soon I'll be circling above the rest."

-Jake R. Green 3-6-12

Ode To The Song Bird

Ode to the song bird
With puffed out chest,
Singing a lullaby
To a full and thriving nest.

Ode to the song bird
The nest now gone
Life no great tragedy,
And still carries on.

Ode to the song bird
With broken wing
Writhing in pain,
And still she sings.

-Jake R. Green 3-1-12

The Fisherman

An old man unspools his rod
And winds in the line.
Caressing each breaking wake
Like turning back time to escape.
Sitting on the bank
I watch the man tow the line;
The naked hook gleaming as it passes me by.
And here for hours I sit and stare,
--Alas my peace is found their.

-Jake R. Green 3-1-12

Sunset Heart

The sun sets on my heart,
Ushering in the cold night.
Its suffocating beauty surrounds me,
--Its grip secure and tight,
With each breath certain doom impending
Tho the beauty I long to tarry
And wrap its arms around me
And peacefully bring my night.

-Jake R. Green 2-29-12

(titleless)

Whatever verse I choose to write,
May end up looking white.

-Jake R. Green

Darkness

Darkness came to swallow him,
With light his only friend.

-Jake R. Green

Interior Monoluge

Devils tear at my skin.
And this is where it begins,
I bite my tongue to settle the pain
The taste of blood floods in.
Vision fades and I become unaware
The life that surrounds me
When will this battle subside?
I wake up in the morning
With a fear inside my head
I don't know when its going to happen
--Or if it will ever end.
This torment wraps around me
Daring me to comprehend
I don't know why these devils
Are constantly tearing at my skin
My heart is always sagging
Wishing you could understand.
In my mind I run,
But soon I stop.
And reality catches up.
My hand starts to shake,
My heart starts to bleed.
As it takes over my body
I fall to my knees.
A quivering man at your feet.
I bite my tongue to relinquish the grief
Blood soon trickles through my teeth.
If it were possible for you to witness
I would take you by the hand
Id make you feel this.
There is no resistance.
Id take you to hell,
And then Id take you back
Time stops and reality spins.
Terreur foitede moi peau.

-Jake R. Green

(titleless)

I lived off an hours moment,
For a memories eternity.

-Jake R. Green

Uncommon Killer

Out of the darkness,
And into the light,
Running across South Africa
It wastes no time.
This red-headed virus' path undefined.
Out of Africa
But not out of sight.
It still creeps,
As I capture it in flight.

-Jake R. Green

Count The Ways

I cannot count the ways I love you
Or begin to name them all.
The little things inside you
That make you who you are;
Are a blessing to those around you
--And your beauty ascends them all.
I could spend until forever
In the warm embrace of your arms,
And dance dance until whenever,
Or gaze with you at the stars.
The blueness of the ocean
Is echoed in your eyes.
The meekness of a grandmother
_______  ______;
Is sweetly suspended
In the whisperings of your heart.
I cannot count the ways I love you,
Or begin to name them all.
The purity and true love of God
Surrounds you.
--And gives rise to us all.
Charity abounds in you
And to anyone who comes around you
Compassion is felt by all.
I fear my words serve no justice
To the ramblings of my heart,
Because
I cannot count the ways I love you,
Or begin to name them all.

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: ___ )

(titleless)

Sworming emotions filled the air around him,
But he could not pick just one.

-Jake R. Green

(titleless)

I don't feel like myself today,
Or maybe myself doesn't know that's me.

-Jake R. Green

All The Days

All the days I dream of you,
To have you by my side.
All the days I look to heaven,
And with my heart I cry:
'Why am I so lucky!'
And the tears begin to fly.
'Why such a beautiful daughter
Do I have to call mine?'
Indeed tears of humbleness flow freely down my cheeks.
Your purity overwhelms me
And I fall to my knees,
How wonderful a miracle
That someone such as I,
Could find the pleasure of our Father
To bless from on high.
With such a priceless gift
An angels hand I hold.
Who lifts me up and cares for me,
And loves me when the world turns cold.
All the days I love her,
All the days I try,
To be the man God meant for her
And who's found favor in His eyes.

