Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Leaving Port

I gaze into the eastern sky

A bit more lost, a bit less spry

In search of some celestial guide


The sky is very dark today

There is no one to light my way

But this I always take in stride


I hope you’ve learned from watching me

That you don’t always have to see

Just listen to that voice inside


In two years you will really start

And I can only pray your chart

Will bring you back here on the tide.


***Happy 16th birthday Westin 😍***


Monday, February 03, 2025

Reading You

Despite the din

We hear within

The voice of those we long to win


It seems absurd

But without a word

All they want to say is heard.

Sunday, February 02, 2025

Such is Love

Should you tell someone you’ve never met

That they’re the one you can’t forget

And how each word they write resounds

Within your soul, and your heart pounds

With passion when you contemplate

The chance that they'll reciprocate—

Does that make much sense to you?

Well such is love, but you already knew.


Thursday, December 19, 2024

Dig In

 Thyme has the fragrance

Of things left undone

It’s floral yet green

Like all who’ve begun


Those who are sage

Know its essence is brief

And savor the seconds

With gusto not grief.


Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Underscore

 Nostalgia makes me weep

As all the vows I failed to keep

Impale me, and the wound is deep


Sweet irony makes me laugh

Knowing that my greatest gaffe

Will wind up as my epitaph.


Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Unwrap

 On this day I wish for you

Love and joy the whole time through

The greatest gift that one can share

Is showing others that you care


Monday, December 16, 2024

Jilted Jig

 If she’s hot

And you’re not

You’ll find out life is cruel


And what’s more

If you’re poor

She’ll treat you like a fool


Your only chance

Is do a dance

And hope she thinks you’re cool.


Sunday, December 15, 2024

Crumbled

 You can always tell when the façade falls down

The moment that smile turns to a frown

And it’s almost always at the same time

As when they discover you don’t have a dime.


Saturday, December 14, 2024

Digitized

 My father followed the system

Until the day he died

The system never knew him

And certainly never cried


Losing a number means nothing

When numbers are all you’re about

Arithmetic needs no conviction

For numbers are always devout.


Friday, December 13, 2024

The Giving Spirit


 A beautiful maiden dressed like an elf

Shines with light around herself 

A demon with horns and coarse hair

Exchanging gifts, a contradictory pair

Beside a tree that's all aglow

With christmas lights and glinting snow.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

The Art of Denial

 I guess it’s time for me to write

They brushed me off another night

You’d think the easel would be free

With all the exposure they get from me.


Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Bedazzled

 I love colors

Yes I do

Infatuated

With every hue

Each one fills me

With delight

I love colors

It’s black and white.


Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Crossover

 Were every star a word

The sky could not contain

The list of feelings stirred

When you make reason wane


Your elegance and form

Delightfully ignite

Within my soul a storm

Whose fury I invite


To wash away the pain

That lingers like a curse

As I strive to shed the plain

And join your universe.


Monday, December 09, 2024

Rise Again

 Greet the day

With a loving heart

It’s the only way

To a joyful start


The days are long

There will be grief

Keep passion strong

For life is brief.


Sunday, December 08, 2024

Chronological

Every first hurts

Every second counts

Every third skirts

Putting forth an ounce