The Day After the Best Day

  The Day After the Best Day It’s funny how I want certain days to linger Almost drowning in all of the goodness Exhausted from the fun Yet, a night of sleeping later I awake to a sense that all of that is now a memory There is stillness in the now Unknowing in the…

The Throne

The Throne You know I could drone on like the typical sad poet But then I thought, “today I don’t have to do that at all” Yes there is darkness, evil, and ugliness But there is also light, good, and beauty   I get to choose which one to focus on   Even in the…

T=mg+ma

T=mg + ma These paradoxes are killing this Western man I’m told that giving up is the way to life Then giving up is the way to shame I’m told that rest brings me to peaceful healing Yet I rest and become more lame I’m not saying the truth is a lie But what I…

Outside

Outside Im glad to hear children playing outside Their laughter permeating all walls and barriers Breaking through the barricades Tearing down the bleak tirades Of shortening days and greater distances Greater distances that must be spanned With great tenacity, greater veracity All contained within the sounds of children laughing   I place my head on…

Choices

Choices Too many choices now I could spend the rest of my days Searching for everything that is nothing Toys, games, vacations, wares Clothes, phones, mutual fund shares I don’t even have to get up from the couch I can sit here like a leather slouch Consuming all that comes into my orbits Yet there…

Upturned

Upturned Overwhelmed I cannot tell if it is evil I cannot tell if it is good It might even be both Just being tossed heels over head Is this life or is this death? Who can tell in these deep, cold waters? Or maybe all of this tumult Is a sign I am almost to…