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: ___ )

(titleless)

Where can I find the words
That would tell you how I feel?
If I were only Shakespeare
I would make them up,
--And meanings would be unclear.
Can I find them in the ground,
Like a treasure hidden away?
Can I plant them like a tree,
And nourish them everyday;
Or can love be in an act,
Getting up early everyday?
Whatever the expression may be
I promise you this day:
Wherever I may find you,
There these expressions will be.

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: ___ )

Queen Of Hearts

I have a throne behind my walls,
Miles past the palace guards.
A seat for you, but not for me
I wait to serve you,
On hands and knees.

-Jake R. Green

Love Coded 'L' II

A riddle I have,
An answer I seek.
Secrets 'like you'
'Scared' though they seem.
'It's the way to go'
This undefined path.
--But will fortune grant him a chance?

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: ___ )

Love Coded 'L'

What mysteries lie behind,
These clouded enigmatic dies?
--Conspiracies of love,
Too afraid to confide?
When will I know the secrets that you keep?
...No matter how long I hold them up to the light to read.
Or under the water and cause them to bleed.

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: ___ )

Backporch Doorbell

I saw you often,
While at work.
I noticed you there,
But no emotion stirred.
-Until one day,
I don't recall when;
You walked by,
And I turned my head.
In the midst of my search
You were already there,
Standing at the backdoor,
Ringing the bell.

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: ___ )

(titleless)

Out of the darkness
And through the stormy sky,
All of my dreams
Sprout wings and fly.

-Jake R. Green

Chemical Science

If love were a molecule;
A simple chemical science,
You would be the bond
That would hold the alliance.
But love is not simple
Nor a chemical science,
The equation still simple
Is equal to two;
One from me
Plus one from you.

-Jake R. Green

Eagle-Barett I

20% is all I gave,
It's all I have stored up and saved.
I've tried my hardest,
And that's a fact.
It's all I could give
-Nothing held back
My kidney's failed,
They've gone off track...
Like a one-way train;
Never coming back.
I was invincible,
Until today.
My unconquerable world
Was conquered today.
Time had flown,
And life has caught up;
To the untouchable,
That has now been touched.
With every win,
There is a loss;
The bell has sounded
But who will win?
The score is 0
But he is 10,
Plus 3, plus 4
Is the final score.

-Jake R. Green 11-7-01 (2 days before swim meet)

Eagle-Barett III

An apple a day keeps the doctor away;
A traditional saying in my day.
Four in the morning,
Four by noon
-And remember eat with food.
To top it off take five and a half at night,
Six and a half every three
-What is life?
A conclusion still to see.

-Jake R. Green

Silent Thought

I stand in silence
While feelings pass through,
From my heart to my head
And out to you
-Where existence is dead.
From me to you, and you to me
On a one way street
Where I can't see.
There is no end
And no beginning.
Thoughts in my head
All keep on spinning.

-Jake R Green 9-10-01

Paragon

You put my heart in a paragon
Knowing I wouldn't win.
You kept going,
Bringing brine to my eyes like a thoughtless child.
I look at your face; porcelain and conceited,
And walk away.

-Jake R. Green

(titleless)

Of all the things that come and go in life,
Your face will never fade.

-Jake R. Green

(titleless)

From memory arose,
A distant moment.

-Jake R. Green

All The Pain That Conquers Me

All the pain that conquers me
Has swelled inside my mind;
Blistering my heart, and losing all hope for survival.
Constantly biting at my soul
And taunting my subconscious.

-Jake R. Green

Eagle-Barett II

Life pushes me around,
As its tangible fists take shots.
Helpless
As I lay victim,
To defeat.

-Jake R. Green 11-31-01

A Shadow In His Footsteps

You walk in the footsteps
That Christ once had.
Very few have moms like you.
If any at all, are as lucky as me,
The cream of the crop is what I see.
A mom so caring, so loving, so neat,
You pick me up from off my feet
--And carry me through times of defeat.
How precious, how pure you are to me.
But that's not all,
No! Not just me,
You pick us all up
All meaning three.
When in your arms
They cannot give way.

