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I feel like I'm drowning and everyone's just there to watch, no one knows what's going on and in my head its just the countdown of a ticking clock.
There’s a rhythm that pulses in the heart of the blues,
Where losing’s expected, and failure’s the muse.
No voices respond when I’m crying for aid,
Just me in the deep, aching for land with each hit of a wave.
There's no way to hear a cry for help, I'm treading water trying to find a way to save myself.
The current consumes me, it’s pulling me down,
I try to speak truth but I choke on the sound.
Where do I start when the pain’s been for years,
When hopes turn to silence and love turns to sneers.
Success became my shortfall, failure being what I've known, another brick in the wall, its just me and my demons all alone.
the sky is orange,
and so are we,
faces lit by the last light,
music shaking the air,
hair caught in the wind
like it wants to leave too.

she’s back.
we’re thirteen again,
laughing like the year
never stretched between us.

sunlight spills through open windows,
sticks to our skin,
melts the silence
between heartbeats.

i’m in love.
she’s home.
the sky is on fire.

everything is orange.
everything is alive.

and for a second,
everything
is exactly
enough.
my long distance friend is home!
i was always the kind
with a toothbrush to spare
reserved for only you,
not knowing who you'd be.

a friend, perhaps, in need
of a soft bed and duvet,
a midnight love, leaving
just as sudden as it came.

maybe i was always
hoping that my sanctuary
would be enough,
and maybe, just maybe,
you'd peel the old love away,
like paint from a windowsill—

but you never stayed.
this one is about the ones that I watched drift by.
June 23, 2025
A gallant man
Donned his Top Hat
Tipped the brim
Smiled ceremoniously

As the young ladies passed by
A glint, a gleam
In the corner of the eye
A gentleman by and bye

At the close of the day
The foyer was the place
An unspoken ceremony
Of  Style and Grace

He Doffed
His outer wrap
Dress Coat Top Hat
Cleaned and pressed  

Kept preserved
For the well dressed
At the ready
Of the gentleman‘s leisure

Until the next day
For the well deserved
Sanctimonious
Ceremonial
Continually observed

A prominent display
Of pomp and circumstance
(Pompenstanse)

An elegant dance
Of the well to do
In the year of our Lord 1882
BLT Webster’s Word of the day challenge
2-27-25 Doff
To Dolph a hat or other piece of clothing is to take it off
FYI
To Don a hat is to wear it
Much to my chagrin
This is how a normal day begins

Just like a Mercurial Californian
Morning, noon and night
California girl’s foresight
Longing for weather just right

Too cold at night
Too warm by day
The weather needs to be
Just my way

As the days grow hot
We Dressing in layers
A feo pua
I’d rather not

Such the way of California play
Tank top light shorts, zip up hoodie
Bathing suit always underneath
As the weather increases
Articles of clothes releases

A bead of perspiration
Smudges artisan make up
Irritation Hours of conception
Many shade of perfection

Once translucent powder
Gets moist tacky
Splotched patches
Look, wacky

Protecting the complexion
Shadowing and contour deception
To get every color demure not bright
to make everything just right

Defeating the Sun continually heating
A neck cooler now, that’s cheating
The weather never used to be this way

A California day hazy in the morning
Without warning they begin
Santa Ana winds blowing, dies away
Ending in a perfectly comfortable sunny day

Now we contend with chem trails
Severe blankets of pollen
Covers everything Geez !  
Even my dog has allergies


Inspired songs;

1) Against the wind
Bob Seger and the bullet band1980

2) Dust in the wind
By Kansas 1978

3) Blowing in the wind
Bob Dylan 1962

4) Santa Ana winds 1980
By The Beach Boys
BOT Webster Word of the day challenge
5-21-25
Hapless
Having no luck
It is synonymous with unfortunate
5 – 20–2025 word chagrin
Refers to a feeling or frustration or an annoyance caused by failure or disappointment.
May 17 -2025
Mercurial
Is usually used to describe someone who’s mood changes quickly and unpredictably. It can also describe something that changes frequently such as weather or something that is lively and quick such as someone’s wit
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