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Mike Hauser Mar 2024
I gaze in the mirror
And wonder at what comes next
What lies will I find, from this no friend of mine
That fill my head

Sticks and stones might break my bones
But words hurt at the sound
Whoever thought to this degree it'd be me
Body Shaming myself

When the glamour mags tell me I have
To look a certain way
Before you know, self-esteem hits a new low
My confidence clearly taking a break

With little left but the thoughts in my head
Being the only thing that seems to count
Here I go again trying to do myself in
Body Shaming myself

All the lies about, what really counts
Have itching ears listening
Eager to cave to the latest craze
A vicious circle with no end

Believing the lies multiple times
Leaving behind little doubt
This mirror I find doesn't see the inside
Body Shaming myself
Mike Hauser Mar 2024
Rambling boys keep rambling
No idea of where they've been
They have no idea at all
If they're coming or they're going

They just hope that there's a prize
With some purpose to this life
To help them fulfill the call
Bring some meaning to it all

Rambling boys keep rambling
Only way to get their kicks
Early on from day one
There never seemed to be enough

In all the wants they find they need
The memories they failed to keep
It's hard to grasp ahold the facts
Of that which you never had

Rambling boys keep rambling
One day they're bound to reach the end
And on that day when they do
Will they finally know the truth

That their days of rambling
Have not amounted to anything
Just a way to escape
From their lives for their life's sake
Mike Hauser Mar 2024
Out of most the problems
That I have ever faced
Turn it back to myself
Is where it can be traced

I'm the only one
Who holds the shaky hand
Of every crazy thing
That I have ever planed

Out of every action
Inside every deed
All of it can be traced
Simply back to me

Although this twisted world
At times may play a part
It all still resides
Within this sinful heart

With its list of problems
It finds on a daily base
Once again, me, myself, and I
Is where it can be traced
Mike Hauser Mar 2024
spring ahead
fall behind
it's hard enough
to keep up with time

without all these
parlor tricks
fall behind
spring ahead
Mike Hauser Mar 2024
how many of us hesitate
up and wait
in hopes of getting
what we want

pull out the pliers
on our desires
wrenching them
all out of joint

then let it rain
out our complaints
when the day
doesn't go our way

not naming names
but who's to blame
when we sit and wait
till it's too late
Mike Hauser Mar 2024
Right here right now where I am
I am here to take a stand
Tell you things that I am for
And those that I'm against

I'm here for a Sweet Southern breeze
Blowing through Magnolia trees
On a hot humid summer day
Down around Alabama way

And you can bet that I'm against
Things in life that make no sense
Like the ladder that some men climb
All the while leaving others behind

I am for a piece of land
With a pond filled to the gill with loads of brim
Where I can enjoy the day at hand
With an old hound dog as my best friend

Then again, I am against
Any property that has a fence
Built as much to kept things out
As it is to keep things in

I am for holding hands
And if you get the chance to dance
That you should take that chance
Before there are no chances left

I'm against the big city life
Where everywhere you turn you find
Dull gray slabs of thick concrete
Up above and below your feet

I could go at this for awhile
But I'll have to let it go for now
Just letting you know where I stand
And a few things I stand against
Mike Hauser Mar 2024
Why do today what we can do tomorrow
Practicing our free will
We give more away than ever could borrow
With all the time in the world to ****

With hardly a worry, we're in no hurry
Each of us fit that bill
Never look past what we're told are the facts
With all the time in the world to ****

It's no surprise we fall for the lies
This drunken world always spills
Only to find the blind leading the blind
With all the time in the world to ****

With every excuse we ever could use
Jump at the chance for the thrill
None of us free, paying no heed
With all the time in the world to ****

Spending our time never questioning why
We've yet to pay the overdue bill
If we ever do, we'll be the ones to lose
With all the time in the world to ****

When the time comes, and it all comes undone
Left with a cracked windshield
On our last day with nothing to say
And no time left in the world to ****
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