Best More Often Than Not Poems

Someone near and dear to me 
Has a child with Downs Syndrome,
Who, more often than not
Is beyond difficult to control.

The little boy is six years old 
But acts as if he’s two,
He can’t speak at all, just yells a lot 
Throwing wild tantrums until he’s...

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The Sun Is a Liar



It’s been quite some time since I've awoke early enough to meet the sun coming over the horizon. As I gazed out the window from my bedroom window seat, the sky was cloud free, allowing the warm rays of the sun...

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Winter is approaching.
 I feel it in my floorboards; in my baseboards;
in every nook and cranny.
I wait to be filled again at this time of Thanksgiving, and
As I wait, sounds of the past linger in my consciousness:

The excited moans of the men and of the...

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1) Treat others the way you'd have them treat you.
     Whatever you dish out comes right back at you.

2) Don't talk about what you don't know first hand,
     And keep most that you know to yourself, contraband.

3)...

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My life has been adventurous and very far from mundane,
Though at times I've held the short end of the stick, to my disdain.
If there was any dirty work or heavy lifting to be done,
Guess who had to do it?  Yep - I was usually...

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What is beauty?
Is it only shown on the
outside or is it embedded
beneath the skin?
Many might only see beauty
as what they can see with 
their eyes, thus they make
assumptions as to how
beautiful something is, which
is often foolish.
But some see it both ways
thus creating a clearer
form of...

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Everybody bears a price tag
Claim tycoons with bottomless purses
With a plethora of dollars to flash and flag
About to entice simpletons who deem their lives struck by curses

Inserted in their DNA
Generations ago
Which render them incapable to shove away
Bets of cash their stricken spines can’t forgo

While stomachs...

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~Broken~??

I know you've been broken
More often than not

But try rising again
and forgetting all about your hurtful past

spread your wings and fly
like an eagle-soar above the storm up high

Then those who left you broken
shall slap themselves in regret

Because then
They'll realize you were born to be great

Be...

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Beaten and Battered
Still standing tall
I'm not the being I was before I took my great fall

They said don't stand to the wind
no you shouldn't dare
sometimes the wind will caress you but most of the time she doesn't care

She held me close
but intensified with a loving...

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Feeling hurt, discomfort with other’s demeanor

More often than not
I crawl into silence promptly

More often than not
I brush off true feeling

More often than not
I dismiss my ache

More often than not
Giving permission for their behavior to replay


From Today Onwards
forevermore
Say "thank you, I accept your apology"

forevermore
Honor my innermost...

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Sometimes, I find myself on a battleground
in the present or in sieges from the distant past
It may be a war I've been waging within myself,
a thorn that needs plucking so that I might heal
I wear no crown, nor do I wish to be gowned
in regal...

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honey, you are not responsible for the skeletons hidden in his closet. 

rinse. repeat. 
you are not responsible for the bones threatening to spill out. 

he can call you a doll and watch your cheeks redden,
but honey, 
you are only a doll because he has...

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Each New Year, you make a resolution,
Nothing life-changing, just some small changes.
January 1st. means a new start for
Optimist that wish themselves a better
Year ahead, vowing to improve their lot.

Little changes are often accomplished,
Insomuch as they least disrupt your life.
For-instance, eating meals at the table
Every time,...

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Bones


We have 206 bones in our skeletal system
Far too many to completely list ‘em
But here are a few for your edification
In case you missed ‘em in your education

Tibia, fibia, femur, and sternum
Are four of the larger if you’d care to learn ‘em
But malleus, incus and...

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A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE

By
Robert E. Welch, Sr.
February 17, 2017


My mind takes me there, more often than not,
To the days of years gone by.
Of a time and a place, wherever it be,
Above and beyond the sky.

A place of my own, in my own little world
With...

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