A 911 call
Victim is so blue
Bleeding from the heart
Died while enroute to reconciliation
Buried in a deep and painful longing

A beautiful day
is on the way
The flowers
get a gentle spray
The bees are happy
as can be
The geese fly over
in a vee.
The sun shines down
in beaming rays
As it does on most
lovely days
Traffic on the road
is in a bustle
As people get to work
in a hustle.

He took his belt off
The child is afraid and torn
between love and hate.

A lifetime I've spent
Fearing people and places
My home, deep in me

There once was a man from Greece
Whose flock of sheep he did fleece
The wool he sold
The sheep were cold
Their sweaters knitted by his niece

You're ambivalent
Your mouth says you don't want me
Your eyes say I'm loved.

Your names in the clouds
Written there by an angel
Hoped she'd get her wings.

J bottle things up
Until I can breathe no more
Then the cork is blown.

That's just how it goes
Sorry it's not in the cards
Can't fight city hall
My resolve even greater
After getting these answers.

Roses they are red
Violets pretty and blue
Why did I start this poem
Hell,  I haven't got a clue

Thought I'd slam the door
So you'd stop ignoring me,
You didn't notice.

I am quite smitten.
Humbled by your attention.
Just thought I'd mention.

Took a step forward
To improve my attitude
But it's my bad leg.

I was never lost
Just waiting to be found
Baggage and all.

Flat Frisbees in flight
Beach blankets bundled by boys
Love letters litter

Beauty walks away
It really enjoyed its stay
Face now a new day.

I believe In love
and in a higher power
Don't believe in me.

My beloved one
Painted your face on the sun
Moon reflects in bronze.

Better days ahead
Troubles a second language
I'm not fluent in.

If the birds could speak
They'd talk about life and times
How they're free to be

Son asks black widow
"Mom, how did my father die"?
Black widow just sighs.

Falling for you
Torn and vulnerable,
the reasons I'm blue.

Waited by the phone
When you stopped coming around
But no calls came through
A new number you've found
So I'll quietly slip back,
into my loneliness inside
I'll take with me your memory
And a broken heart I will hide.

Too many hours spent
Fretting over seasons past
Change, the offender

Can't say I love you
Too afraid to say those words
Yet, they haunt my thoughts

Fall into a trap
When I say for you I care
You say that I don't
It goes on and on from there
Maybe you're right. I don't care.

Cat spoke in his cries,
"Hey. Just so you know Karen.
I'm the one in charge"

I am not catty
You bring out the worst in me
My God the fur flew!

The streets have changed names
But the people are the same
Anywhere you go

A skosh of allure,
will always do in a pinch,
when charms not handy.

Cheetahs hit a bar
On the serengeti plains
Running up a tab.

Chipmunks were busted
Shoplifting their crime of choice
Nuts stuffed in their cheeks

Please make up your mind
You have many to choose from
Don't settle for me
I'm not a charity case
I'm just choice a,b or c

I'm watching TV
Like in any other day
But this is Sunday
And the devoted they pray
Now i would join in
If I thought it mattered
But it's all about the money
My image is shattered
I used to go religiously
To church and Sunday school
But I was young then
And church seemed so cool
Now I worship in my own home
In a tee shirt and blue jeans
And say grace over a dinner
Of hot dogs and baked beans.

Used to go to church
Money's voice spoke over God's
People bought and sold.

It's partly cloudy
There's always a chance of rain
Inside of my mind

Days turn into nights.
You're not here with me.
I'm a little child lost.
Frightened by all I see.
Angry words were said.
Our love is not in vain.
We must look ahead for now.
Outside I hear the rain.
Come back Into my arms.
Whisper that you care.
Make me feel the world is ours.
Kiss me if you dare.

Dog marks fire hydrant
That's how they say "I was here".
Like a post it note.

I searched long and hard
For words to compliment you
Seemed no words would do.

My pen hesitates.
Your love comes with conditions.
I'm not signing on.

No true connection
That is what I have with you
Thinking the phones dead.

"You don't ever talk"
"I've heard enough out of you"
"Why can't you listen"?

You are controlling
I'm rebellious by nature.
We're oil and water

Courtesy I've found
Is more than please and thank you
It's about respect.

Crayon in my hand
Masterworks I did color
Stayed inside the lines.

Dance to my own tune
By light of many a moon
As the old ones croon.

Used to be afraid.
Crowds were my nemesis.
In them now I hide.

You're cruel to me
Like chewing gum you spit out.
*** stuck to your sole.

Since you left me
I have learned to cry again
I'd forgotten how.