Play Ball (Softball)
By Joeysguy

My daughters use to play softball
I wish I could have been to them all

Since my daughters don’t play anymore
I don’t have a team to cheer for

I do watch some games on the TV
The girls have lots of great energy  

When the girls are in the dugout
You can hear them cheer and shout

You can hear them chant and scream
To win a world series starts as a dream

For one team to lose comes sorrow
And they may not have a game tomorrow

I’ve seen many girls being sad
I can’t recall any of them getting mad

Lots of girls playing softball
Good luck to them all

My Blue Eyed Blonde
By Joeysguy

I’m just a man with a broken heart trying to show love
To the woman who I lost and is now in the heaven above

I think back when we met we shared a kiss
Now the days go by I think of my wife who I terribly miss

Life seems so very unfair
I was older but it’s my wife who is not here

All the years we were married I gave her all that I could
I gave her all my love and my heart the way a husband should

When special days and some holidays come near
It hurts more on these days that my wife and I no longer share

I wish I could remember everything from my past
I would burn my wife in my mind so it all would last

Over and over as the days go by
I try to get by with out a cry

Joey was my wife and now she is gone
I am finding my days so very hard to move on

On our wedding day some words I had said
I promised to always love her and with this ring I thee wed

We have two girls Barbara and Patricia are their names
Also their is our son his name is James

My wife was a tall and slender blonde with blue eyes
She loved me and I guess she was very wise

Why I Volunteer at Meals on Wheels
By Joeysguy

Why I volunteer at Meals on Wheels,
I do it to help people receive meals.

I had to get a photo id
This is for the people’s safety

At first I thought of it as just something to do
After that first day I realized that wasn’t true

I deliver a meal to the elderly and I do it with care
Some of the elderly may be in a wheelchair

The hot food is carried in a hot insulated bag
The cold food is carried in a cold insulated bag

It’s a good feeling to volunteer  
The people appreciate that we care

I knock at the door and yell hello
I also check on them before I go

A stranger had said to me, thank you
She was thanking me for what I do

It’s a good feeling to volunteer
This is something we Americans do to show we care

Christmas Lights
By Joeysguy

My son lives in Florida with his spouse
I was visiting them at their house

On my last day in the warm sunlight
He was outside hanging a Christmas light

I walked outside and my eyes started to tear
Because my wife is no longer here

I always disliked hanging Christmas lights
Early comes the winter days and nights

My wife would always give me directions
On how to hang the decorations

I now miss hearing my wife say
No don’t do it that way

I didn’t always take her advice
To hear her now would really be nice

Old School
By joeysguy

I remember lessons from the old school
It was a code an unwritten rule

As a male I would get to my feet
To give the elderly or a woman the seat

When taking a girl out for a day
As the guy I would always pay

Music was understood and had meaning
A lot of songs today sounds like screaming

Entertainers wore costumes or dressed in clothes
Today so much body they expose

You didn’t always have to lock doors
No fences had to protect stores

As a young kid I played outside
Strangers didn’t bother us, we didn’t have to hide

We would hangout till late hours of night
When older we hung out even till daylight

Women could sit outside late and talk
It was safe to take a late night walk

Any time was safe to go stroll in the park
Try doing that now in the dark

People now wear pants down almost to the knees
It’s ugly, pick them up please

What happened to those good old days
Time passes and kids go through a craze

Our First Pregnancy
By Joeysguy

When we were young and before she was my wife
I didn’t know she was going to be the love of my life

I miss those special times that we had
I miss all the times so very bad

I don’t know where I found a talent to write poems late in my life
It must come from the woman I loved who was my wife

Over the years we have had arguments and called each other names
Like little kids playing silly games

In a picture of my wife the sun shines in her hair and makes it glow
To me she looks like my loving angel with a halo

Thinking back on our first pregnancy
That was hard for my wife and me

Some times she had morning sickness
At times she had made a mess

In that nine month period of time
She had fallen for the third time

My heart was divided in quarters
My wife my son and my two daughters

I think my heart will become whole
That day that my wife takes my soul

Paper Rose
By Joeysguy

Many years ago when I was short of money
Thinking of a gift to give my honey    

Something inexpensive, like a single rose
With the meaning and feeling that it shows

