Did I Ever...

Did I ever take
your breath away?
Did I ever cause
Your heart to break?

Did I ever make
you want to stay?
When your heart knew
it to be a mistake?

Did I ever make
you stare into space?
Did I ever make
your tears flow free?

If I did…I’m so sorry
To have put you …in that place
But that’s
what you did to me

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Springtime Breeze

An errant breeze
Carried the sweet scent
Of Honey locust blossoms

My attention caught
I raised my head
To inhale deeply

And I thought
“how many people
Walk in beauty? ”

And never even
Raise their head
To seize

The Spring…
the blossoms…
The scent,

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Too Young And Innocent

It’s been 12 days now
since the fourth of July

And ninety four more boys
Have had to die

Is it just me?
I can’t understand

Exactly Why in the hell…
We’re in Afghanistan

Our boys are young
And patriotic

More than willing
To fight and die

Far too young
And fatally naïve

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Oil on troubled water
Grease on squeaky wheel

Quiet as a mouse am I
Not saying what I feel

To sit not…
Across a table

To tell you not…
What I’m able

Best to keep
It to myself

Store truth away
Upon the shelf

Oil on troubled water
Quiet as a mouse am I

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Valentine day...no longer sweet

No longer am I…
Someone’s valentine

And no longer…
Is there… one of mine

No longer do
My emotions pine

And wither upon
Capricious Cupid’s vine

And sadly…with all this
I no longer miss

Yes…with all of this
I’m fine and dandy

But what I truly miss
Of valentine bliss

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Charity

There’s a beauteous moment of clarity…
When it happens

A flash of prismatic pleasure…
When it occurs

A not often enough moment of charity…
When it’s proffered

There’s a selfish gift of treasure…
When, anonymously given

And especially so, as one…
Comes to know

When the true gift of charity is…
A gift from you

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West By Northwest USA

They wear suede coats
Of stained leather, torn and worn
Drive battered ol’ pickups
Ride horses in the morn’

They play cowpie bingo
And the winds always blow
Descendants keep a’comin’
The ol’ ones die and go

The plains in their stead
Remain impervious to change
As it was…as it’s always been
…and will e’er be so…

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Slice of Swiss...Glass of Amber

A goodly piece of Swiss
And a Michelob
in hand

And you’ll find smiling
in satisfaction, a happy
And contented man

I’m describing myself perhaps…
In righteous religion, taking
The Very devout and pious stand

That a goodly slice of Swiss
And a cold Michelob Amber is…
A large part of God’s grand …

and mysterious plan

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Valentine No More

Now to smell
the flowers
Alone

By myself…
the sunsets
To see

No more to share
summer scented
Air

No more
us... or
we

Like tape on broken window
Scars on broken
heart

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Dusk

Clouds gathered in the southwest
Hastening the early darkness
Given to this early time of the year
A few flitting silhouettes
Of birds flashing by..
Nest-bound...
Book placed gently
Atop end table
Reading glasses placed
Gently atop book
Lights left unlit…
Gaze fixed out the window
Blanket of night’s darkness
Tucked tight under chin

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