Creepy Limerick... Don't Look

Don't look- there is someone behind you,
Pretend you do not have any clue,
Don't turn around,
Don't make a sound,
And don't smile, whatever you do.

Crow's Nest

I'm climbing up the crow's nest so I can clearly see,

And going up the ladder is getting hard for me.

"Enemy ahead" I shout, but my words only echo,

There's not an ear to hear my voice, with me nor down below.

I'm the only one aboard this ship; I'm running out of food. 

I think I'll have to eat my friends, but that seems a little crude. 

So I watch myself get thinner, (I wasn't plump before,)

And just for fun I play pretend that we're back in the war. 

And as I lift the telescope to occupy my mind, 

I try to avoid the thoughts of those I've left behind. 

I'm trying hard to reach you, love, but I can't navigate, 

By the stars or by the moon, and this has sealed my fate. 

I'm talking to myself right now so I don't go insane. 

Not the best of plans, I know, but it helps to dull the pain. 

As I've apparently misplaced my wits, (I had them at the time,)

The thoughts and fears inside my head have all begun to rhyme... 

That One Song

We were at this party the other day,
Things were good; it was in full sway,
Speakers were as loud as they could play,
We wondered how the time could get away.

They played that song you've got as a ringtone.
They played the song you hum when you're all alone.
They played a slow song, (no one asked you,)
They played a song that tells you what to do.

 But then...
It was that one song that nobody knows,
You know how that is, you know how that goes.
You know it's the most awkward thing,
When you don't know what to sing.

It was that one song that nobody's heard,
You mumble, grumble, whisper the words,
And there's always that one guy who,
Belts it out right next to you.

Everyone was singing at the top of their voice,
It was automatic, didn't have a choice,
But there was one song that stopped us dead,
We hadn't heard it or seen it or even read.

'Cuz...
It was that one song that nobody knows,
You know how that is, you know how that goes.
You know it's the most awkward thing,
When you don't know what to sing.

It was that one song that nobody's heard,
You mumble, grumble, whisper the words,
And there's always that one guy who,
Belts it out right next to you.

Ocean View

Standing by the ocean side,

A word of waves and wind and tide,

Where tiny creatures live and hide,

And wonders of the Earth reside.

I wish that with a single leap,

I could reach the bottom deep,

To see where whales and monsters sleep,

And treasure chests, their gold to reap.

I long to see far past the haze,

That hides the oceans from my gaze,

For the horizon, with it’s simple ways,

And the sunshine with it’s blinding rays;

They hide the things I’d like to see;

An expanse of water, wild and free,

That hides an awesome mystery,

That baffles the whole world with me.

For so little we know, so little we’ve found,

About what lies on the ocean’s ground,

About those fish that dart around

Or the whales that make their mourning sounds.

I fancy that I could build a boat,

Out of the wood that bobs and floats,

I could tie them together with string from my coat,

Then ride the sea like a small, bottled note.

Then my mother calls me to come to the car,

And leave my dreams of worlds afar,

For the sun soon gives way to the Moon and the star,

So I run ‘cross the pavement, feet sticking like tar.

And I feel that wonder slip away,

And though I wish that it could stay,

As the sunset lights the end of today,

My mind starts to work, it ceases to play

.

Goodbye to the daydreams, at least for now,

Goodbye to the why, the what, and the how,

Through the trials of life, I sort and plow,

The world now insists, so at last, I allow.