Just a couple of dollars I think that would be okay
As a gift from my heart for that day

In that single rose, that I bought
With my love being the thought
    
I have roses growing outside my house
In the memory and love to my spouse

From some of the thorns that are on the stems
My blood was drawn and looks like little gems

I need a rose that is so very light
It has to be special for a flight

I can now give her this kind of a rose
With all my love that it shows

The rose has to be without a thorn
So the balloon doesn’t burst while airborne  

Higher and higher to my wife it goes
A balloon that carries, a paper rose

Peter Pan Envy
By Joeysguy

I envy Peter Pan
He never get’s old as a man

He can fly back and forth to never-never land
To his lost boys a merry band

If I had Tinkerbelle’s fairy dust and could fly
I would go up and up into the sky

I would fly up to my wife who’s in heaven
And take her back to nineteen fifty-seven

The fifties were a great time in life
It was when I met my future wife

Americans
By Joeysguy

Our founding fathers are probably turning over in their grave
From the way our present leaders behave
Our leaders are giving our country away    
They upset the American people most everyday  
With the new healthcare some people were offered a deal    
While some Americans can’t even pay for their next meal
This administration is giving away our country  
Foreigners sneak over our borders and could get amnesty
Our leaders seem to favor foreign people
Possibly more than the American people
The Government is failing at protecting our border States
Hate and uneasy is something this administration creates
Washington is slapping Americans in the face
To file a law suit against an American State is a disgrace
Our Constitution are the laws that govern our nation
Our forefathers wrote our Constitution with determination
We are the United States of America and we should never
Let any foreign country come between us, not ever
What’s happening to this country is a shame
This administration is mostly to blame
Our leaders think they know best
What they are causing is unrest
And shame on a President of the United States
If to do the right thing he hesitates

Holding Back A Tear
By Joeysguy

At the bereavement group that I attend
It’s a place we don’t have to pretend

We hear stories of emotion and pain
Pretending here has nothing to gain

People come here in a sad way
Because of a life that had slipped away

Some people sit here with tears in their eyes
We all know that pain of when a love dies

With the stories that we hear
It’s hard to hold back a tear

Everyone here has lost a love
Taken from us to the heaven above

It’s always hard to keep a dry eye
Being here any of us may cry

We heard of a rock giving strength in ones life
For me it’s this group and the poems to my wife
 
The feeling of normal was asked of me
That normal in my life will never again be

People outside can act different as we know
We may hold back our feelings so as not to show

So this is the place we can be true
To ourselves and to each of you

The Honey To Do List
By joeysguy

Honey here is your to do list
It was written after that first time we kissed

I know you are that special one
Who would follow the list till it’s done

Follow the list in it’s order
Do not change, do not alter

The first thing you will do
Is to ask me to marry you

You will love me as I love you
With the promise of a love that’s true

You will give me children, maybe two
I know we will be loved by you

Be a good husband to your wife
You will keep us together for life

If I should be the first to die
Make it short if you do cry

Go on with the rest of your life
Remember me as your wife

With a new honey to do list I’m waiting here
Don’t hurry, I love you dear

MY WIFE MY PRIZE
By Joeysguy

I asked my girl to be my wife
To be mine the rest of our life

Her father gave away the bride
Her mother was happy but cried

I took the oath of marriage that day
To love her in every way

On our wedding day I said I do
Forever I want to be with you

Not many men love the same wife
I did for more than half our life

For over 50 years we were together
She’s gone but I’ll be her guy forever  

Looking at my wife and into her eyes
What I see is my wife my prize

With all the love I had for my wife
It hurts that she was taken out of my life

I have to believe in an afterlife
A place where I can rejoin my wife

I want to believe so much
To again see and feel her touch

Imagination
    by Joeysguy

  It was many years ago
  I happened to be at a casino

  After awhile I sat in a card game
  The casino dealer never said his name

  The dealer said these cards were of my future life
  He dealt me a jack, and a queen that represented a wife

  He dealt three more cards from the pack
  They were two more queens and a second jack
  
  I've dealt you a good hand, the dealer said
  That's what you'll have after your wed  
  
  The five cards totaled to a full house
  The three kids will be born to you and your spouse

  Place them all in your heart
  You'll have love from the start

  It all came true long after that game
  I found out that Heaven was that casinos name

