Elephant in the Center of the Room

Don't look ahead or behind or within
Don't look in the corners
Don't stare at it in the center of the room
It's not there

Don't feed it, don't play with it
Don't even think to try for it
Don't be foolish....
It's not standing there

And then we feed it lingerie
It becomes an intoxicated mess on the floor
We feed it suggestions, exceptions
and display it off the walls
but it's not...there at all

Don't paint it purple, or red or black
Don't try to move it aside
Don't walk beneath, just go around it
It's not there at all

Don't you dare give it a laugh
Don't give it back
Don't try to make it all make sense
Nothing is there at all

And then we feed it fishnet stockings
It flies high overhead off the walls and the bed
Living off suggestions, exceptions
glaring off the walls
but it's...not there at all, at all

So, don't look behind it, above it, beside it
Don't even think that it's there
Don't look in corners or under the rug
It's just not there

Don't feed it cookies and don't give it love
Don't wrap your arms around
and don't make it warm
It's not there at all
Standing about 13 feet tall

by elizabeth azpurua

Mercury

Mr. Jupiter, tell me the way of the universe
tell me the song of the stars
Mr. Jupiter
go away now you can't answer me these
Mr. Mercury, tell me the essence of the milky way
tell me all about the cosmic plagues and miles
and miles of matter and dust
Mr. Mercury
you always could answer me
Mr. Venus, tell me oh, tell me about saturn
tell me about dancing inside of patterns and silver
Mr. Venus, sing me a song
Mr. Venus
you're just doing this wrong
Mr. Mercury, tell me of orbits and trailing things
of stardust in comets and spinning rings and asteroids
tell me of the worlds
Mr. Mercury
you always could answer me


By Elizabeth Azpurua

...missing something great?

it's in the touch I do not have
the eyes I hardly ever see
the static when the world is hushed
and the frantic speeding inside me
it's in the way I see this world
when you're around and next to me
the moment when time seems to stop
and I feel your thoughts while I'm thinking
somebody ought to tell me what I'm missing
something cosmic, something great
in the absense of our thinking
I am assuming I'm too late
it's in the movement of your limbs
the smile I rarely get to see
the echo of our thoughts colliding battle front
the frantic speeding inside me
it's in the way I know the world
when you're showing me what there is to see
and every time the hourglass changes
I know I'm still missing something
somebody tell me what my eyes just can settle on
something cosmic, something great
perhaps I'm right, or perhaps I'm wrong
But am I just too late?
I might be too late...
...missing...
something great

by me

Your New Home

I'm horrible sometimes
Unwilling, unwise
Unable to focus on the course
You are dependable and strong
I'm running the other way
and I tell you to just get out of my face

If they want you so bad they can adopt you
Bring you home, like a puppy
or a brand new shoe
If they want you so bad the can keep you
I'll leave the door wide open
come on in
and I'll go away

I am incorrigible they say
Impatient and precise
Constantly picking at the strings
You are a mastermind of charm
Fully able to carry on
so go ahead and take my burdens away

If they want you so bad they can just adopt you
Bring you home like a cute puppy
or a brand new shoe
If they want you so bad they can keep you
I'll leave the door here open
come right in
and I'll run away

I might be flighty, I might be foolish
I might get nasty and testy and churlish
I might be feisty and you are steady
I'm impatient and you're on the ready
but I don't care
back off from me
and find another place to be
If they like you so much let them come and keep you
I'll be running off now not wearing any kind of shoe
'cause I don't need you
No, I don't need you

So, if they want you so bad let them adopt you
Little puppy, bring you home, too
vibrant and colorful new shoe
If they want you so much I'll let them keep you
The door is open
Come right on in
and I'll just go away

