First and foremost
Always be on the lookout for the good
And seek to find the best in everyone
So long as that doesn't come at the expense
Of leaving you blind and unable to spot
The bad as well
Otherwise because they are able to
You will most definitely do for them
And at that point even you will be
Forced into realizing and admitting
Knowing the difference between
Good and bad
And you won't like that side
mirrored dying light of day rivers red blood veins dissect the scene
01/19/19
For Kim Rodrigues'
Bring Color Back Into My World Poetry Contest
THE EYE LOOKOUT
I am only human…
Day in and out with a man
They say no man in is an island
And then claim one man one mission
I thank God for my two eyes
For with them I see both sides
I have a word
Spelled C.A.R.E
Some lost the definition
Either portrayed to them
Yearning and begging
As if they are owed
Sentinel Pinus never-ending guard
Hovering fog above mirrored fish pond
albeit wry through the years passed beyond
he stands lookout on deck for his reward
Weary years have gone by, but still proud to serve his master
11/13/2016
ON THE LOOKOUT
native to the scene –
the yellowstone grand canyon -
this fat black raven
LOOKOUT
From the very top of a tree
I watch what grounded ones can’t see
That meandering line in the grass
The hurry-scurrying tips of blades just stirring
You feel so a part of the sky
A breeze tickles your feet by and by
A tree upside down
Like a leafy merry-go-round
Far and wide Earth laid flat
A geometric this and that
There is this wish to forever remain
But the soil always calls one back again
Oh as the great Ernest Hemmingway once said ... If you can't live without hamsters, they certainly can not live
with you squishing it with a lemon!
This is one of the greatest sayings I have ever heard by any author...
OK... now for the poetry part...uggghhhhh.
Poetry Poetry... what is poetry
for no man should ever know what the true meaning for this is
The lookout point was published in to a book on may 20, 2009 and will never be forgotten...
unless everybody stops reading books.
Oh yeah... I almost forgot about the hamsters.... BOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!! The End
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