Maybe he’s just nice

Maybe he talks to everyone in that way
Maybe he always shares eye contact for far too long with everyone he speaks to
Maybe he discusses these little details with anyone who will listen

Or maybe it’s just me

Maybe I have made myself too approachable and too friendly
Maybe I have been creating these scenarios in my head all along
Maybe I talk far too much and he is staring at me telling me to shut the **** up

Or maybe he’s just nice

Ya Know .....  

IT's NICE When People ...  
Treat You RIGHT ... !!!  

By This I Mean ...  
RESPECT Your Life ... !!!  
  
GIVE For ... FREE ...  
Reject Money ...  
  
Simply Speak ...  
Without Trying To Teach ...  
  
And Try To Reach ...
For ... " LOVE and PEACE " ... !!!  
  
And Look For Ways We Can AGREE ... !!!!!  
  
It's Nice When People ...  
DO NOT Fight ..... !!!!!
  
Take Their Slice ...  
And Leave You ... YES ...  
An ... EQUAL Slice ... !!!!!  
  
It's CLEARLY Time Some Are ... "CONFINED" ...  
For Perpetrating ... GREEDY CRIMES ... !!!!!  
  
It's Nice To See Them ...  
  
PAY THE PRICE ... !!!!!!!!  
  
For Cherishing ...  
That Kind of Life ...  
  
It's Nice To See ...  
A ... LOVING Wife ... !!!  
  
And Fathers Who Are With Their Child ... !!!  
And SHUN The Role of ... Paedophiles ... !!!!  
  
And ...  
KEEP Their Child From Running Wild ...  
Through DISCIPLINE ... And Use of Mind ... !!!!!  
  
Instead of Using Government Styles ... !!!  
  
Styles Like Theirs ...  
Are NOT SO WISE ... !!!  
  
And CLEARLY Now ...  
Have Proved ... UNWISE ... !!!!  
  
My Words Supply ...  
Such Lows And Highs ...  
  
Even When They Are Inclined ...
To Make Me Call The Piece ...  
  
... " IT'S NICE " ... !!!!!  
  
Today Has Been ...  
A Day ... Supplied ...  
With Things That Now ...
Have Made Me Write ...  
About ... NICE Things ...  
Within My Sight ....  
  
I Woke Up Late ...  
FILLED Up A Plate ...  
And Had Some Oats ...  
To Start My Day ...  
  
Checked My Mail ...  
And Then Set Sail ...  
On .... Internet Sites ....  
  
Looking For ...  
A Job That's Right ...  
And WON'T Restrict ...  
My Wish To Write ... !!!  
  
Applied For One ...  
I ... Kind of Liked ...  
  
The Form Online ...  
Took Up Some Time ...  
But When Completed ...
... Looked Alright ...  
  
Then Went And Saw ...
A Friend of Mine ...  
Who Had ... Repaired ...  
My Home Phone Line ...  
  
We Talked A Bit .......
  
Exchanged Lyrics ...  
About This Country's ...  
  
.... Poli-TRICKS .... !!!!!  
  
Watched The News ...  
And Shared Some Views ...  
  
Then Said ...  
  
"Yo Nev, I'm gonna let you chill, be cool ! "  
  
He said,  
  
"Relax, and hold some food ! "  
  
I Did And Then He Said,  
  
" Hold this ! "  
  
He'd Wrapped Me Up  
... A Piece of Fish ...  
  
The Fish Was NICE .... !!!  
And Went Down RIGHT ... !!!!  
  
Later On That Thursday Night ...  
  
I Left Him And ...  
Popped In The Pub ...  
  
Then Saw A Man ...  
Who Understands ...  
My Need To Use ...  
My ... " Creations " ...  
  
He Is A ... " Prop Man " ...  
On The Show ... " The Bill " ...  
  
And Said,  
"There are some roles to fill"  
extras parts, for black upstarts"  
  
He Said He Would ...
Check Out The Coup ...  
  
And Said He'd Try ...  
To Talk With Members of The Crew ...  
And Find Out What I Need To Do ...
To Get Some Work Acting The Fool ... !!!  
  
I Told Him ... " Cool " ...  
And Then Told Him Some Local News ...
  
A Child Had Died In My Old School ...  
From A Heart Attack And That Was That ... !!!  
  
That's NOT So Nice ... !!!  
But Hey ... That's Life ... !!!!  
  
And Helps Me Write ...  
My Rhymes Sometimes ...  
  
Ya See ... Poetry ...  
NEEDS Energy ...  
And Sometimes Needs ...  
  
..... REALITY .....  
  
This Gives It FEEL ...  
And .... " MASS APPEAL " ....  
  
And Then Can Touch ...  
People Fo' REAL ... !!!!!!  
  
It's NOT Always A Tasty Meal ..... !!!!  
  
But Neither's Life ...  
Y'all Know The Deal ... !!!!!  
  
But Nowadays When I Recite  
I Now Know Some ...  
Enjoy My Sights ...  
  
And Now ENJOY ....  
The Way I Write ... !!!!!!!  
  
Some ... " Pretend " ...  
And Are .... " Polite " ....  
  
I'm Cool With That ...  
They're In A Plight ...  
  
Their Conscience Clearly ...  
Has .... " BAD NIGHTS " .... !!!!!!  
  
Hypocrisy ....  
Is Not So Nice ... !!!  
  
And IS NOT Something I Invite ...  
To Wreak HAVOC Inside My Mind ... !!!    
  
Because Days Like THIS ...  
of ... " Positive Vibes " ...  
  
Help Me Design Poetic Rhymes ...  
That Help Me Find A Place of LIGHT ...  
Within ... " DARK TIMES " ... !!!
  
Moments Like These I CAN'T Define ... !!! ...  
Without Going Back To Earlier Lines ...  
  
When We Do RIGHT ...  
And ... RESPECT LIFE ... !!!!!  
  
Two Simple Words ...  
ENTER My Mind ...    
  
So As I Leave ...  
  
I'll Leave Behind ...  
Words Such As These ...  
  
These TWO .....  
  
.... " It's Nice ! " .....

It’s not your job but it’s nice
Just because it’s not your job
Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it

Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski 11/2/2019

Forget-me-nots are
true fairy-tale flowers!
They grow by the brooks,
and with curious eye they look.
 
When you take a walk
they softly laugh
and they whisper modestly,
"don't forget about me."

Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910)

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I am not sure if "when you take a walk" is correct, maybe it should be "when you're taking a walk". Or even maybe both versions are wrong ;) Sometimes it is harder to translate something that short than much longer poems :(

First time in a while
I'm a bit rusty
I've struggled before
but you can trust me

You know I've been scraped
And how I've been bruised
But I've changed my shape
And managed my tune.

Guess it's time to work
Get back in the fray
Just another perk.
Lets live another day.

The world is a hard place
with hard people
carrying theirs around
like columns on their backs
making it even harder for
them to know
just how much the world has
broken in their rubble

And some revel in their ashes
And some build palaces
And some think it's just fantastic
And some go on helping others
knocking weight off their backs

But never let someone fall so low
that they sharpen the edges of our trash
As the world is already a hardened place
Then why should I be so?

When I think of you,
As but dust
In a carbon filter
I am disgusted
In the fact
That
This is what
Was expected

And thus,
I would not be
Anything
But
Trusting
as I am,
Gush
At the thin
varnish
Of your skin

When,
Perhaps
You had found
Gladness
In a day,
Or in an
arcsecond
Of the sun

You would
Know
Nothing
In the way
That I do--

That is the curse
Of us
And thus
I make my
Words
With love.