Wedding Bands
By Joeysguy

I placed a ring on her left hand
A plain white gold wedding band

With all my love this ring is from me
I also wore a ring for people to see

Today the rings have become something more
They also tie us together for evermore  

Mine is still on my left hand
From my neck hangs her wedding band

I feel her in my heart and in my life
I still think of her as my wife

Heavens Gate                                   
By Joeysguy

All through life we may move slow
Not like watching the grass grow

At times were in a hurry
We don’t stop or slowdown to worry

When we get older we do slowdown
Our skin may wrinkle and look like a frown

The only time were never late
When were going up to heavens gate

It’s Just A Band-Aid  

By Joeysguy

When I was small my mother had some tricks
She would say the band-aid was a quick fix

Using a band-aid to cover a scrape or cut
Keeping out the dirt and any ****

Some places I have trouble putting a band-aid on  
It’s only me, my wife is gone                                    

Recently a wasp had stung me
Confused, I looked to my wife to help me

I then remembered she is not here
Not sure of what to do gave me a little scare

I can put a band-aid on anywhere in front of me
I can’t put it on my back a place I can’t see

My wife wanted a band-aid on my mouth
Even my daughters say I have a bigmouth

I wish my mom taught me her tricks
I would swallow a band-aid, my heart needs a fix

What Some Men Can’t See
By Joeysguy

For years it’s been said that love is blind
Probably meant with men in mind

Women are different in many ways
With some men their in a daze
  
All women have inner beauty of their own
And most of the time that beauty is shown  

Women are filled with loving care
Especially for children they love so dear

Some men can’t see beyond their nose
The love in the family that grows and grows

Honor My Wife
By Joeysguy

For so many years she was my wife
Now she is just a memory in my life

Everyday that goes by
I find it hard to keep a dry eye

I was born to love my kids and my wife
Which I will for the rest of my life

I realize some of my poems are sad
That’s how it is losing someone you love so bad

All I have now are my memories of joy
Dreaming back to the days of my wife my daughters and my boy

Everyday is about the same for me
I eat I sulk I sit and watch TV

I have my first tattoo on my arm honoring my wife
With all the years she was in my life

I wear her name as proud as can be
Wishing she was still hear with me

My wife was my children’s mother
There will never be another

My love for my wife was my first my only and my past
As far as I’m concerned she will be my last

I remember back to that first night when I drank some wine  
Once we kissed I felt in my heart she would be mine

Little Dog
By Joeysguy

This last Mothers day
My wife’s little dog passed away

Holly was my wife’s little love
Both now are in the heaven above

Holly did not like the cold
Poor Holly only ten years old

I miss my wife so much
I also miss that little dog’s touch

I just had to adopt a little dog for me
This little dog named Maggie

A Marine
By Joeysguy

This fellow at the age of twenty
A Marine he became to be

He was no different than any other Marine
He stood proud, he stood tall and he was lean  

He vowed
That he would make his family proud

After finishing his training he was hurt        
An accident left him bleeding, broken, and in the dirt

Was someone watching over him that day
People wishing him well with lots of kind words to say

Off to the hospital where doctors put him under the knife  
He had a few set backs, he’s learning new ways of life

He lost the ability as a Marine to go and fight
For a new career he has something else in sight

So many people’s hearts he had won    
Everyone is so proud he’s far from done

Not much matters when it comes to size
He still stands tall in our eyes

I know he has more to give and he’s not done
I know this, because he’s our grandson

We wish him much love
From one of us here and one of us from above

To My Joey  Happy Anniversary
By Joeysguy

On April 7th these words were said do I take this woman to be my wife
I said yes for the rest of my life

There was a time when our love was lost awhile
You gave me a daughter I gave you a smile

Some years went by and now our family totals to five
We can see and feel our love thrive

Our marriage has not always been the best
But I like to think it’s a love nest

The past years were difficult and have not been good
But the next hundred years will be better as they should

With all the love I have for you
A good life I must, I have too

I have not forget our little three
Before they leave I hope better things they will see