By Elizabeth Azpurua

Fighting For Home

there was an angry avalanche and it was uncommon
whilst we fought back the torrents and I am broken
there was no need for all the stress of this battle
and I won't let it go
I can't give up
I am fighting for the home that I've known
and I am holding to the one that I wish to hold
and you can pull me back from these walls
take away my shield and sword
but never shall I let it go
no I shall not let this go
there was an evil tidal wave and it was omnipotent
while we were running in the sands holding innocence
there was no need for all the anger in this battle
but I'll never let it go
I can't give up
I am fighting for the home I've always held to
and I am holding to the one I wish will be true
and you can pull me back from this battlements
take away the shield and sword
but never shall I let it go
no I shall not let this go
I am fighting for home until the end I know
I am fighting for the home I wish to hold
and I can't give this up
or let it go
oh no...I won't
because fighting for a home is all I know
there was a torrential hurricane so uncommon
we rode out the waves inside our boat now broken
there was no need for all the hurt within this battle
but we never let it go
Or gave up
We all fought for the home we've always held to
and I am holding to the one I still want to become true
and no one can take me from inside these safe walls
or take me shield and sword
assuming I will let it go
I won't, I won't let go
and I never gave up, no
We will not let it go
and we won't ever give it all up
because fighting for home is all...
...we can do

By Elizabeth Azpurua

Taken By You to the Sea of the Universe

"Taken By You"

months are counted, days are numbered
all these words have part of you
every space of hope is taken
every part is filled with you
not a second goes by wasted
every breath contains a thought of you
if I could regain the lost time
it'd return fine, but full of you
moments gathered, memories treasured
all these times spent with you
every smile is somewhere counted
by the memories held of you
and not an ounce of me is untouched
for it's all because of you
and everything is where I'll hope to be
when I'm standing next to you
I'll keep this going strong
every space of hope is taken by you

10/12/10

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"Sea of the Universe"

he tries to spread the doubt
and pull the heart strings
cause the hating, the anger, the hurt
and all the remorse
he tries to wear me thin
and pushes and pulls
and breaks in; from anger, hurt
and worse
if I could push him away forever
I'd toss him into the sea of the universe
he'd never try to change my thoughts of you
or what I know is true
I know it's true
he is trying now, trying now
spreading the doubt around
he is hoping now, he is hoping now
he'll wear me down
and I'll not stick around
but no, no, no I will break free
I will be free from all this doubt and worse
there'll be no anger, hurt or remorse
I am not regretting you
I am not forgetting you
he is trying now, trying now, trying now
spreading dread and fear around
he wants to bring me down
pull me down
wear me out until I'm breaking down
but I wish I could make him go away
toss him into the sea of the universe
I won't let him change my thoughts of you
or what I know is true
I know it's true
I'm not regretting you, nor forgetting you
never letting go of you
he won't bring me down
or wear me out
anymore

10/12/10

by me

Choking on Truth

It's such a shame that your voice is so frail

Such a shame you can't speak

I sit and laugh knowing how much it hurts

Watching you fight to breathe

Choking on truth is the vision I made

Painted in words and a song

Swallow the innocent and thought you could

somehow make it along

But butterflies are strong

Butterflies are strong

Butterflies when armor plated are the destruction

I choose for the wrong

It's such a pity that you cannot breathe

You should have been so much kinder

Sitting inside of the field lighting matches

While setting my whole world on fire

Choking on truth is the reason I came

Painting in words and song

You swallowed the innocent and thought that

you could make it along

But butterflies are strong

Butterflies are strong

Butterflies when armor plated are the dectruction

I choose for the wrong

Here you thought you could end this world I made in blooming delights

You thought you could swallow the fragile and burn my whole world bright

Flames are no match for the truth in your throat

and you will never swallow

Might as well give up and lose your hope

armored wings are hard to swallow

Butterflies are strong, yes, butterflies are strong

Butterflies when armor plated are the dectruction

I choose for the wrong

Destruction I choose for the wrong

Choking on truth is the vision I made

Painted in words and a song

Painted in words.......and a song

By Elizabeth Azpurua

Inspired by Alex Bach

10/1/10

You Are So Amazing You Could Wear The Universe

"Nothing Quite Like You"

music is nothing compared to your voice
but your voice is nothing like music
and silence is nothing compared to your breathing
but your breathing is something quite loud
the smell of your skin is like nothing on earth
but earth never knew how to smell
and mirrors may capture your presence in still time
but they never could quite reflect who you are


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"Wear the Universe"

