Darkness it  pollutes
The pool of the soul,
What once seen through
Now but dark pools
Only evil sees now,
The one you knew
Now consumed in darkness
No voice,
A puppet on strings,
Like a passenger in a car
No control of the wheel,
Death would be better.
Than the things now seen,
Through blacked out windows
Evil now breathes, and has control.

Old School
By joeysguy

I remember lessons from the old school
It was a code an unwritten rule

As a male I would get to my feet
To give the elderly or a woman the seat

When taking a girl out for a day
As the guy I would always pay

Music was understood and had meaning
A lot of songs today sounds like screaming

Entertainers wore costumes or dressed in clothes
Today so much body they expose

You didn’t always have to lock doors
No fences had to protect stores

As a young kid I played outside
Strangers didn’t bother us, we didn’t have to hide

We would hangout till late hours of night
When older we hung out even till daylight

Women could sit outside late and talk
It was safe to take a late night walk

Any time was safe to go stroll in the park
Try doing that now in the dark

People now wear pants down almost to the knees
It’s ugly, pick them up please

What happened to those good old days
Time passes and kids go through a craze

Which Way to Heaven
By Joeysguy

My wife accepted the little that we had
Even those times that were really bad

She raised our kids, cats, dogs and also me
So as my hero it’s my wife I see

She would do things that made her strain
But she kept quiet about some of her pain

We were together for many years
Now alone I try to hold back the tears

Some days are harder to move on
So much is missing, so much is gone

With love for my wife I would always stare
Now it’s only pictures that I have here

I find myself rubbing some pictures with my hand
Wishing, just wishing to feel her hand

Thinking about the rest of my life
Which way to heaven and my wife

I wish I could hear my wife say
I’m here, take my hand heaven is this way