Patience understanding and love I need
To make all my dreams succeed

My love for you is honest and true
Is it the same with you too

Joey my love and Joey my wife
For all our years you were and are my life

In a hundred years when we depart
In heaven another love we will start

My love for you is plain to see
Your my love happy anniversary

A Letter to my Wife, Dear Joey
By Joeysguy
I lived with my mother for part of my life
Then I married and you became my wife

We both repeated the words I do
My promise to always love you

With the wedding band and saying I Do
My heart and soul I gave to you

On the finger of your left hand
You wore a white gold band

I would trade all my future days
For just one more chance of our yesterdays

My love now for you feels like so much more
I’m sorry I didn’t know it before

Looking at your pictures your beautiful face
All those loving words that I misplaced

For many years I knew what life was to be
Now I don’t, since its only me

I’m getting older and have a fear
That I may forget for whom I care

Our 51st anniversary is coming soon
Look for a note inside the balloon

I loved you then, I love you now, I’ll love you tomorrow
I write this with tears and sorrow

Till the end of days
With Love always

American Brave
By Joeysguy

To our brave for over all the years
For you some of us have shed tears.

To you servicemen and women, who served and still serve
I say thank you, which you greatly deserve.  

You fight to protect our American way
You put your life on the line everyday.

You protect the colors of our flag
Some of you come home in a body bag.

You protect our flag of stripes and stars
Some of you come home with battle scars.

Included are the people of 9/11 who died
The volunteers, the relatives and the people cried.

I’m sorry to the families of the brave    
Their sons and daughters who’s life they gave.

We are Americans of this great country
Again thanks to all the Military.

Girl
By Joeysguy

Why let yourself get pregnant and put a hold on your life
Why not wait till your older and become a wife.

Life could be better for you if you stay in school
Listen to your parents and follow their rule.

Life could pass you by if you become a young mother
You may lose your friends to another.

Why let a guy change the future or your life          
He may just leave you to go enjoy his life.

When the time comes and your baby is due.
Will that baby’s daddy be there for you.  

Will he support you and your child
Will he go to another girl and child.

Being married, Mrs. would be your proper title
Baby’s mama is what kind of title.    

Being called a baby’s mama in your life
Better sounding words are a mother and a wife.

Having a husband you could have a better life  
Think of your future as husband and wife.

Could-a, Would-a, Should-a
By Joeysguy

These are words that some people would say
These are words in someone’s thoughts everyday

Could-a, Would-a, Should-a in someone’s mind
These are words that can be very unkind

Especially if we lose a loved one from our life
These words were unkind to me when I lost my wife

I have asked myself, was there more I could-a done
Was there anything more I should-a done

These are words that can tear us apart
Letting them into our mind and heart

Thinking of arguments, I should-a gave in
Why did I always try to win

At that last moment I should-a held her so very tight
So that the Angels would-a had a tough fight

People say there was nothing I could-a done
It’s what my wife should-a done

Is It Me Or My Confusion  
By Joeysguy
I hope not to have many problems over the years
These could be just a few of my fears

One is not to forget my past
The tattoo of my wife’s name that should last

I might need to get another tattoo in my life
Explaining the name Joey wasn’t a guy but my wife

I wouldn’t want to forget all the foods I hate
And not being forced to give everything a taste

When I hear things that are said
I hope not to mix the meanings up in my head

One meaning that I have heard
Like the ******* is flipping the bird

Or with *** and a finger meaning they want some
If two people show the finger, is that a *******

At home everything is out of place
I wonder why I’m running out of space

In time I won’t be able to go up and down, I guess
That means I won’t need an in house GPS  

Until that day they put me on a shelf
I hope to be my pleasant self

Can I be careful of the things I say
My getting older is confusion everyday

Which Way to Heaven
By Joeysguy

My wife accepted the little that we had
Even those times that were really bad

She raised our kids, cats, dogs and also me
So as my hero it’s my wife I see

She would do things that made her strain
But she kept quiet about some of her pain

We were together for many years
Now alone I try to hold back the tears

Some days are harder to move on
So much is missing, so much is gone

With love for my wife I would always stare
Now it’s only pictures that I have here

I find myself rubbing some pictures with my hand
Wishing, just wishing to feel her hand