I think if the universe were a cloak to be worn, it would rest upon your shoulders
it would wrap you in the essence of all that is magnificent and marvelous
it would encompass you in power
knowledge, and strength
I think if the world could envelope you with pure liquid life
it would wrap you inside of the static at night
it would mold from the stars the reason for your being
and paint across your eyes in the darkest of black
the moments that would pass by you would never cease to amaze
and time would be your playground, your passion, your craze
oh, if only I could enrapture you like the mountains near your feet!
The magnitude you move about in is an earthquake never contained
I think truly, if the universe were a cloak to be worn you would wear it well
like a king in a robe of strength you would be a marvel in the essence of the night
and from your eyes would reflect all the beauty
captured in the heartbeats between time


by Elizabeth Azpurua
10/7/10

Walls of My Rome

"Wrong is in these Walls"

you are in every wrong thing in the world
a sickly snatcher of the soul
a trick in the lights and a false sign
leading to a false way home
you are a master of deceit
on your tongue is painted lies
and in your fingers are the ruins
of the fools who met demise
nasty breaker of the hearth
ruining warmth and comforts there
like an evil little ghoul
setting the world on fire here
oh, the hapless are your tools
made them play the lies you ate
and when we all turn up as fools
bathe our whole lives in hate
because we let you
yes, we let you
let the wrong inside the walls

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"Downfall Of My Rome"

a needle in your side
becomes the crossbow arrow
shot right through your core
and pained though you may be
nothing compared to my loss
the hourglass is lying
I am sure
a thimble full of wishes
becomes the downfall of my Rome
somehow I let this happen
never wanting so much heartache
and this undying loss
the hourglass must be lying
or we are doomed

both by elizabeth azpurua 10/5/10

Their Eyes Are...

like hemlock fronds
like rocks covered in moss
and hills to castles far
like crags, ravines and mountain ranges
and wooded lonely isles
forested worlds of wonder
contained within your eyes

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spiralling downward
the echoes of whales
the sea, wind in your sails
and the wave tossed world
the ebb and the flow
and tides down below
glittering in sunlight
blue and bold
contained inside your eyes



Both By Elizabeth Azpurua

Sea Spinners

"Out to Sea"

Every time you are close to the shoreline
I fear you'll float out to sea
What's gonna keep you here in the sand
and not swimming from me?
Every night that the moon is out above
I fear you'll walk the long walk away
and you'll know nothing of love
So I'll tie you here to me like an anchor I'll be
I won't let you float out to sea

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"Spinners of Gold"

October is for daydreamers and spinners of gold
It's for riot makers and crayon painters
and women loving colors bold
It's for freethinkers and leapers and lovers
and people born beneath the moon
It's for magic and mayhem and wanderers
and merrymakers playing a tune
It's for dancers aplenty beneath harvest red
a moon bathed in symbols of old
October is for candle jumpers, revelers and lights
lit by the spinners of gold

By Elizabeth Azpurua

Battle For My Sky

The flower in the meadow holds me
like dewdrops on the petals
I am bound here
Flight
is what I seek
The moment to escape on wings upward
embracing sky
and dancing through the clouds of
this world
but soon
inside this lonely meadow here
there comes a shadow and steals my sun
A stormcloud of pollution
The massacre of acid rain
and loss
How I pray the sun shall win
this battle for my sky
or else beneath this storm death
shall I meet
and end the hopes of my flight
Grasping petals here I battle
wind and rain
and through the struggle find
that somehow the sun breaks free
and the light
the savior of my wings
giving hope in rays of joy
causing the rain to cease and the thunder
to silence in the wind
and still this meadow here
in solitude
until I take wing
and escape from here


Words by: Elizabeth Azpurua
Inspired by: Alex Bach

9/28/10

Cardinal

Cardinal, cardinal, tell me the reason
tell me the why and sing me a season
bring forth the rain on colors of gold
inside the richness bring oranges bold
When all this mess is hurting my soul
take back the wrong; make me whole
I'll watch from windows while you sing
offering to me hope born on a wing
Cardinal, cardinal tell me why life is
and why I can never, ever be his
I want the colors to explain to me why
In reds and golds and oranges high
Let them give words to the music you bring
Cardinal, cardinal bring love on a wing

