Forgiveness Burlesque Poems

I know I am being unreasonable,
And to have a pet hate like this is not reasonable, 
But I ask you is it reasonable,
For someone to...

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Save the Parent before you cannot save the Child....

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Disturbances..
There are these
We know..and they present
Opportunities for separation
To assert once more..to
Claim our self..
Yet..on second glance..
These might Lighten our
Attention toward That
In which they swim..
Springing gratitude
For a...

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They chew gums in compacted face,
Cheek-bones lining made-up skin;
They belong to the golden race,
Of foaming coke and shriveled gin.

They stare at you like you were...

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His eyes" follow me 
wherever I may go.  
His eyes filled with 

The flowers of every soul  
his eyes are blue lighter 
then...

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TRANSLATION:   White sheep is deemed to be spotless
               ...

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Bombs blasting indiscreetly
Love seeking shelter from the fallout.
Marriage merriment—

© January 2, 2012
Dane Smith-Johnsen...

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“She died? So what?!” she said.
She lived the life of an heiress- chilled, lazy, bossy.
It was all over the news, but the only people that...

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I am only one person…I am only one mom
One parent today who can’t seem to hold on~
Their demands are so plenty
I tolerate it all
There is...

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A cup of attraction
Eye to eye distraction 
A1/2- cup forgiveness 
A tablespoon of blissfulness 
A great heap of tolerance 
A dash of a romantic dance...

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Only in my worst days have I wanted to harm anyone.
But tonight I had no intentions of hurting ... Just wanted fun.
There's a big book...

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chocolate covered nut,
was my neighbor
and crazy as a loon
banged on his pots and pans
each night
while howling at the moon

disturb me once more, I thought
and I...

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Why do they have to be right
Fifiteen years later
And he starts a fight

A hypocrite to say the least
With hold whatever
My pain he feasts

You have evidence...

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Someone should have told him 
to put his head back on his shoulders,
yet it was lost, and we were mute.
What could we say to the...

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Once along those lines, counted your years here...

Was this then? ornate clasps solace thee,
upon its iris, all exempt from night,
Thy day decides, laud shall lead...

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