Thinking about the rest of my life
Which way to heaven and my wife

I wish I could hear my wife say
I’m here, take my hand heaven is this way

God for a day
By Joeysguy

If I could be God for just a day
To do things my way

I would eliminate disease from the earth
So children would not be sick at birth

When children are healthy  
Parents feel wealthy

Children should have protection
Also learn the right direction

Women have inner beauty and love
They need attention from above

I would also save the past
So some memories and things could last

I probably won’t be God for a day
But I wish these would come true anyway

Precious Things
By Joeysguy

Finding out a father I was to become
My love, my wife to become a mom

In time being a father of three
They would be precious things to me

As a father I gave it my best
Protecting them in our little nest

Now my little three are all grown
They have precious things of their own

The most precious things in life
Your family, your children, your wife

Believing in Santa

By Joeysguy

At home it was just my mother and me
When I was a child we had a Christmas tree

That tree was about two feet tall
It was on top of the fridge against the wall

Mom would say, you have to be a good boy
And Santa would leave you a new toy

Christmas Eve he would come but then disappear
And he wouldn’t come again till the following year

I found out why there was only one toy for me
Because my mom didn’t have much money

As a child there were things I never knew
I found out about Santa not being true

Having a family with kids and a wife
Again Santa was back in my life

Telling my kids go to bed and turn down the light
If you want Santa to come tonight

Even our dogs got a toy and a treat
It would be a ball and something to eat

My wife and I were able to give the kids more
Some from Santa, most from a store

It’s been years since Santa came by
The kids grew up and my dogs did die

I haven’t had a Christmas tree in my house
Since the year that I lost my spouse

When I’m older and in my second childhood
Santa will come if I’m good

I’m asking only for my wife
To be with me for the little time left of my life

Don’t Cry For Me
By Joeysguy

When the day comes and I die
Don’t be sad, don’t  cry

I would say I had a good life
With children, grandchildren and a beautiful wife

At the end of this life
I’ll be back with my wife

All you kids I will miss
From you I’ll give mom a big kiss

Don’t cry, don’t grieve
I’ll be with your mother after I leave

My Empty Eyes
By Joeysguy

Years back living in a full house
With kids, dogs and a spouse

One daughter even had white rats
My other daughter with her cats

You had to be careful so as not to fall
All over would be toys, maybe a ball

At times I would help to put the kids to bed at night
Giving them a kiss before turning down the light

I would stand the kids against the wall
Placing marks to show them getting tall  

The kids were getting older and will move out one day
That day came and they did move away

It became hard for my wife to walk or stand
It would help when I would take her hand

One day my wife had passed on
My last two pets are also gone

I never thought I would lose my spouse
Now it’s emptiness that fills my house

Each time I enter a room
They are filled with gloom

Empty is a space in the bed we did share
Empty at the kitchen table is her chair

We were bound together by the words, I do
With wedding bands and saying I love you

My eyes are empty and I can’t see
I can’t see my wife in front of me

At What Cost
By Joeysguy

If you are going to a bar
Save lives, don’t drive your car

At what cost for that drink
Before you take it, stop and think

Just a bad choice that you could make
That bad choice will put lives at stake

With a life, someone could pay
The loss of life for your drunken day

Don’t use your seatbelt on your drunken day
Why should you live to walk away

So I ask, at what cost will that drink be
Just a few dollars to destroy a family

If you live you will  go to jail
Tell your kids where to send your mail

Driving drunk the cops will pull you over
Hopefully before you ****, so drive sober

P/S, Lets not forget about cell phone texts
While driving you could **** and cause wrecks

Deaths Door
By Joeysguy

Every night I go to bed,
I could have one last thought in my head.

I have sleep apnea where I can lose my breath,
One night it could be the cause of my death.

There was a time my wife would hear my gasping for air,
My wife would roll me over or wake me out of fear.

Now alone without my wife,
Any night could be an end to my life.

I’m not afraid if I should die,
We will be together again my wife and I.

No one to hear me gasp or hear me snore,
No one here to keep me from deaths door.

The Cycle of My Life
By Joeysguy

The Cycle of my Life
January fifth was the month I lost my wife

February brings Valentines Day
A gift with love I did say.

April seventh is our Anniversary  
The month and day she married me.

April brings Easter Sunday
May brings Mother’s Day.

October thirty first is Halloween
When kids would dress in costumes to be seen.

