A Headlight On My Deer

There is no right way...
there are only wrong
ways – there is no 
Luke-warm love, for
love is not a portion
nor temperature...not
a two-step – but a toward
You Step. And we know love
when we see it...let it 
happen~yes, free it!

Too often we flee it;
failures leave a lasting
mark – making us Leary
of future spark – once a 
flame ignited, and then
smothered out, can leave
a nasty ash; better to make
the dash~yes, run. Before
the heart is barbecued~ 
overdone....

But no one has ever won
if not a wager on the board
of life – just ask my very
wise wife – who made a purse
out of a sow's ear...her headlight
on my deer.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Wolf Avatar
April 25, 2022 at 7:09 PM
Ooh. This sure is rich.... As for barbequed hearts: That must be either a new card game or the latest Punk Music. Quite an epic write here, Joe! Bravo, Gershon
DiMino Avatar
April 27, 2022 at 6:30 AM
Thank you, Gershon; as a retired farmer, a few cow hearts and lamb hearts must have been on the menu? Blessings my friend.
Dietrich Avatar
April 19, 2022 at 3:51 PM
oh my, that last part was exquisite. Were my husband a poet, he could say the same
DiMino Avatar
April 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM
Thank you, Andrea; this was easy to write...without Ila's love and guidance, I would be a lost puppy. Blessings my friend!
Deo Avatar
April 18, 2022 at 10:28 PM
Thank you Joe, for your presence. And your DEER WIFE & MOST DEAR TESTIMONIES IN, through, fir, Love
DiMino Avatar
April 19, 2022 at 10:50 AM
Thank you, Anil; have a beautiful day!
Roper Avatar
April 18, 2022 at 6:11 PM
this is so cute, Joe, and yes, those dear have headlights when they are looking straight at you in the dark
DiMino Avatar
April 18, 2022 at 6:21 PM
Hi Eve; they sure do! Thank you, Eve.
De Beaulieu Avatar
April 18, 2022 at 10:52 AM
Hello Joe DiMino, Ilike this poem Joe it will be my fav. Enjoy your day my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
April 18, 2022 at 3:42 PM
Hello Je DiMino, Thank you for reading my poem. Enjoy your evening my friend.
DiMino Avatar
April 18, 2022 at 11:19 AM
Thank you, Darlene; you made my day! I am off now to see the new and delightful poetry you have posted. Blessings my friend!
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