The babysitter across the hallway
lit a candle during the blackout.
Soft music played in the apartment
I checked on their place
to see the toddler asleep on the couch,
the parents away on a date.
A soft glow shared.
We left our doors open
to keep an eye on each other.
Dusk swept over a line, apartments
at the edge of town. We were left
to the resonance of our silence.
A line of residences
along the street rested
on a Sunday night.
Just beyond a line of trees
a creek took in what the rain had left.
Stars to the west hid somewhere beyond.
Questions
Questions aren't a form of Disrespect.
Was the World better when you were
Young? Or you were just too young to
Notice it's flaws.
People think disrespect is something to
Tussel about, It's not.
It's something to keep an eye on, I have
Thousands of questions in my mind, I
Have too much to say, Wanna hear?
The world stood still, then moved again,
But now with rhythm you held no blueprint,
No plan nor masterkey, yet questions remains
To unlock ourselves, So why remember
Questions missed? Why not bother with it
At all? Because always issues wanted or not.
Questions remains.
She’s up at dawn binoculars raised
Surveying lawns like crimes unfazed
A rogue petunia out of line
She files a claim by 8:09
A car she doesn’t recognize
Becomes a case she must analyze
Stolen she mutters pacing slow
She’s texting the board before they know
If someone grills past quiet time
She drafts a message crisp and primed
Attachments timestamps photos too
Her self-proclaimed duty through and through
She’s judge and jury of the street
A self-appointed rules elite
No porch too cluttered hedge too tall
No harmless fun too small to stall
The neighbors begrudgingly grit their teeth
When she reports a wreath beneath
The approved specs for seasonal décor
They’ve learned to keep an eye on their door
Not a board member but eager to enforce
She guards the HOA’s covenant with a nosy force
A watchdog? Maybe A pest? Perhaps
Forever wasting her days setting petty traps
There's something that lives inside me
I feel it cause it feeds on me
It feeds on all the softness
And leaves my rough edges to rub on me
I need an X-ray because I can feel it's big
It's like a cancer that consumes me
A darkness not from this world
Forged at a time I was lost
This unexamined pain can't be left unattended
Most days I babysit it and it drains me
I'm awake even in my sleep
Cause i need to keep an eye on it
Maybe that's why love is hard to keep
Cause it doesn't take root
How can it while the pain sits there
It's made a home where it shouldn't
And all the medications I keep taking ain't helping
Cause it goes straight to the pain
And leaves my body aching
And all this pain I'm left to project outward
The PO£T
‘Beware the Ides of March.‘
(Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2)
a week from Saturday is the Ides of March
perhaps I will stay home by myself
better keep an eye on the dogs though
they might have heard of Julius
and get some strange ideas
If I ask you ...
“How Does A Watch Work”
And you say ...
“Keep An Eye On The Time”
The anecdote preying
answer naysaying
Pathway to reason
— unrhymed
(Dreamsleep: January, 2025)
I'm a traveller
Always on the road
With my mind far away from home
But for her, I'll be more grounded
Cause being on the road is fun at first
Till it gets lonely
And when you are up in the night skies
All you think of is what if you had the one
I'd want to land and make a nest
And stay close to guard it
Fly off from home at dawn
And be back before dusk
I'd want to have eggs by the nest
With someone to keep an eye on them
So that when the eggs hatch
They'll have someone by their side
I know I'm a traveller
And there'll always be the thirst for the skies
But with her, I'll forego the skies
Cause she'll be my universe
The PO£T
Happy Father's Day to you and David
I can't even tell you in words
How I miss you all
I hope everyone in the family is doing great
I guess one great thing about Heaven
I see all of our great family members every day
This Father's Day I just wanted to send
You a card to tell you everything is great here
I have to say in Heaven I get to see
How much Mikey and Abby are growing up so fast
Please don't cry dad,
I love you so much
God always tells me to keep an eye on you guys
When you find a ladybug in the house
You will always know it's me
When you hear those strange noises upstairs
You will know I'm here checking out my old bedroom
So Dad tell everyone, I will be with you guys always
Well I have to go now,we are having lunch with
Roy, Rita, Dolores, Daniel, Uncle Mike, George and Aunt Connie
It's kind of an Olympic restaurant up here
So for now Happy Father's Day
Love you always
BING DANG
SUMMER FLOWER
I am relentless, a true survivor
Pushing up across every green lawn
Unashamed, just like Lady Godiva
But a commoner, no affected yawn
From that famous seed head, I am born
Then to bright yellow, in all my glory
My salad leaves tell a different story
Yet I am something to keep an eye on
Despite comments so defamatory
Don’t pity me, I’m a dandelion
KINGFISHER
Me the Kingfisher :
Nice looking, smart
Brightly coloured bird.
I own long bill with special skill
to catch floating fish.
My sharp keen eye sight
helps to keep an eye on river or sea.
I won't spare for fry too.
I am quite expert on kinetic art to dive.
Kudos in swooping down,
but not to get drowned.
I can swim and crack open crustaceans.
So ! Only fishes are not my preys !
For meal other water creatures,
I taste at best.
Written: November 03, 2023, For Brian Strand Contest
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I was just a child,
enraged by my inaptitude to act
I dashed home,
surprised,
my eyes wide open
trying to retain the tears at bay,
fists clenched
palms are pierced by nails,
lungs contract, begging for breath...
I couldn't keep an eye on him.
He was
a dark furred man-bear
with forlorn, teary eyes,
waltzing to the beat of a drum.
In his irises, I saw
the lushness of wetlands,
cherries and wild fruits
the vastness of the mountains
as well as the nectar of icy streams,
and honey-laden trees.
With a chain around his neck,
standing tall on his back legs
all
he was pleading for
was
freedom.
It is just a tiny Mosquito.
Must keep an eye on those.
They carry Deadly Diseases.
Inside of their Hypo nose.
The world's most lethal Creature.
Thus, sadly many are Exposed.
time differences...
between many different
clocks on the walls andt...
shelves of various sorts
from an antique pendulum
to a wooden wrist watch...
that's two feet long with a
candle-lantern hanging on
one end and a dragon fly...
perched on the other to
keep an eye on a raven in
a picture directly above...
facing an opposite wall
clock that appears an oldt
fashioned and oversized...
transparent pocket watch
next to an old style electric
cabinet clock with a built-in...
stereo system of beautiful
sound...
stan
Pakistani agency uses FinSpy to hack and spy internet and telecommunication devices especially to keep an eye on digital world.Finfisher can listen and record calls(voice or VoIP),read text messages and monitor user activity in instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp,WeChat,Viber,Skype,Line,Telegram,Signal and Threema.Finfisher provides detailed information about the user,including contacts,call history,texts,geolocation,calendar events and so on.Spy technology also compromises wifi mobile and cctv cameras...
Note.Spy technology penetrates sharia Law..
Couplet
Bhagat singh na koi parda raha na chaar dewari,,
Kyun na ham bhi bikini mein ghomain phirain????
stealthy Aunt Caren
a text from favorite niece
cat sharpening claws
with nail file
keep an eye on Mom
not to worry dear
she is in my sights
unaware of course
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