You danced for me
And we laughed together
Wasting time
Waiting out stormy weather
And I sat on your lap
And you told me a tale
While the heavens outside
Thundered with hail
When the power went out
We lit candles and built a fire
And slowly succumbed
To mounting…
This consciousness that drives this vessel
Is it programmed or does it have free will?
Can it overcome its DNA?
Or will it just be doomed until
The creator allows code to be overwritten- changed
Or the energy starts to rearrange
And humanity like advanced AI
Short circuits the programming…
Black bird congregate
In my yard outside my window
And the frightening image of their judgement
Follows me wherever I go
I sometimes dream about them
These messengers from another dimension
Are they warning me about the future?
Are they visitors from my past?
They stare at me
Their black…
Slow and insidious
It creeps in
Hiding in the corners
Of your mind
Slithering like a snake
Hiding it’s deadly venom
Until alll at once
It rears back its ugly head
And bares its lethal fangs
Striking quickly and irrevocably
Attacking your vulnerable
And unprotected confidence
Leaving you slowly
Wasting…
Watching
Always eternally watching
Feeling the desire to engage
Always overwhelmed
By the desire to be alone
Desperate for interaction
Yet deriving a tortured
yet soothing satisfaction
From the protection
That comes from isolation
Constantly wielding the two-edge sword
of conflicting desires
Hence the hesitation
Jumping headfirst into life
Means…
She has problems she can’t solve
She often seethes in silent frustration
She looks for temporary fixes
bandaids to be her salvation
But the choices she makes
may instead be her damnation
She is her own worst enemy
Trapped in her hand woven tapestry
Composed of dreams of how life…
Drudgery and repetition
Reveal the situation
Lives of ceaseless tedium
Open channels of frustration
The future offers nothing
We wake and plod
on through the day
Longing only to slumber
To take our pain away
If only we had brushes
Able to repaint our scene
To turn boredom into meaning
…
Your wife disappoints you,
But you persevere
Because football has always
Made your passion clear.
You showed your skills
Against the Rams
And added to the legend
That you are the man.
Your personal life gave you lemons
You make professional lemonade
In the annals of sports
You are among…
