Rokumiru

Roll Turn Awake See specks of dust hanging in the light of the clock Like the stars of the night that I've come to know so well Find the Big Dipper Go five lengths of the handle off the tip Discover Polaris The North Star If only it could guide me to peace and serenity In my cold prison of night Where my sheets are my cell bars And my pajamas are my orange jumpsuit My cellmate and I resume Our endless game of cat and mouse

Sleep, something every creature needs Something every creature often desires Yet something dreaded by many What is peaceful and fulfilling for some May be wrought with horror and emptiness for others Without it we become husks Walking automatons, if we can even function to that extent Time blurs, hours turn to days, days to weeks, and the world swirls in distortion like the visions of Van Gogh Life is set at a lumbering pace Drifting from place to place, checking off the to-do list Floating somewhere between detached existence and consciousness It is the key to life itself Yet it can destroy life Sleep in, oversleep, power nap, cat nap So ma

Toe socks, oh so fun! I can see my toes, color- clad in rainbow bands

Books upon books, and Endless knowledge, useless to The ignorant mind

The pitter patter of rain upon the barren walk Miniature streams of dirty water slough off to the side Into a torrent of water eroding a deeper and deeper trench All raging into a dark, murky pool of despair. Such is the means by which we lose our greatest hopes and dreams; Carelessly washed away by some unforeseen catastrophe Called life, And the interference of the human condition, By which we are all enslaved Until the bell resounds, calling us to our ultimate Demise

From the shadows I watch From the shadows I wait From the shadows I observe And report I am not seen Nor am I heard My existence is my own And no other knows of my presence Except my dark master and shroud: The black cloak which I wear. The darkness holds me Consoles me Prepares me Its ice-cold embrace is as familiar as my blade. I have been baptized in blood and shadow And I must now go and recruit new followers

Do not think water Is clean even if it is Clearer than crystal