On an autumn walk at the ides of day
I saw birds of a feather fly together away.
As they flew over flames
In an ides-of-day way
They got caught in the weather
And so forever became
The tall twisted tale
That we hear of so much:
Two birds with one hailstone,
Death from maelstrom above.
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024 at 12:39 AM UTC
You are the blue in a sky full of gray
You're my goodnight kisses at the end of the day
Your name on my lips brings a smile to my face
Like a child with presents on his first Christmas Day
Your eyes are like fireworks, they light up the sky
An explosion of colors that light up my life
The finale so great and so loud at the end
That I feel my heart skip and jump out of my chest
I love you for you, for your beauty and grace
For the way you put smiles on every face
For the wrong songs you sing in just the right place
You're the peace in my mind when I am afraid
I just love you, and I don't know why
You're the light of my life and the blue in my sky
You're my candle, the moon, and the stars out at night
That remind me to sleep and leave the weight of the world behind
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022 at 9:03 PM UTC
I have nowhere to go
Just a man without a home
Wandering along this bent
And crooked stream.
Got a bag on my back
and I'm not looking back
Just the future, not the past is all I see.
I hitched a ride West
Cuz I gave up the best
thing that's ever, ever happened to me
And I sit here tonight
By the dim firelight
As I wonder in sight
Of the darkening sky.
As I look at the stars
I write my memoir
And think about where you are.
As long as we see the same moon
And the stars
We're never, ever too far apart.
Darling, lift your head.
What do you see?
When you see the brightest star
Do you think of him, or think of me?
Honey, dont move
Just stay in bed.
Dont worry about me, lay down and rest your head.
I'm out here alone
Made a choice of my own.
The fire's dying
I'm getting cold.
The moon and stars went out
And I'm freezing to the bone
I'm packing up
And moving on again.
Thats my choice.
I'm sorry I didnt hold you longer
Babe, I really miss your voice.
But again, I'm going further
And I'm carrying the load
Of losing you.
I've made it to a safer place
Where my dreams of you
And all my hopes
And prayers
And desperate pleas
Come true.
Dec 27, 2021
Dec 27, 2021 at 9:06 PM UTC
Enamorándome de ti
Fue el mejor momento de mi vida
Mejor que cuando nací
Ahora mi alma esta perdida
Eres una suave brisa cálida
¿Quien no te amaria?
Mi vida siempre sera fria
Sin Maria
Estoy aqui ahora
Mi corazón esta roto
Te ves tan increible
A mi lado en esta foto
Mis recuerdos de ti
Arderá brillante
Me enamoré de ti demasiado rápido
Lo siento
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Falling for You
It was the best time of my life
Better than when I was born
Now my soul is lost
You are a gentle warm breeze
Who wouldn't love you?
My life will always be cold
Without Maria
I'm here now
My heart is broken
You look so amazing
Next to me in this photo
My memories of you
Will burn bright
I fell in love with you too fast
I'm sorry
Dec 4, 2021
Dec 4, 2021 at 11:58 PM UTC
* * *She is my spark of life
She is my burned dinner
That she's making me eat
Because I never learned how to cook
She is my silly costume on Halloween
That she made me wear
To go out with her to her work party
She is what makes me want to dance
When I have two left feet
And I can't pronounce the word "bachata"
She is my comfort
But she pushes me out of the nest
Out of my comfort zone
To do things I didn't know I could do
She is my spark of life
She pours herself over me
Like water over ice
And she keeps me warm like a fire
With her skin at night
She puts the smile on my face
When our lips touch, and she bites
She is my spark of life* *
Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021 at 11:11 PM UTC
So often I'm told
Everything will be ok
When is it my turn?
Nov 29, 2021
Nov 29, 2021 at 4:21 PM UTC
We will never forget...
The last day dawns on my life
And I don't know it
As I wake up to golden rays
Of sun knocking on my eyelids.
I kissed my wife good morning,
Got up out of bed
And tucked her in again.