-Jake R. Green ( dedicated to: Mom )

Self-Mastery

My Lord, My Lord
I have made thee cry,
I caused thee to tremble
In my every try...
To conquer myself
Alone cannot do.
But with thee, Oh Lord
Self-mastery is nigh.

-Jake R. Green

(titleless)

Content to walk the world alone,
Years of solitude as past foretold.
--Thicker and thicker the ice did grow.

And then came a beauty with a delicate glow,
Melting the ice and ridding the snow;
Forcing a beat the blood began to flow,
Breathing in life,
Exhaling love.

-Jake R. Green 2-27-12 ( dedicated to: ___ )

Yesterday

Yesterday life throbbed at you,
Broken breezes remembering secrets of sad times.

-Jake R. Green 12-27-99

Prisoner Of The Universe

A rhythm of darkness,
Skies of poisoning air,
Streams of smoke,
And self haunting.

-Jake R. Green 12-31-99

(titleless)

I am but an image in a picture,
With a scenery of blackness that is surrounding me.
I am going nowhere,
Doing nothing.
--The only color left is black.

-Jake R. Green 1997

(titleless)

Who will bring a Nations dream?
-Answering the call of those that scream.
What does tomorrow bring,
But yet another scolding sting.
When will we perceive,
All the pain and biting grief?
How can we learn?
Where should we turn?
Why such pittance of aimer?
People walking without a care.

-Jake R. Green 9-12-01

Words

Words are based on feelings,
Feelings among the soul.

-Jake R. Green 3-21-99

The Sun

The sun is a big ball of fire,
Hanging from the sky.
As gravity pulls it downward,
It hides among one side.

-Jake R. Green 2-17-99

You, And You Yet

You said you would,
And you did.
You said you couldn't,
Yet you have.

-Jake R. Green 9-30-98

Ibibia

I should have told you,
But I didn't.
I should have asked you,
But I couldn't.
I really should help you,
And I will.

-Jake R. Green 9-25-98

(titleless)

All the tears in the world wouldn't heal my wounds.

-Jake R. Green

Concrete

             Concrete
           Rough, Cold
Guiding, Leading, Continuing
       A walkway for life,
              Cement

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Grass

             Grass
         Long, Green
Standing, Swaying, Slanting
     The joy of summer.

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Real vs False

                     Real
               Tangible, True
       Relaxing, Interesting, Abiding
Knowledge, Acute, Distasteful, Distraught
    Destroying, Disregarding, Degrading
                Dumb, Doubt
                      False

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Love Sensory

Love looks like a puzzle carefully put together.
Love smells like the scent of freshly fallen rain.
Love tastes like the extra pinch of sugar to sweeten your day.
Love feels like the embrace of a long lost friend.
Love sounds like a waterfall peacefully falling into a stream.
Love is as complete as receiving that one special gift on Christmas.

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Wind

Objects in the wind
bend around broken pathways,
and drop to the ground.

-Jake R. Green 5-25-2001

I Am

I am...
A clam; hiding deep in the darkness waiting for someone to come find my pearl.
A beeding heart; Broken, torn, and tattered by life's injustices.
A hill; Gently rolling, rising and falling with each new day.
An ellipse; Held in suspense.

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Love

Love is a cheetah racing to catch its prey.
A bridge that one must cross.
A ladder with each rung to climb.
Love is the moon
-The only light that can be seen when darkness falls around us.

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Love vs Hate

                  Love
       Kind, Compassionate
 Compromising, Caring, Daring
Complete, Peace, Pain, Pungent
    Cringing, Cutting, Fighting
             Bitter, Sly
                 Hate

-Jake R. Green 1-1-2003

Family Face

My family is a face,
Arranged by five senses.
My father is the pair of eyes,
Seeing into the world.
My mother is the mouth,
Whispering gentle cautions.
My brother is the pair of ears,
Harkening to the gentle voice.
My sister is the nose,
Sniffing out the path.
And I am touch,
When all together enhances.

