Diem

Diem Diem
Carpe Diem
Soak up some sunshine
Forget about when

This days your day
Seize it and grin
Diem Diem
Carpe Diem

Take a short walk
On a long pier
Look see some dolphins
Swimming out there

Today Today
Do something new
Something much better
Than watching the news

Diem Diem
Carpe Diem
Live for today
And do it again

Bill MacEachern December 8, 2023

First Flakes

Yesterday came
With winters first flakes
Just a light dusting
No snowballs to make

Out my window
Like a snowglobe
Soaring snowflakes
Dance all alone

Yesterday came
Blowing first snow
Nothing too heavy
Just a light throw

Out my window
Through mornings night
Seeing first flakes
Was such a delight

Bill MacEachern December 7, 2023

Those Days

Those days
Those days
They come to an end
What was back then
Cannot be again
Bottle it up
Sip from it when
You long for
Those days
You thought would not end

Those days
Those days
Were just like that
Memorable times
We’ll never get back
That’s ok
Just dandy with me
Those days
Those days
Are now memories

Those days
Those days
My mothers baked bread
Still smelling swell
Just all in my head
That’s ok
For we all will see
Those days
Those days
Come back in our dreams

Those days
Those days
All those bygones
Treasure them well
They won’t last you long
Embrace what you loved
Forget all the rest
Those days
Those days
Were simply the best

Bill MacEachern December 6, 2023

Wingless Bird

I wasn’t taught
Reach for the stars
I never knew
It’s not too far

I knew to stop
Look both ways
And never touch
A burning flame

Encouragement
Was never heard
I left the nest
A wingless bird

Survival was
My only school
Doctorate in hit
And bachelors in *****

I left the nest
A wounded bird
Then found my wings
In written words

Bill MacEachern 11/28/23

Bomb Baby

How long how long
Can this **** go on
Born babies bombed
Who do no wrong

Born babies long
For their Mama’s song
Born babies bombed
No longer long on

Bill MacEachern 10/22/2023

Puzzle Box

Emotions and memories
Kept in a box
Pieces of puzzles
Thoughts that we thought

Unpacking words
Fractured pictures
This one looks good
This one fits better

Write a short story
With so many words
Don’t use a thousand
Fifty will serve

Make a big picture
Show what you see
With plenty of feeling
Of life’s memories

Bill MacEachern August 15,2023

No Exit No Retreat

We CHARGE
Into love
There is
No RETREAT
It’s instant addiction
That cannot be
Beat

Love’s addiction
Is like no other
While trying to
Abstain
Forever
You’ll love her

There are
No rehabs
No 12 steps
If the arrow is true
There are
No Exits

Bill MacEachern August 14,2023