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Mike Hauser Jun 2022
Could things be any easier
This life born on a breeze
With the wind to my back there’s nothing I lack
As the hand of fortune guides me

Not a single step have I stumbled
With every path straight on the way
Nary a **** this side of the street
Come what will, come what may

Every ship on my sea is smooth sailing
Every mast that I raise flying high
Every move that I make is a piece of cake
Taking this life for a ride

Yes I think this is a keeper
This life I have born on a breeze
No need to ask with nothing I lack
As the hand of fortune guides me
Mike Hauser Jun 2022
A pretty bird born free
That feels beauty is for others

What her mirror sees
Are the blemishes undiscovered

Has a set of wings
Yet keeps them folded under

Born to loudly sing
But took on self doubt as her lover

Lives her life as is
She has never known another

Sitting on her perch
In the cage she's built around her
Mike Hauser Jun 2022
Another year, another Father's day
Too long since mine has passed
Still holding tight the memories
Of the man that I called Dad

He did with me the best he could
Teaching me what he thought was right
Never turn your face to evil ways
When it comes to justice stand and fight

Always respect your Mother
Loving her the best you can
And when you see those with little hope
Lift them up with the kind word of friend

Valuable lessons that my Daddy gave
I can't begin to tell
He is with my other Father now
In Heaven where all is well

If I could be half the man my Father was
Remembering all he thought was right
Like being the best Dad for his kids
Then I will have served out well my purpose in life
Mike Hauser Jun 2022
Took hold this life
Hand in hand
Through all the promises
And demands

With the years
Being good to us
Through it all
We walked in love

Took the up's
Shook the downs
Never lost
All that we found

Sharing with
Our family
To have to hold
To always keep

Took it to
The very end
And if we could
We would again

Take this life
And it's demands
A promise made
Hand in hand
Mike Hauser Jun 2022
some walk fast
some walk slow
here and now
on the go

some walk straight
some with a limp
some wonder at
what that i meant

some walk circles
around others
hand in hand
with their lovers

walk forward to
walk backward from
single file
one by one

some walk right
some walk left
some don't know
where they are at

and yet they walk
where'er  they go
some walk fast
some walk slow
Mike Hauser May 2022
They just invented a reason
For all the things we do
From burping out in the public square
To keeping animals locked in the zoo

So now there's no need to question why
Aloha means hello and goodbye
Or they say keep your head when we lose our minds
Because now there is a good reason why

For when we sneeze and say achoo
All in the crowd exclaim bless you
The invented reason gives a clue
For everything that we now do

Like with two wheels it's called a bike
One a unicycle, three wheels a trike
The reason now is easy to find
Without overtaxing the overtaxed mind

But there's one reason eluding me
In all my years of reasoning
What took so long with this invention
And was there a good reason for the time it's been missing
Mike Hauser Apr 2022
Living in the shadow of Babel
Where nothing makes any sense
Confusion set in because of man's sin
Bringing with it certain death

We've built for ourselves a tower
Of media and government
Our innocence we've deflowered
Not holding to God's promise kept

Lost compassion and understanding
Arguments on either side
Tongues let loose spouting so-called truth
Last to realize it all could be lies

We look at each other dumbfounded
Wondering how this could go on
All the while over time we've allowed it
And now we are dry to the bone

All this in the shadow of Babel
Where the tower swings as it sways
It almost would be laughable
If we hadn't given our souls away

Living in Babel today...
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