November brings Thanksgiving and is the fourth Thursday
December eighteen is my wife’s birthday.

December twenty fifth is Christmas Day
It was my wife’s favorite holiday.

January first is New Years
Just another day of maybe no tears.

It starts all over again my cycle of life
Over and over again the pain without my wife.

Wedding Band  
By Joeysguy

JoAnn was the birth name of my wife
To me Joey was her name for a lot of our married life

One of the best things anyone could ask for in life
Is to have a good and loving wife

When it comes time for me to pass no matter day or night
I hope and pray that my wife will be my guiding light

I did not complement my wife as much as I could of
But with all my heart I gave her my love  

My wife is in heaven watching over our family
Hoping we could be the best we could be

I am now living by myself and on my own
I have my dogs and my family but I feel alone

I never thought I knew how bad pain could ever be
Until my wife died and left me

At times my wife lets me know she is near
She turns off the picture frame to let me know she is here    

On a chain around my neck I wear my wife’s wedding band
I also still wear mine on the finger of my left hand

To anyone who reads this poem do not let the time with your family go
Everything is gone before you know

Love List
By Joeysguy

This is my love list
Joey was my wife
She is gone and very much missed

My daughter Barbara was our first one
Then came my son James
My daughter Patricia the third one

Grandchildren are Megan and Alexandra
Boys are Nickolas and Connor
Back to girls Jacquelyn and Samantha

My kids in law I almost missed
Robert, Christopher and Suzanna
And my dog finished the list

Blue Eyes
By Joeysguy

I fell for a blonde who had blue eyes
I married that blonde with the blue eyes

Having children was a real joy
We had two girls and a boy

I always thought I would be the first to die
I didn’t think she would leave me to cry
  
I carry a small vial that has a chain
The contents is some of my pain

With the memories of my wife
Just a little something from her life

I have a clip on my money
With a picture of who was my honey

In a shirt pocket is my cell phone              
When opened my wife’s picture is shown

I also carry pictures of my wife
These show her in a younger life

Now in heaven is that blonde with the blue eyes
Which now helps to fill those blue skies

To the blonde with blue eyes I want to say
I carry your love with me everyday

Joey’s guy
By Joeysguy

In 1962 my girlfriend changed my life
When she said I do and became my wife

My girlfriend taught me how to kiss
From girlfriend to wife to someone I terribly miss

We were married and brought together
I wanted us to be as one forever

We had two daughters and a son
After three children we were done

At times we use to take the kids to the park
It was something we didn’t do after dark

My wife passed without a goodbye
And to this day I could still cry
  
I look at pictures of my wife
That’s all I will have for the rest of my life

I can remember kissing her hand
Now on a neck chain I kiss her wedding band

She raised her family with love
Now my wife is in heaven above
  
At times my poems make me cry
They help me to be Joey’s guy

Gift of Light
By Joeysguy

All the years with my wife
She was a light in my life

Driving home and around a bend
She was my light at journeys end

Some things I did start
Giving her something from my heart

During the day and into the night
I burn a candle to her, it’s a gift of light

How Young We Were
By Joeysguy

My wife’s final day she lost the bout
At the hospital I collapsed my legs gave out  

They took me into the emergency
Nothing wrong they said with me

They couldn’t see my heartache  
They couldn’t feel my heartbreak  

At night when I go to bed
I twist and turn with thoughts in my head

Some nights to sleep is hard for me
Thinking of my wife I wish I could see

On my neck is my wife’s wedding band
I clutch it tightly in my hand

My body is tired and with some pain
Why do I go on what’s to gain

I wish I new the end to my life
I miss so much not being with my wife

I look at pictures how young we were
That’s how I wish to be again with her

Bandit
By Joeysguy

That first day he took his own room
He doesn’t want anyone in there
Especially to sweep with a broom

From day one he’s been housebroken
He barks at me like crazy
If he were human he would be outspoken

When it comes to rodents he is daring
He’s gotten slower and other losses  
One being his hearing

He has lost some of his sight
He won’t go down the stairs
I have to turn on a light

About his nose for him to smell
When I take out food
It’s like I rang a dinner bell

He won’t leave me out of his sight
He follows me around the house
He must be with me day and night

He likes outside in the cold
He dislikes summer
My dog now at 15 years old