-Jake R. Green 5-25-2001

Emotion

Love is an innumerous color.
It sounds like a bull rushing towards me.
It tastes like chocolate covered strawberries.
It smells like fear creeping up to you.
It feels like the intention of hearts.
Love is the captivation of emotion,
Inter vivos.

     -Jake R. Green 2001

Questions For The Soul

Is it an alarm,
The uneasiness of guilt?
Is it a song
Meant to be danced to?
Is it a prayer?
What is the soul?
A flicker of hope,
A flare of truth?
Does it hide,
Or is it always here?
Can I talk to it
-Can it talk to me?
Are we the same,
Or are we polar?
In our thoughts
Who controls the thunder?
Is it the tears that fall from my eyes?
The stillness of a day gone right?
Where will I find you?
Where do you sleep at night?

     -Jake R. Green 3-25-03

Personification

Eccentricity is pride,
A pompous niche.
He walks through streets
Where no one else goes
-Eccentricity takes the back roads.
As he walks down the block he stirs a nervous twitch.
Eccentricity is a bird gone north for the winter.

     -Jake R. Green 3-14-03

Cliche

There is a quiet in a surgeons response after surgery.
There is a quiet when anxiously awaiting for an event to make itself known.
There is a quiet in the climax of a movie.
There is a quiet in the stillness of the night.
There is a quiet in the lions pounce upon its prey.

     -Jake R. Green 3-4-03

Writers and Spiders

Writers and spiders are the only two creatures that spill their guts to survive.

Walking through life with strife and grief,
Writers and spiders are here to teach.
Not knowing where to step
Wherever they go they will be met.

Through trials and trials they'll learn and grow
Know what others wish to know.
Shinning to the world:
"Look at me!"
And seeing what others cannot see.

     -Jake R. Green 2-11-03

(titleless)

Come warm my naked worry.

     -Jake R. Green 12-30-03

(titleless)

We surround prisoners
In a concrete belly.
--Ferocious sculptures of ourselves.

     -Jake R. Green 12-31-03

(titleless)

His universe sat between
Eternity and imagination.

     -Jake R. Green 12-28-03

(titleless)

I am like a chair,
Waiting for fate to sit down.

     -Jake R. Green

Myself

Looking at myself
I smell a brilliance.
And a feeling of a
Boxed memory.
I taste
A silent love.
And watch a flare
Of hope.

     -Jake R. Green

Love's Dance

My desire grows into a brilliant love,
Bellowing at my heart.
Dancing into a wild fever,
Breathing every breath of life.

     -Jake R. Green

(titleless)

I am the personification of loneliness.

     -Jake R. Green 6-17-03

(titleless)

Emotion breaks free
And floods my eyes.
Collecting in a pool
In the corner of my eye.
I was invincible--
Until today.
Finally my kidney
Have given way.

     -Jake R. Green 11-15-01

Brine

Tears run down
The undefined path of my cheek.
In every bead
Tarries a sorrow.
That has found its way
Out of my memory--
Yet it will never be gone.

     -Jake R. Green

What Do I Do

What do I do when
My heart plays tricks on me,
Leading me to believe things that
I know aren't true?
What do I do when
My soul cries out to you,
And you don't cry back like I'd want you to?

      -Jake R. Green

(titleless)

Etre pas partiel a aimer.

     -Jake R. Green

(titleless)

I am lost within this clutter of emotions,
and out of touch with that which I have never had.

     -Jake R. Green

Love (at first site)

You left me breathless,
In the vastness of your beauty.
You left me to explore,
Every lingering thought about you--

Embracing every eternal glance.

You wake my sences,
You poeticize my soul.
Melting my heart,
Kissing my eyes.

     -Jake R. Green 11-27-00

Confidence

It dives
In a pool of shallow water.
Like a flower,
Bending
Towards light.

     -Jake R. Green 5-1-03

In The Stillness Of The Morning

In the stillness of the morning my mind wonders back
to the events that now sleep in the past,
like an unforgotten memory I hold in my hand.
In the stillness of the morning I yearn to sleep again.
To mow over these thoughts that swim inside my head.
In the stillness of the morning the earth receives her light-
Overpowering darkness that blankets the sky.

     -Jake R. Green 5-1-03