Naomi spent 10 hours last night
Delivering a new mother's firstborn.
I didn't tell her good morning
And I wish I told her I loved her
But I didn't want to wake her.
I sipped my coffee on the way to work
As if it were any other day,
My only worry was if I had spilled any
On the new pink and white
Polka-dot tie my daughter Elise
Had bought me for my birthday
Last weekend
Or the new Bostonian shoes
My wife gave me
With the card that read,
We love you from top to bottom!
I walked into the conference room
And checked my watch:
8:36.
I was 9 minutes early
To the most exciting moment
Of my career:
My first pitch as project manager
For the new country club going up
East of the city in Glenwood Landing.
I was 10 minutes early
To the most helpless moment
Of my life.
At 8:45 I said good morning
To many fine ladies and gentlemen...
Bankers, lawyers, city representatives,
A union boss, some secretaries,
And a stenographer in the back.
The same words I would never again say to my wife and child...
And immediately I was thrown
Through the air
And knocked against the righthand wall
Of the room.
I was utterly confused
And my face burned
From the coffee I had been holding
That now stained
My beautiful polka-dot tie.
It would be nothing compared to the heat I would soon face.
Outside our 111th-story window
Rose an obsidian plume of smoke.
We all knew something terrible
Had happened just a few floors below.
The fine ladies and gentlemen
Of a moment ago
Quickly turned into uncivilized beasts
As the lights went out
And the piercing scream of the fire alarm
Shouted louder than the new mother
Experiencing the pain
Of her first childbirth.
Smoke very quickly came from below
And filled the floor with the foulest odor
I had ever smelled:
Burning rubber, sulfur,
And burnt hair.
Others in the room sealed the door shut
With expensive overcoats and undershirts
From Armani and Burberry.
They tried the phone countless times
But the line was dead.
I looked down at my watch
As a bead of sweat fell from my brow
And landed on my new tie:
9:11.
Today's date.
The fire alarm got tired of yelling
And the room was filled with an
Uncomfortable rumbling sound...
Flames...
...and the hysterical wails of the
Fine ladies and gentlemen in the room.
Some prayed, some wept together,
Others wept alone.
The one thing we all had in common
Was the persistent coughing
From the obsidian smoke
Slicing our lungs.
I looked down at my watch:
9:23.
The heat was now almost unbearable.
We huddled around the window
Jack or John or Jim smashed
With the powerful throw
Of a mini-refigerator.
When I gazed out the window
At the same sun that kissed my eyelids
This morning,
I was calm.
I thought of Naomi, who was
Surely watching on television
As her family called her to make sure
Her and I and Elise were alright.
Daddy's alright, baby girl.
I'm alright, Naoms.
9:31...
Gary or Greg was the first to jump.
I'll make it home to you, angels.
9:32...
Sophia or Cynthia was next.
Please, God, get me out of here...
9:33...
Jack or John or Jim
And Patty or Peggy
Were each other's last hug
As they fell
Like two stars from heaven.
9:35...
I couldn't see
And I couldn't breathe.
The sunlight was the last thing to kiss me.
Before I jumped
I felt my girls.
I touched the tie on my neck
And the shoes on my feet.
I love you both
From top to bottom.
Sep 11, 2020
Sep 11, 2020 at 11:38 PM UTC
Why shine
When you could gleam?
Why sleep
When you could dream?
Why cry
When you could weep?
Why chime
When you could sing?
Why fly
When you could soar?
Why try
Life's endeavors?
Jan 22, 2020
Jan 22, 2020 at 3:45 PM UTC
You're my nicotine.
Why do I breathe you in
When I know you're no good for me?
Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 2019 at 1:09 AM UTC
Sleep is not to be dreaded,
Despised, nor feared,
For it is simply the
Means we were given
To feel the touch of
Intangible faces
And whimsical places.
What would life be like
Without a dream?
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019 at 10:20 AM UTC