By Elizabeth Azpurua

Lighthouse, Keep the Cargo on the Boat Safe

"Cargo"

push the boat out to sea
it's holding cargo
cargo dear to me
push the hopes towards a dream
it's holding futures
futures I did see
push the boat into the sea
it's holding love
love escaped from me
push the wishes towards one thing
but bring it home
home safely
push the boat into the sea
it's holding cargo
cargo dear to me
push the hopes towards a dream
and let it bloom across
across the sea

9/25/10

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"Your Lighthouse"

you left to go and it's a stormy place
don't be afraid for I am always near
when it's dark I will be the light
and when you want to come back home just follow me
I will shine no matter day no matter anything that could come along
I will be the light leading you along
you left and I will miss your pretty face
don't you fret for I'm not leaving here
when it's stormy I will be the light
when you want to come back home please follow me
I will shine no matter rain no matter anything that could stop me
I will be here always, always shining
I will no leave until you arrive safely

9/25/10

By Elizabeth Azpurua

Love

it's when you know the end is not coming
it's when glass slippers are shards cutting you open
it's when the air is making it hard to breathe
it's when your grief encompasses an ocean
it's when the moment that you wake each day
is drenched in pain each way
you move your mouth
it's when all the agony you feel inside
cannot hope to hide
and it escapes your mouth
it's when the tears no longer matter
it's when the days blend all the same
it's when your happily ever after
becomes a mockery of lame
someone tell me where is it?
where does it linger and go?
it eats away inside your ribcage
and burns straight through your soul
it's when nothing makes you whole
it's when you cannot hold upright
it's when you're sobbing out your eyes
it's when you hate the day that dawns
and it's when you realize...
...it makes you strong

It's more nonsense

poems are all nonsense when the words don't mean a thing
when my mind is full of screams
and the air is emptyness
I wanted solace to comfort me and hold me close
not this absence
take back this absence
there were spiders in the webs inside my memories
building highways across my dreams
and the acrid taste upon my tongue
was her forgetful name
such a plain Jane name
there isn't music in the corners anymore
and not a sight to see
no blue moons to wish upon
no more songs for me to sing
there are elbows in my ribs and feet kicking me once down
there is a cage with my name on it
and a solitary crown
and you say "why oh why are you sad?
why oh why are you mad?"
like the questions have answers I could give
I say "here is the end of my rope just take it back
because it broke
what use is it now?" I already fell
there were broken bits of me along the road you never
wanted to traverse across
so claim the loss
Autumn is coming with the leaves of change and I'm turning the other way
poems are nothing of love
and nothing of life
nothing of sense
and nothing of the strife that I have born
I'm all a mess now
holding onto reminders of hope
and reminders of what still can be
I'm just so tired of my words having no meanings
so tired of censoring
and lying
of hiding
tell them now
tell them loud
and shut the door
sit down alone in the middle of my floor
and write again

Moon Bird

"Broken Winged Bird"


tragedy in white
walks alone at night
sings a song of sorrow
like a broken winged bird
tragedy in white
sings alone at night
like a lonely sparrow
a solitary broken bird
tragedy in white
little lonesome night
sings a song of sorrow
like a broken winged bird


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"Capture the Moon"


capture the moon, my friend
the moon is leaving you
take a glance upwards
and steal your soul
capture the moon, my friend
she is drifting away from you
lift your eyes heavensward
and take back your soul
capture the moon, my friend
her light a beacon for you
take your face skywards
and reclaim your soul
capture the moon, capture her
take her and follow the night
for when the dawn comes she leaves again
and the world becomes too bright
capture the moon, capture the moon
take back your soul, reclaim it soon
she will leave er dawn comes
capture the moon, my friend
before the night ends again




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moon bird, moon bird
fly away
fly oh fly oh fly away
moon bird, moon bird
the coming day
is dawning, dawning, dawning day
moon bird, moon bird
free to play
each night, starlight, fly away
moon bird, moon bird
the dawning day
fly oh fly oh fly away


By elizabeth azpurua
9/12/10

Some Days Are Days We'll Never Forget

there are days we remember
days we forget
days we hold dear
and days we'll never let
days we celebrate
and days we morn in tears
days we come to hate
days we mark all the years
there are days we remember
and days living on forever
but the days we recollect upon
should never, ever be forgotten
some days are days we'll just never forget


