Flower moon soft glows
In silence a breath of hope
Sweet the violets bloom

I lie
and
I lie
and
I lie

I hide my behavior
to keep you safe.

I keep quiet
not to offend you.

I agree with you
to keep you happy.

I walk on eggshells
for you and
it’s never enough.

I lie
and
I lie
and
I lie

but when the truth
arrives at that
final moment;

jaws will drop
plates will shatter
dogs will growl

and
you’ll be long gone
after seeing what
a ghastly beast
I am

but for now

I lie
and
I lie
and
I lie

to keep us
together.

all that pain
and belittlement
you served me
day and night
when no one
was looking
made the little
man within you
feel much, much,
much bigger
but now you
stand before me
weeping
with no teeth
and the big man
within me
has forgiven you.

I’ve been at the helm on a rudderless ship
lost in a mercurial sea of deficiency
I could fly by the sit of my pants
with a suitcase already packed
on any given day
at any given time
at any given place
I was where I wanted to be
seeing who I wanted to see
doing what I wanted to do
despite my responsibilities as a father
or having to face the daunting tasks
that appeased my current girlfriend(s).
having no structure and no plan,
life was a timeline of formidable prospects.
I rather enjoyed it
quite nicely.

Softness is the night
Where quiet petals drift
In a silken web of light
A silent lullaby

I'll leave
    on my own
    you'll need not
    to prompt

  thus my honour
I'll keep intact -
in the years ahead
I'll have no cause for regret

between us
is a past story
nothing more
need be said, really

I'll leave--immediately
and will not look back:
there's a new world
out there- for your love I'll not beg

Life is navigation:
make sure you know
your destination

Literature is larger
than the universe entire
more beauty it does lend
and endless is its pleasure