Feeling dead
Nowhere to turn
Dead beat ex
I'm stuck
No way of freeing myself
Finances so intertwined
Like a tumour
Attached to something vital
"We can't operate I'm afraid.
Too risky"
How did I let this happen?
So insidious
So slow
A parasite. Unseen, leaching, infecting, invading, taking, taking, taking.
Eventually, clarity. The alternative.
So often dismissed now better than the present.
But I must pay for my blindness.
I must pay the price for hope.
I cannot be set free
Like a prison sentence.
And, by the way,
Don't bother looking up
Don't pray or ask for divine help.
Help,
If there is any,
Is ground level.
Friends, family, gestures, kind words, hugs, a sympathetic emoji in a motivational text.
You've got this
You are strong
I believe in you.
No choice. Hold tight, wait for better days.
Nothing is permanent.
Lean into the love and the sun will shine again some day.
Categories:
loss, angst, change, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse
When the muse leaves, his quill runs dry;
then joyful songs, sweet poetry,
drain from his pen, though write he try,
as hollow strains lack symmetry.
How then to woo the Muse once more?
Her treason robs him of his art.
What offerings, what gifts, might restore
against the whims of a Muse's heart?
But love is mild, and then patient:
love waits, with no pose or pretense.
His heart still burns incandescent
for her. To restore her, no expense
will be spared. And though she feels distant,
his constant heart will break her whim.
She'll not remain, forever transient,
but turn her radiant face to him.
Categories:
loss, bereavement, heart, inspiration, longing,
Form: I do not know?
Charlie I am so happy you loved Mom
deeply
Your heart is rare and Priceless
I felt you were mom's Prince and
to Cherish always
I never seen her needs and care
be first
The light in both your eyes always
Bright
The smiles you both shard til
end of time
Mom said she had the greatest
husband
You opened and healed mom's
heart
I'm forever Blessed of you saving
our family
Thank you deeply for all you do
Categories:
appreciation, blessing, happy, loss,
Form: Rhyme
(“The Heart of It #2”, 2007, original oil)
When A Light Is Extinguished
(for Charlie)
Today a great light was extinguished
A great soul lost to his family, his friends
His nation, and humanity as a whole.
Shades of MLK Jr.’s assassination,
A shadow of hate swallowing up the light,
Spread out across the nation
Like the Sun eclipsed at noon.
In the dark we cry
Hearts broken open
By the senseless taking of a life brighter than most,
Reminding us what kindness and brightness
And generosity of spirit is truly like,
Bright and true
And in its essence deathless eternal.
Rest in peace young man,
Go in peace great soul.
(9/10/25)
Categories:
loss, grief, in memoriam, light,
Form: Free verse
Before dawn,
the world breathless~
heartbeats
become tethers
to the whims of fate
and old dreams
flying
out of reach.
Fickle
fate holding
our fortunes
hostage to power~
meager money eked out
from
minions of despots.
Categories:
loss,
Form: Verse
I feel this wave of rage
why put yourself inside that cage
turing you in sweet liquid
bottled perfume with you in it
they sell you for a lesser price
cross the counter to lesser wives
even when they smell like you
there better lies will shine through
and I’m left in this room
with an empty bottle of perfume
still your stuck in my nose
in my mind and in my clothes
Categories:
loss, beauty, farewell, girl, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
The wind blasts from the sea, a paper cup falls down
I’m gazing at the sand beneath my feet
Why should I listen to these noises on the background
Is there another small cafe around to sit
Time heals but it remains unclear what
The pain subsides, then it evolves into the new
And that new pain is just exactly like the old
Time’s not a goodwill paramedic in my view
Self-deprecation is a healer free of charge
A tunnel vision tunes the optics of the heart
Troubles diminish, and small pleasures look enlarged
The view clears up and there we are, never apart
Sometimes I’m able to perceive the memories
As if I’m living backwards, sit and wait
Just yesterday, I smelled your roses in the breeze
You said you’d called me, but I called you back too late.
Categories:
introspection, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme
the fire spreads quickly
nothing can stand in its way
firemen are coming
Categories:
death, fire, loss, nature,
Form: Senryu
Categories:
loss,
Form: Lyric
On my dresser rests a bottle of glass
its angle still holding the light like water.
The stopper breathe when raised
and the air loads with her absence.
A breath of jasmine, faint but faithful,
returns me to the nights I waited
for the sound of her heels on the stair
her perfume arriving before her voice.
Now the bottle is nearly empty
yet one drop carries whole worlds:
laughter folded into nightfall rooms,
a touch that lingers longer than flesh.
Brittle as yesterday, constant as devotion
it reveals how a soul can remain
in the echo of fragrance alone
resting quietly where light cannot fade...
Categories:
family, loss, love, memory,
Form: Free verse
On days like this, I'd lie down
And watch as life drains out of me
But today I woke up
Wanting to get better
Cause for the first time in a long time
I've got something to live for
Something to hold onto
And I ain't going to relax my grip on it
Yes I'm slipping through the cracks
And all I can see are flashes zooming past me
And even though I was just yesterday I was willing to go
Today I want to keep on, face some more
So in between the flashes, I close my eyes
So that I can wake up from it all
To see past my past
Cause in there lies the future
On days like this, I'd lie down
But I'm fighting like hell
Cause I've never gone out with a fight
And if this will be my last, it's gonna be the greatest fight ever
The PO£T
Categories:
loss, adventure, appreciation, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Free verse
I never really noticed your blue;
hidden under transparent shields
screaming to be noticed... or something.
Just came across as angry or sad,
wanting to forget some bad...
but not blue, never that.
Not the kind to bind a knot;
throw their lot in with chance's whim
to test if fate says sink or swim
and lose...
Categories:
absence, bereavement, family, loss,
Form: Free verse
Deserted; you have left me
wandering alone, only my mind
to accompany my sad song.
I sing it to an audience of one;
myself.
Confused; I remain lost,
you say you love me,
yet you refuse to speak
the language of both
our hearts.
Waiting; my passion pleads
to be expressed in its fullness,
with no bounds, no limitations,
even beyond our own
expectations.
Unrequited; I will not settle
for one such as this; who fathoms less,
who is unable to measure up
to her own promises which
I once accepted as reality.
Categories:
heartbroken, loneliness, loss, lost
Form: Free verse
As the sun sets down beyond my sight,
while leaves turn from green to red
and all is dark save for the light
shining from stars overhead;
whose light now just barely shows.
The leaves that fall from the trees,
and all the while cold autumn wind blows
from the forests to the seas.
And as the wind now passes by,
whispering without a sound;
it carries the leaves up to the sky
and then they fall and hit the ground.
They lie there now where nothing grows
and as they lie they rot and freeze.
But all the while cold autumn wind blows
through the forests to the seas.
It has a voice as of its own,
this passing wind that is heard.
Blowing through trees all alone
it speaks it’s voice without a word.
Speaking more, the more it goes,
above the ground, through the trees
yet all the while the cold autumn wind blows
out of the forests to the seas.
Its voice speaks of all of time,
and now it speaks of great despair,
of terrible sorrow and hideous crime
from its long journeys everywhere.
Now it cries because it knows
the world is dying, so are the trees,
that's why cold autumn wind blows
from the forests to the seas.
Categories:
loss, nature, remember, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Health and human services of Ventura county
Labor dispute
Has refused key access to governor newsom
In orders legislated
Denied rights of homekey assignment
And resigned account
The total loss of life is significant
Occupation of excess in Union
Against better
Refuse bettered man
Consort of treason
Record in account held as quieted palms
Sacrifice
Order to report otherwise
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Categories:
loss, america,
Form: Free verse
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