Oblivious to their despair it roams the house without a care It's in the clothes and on the dishes All against their sincerest wishes and as the kids come through the door the ******* plague falls to the floor This war on dirt cannot be won and the keeper's job is never done
A violin for the absence of flowers A cello for the snow-sprinkled trees An oboe for the bird that missed the trip south And silence for Winter’s dis-ease
Re-wrote one entered earlier. This one seems a better fit
There is no strength in cruelty It is an ugliness with only weakness as it’s base An unsightly reflection of damaged people causing more harm in defense of their open wounds
Such simplicity yet magnanimous in its undertaking One marvels at the whole of it in awe of the glorious painstaking detail Colors calm and easy leaving no part of it's aura unappeasing It's nature so sincere and moving the stricken feel the need to bow
Wear not the irate head to bed ‘Spite the words that have been said Anger is a state of mind that leaves your slumber in such a bind So, in the interest of better sleep Eat yours words and not a peep
Every thought uneasy Every step a stumble If the stomach were only queasy waiting for the world to crumble Few are those who never walk the path of uncertainty
Anxiety is fear that has nowhere to go So we route it to places we hope it won’t show Before it gets strong we move it along before it gets fed enough to flourish and grow
The serenity of wheat sways in the sun so sweet I walk in peace on the golden fleece that bends beneath my feet I stand next to a tree and as far as I can see this kiss of gold ‘spite what I’m told is exclusively for me
How ironic the insight that my mind spends much of it’s time blind to the reality that it is stuck in the head which is stuck up the *** of a blundering fool
In a very big house on a hill made of money Rising to the sky from the ground An overweight man Fat from ill-gotten gains picked from all the pockets in town
Be not a martyr with emotional pain And do not barter You’ll only suffer it’s gain It thinks that it’s use is to hang from a noose bleed on the soul to leave a stubborn stain
There are some mornings upon my awakening A new day’s been granted and it’s there for the taking I assemble myself from bad parts off the shelf My house of cards stands but not without shaking
Back in the days of puppies and kittens When my pages were full Of stories unwritten I’d begin each day with my very best friend chasing the sun until the day’s end But, as time wears on and I get older As I slow down and the wind grows colder I always remember What I had been told “You’re a short time young and a long time old”
Fall reminds me of the evening It flows into the Winter's night Springtime is tomorrow's dawning of the Summer's enduring light A year, a day Who's to say how much time we have to play and revel in each season's sweet delight
I have an applecart It's contents are just so Everything has it's place Everything a row I know too well that if I let the applecart get too upset I'll change into a man I do not know
The anxious face sketches like a mothman with two fiery red eyes amidst a flurry of large violent lines of black ink that look more like the claw marks of an animal desperate for escape
From 3 o’clock till half past 4 is when the monster is at your door If you are careless And let him in that’s when the nightmare will begin He’ll shave your head to leave it bare and he will be back to enter there Then you will know there’s no such thing as a harmless dream
Lying in the driveway sleeping in the rain a man melting before my eyes and leaving such a stain "Just a dream" I tell myself and forget about what it means But, the next day in the driveway the bluish tint of jeans
I have an eye for sunsets in the sky A feeling for a breeze that rustles through the trees An ear for the tears falling from a rain and the silence on a casual stroll down a country lane
Sometimes we have the brains of a sparrow with neural pathways so small and narrow When the black and the white of things stand next to each other we either can't or won't be bothered to see the shades of gray because it's just easier that way
Wise man say the worth of a day and the serene of between it's highs and lows lies not in what one does for oneself but, lies in what one does for others
Anger is at the root of all that upends them It is the very marrow of their frustrated despair Armed against a world that cannot befriend them Only because it doesn't know that they're there
After the grueling anger match between God, the world, and I I offer this lame explanation before I begin to sigh "God, I have to tell you before you show me the door I haven't blamed you for anything that I haven't whipped myself for"
How sad we are that the good of living is when the bad doesn’t know that we’re there We fly under the radar in hopes that if spotted the evil won’t even care
Fear and Rage Brother to brother Whenever they awaken One says to the other What kind of suffering can we cause today? That’s when one hears the other one say I just love the smell of ****** in the morning
There’s an old salty ****** at the back of a ship that’s sinking into the sea I can hear the words from his stiff upper lip as he sadly recites to me You can’t save me You can’t save me So, turn your eyes away I will sleep In the cold, dark deep and you will see another day
Silly hearts ****** toons and goofballs make light of all that is heavy for us and won't leave a bucket of tears without a barrel full of laughs for balance
Delusion was that place in my heart that I sometimes mistook for the truth But, as I get older I begin to miss that place where I spent much of my youth