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I do not know what you want from me
Don't know what I did wrong
Can't tell if your feelings are real
Or if you are stringing me along
All I get
Mixed signals
One day interaction is great
Next you show indifference
Uncertainty what I hate
Constantly attempting to figure you out
What is running through your mind
Comb through the words you offer
Answers I never find
I long for you to be forthcoming
With your intentions
What you're really after
Something you don't mention
I wish I could read your thoughts
Why is it that the older you get
The less you seem to care
About all that the world collects
That only helps ensnare

Where don't you know a few short years ago
You filled your pockets with greed
With needless stuff you want and some you don't
Packing them tight selfishly

But age sometimes does us a favor
Of what seemed important then
No longer satisfies in its entice
And you find if you don't have it you'll still live

No longer concerned about the next corner turn
It's more about the here and now
And the happiness you get from that simple fact
Is now what it's all about

There's no need to plan the future
With living life one day at a time
And the older it is that you get
The less you're impressed with the find

It becomes more about friends and family around
And less about the junk in life
That we lined our pockets with just to have
Thinking that's what we needed to survive

There's freedom don't you know in the letting go
Of all the worldly junk you don't need
You've collected here that's muddled the years
That once filled your pockets with greed
There are those who love me
But not with a burning flame.
There are a few who make a frown
At the mention of my name.

There are those who think I’m God -
That I can walk on water
But when you tally up those votes
You can’t add in my daughter.

She thinks that I am toxic
And that I ruined her life.
The disdain that she has for me
Is sharper than a knife.

She has no joy to share with me,
Her sadness… hers alone.
I have no access to her thoughts
Her attitudes remain unknown.

She offers me the minimum
Of contact and of discourse
She cannot wait to get away
Runs faster than a race horse.

Toting up the fans who rave
The few who walk away
There’s only one that really counts
And she’s a “no” today.
ljm
I can too rhyme
Most any time.
I know what rhymes with purple.
I cannot find
What’s in my mind
Because my brain’s a *******.

I know you heard
I’m one sad bird.
My sorrow’s more than double.
So let me bring
This one last thing
My life’s a pile of rubble.

I want to be
A perfect me
And be admired by many.
But first I sigh
And then I cry
And act just like a *****.

To rhyme is tough.
I’ve done enough
To win a crown of glory.
If you agree
To let me be
That finishes my story.
ljm
A bit of silliness for midweek.
If only I could just forget
The woman I once was
Maybe I’d be happy with
The woman I am now.

If maybe I could just forget
How much I could do then
Perhaps I could accept how
Much of it I can’t do now.
ljm
There used to be no limits.
I have tried for 3 days now to post this.  What's with HP?
 Apr 2022 The X-Rhymes
Aishu
You are more than
the fear that holds you back.

You are more than
the sorrow that you carry within.

You are more than
the pain that keeps you away
from yourself.

You are more than
the anger that consumes you.

You are more than
you think you are.
We were in a painting, the two of us
She was holding my hand
In the soft glow of our own bodies
And the warmth of her palm
I felt it in my throat, and on my face

We were in a painting, you and me
And the way you lay in my arms
I felt, a stranger in my own home
Who are you, who are you?
In one strange city of love, I found you
More on the theme of paintings
You’re more then a part of someone’s puzzle .
You are a complete picture yourself.


Shell ✨🐚
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