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Mike Hauser Aug 2018
We're all looking for something
To spend our something on
Like a leaf looks for a breeze
A singer looks for a song

Some look for what matters
Some don't care at all
Some are looking for a lift out of this
While others look for a fall

Some flowers like people are looking for Spring
So they can begin again
Some look for the Winter to spill its chill
Putting this all to an end

Some are looking for this and that
Some only looking for this
Sweet 16 by any means
Are out there looking for their first kiss

Some are looking for answers
As problems in life abound
Some are looking for their inner voice
But have yet to hear the sound

Some are looking at a broken heart
In hopes that it will heal
Some have lost the fact of who they are
And only show up for meals

Some are looking to join the crowd
Some to be left alone
Some know where it's at but have yet to grasp the fact
Like when a poet looks for a poem
Mike Hauser Aug 2018
I've come to the conclusion
That my life's a wreak
Poetry strewn all about
My house the biggest mess

So here I am in the middle of the den
In a pile of poetry on the floor
A desperate man with phone in hand
Since I can't seem to find the door

I call up a Psychic
I call up my Shrink
I call up the local Priest
To ask them what they think

They say there is no hope for me
Through the static on the phone
Right before they all hang up
I hear...boy you're too far gone

So I grab a hold my bootstraps
Pick my own self up
Determined to have this problem licked
With prayers and major luck

Starting in on this poetic clean
One thing that I found
I wrote on just about anything
That I had laying around

There was poetry on party napkins
On Chinese take out meals
Tiny poetry on tiny matchbooks
Even on banana peals

Poetry on the chandelier
Poetry on my cat Floss
Poetry on ***** dishes
I wrote with spaghetti sauce

Poetry on the mirrors
Smiling back at me
Poetry on Seinfeld
Across my T.V. screen

Poetry on the kitchen tile
That's never seen a mop
On the doors going in and out
And places I dare not look

I started cramming it all in boxes
Lining them up and down the halls
Soon had them in every room
3 feet deep and 8 feet tall

I made 15 trips to storage
The biggest one that I could find
Feeling now it's nice and safe
All packed tight, warm and dry

When it all was over
Feeling relief from that major chore
Set down in my den, took out my pen
And started writing more...
Mike Hauser Aug 2018
today is
quiet and shy
a bit confused
questioning why

today is
new to the scene
catch it in its prime
before it ups and leaves

today is
sad and downcast
till comes tomorrow
where it changes its path

today is
picture perfect
film at 11
59 then that's it

today is
both hot and cold
where you get to choose
the soup that comforts your soul

today is
loud and out of control
grabs ahold
not letting go

today is
another day
you can start anew
today make a change
Mike Hauser Aug 2018
You know that I know
But not about to let on
To the secret of the secret handshake

It's been around for years
Barely above a whisper
As most take it to their grave

No one knows where it's from
It's just been here all along
Comes in different models and makes

Has a manual to please
In invisible ink
So the secret's not given away

You must swear on an oath
Not to let the truth go
To do so would be a mistake

Sounds mad as a hatter
But it's no laughing matter
The secret of the secret handshake
Mike Hauser Aug 2018
Please pick me up

Then sit me back down

On a far away beach

In the soft summer sand

With the water so close

I can reach out my hand

Grab hold the next wave

And let it pull me in
Mike Hauser Aug 2018
I find over time that I have want's
As my life grinds along
I don't want to fit into the mold
I want to know more than I've been told

I want every time I can to take the chance
Be the one to lead in my own dance
I want my own flame that I can fan
But not so much that it gets out of hand

I want to be happy with where I'm at
Every chance that I get
I want to know the truth in what's been said
Smile where it counts, till my very last breath

I want to sing in harmony
With every single person that I meet
I want an open mind that helps me see
When someone disagrees with me

I want to give a hug and take one home
Learn to forgive those that have done me wrong
I want to do even if they don't
Be the glue that keeps it on point

I have found over time I have my want's
Before my life grinds to a halt
I want to know more than I've been told
And pick from the goodness that all life holds
Mike Hauser Aug 2018
There's something in-between us
I'm not sure I can say
But I hope to put my finger on
Top of it one day

And on that day I hope that it
Shows itself for what it is
That something that's between us
We'll seal it with a kiss

Then take it out and show it off
That something in-between
All around will marvel at
What this something means

This something here between us
That so longs been festering
We both then will face the fact
It finally made it to the scene

That something in-between us
What else can I say
Without really letting on
Or giving it away
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