As the monarch advanced
And drifted toward the sea
I sat on the dune observing
And selfishly thought---
"What about me?"
With wings that rode the wind
This creature who ignored
All warning
And needful sign
Weathered blast of ocean's spray
All witnesses deaf as I implored
Born of a trusting nature
Which pained me entirely
To the silent masses I say
As a person, as an organism---
To finally admit aloud
That I am not okay.
Oct 6, 2024
Oct 6, 2024 at 1:47 PM UTC
I suppose
to you
I've become
something of a joke
so pardon me
if my punchline is showing
avert your eyes.
Sep 6, 2024
Sep 6, 2024 at 9:54 PM UTC
Give me a spoon
cut me loose
we shall see
what holds more weight
my stature---
or my resolve.
Sep 6, 2024
Sep 6, 2024 at 4:33 PM UTC
Knowing you exist
makes me breathe easy
seeing you struggle
and suffer the same as me
I am ready to admit
that your needs truly
now--- far out weigh my own.
Aug 31, 2024
Aug 31, 2024 at 12:50 PM UTC
There so many questions
that my daughter brings to life
it is overwhelming
yet, endearing
I have tasted pain
not wishing her to know
comprehend,
or understand it
these emotions
have always threatened to end me
so do not blame me
if I will not forward them
to your address
my daughter, in this life
I want to answer truthfully
but walk the edge of an answer
as carefully as I would a knife.
Aug 5, 2021
Aug 5, 2021 at 3:28 PM UTC
Broken toys
don't sleep at night
they sit in corners
and stare with one good eye
wondering, collecting dust
quiet rejection
turns to mistrust
with dreams just as broken.
Aug 4, 2021
Aug 4, 2021 at 7:23 PM UTC
There is no need
for cattle to understand
they do. they live. then die.
cast not pearls before swine
neither mine nor thine
serve them inferior supply.
let them eat cake.
live then die.
it is not necessary for cattle
to understand the ways of life
nor curse of being man.
Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021 at 7:30 AM UTC
I've outgrown the rage
and fallen into God's design
all the hurt and pain is gone
I've left that part of me far behind.
Jul 24, 2021
Jul 24, 2021 at 7:06 PM UTC
I remember
despite it being crass
what my wise grandpa once said
"You've made your bed
Now shove it up your ***
while that is disturbing as sin
however, the real problem is
I forgot what nursing home
we stuck him in.
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021 at 9:46 PM UTC
It's getting better all the time
not the struggle
it always stays the same
but the difference is
truly I am now
a more accomplished liar.
Jul 17, 2021
Jul 17, 2021 at 7:16 PM UTC