A cool breeze in the early morning
Pastel blue sky, with light rain humming
Songs of birds and insects rise
Nature greets with whispered sighs.

Soft grace from darkness
Murky pond a lotus buds
Snow begins to fall

Your wife must be lonely
With all the time you spend
Away from her
Wishing you had me

Thank God for dogs.
They are always happy to see you,
and happy to give
and get love.

I feel the world at
   times conspires to make true my
basic discontent.

Peace is like sun,
Strife is like rain,
You have sun,
Then the rain comes,
And washes it away.

I’ve been at the helm on a rudderless ship
lost in a mercurial sea of deficiency
I could fly by the sit of my pants
with a suitcase already packed
on any given day
at any given time
at any given place
I was where I wanted to be
seeing who I wanted to see
doing what I wanted to do
despite my responsibilities as a father
or having to face the daunting tasks
that appeased my current girlfriend(s).
having no structure and no plan,
life was a timeline of formidable prospects.
I rather enjoyed it
quite nicely.