Laughter at your pain.
Deep inside you feel the rain.
Your tears fall in vain.

I don't talk too much
Said all there is to say for this lifetime
Too many people talked for me
or over me . Not wanting to hear
my thoughts or hopes and dreams.
Not wanting to know the reason behind
my silence  Because it might reflect on them.

The guilty pleasures
Extra chocolate or two
When just one will do.

Lies are nothing more
Than repackaging the truth
And then regifting.

I am exhausted
From the arguing with you
Chicken crossed the road
We are arguing minutia
While the mushroom clouds outside.

You inspire me
You've shown love stays in motion
When the world stands  still.

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

Your name is familiar
It's on the tip of my tongue
Sorry, swallowed it

Shouldn't but I did.
Rummaged through your closet.
Found some skeletons.

So much division,
in this world that we call home
Neighbors all are we.

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

A place in my heart
Open to the human touch
It's the food of life.

One pig says to the other. "Hey Phil, have you seen Bart's wife lately? She lost a ton of weight and looks awful. Think she still has her hooves done though." Phil says," Yes, but I don't like all your mudslinging
Elroy, it's really none of your business." Elroy says, " Hey I'm just giving you the skinny on things. And by the way , man your place is a sty!"

These visions of you,
have become my safe haven
A vacation home.

I can feel your pain
Up and down this bumpy road
Giving me road rash.

Pointless and inane.
Words said of my existence.
They don't define me.

You're playing with fire
If you do jokingly play
With a woman scorned

I wish you the best
As you set out on your own
The world calls to you
How much you have grown
There may be some days
When you feel you need me
I'll still be around
To your troubles I'll see
I've always known
You were going places
From saving your pennies
To tying your shoelaces
Now you're an adult
But to me you'll always be
The inquisitive child
A reflection of me.

Loves not a gadget
Or a novelty item
It is tried and true.

It shows in the eyes
When lies shrink away from truth
The eyes dilating.

I run to a place
when the world comes crashing down
A self made shelter

Dog and fire hydrant
Dog leaves his name and also,
forwarding address

The futures brighter
When the road ahead is paved,
with stones of purpose

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

I write to feel life
And all of its nuances
Then I embrace them.

Love you my dear friend
Best wishes to you I send
Till the very end.

Don't know how to feel.
You put all your dreams aside.
Because you met me.

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

Years have seen their last
Heartbreak comes on strong and fast
But the die is cast

Words best left unsaid
The truth can be a burden
When pain will be spilled.

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

Several years ago
Maybe twenty I don't know
Future was ******* in a bow.
But those plans fell through
The way they sometimes do
My path was overgrown with weeds
Couldn't follow all my leads
But that was then , this is now
I think I've found out how,
to get through another day
even when clouds get in the way.
It is friends that cleat my path
It's the truth I've done the math
Their kindness is all I need
To thrive with a newly planted seed.

May conflicts know peace
Darkness never touch the light
Hatred know loves warmth.

My love on the floor.
You sweep it away and with ease.
As if it were trash.

You took my best side
Left me with this angry scar
My worst side exposed.

Time has opened my mind
Door ajar to fresh new thoughts
Old ones unrefined
Thought all of humanity
Was cruel and unkind
Thought my heart was their target
Not how they're designed

Wish I knew some way
To get you to hear what I say
Then maybe I'd stay

When my sight grows dim
When my grasp on life is weak
Will you then forgive?

I don't like to preach
It puts others out of reach
I can only teach.

On the river Styx
Satan skis, towed by a boat
****** at the wheel

Reinvented me
Went back to the drawing board
And set it afire.

Cat and dog have found
They share so much common ground
World could learn from this.

Love was nearing the rocks
It had set sail years ago
Map old and yellowed
Devotion waited ashore
As storms of distrust moved in.

My shadow scares me
It follows and mimics me
Always me, me,me

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

I have always heard.
You should love your inner child.
Mine's in a time out.

My heart's door unlocked
You kicked it in anyway
You had the key.

A look in my eyes
There's a reflection of you
You're a part of me.

I am lost at sea
Navigation system down
I must use the stars
I see your face on each one.
Guiding me back to sunlight

I am sixty one
I've had my day in the sun
From time I won't run.