Faint Of Heart
I wish you could have read
The Letters that I didn’t write
Would’ve liked for you to have heard
Words I didn’t say
I wish you could have felt the touch
Of hands that didn’t reach out at night
Would’ve liked to know
What you didn’t feel…
When you didn’t hear the words…
Words I didn’t say…words I couldn’t write
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Acknowledge me
I want to tell my family
I want to tell those who are near
Please don’t look through me
Because…I’m still here
Acknowledge my being
Let me know I exist
Please hear my pleading
Let my presence persist
Tis as if I have no essence
Tis Your disengagement that I fear
Please see and feel my presence
I may be passed…but I’m still here
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Butterflies Are Good (taste A Little Like Chicken)
Butterflies are real good
I like God’s butterflies
I so really, truly do
Beautiful, iridescent wings
Of brilliant rainbow hue
Carmine reds, deep purples
And unbelievable blues
I feast my eyes upon
Their most incredible views
I feast not only my eyes
But also my belly too
For they taste absolutely scrumptious
In my salad and in my stew
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On a mountaintop
Rivulet of red
Cold hard stone
Sharp smell of cordite
Glint of moon on bone
Eerie quiet
Uncaring sky
Unseeing eyes pleading
Not knowing why
Unmailed letter
Unneeded pen
Words from memory
Read over and over again
Shadow shrinking from daylight
Warm rays flood the ground
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Life is....
Tis a curious amalgam
Of facts and fiction
Of which scientist or alchemists
Would be hard to devise
But I think that even cats and dogs
Have long known with conviction
That nothing is truly important
In the course of our lives
They love life and live life
In peace, with tails curled
Wisely living life as tenants
…In a tenuous world…
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Genteel Madness
Devolved into a genteel kind of madness
And no longer beloved today
Morphed more…into a still stranger likeness
Removed of reality in every way
Scant recognizable
In the mirror of my mind
As well reflection
In rain silvered window
This genteel kind of madness
Be it yours? …tis it mine?
And if tis truly madness
How would one truly know?
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Pleasant Times & Memories
It’s nice to remember the good times
But better to savor them when they’re real
It’s pleasant to dwell in nostalgia
But it’s far better to dwell on today and feel
The fuzzy, warm feel of a good experience
Is never instantly given the credit it’s due
It’s nice to remember the good times
But cherish them well…as they happen to you
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Desiring...Deserving
I desire fame and fortune
I deserve
somewhat less
I desire looks and wit
I deserve only
to look a mess
I desire gift of words
I do serve
Barely to utter
I desire verses of wisdom
I serve up
Words from the gutter
I desire fine jewelry!
I deserve golden bracelets
and rings?
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Nature's daily floorshows
The sun cracks at dawn and shines
Clouds thunder, rumble and cry
The wind wails, whispers, and sighs
And Rainbows hold up the sky
Mother Nature’s daily floorshows
ignored as most people walk by
Admittance is free, look up and see
The spectacular show in the sky
Most people don’t
Some people won’t
But if a show’s free
…It’s for me…
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Just Kiddin' (blame Henny Youngman)
A lovely young lady
was pounding and cursing
at my hotel room door
The other night
The noise was alarming
And quite disarming
So I gave up
and turned on the light
She continued to wail
Continued to shout
no sleep was to be had
this night, no doubt
So I decided to aid
This ungrateful young maid
I finally got up…
And let the young lady…out
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