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Hank Helman Apr 2021
Tap
If tired we sleep,
If bored we fiddle,
When excited we dance,
If in love we tell riddles.

My eyes both are closed,
My hands are quite busy,
My toe taps a beat,
Your smile makes me dizzy.

So what has a beginning and no end?

You are everything to me.
Everything.
odd structure I know but I just tap the keys. What arrives surprises me more than you.
Hank Helman Apr 2021
Did
You are what you do,
Not what you did,
Each day a new dawn
A chance to re-bid.

Others may never
Forgive or forget,
Some pain is permanent,
A  life long regret.

But you must be you,
And you know your shame,
The things that you've done,
Things  never done again.

So abandon your guilt,
Learn from your past,
Be kind and be better,
Make love unsurpassed.
Hank Helman Mar 2021
Do you fear death,
Our vested demise,
The end of all things
When you close your eyes.

So what in your life,
Have you left undone,
A kiss or a kindness
A nose-rub for fun.

We all take our leave,
Our end is for sure,
So today love the other,
Let your actions endure.

Time so precious,
A one way street,
Pause and wonder,
Life can't repeat.
Hank Helman Mar 2021
I publish ******* by the gig,
Silly, simple rhymes that jig,
Maybe one day I'll remember,
The path I took to poet- pretender.

I really don't know how I got here,
A drunken quest to be a Shakespeare,
Perhaps it's all a dream and drama,
And in the end perhaps it's karma.
Hank Helman Mar 2021
If we are what we do,
And then what we eat,
If habits form habits
Is there no way to cheat?

Only actions make change,
We must move to adapt,
How simple it seems,
No need to hold back.

If you want a new you,
Then go for a walk,
You'll never reach higher,
With nothing but talk.
Hank Helman Mar 2021
Beware the life spent in pursuit,

Of happiness and joy,

A life lived longing, hoping,

Can make pleasure our decoy.


Time better spent posed standing still,

Attracting to us the things that thrill,

Be the magnet, be the pull,

Attract and capture the beautiful.
Hank Helman Mar 2021
So
Tell me your secrets,
So hidden from view,
Each mystery a jewel,
I'll search for my clue.

I love to dance naked,
Perhaps so do you,
So share me your secrets,
And we'll rendezvous.
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