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Ray

You were always a Ray, a Ray of something
A glimmer into the happiness of everything
You put a great huge smile on any soul’s face
You were a messenger of God’s true good grace
You came along and went much too blistering fast
You cooled the earth’s sand, as a wave does pass
You’re a friend I should’ve hung around with more
Now in heaven your feet rise above the cloudy floor
Ray, you were always a light at the end of each day
Each day of school and fraternity you were the way
I always said I’d tell you about my next comedy show
I should’ve done this but really I didn’t, I didn’t know
That you were to meet with all those above us floating
One last thing I ask of you and I won’t start delaying
Please forgive us for any hurt we caused you & thank you
Thanks for being the Ray of our lives; we’ll always love you
We’ll always love the way you made us laugh all too much
We’ll always love the goodness in all of us you touched
Thank you Ray I love you man forever & so remember this
In heaven there will be too many a beautiful woman to kiss
God bless you Ray we will love you beyond a heaven's eternity
IN LOVING MEMORY OF RAYMOND RUIZ CARRICO-HENLEY 1979-2004

Anxiety

Always have it and in large quantities
Never living in a world filled with harmonies
The only world I’m filled with is a stressful one
A world encompassed by a sweltering hot sun
I can’t breathe and I ache to see the true light
No, it’s only a mirror showing that’s it all not right
Anxiety, release your strain on me, let me be at peace
Don’t cripple me and let me become one of your deceased
Deceased a broken hearted home you have so released
Anxiety, you are ultimately a red sweltering deadly beast

Motivated

I always feel that I need to do
Anything just as long I just do
Does it stem from motivation?
Or is stemming from obligation?
It is all great bullshit in the end
It doesn’t help me to get a friend
It gives peace for a brief moment
It’ll end, in my head, a small omen
Fact of the matter is it’s all useless
The march forward is purely tasteless
Motivated, constipated go hand in hand
always my mind’s idiocies take command
It doesn’t bring me dollars or comfort
What the hell is it? Let’s call it a spurt
A spurt to continue for consist mediocrity
Motivated to remain pleasant and heavenly
Motivated to remain poor and working hard
Just call me the true all-American retard

Pure Innocence

This time is ever so pure,
wishing it will forever endure.
The ocean’s waves crash,
the heart’s blood does so splash.
You are close cheek to cheek,
knees growing ever so weak.
In your arms you are with her,
you talk only with a whisper.
She smells absolutely wonderful,
an angel so great and masterful.
You look slowly to the sky,
this moment can never die.
The moon light beams,
on the girl of your dreams.
You know this is life at its best,
you know this is God’s true test.
So as the time draws near,
you gain more and more fear.
You look so deeply into her eyes,
you see no lies or distant denies.
Finally your lips touch together,
locking truly eternally forever.
There is no resistance,
to this ever pure innocence.


My Poetry Reading Schedule

Pizza and Poetry at Escape from New York in San Francisco
on Friday, September 5th, 2008 at 7pm

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