Al Herpin

We Are The Knights of Sleeplessness (2010) 8.27" X 11.69" (A4) Ink on Fabriano Paper

Caffeine, my poison
Brews a magic notion
With sickness and coats
The bittersweet of yesterdays thoughts

Can you sleep at night?
Alone at your bedside
Shadows play your soul
Paranoid by a mother's hug

You wish there was something
To put you at whole

My Therapy

Just Thinking - Original Mixed Media Collage Art Painting of a girl on a swing by Sascalia

After all of these years,
I accepted all ties
Got nothing to hide
Of my troubled times

Took out the book
And the words just flow
I speak much more
Than so much more

Others have said
Why make so much out of it?
Only shrug
Is just something that ticks

If compared by more
I'm a pebble of lot
I want nothing more
Than what I have got

This what makes me happy
This is what I got
All I can say is
I'm happy you're not

Opium Smiles

In a world I can make believe
I wish no struggle could ever exist
No such thing as worries;
No clue for doubts to seek

I will pretend you are my friend
And one won't look down on the other
We'll live happily
With the Big Guy as our neighbor

Where animals in their wild
I will sit and draw
And have a laugh with my mates,
A glass of lemonade

Polka-Dots

My ballerina shoes
Pink tulle skirts
Twirls with the sun
I feel no harm

As my feet taps grows
Swinging faster
To the rhythm
I fall in trance

My sister calls
Time is up
Tomorrow will come
When I dance again

Fast Cars

illustration friday: similar by benconservato

Like a horse whisperer
Running for the hills
On a trail;
On a green horizon

With the wind blowing
Faster than lightning;
Further from the sun
And home of the dying dreams

I want to run,
I want to dance forever

Gulf

Dampen by spirits
Of matters once mistakes
The world is at hurl
And sudden precise
Coming to the end
When planets would collide
Screaming above
"What now? Why heavens now?"

Zen

Weak from hunters
Scouting for men
For independence
To welcome productivity
The simple way

The color purple
Nonchalant stares
Visions after rain
No longer seems important

Finding a zone
A fountain of youth
Where creativity sparks
I'm alone

"Lifestyle is how we live, religion is what we choose to believe"

Wednesday

Moonlight Drive by ariadust

Woke up today
It wasn't that fantastic
Stop spraying my thoughts
About the magic world
This bullshit lies

I'll go
Just for a while
Happier that way
All of us drifting
Separate for a while
Maybe life's a lie
Once in a while

Sensual

Fairy Soap by Hilda Miller (American 1876-1939)

Bring in the mood
When you're nerves are calm
As the storm last Wednesday night
So sensual, like nothing at sight

Makes you wonder
How amazing the world is
Appreciate more what creativity brings
I am no artist, just a lover of all things

God Bless

Brownie Prayers 1965 by redrickshaw

Wohoo!
There's something in the air
Everyone's laughing
Catching the flu
That summer blues

Ti's on its way
Showing the signs
Forever is no more;
It's now

So raise your hands to the lands,
Send kudos to the nation

Pro-active

Nessie Discovered! by Cate Anevski

Trouble is not the answer
Put away by blemish
Sought after the sun
Move away for Belfast

Get up and jump
Then drown in love
If no object is at count,
Look around

Fair Game

So easy
To feel like this, everyday
No worries
No surprises

Takes a certain place
To get like this

Takes a special one
To put a smile on my face

This moment
At this time
It's like this
Just like this
Banana Macadamia Pancakes by chotda

Pimpled-Face

A Still from Let The Right One In

Put on a disguise
You are a disgrace
Utmost perfect
An imbecile freak
Doomed to haunt alone

The white lies
Reported ten times
Assumed nothing
But malicious wrongs
Coming from the lines
"You don't belong here,
You don't belong anywhere"

With rough face
Ran fast paced
Came to a bridge
Was afraid to kill
So went down the bottle

Silver to Gold

I bring fortune that tells
Amazing lights would take place
In the near future that very ends
The black clouds of silver lines

The suffering is enough;
It is known that with
Great amends can go without
Take your place,
The gold is yours

Doubt Determination

There is doubt everyday
Put on a brave face
To ease the ways
Show examples of good grace

The calm before a storm
You know exactly when you're turning blue
When a frown appears
And the world is upon your shoulders
You sink below

Head first, head first
Dreams are not doctrine
Patience is about virtue
Breathe in the colors of the rainbow
The sound in your head
Will bound to help

Please, No?

Versus A/W 2010 by Plexual

My pen is a weapon
And you are the paper
My friend is the ultimate shield

How will I choose?
Which to prospect
Not I a miracle worker
My own balloon is hanging loose

Blame time for this misfortune
Oh don't be a hassle!
It's harder to please
When a couple consists

Don't come now
It's not a problem
Don't make one
Why could it just not be you?
It's harder to be true

Present

Surprise!
Here's my gift to you
A bow tie around my neck
I'm present.

Please don't be cruel
I don't come in pairs
But I offer to be nice
With a smile plaster on my face,
I humbly bow down to you!

Footprints

Edinburgh Castle by the thin king.

Joy! glorious joy!
My heart skips for joy
I reach the place my heart contents
Shed an old skin now; I'm anew
Forgive and forgotten of foes
I accepted what I can't control
An open mind of what will come
Transparent of the dark, shines with the light
With arms wide open; I prepare for battle
My heart will show kindness for yours
My feet will leave prints for you to follow

Mermaids Dream

"The way to the sea", written by J.C. Fennessy, first published by Herbert Jenkins in 1950.

Mermaids in the sea
I found myself not following
Towards the bank; I swim
Where my redheaded lover awaits for me

I will always remember his smile,
Brightest with wired specs.

He guides me up
I followed him
Towards the sun we go
Happiness shines aglow

I wait for him everyday
At his study
For a ride home
My lover comes back
I'll never be alone

He holds my hand
Offering hope
With sunglasses on
My tears; I'll hold.

D For Drama

Mother to Monsters by Sherri Dupree

I am tired,
Of talking
I am tired,
Of saying no

You walked into a room
A vacuum sucking like glue
Taking the guts, replacing with sucks
You make it bitter
You really do

Best to not talk
And say what's not
To avoid more conflict
To say what's not right

Go with God
Forget all sort
Of living merely
To see each other thoughts

I wish to say more
Not cause hurt some more
Please understand
You are first-most my rock

Bond

I never understood
How we relate
I approached, you hide
And pushed me aside
I dig harder each time
To see a crack and grasp

We have something here
Don't bid goodbye
I look highly of you;
Will never glide

We have something here
A bond so tight
I admire you most,
Don't ever glide

3 Sisters by Jenny in vegas

Golden Boy

Hesperides by Victor Blüthgens
German Union Community Publishing (Stuttgart / Berlin / Leipzig, 1890) ex libris MTP

So pretty messages
Sending across the land
You walk a thousand sunshine
It's sad to know what's mine
May you have a blissful morning
Filled with better times
Pity what you have gotten
A boy who never lies