We know the kind of person you are
Always wanting to do something new
Especially if no one ever did it before
You know the sort of things I mean
If it is done with no common sense
Or if it will probably get you hurt
That is just the thing you are looking for
If you accomplish doing it
You will be a hero worshipped by all
If you can't get it done and everyone laughs
Be the bigger person and laugh with them
It would be a whole lot more fun if you did
© Poem – XXIII/IX/MMXXV
LRET
We know the kind of person you are
Always wanting to do something new
Especially if no one ever did it before
You know the sort of things I mean
If it is done with no common sense
Or if it will probably get you hurt
That is just the thing you are looking for
If you accomplish doing it
You will be a hero worshipped by all
If you can't get it done and everyone laughs
Be the bigger person and laugh with them
It would be a whole lot more fun if you did
© Poem – XXIII/IX/MMXXV
LRET
normally I think tattoos look strange on women’s bodies
this time the tattooing looks like henna, delicate and pretty
I have no critiques, am rather in awe this time actually
i have my bad habits
you accept them all
i have my imperfections
you see them as rare art
you smile at me as i put the last of the ornaments on the Christmas tree
i do not deserve you
the True Blessing for me is that you adamantly disagree
i made some bad decisions
you shrug your shoulders and say 'don't we all?'
i am not wise with my money
you smile at me as i put the Mom's Favorite Star on top of the Christmas Tree
i am not worthy of you
the True Blessing for me is that you passionately disagree
i am my own worst enemy
you open your arms and your heart to offer friendship
i am the president of the construction of my problems
your smile at me as i plug up the brand new lights radiantly beautifying the Christmas Tree
i do not have the potential to be anywhere near your esteemed presence
the True Blessing for me is that YOU WILL ALLWAYS FOREVER DISAGREE,
and i will humbly and sincerely Thank God for You until my time on this earth is done
Thinking can overtax the active mind
Thoughts flood the strata of the cerebrum,
Where’s vital information one should find
Cannot locate a fact, one feels so dumb,
Something that is normally rule of thumb.
Moments before on the tip of the tongue,
Much we have forgotten, since we were young
To be forgetful is so frustrating,
Suggesting needed synapses are sprung
Age can be so darn debilitating.
written January 31, 2022
Wonder if I'll do something right, today
Normally I'm wrong, as wifey will say
More than 50 percent
But in any event
I'm encouraged that it's not 90 percent each day
Where would I be without all my cups of coffee?
Mired in a funk, completely at sea
In fact, I can tell you I would hardly be me
At least not the 'me' that you normally see
I'd be really mean without my dose of caffeine
The crankiest crank the world's ever seen
Why, I'd shout and I'd yell; I'd shout and I'd scream
At those whom I love, the loudest, it seems
I'd take credit for doing what I didn't do
At the slightest offense, I'd try to sue you
For all that you're worth, you stupid, dumb fool
As I cackle the cackle of the wickedest shrew
All this for lack of coffee, the drug I prefer
~ Without which, to reefer I might have to defer
What does crazy look like
I was asked once, what was my biggest fear.
"To be left walking alone barefoot and homeless punching myself in the head"
I said without hesitation; which surprised even me, I didn't know I had a biggest fear.
What does crazy feel like
Picture a train, not from afar, intimately close. You know, big dark roaring pumping charging steam engine chug chug chug. Lots of steam, lots of chug. Deafening. Now picture it meeting the bare flat face of a mountain head on; your mind the engine and your thoughts the car after car after car crashing into the next. Now picture you're on the other side of that mountain trying to chisel a tunnel with your fists.
Normally my mind's a meadow.
June 9th, 2018
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