Superhero

Wonder-boy
going to save the world one day,
No superpowers
but a smile that breaks hearts...


Wonder-boy
going to fly away someday,
No spandex costume
but a car will do the trick...


Wonder-boy
going to be a hero someday,
No spiffy nickname
but any cause will do...


Wonder-boy
going to fall in love one day,
No magic dust
but I guess you'll have to deal.

Copyright 2007 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

"I Prefer it Indoors"

I beheld an overlarge sparrow
Lounging on a chair inside today
And it seemed to me so great a sorrow
That I cried myself assleep to stay

To prefer the air conditioned climate
Like all our fellow man
To never see the sun but hide it
Makes me suffer like nothing else can

And the little bird just looked at me
As if to say, "Don't Tell"
You see, inside played a symphony
That she likes just as well

"The sun I miss, I will agree"
The sparrow seemed to say
"But the rain and cold were miserly,
I did not wish to stay."

So enclosed in concrete my little friend
Seems to find contentment
Enduring climate control without end
She bears no resentment.

Copyright 2007 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

A Food I'm Not Particularly Fond Of

See through the glass
Am I there in your eyes?
How time has passed
And what a perfect surprise

Walk through the door
Am I the person in mind?
There could be more
If you would seek you could find

Set thoughts aside
And let's start anew
Let things unwind
'Till I say I love you


Was that more than you wanted to hear
Well I'm sorry to have made it so clear
That I want you for life and everything that means
'Cause baby without you my life would be beans-

A food I'm not particularly fond of...


Just step away
I can see your mind reeling
You'll see someday
That I can't fight this feeling

Speak thoughts aloud
Am I that hard to talk to?
Don't be so proud
When I said I love you


Was that more than you wanted to hear
Well I'm sorry to have made it so clear
That I want you for life and everything that means
'Cause baby without you my life would be beans-

A food I'm not particularly fond of...


Copyright 2007 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.

Complication

Will you be yet another complication
In the tangled web of my life

How many yeas will pass
Before I can look at you without wishing

How many nights will I cry
Because wishes don't come true

And when I think I can move on
How many times will I fall again

Because it's you
And you're everything I want

But how many times
Will you push me away again

Before I realize you're yet another complication
In my already complicated life.


Copyright 2007 by Danielle Westman. All Rights Reserved.