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"Red, White and Blue"

For the red, and the white, and the blue
For the calling home for you
For the feelings of love
hope, courage and faith
For the red, and the white, and the blue
For standing for what is true
For the feelings of pride
freedom, strength, and peace
For the red, and the white, and the blue
For holding onto you
For the flag that means
love, strength, courage, faith and peace



By Elizabeth Azpurua
September 11, 2010

Hello Autumn

mold your soul to the telephone pole
and leave your shoes in the dirt on the road
summer is leaving and sunlight decreasing
hello autumn
and hello gold
ditch your sandals for boots and for laces
here comes the cool air and the fun
mold your soul to the telephone pole
the leaves will be falling and ravens are cawing
the autumn horn is blowing while you wait
goodbye summer
goodbye old
ditch your sundresses for coats and leggings
here comes the cool air and the fun
mold your soul to the telephone pole
children will parade down here in masks
and upturn the pumpkins and bring on the ale
this is autumn folks, so beware
hello autumn
fun and cool air

Begin the Madness All Over Again

i remember those times i wished you were here

remember those days when it was easy

it was smiles, laughter and stories

and nothing of lust

and nothing like this love

and nothing of pain, or regret, or this wanting

nothing of this madness

i remember those times i wished i could change it

remember wanting to make your life easy

bring you smiles, laughter, and hope

and drown out the pain

bring you more than love

take away all the agony, the hurt and the longing

prevent all the madness

i remember those times where my eyes were opened

remember them seeing and nothing was easy

between the smiles, laughter, and joy

there was so much pain

and caused by too much love

couldn't escape the ache, the need, and the wishing

it became my madness

i remember those times where i had screamed in hurt

remember when nothing ever would be easy

where you stole my smiles, laughter, and life

drowned me inside pain

broke all of my love

and left only grief, regrets and the screaming

swallowed in madness

i remember those times where i felt not a thing

remember the false sense of how it was easy

i was fake smiles, false laughter and glee

silently suffering pain

broken due to this love

battling aching, the need and the hating

shadowed in madness

i remember those times where i broke free of it

remember letting go of the hate made it easy

finally we were smiles, laughter and a truce

locked away the lust

but holding onto the love

letting go of pain, regrets, and wondering

we can end the madness

i remember it all now as i pause to think

remember how i assumed it'd be easy

but my smiles, my laughter and strength

are battling silent pain

and the need for more love

holding onto this want, this regret and the hoping

i begin the madness

all over again

Oil Spill Inside Me

Inject seaweed and saline in my veins
and replace the tar water here
the spillage in my system
poison, slime, unclear
is stagnant
and slowly killing me


By Elizabeth Azpurua on 8/27/10

Moth Thimble Fulls

"Thimble Fulls"

It eats at you, I know
You just can't let it go
It becomes like the air you breathe
Takes the place of everything you need
And it slowly, slowly
kills you
in inches
and thimble fulls
It tears you apart, I know
I have felt that way, I know
It's in every waking thought
and it's taking you a part
Drowning you slowly
killing you
in inches
and thimble fulls
Just wait, just wait, just wait
'til it's worse
It's breaks, aches and pains
beyond your hurt
And so you'll know in slowly increments
this pain inside you kills
and you will feel it in inches
and thimble fulls of your skin
I know the pain of this
It eats at you, I know
Darling, somehow let this go

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"Moth"

I hate that moth
hate it's wings
it's movements
and the strings
it flies upon
I hate that moth
I hate it bad
I want to kill the moth so bad
I hate it's wings
it's colors
and the strings
it flies upon
I hate the moth that gravitates
towards the light
I hate the moth because it flies
I hate the moth, it doesn't die
I hate the moth and it's pearly white
wings
I hate the moth and it's fluttery
it's movements
and the strings
it flies upon
But the moth comes everytime
the light goes on
I want to catch it
become the spider
Let me eat it
I want to end it
I hate the moth so bad, so very bad
It won't go away
everytime the light
...turns on

by Elizabeth Azpurua