I'm looking for love,
but always in wrong places
never a good thing!
autumn's cold weather
chases rabbits into homes
huddling for warmth
where is it?
the commonwealth games are on and i can't find it
my children have never seen it
they need to know what it is
they need to see everything -
including lawn bowls
i'm livid.
what they did miss,
was the mechanic loch ness monster
that was televised -
but not the bowls
i've listened to baseball on the radio
whilst washing the car -
it is euphoria.
I graze the dating landscape for the perfect mate
A shadow follows me around,
And stretches long across
the ground.
It jumps when I jump in the
air,
And sits beside me on my
chair,
But never makes a single
sound.
lets face it I am single.
I am looking for love.
Tired of being alone.
Want love and my person.
How to find love I have no idea.
I have schizophrenia.
I am 35 years old.
I am 6 ft 2.
it's a want and a need
a feel of satisfaction and worth
for every good deed
my rebirth
The We in THEY
the I in MI
The Uno Number One
it who talked about
it's all about them
It you It's me
it's us
THE WHOLE THING!
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Kiss me One hundred times
call me your man....Hold up!
We looking for Bookings and Dates!
What ya'll wanna hear?
What we gonna sing!
Inspiration and motivation
might money do it's thing!
Lemonade in the shade
That's right my Freind
we wanna get paid!
Music we got that!
Style that aint but ah thing!
We gonna write song beautiful Lyrics
get right when we sing!
ooh's in the right place
verse and chorus on track
Doo wee whoomp
whoompah ditty doo that!
Leader of the Band
Star of the show
Backgrounds forgrounds
Lady let me know!
Kiss me One Hundred times.
Hold me close
Say your mine.
We goona say this one more time
Money will get us there!
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Tis:Tis, that: that
I'm what you want
Me: that's where it's at!
Backbeat thats neat
Shuffle feel
see thats real
Justifacation of his ACTS
Gully washer
Buckeroo
Call me We got
all that!
Looking for you in the shadows,
Finding your face and eyes in every passing person.
A car drives by—maybe it’s you behind the wheel?
This man is thin like you;
That one wears a baseball hat;
And that one is limping—
I imagine you might be in pain.
The world continues; the days are brighter,
Yet I am still searching for you—
Asking for the impossible,
Longing for understanding,
Seeking closure
Even after the final curtain closed.
The show is over;
We parted,
And went our separate ways.
My heart is not aching;
I have accepted this fate,
Yet I still struggle to understand.
Life goes on,
And I hope you’ve found happiness.
I have found peace.
I’m still young,
yet I keep searching for my childhood.
Funny, isn’t it?
I sit with Papa,
and listen to Grandpa’s stories—
their world felt freer than mine.
Why was I born
in this new generation?
We are Gen Z,
lost in screens,
in fake love,
in quiet rooms.
I want to run outside,
to feel the sun, the dust—
but I’m stuck
inside four walls.
Still, somewhere inside,
I want to run barefoot...
But I don’t know what I’m missing—
but it hurts like it was mine once.
near the top of my enormous oak tree
two large amber eyes are looking at me
not wanting a challenge, I try not to stare
a strong pungent odor lingers in the autumn air
witch, warrior, monkey or large puma cat?
what in Kansas am I trying not to look at?
did you see that? asks my weird cousin Pat
One leg is curled around the trunk, and boy is it fat!
My life floating freely like a Lost leaf looking for refuge
My heart is not in control
I've given it away
and it's never found its way home
In the meadow deep
pollywogs send off signal
looking for a mate
I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.
~ Emily Dickinson, 1855
What will I find beyond the lantern’s light,
what dwells in shadows along the path~
will it cause fright to invade my timid soul,
or will it ignite an ember of courage,
and will I allow the ember to flare into a fierce fire
to burn away dross and purify my spirit?
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