Pen and Paper Stories. Vacation for the mind.
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Memorial Day
The sun is shining As I remember today Those before us And the price they paid. We must thank them for all As freedom rings Feel the love Their spirit brings. Life today Is because of them Appreciate their sacrifice And your life again.
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Not Knowing Why
So often a need to understand Is a puzzle that can’t be solved Delusions hide a truth Impatience hides resolve. Magic is an illusion Much like reality in a group . . . All life faces death The old once had youth. Moments are a consequence To a past coming true . . . Blessing…
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In Loving Memory
I witnessed the end With no middle or beginning- Confusion and torment And faith growing and thinning…. I heard the stories told As laughs were appreciated and shared All about a young man Who could no longer be there. The more I learned about you- Less anything made sense… Actions so regrettable- Knowledge missing a…
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The Window
The window To a world unclear Filled with possibilities Riddled with fear. Stories whispered Beyond the panes Things hoped for Treasures to gain. Look out the window Then try the door Believe for a moment And find the more.
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Life Steps
Distractions are gone While thoughts are left Along with goals Which didn’t get met. A rhyme at times- With a picture to match… The pieces to puzzles And clues to catch. Solitaire in confinement And paths to get lost- Fearing the total… While calculating cost. Hope on the horizon The moon lights the way… Clearing…
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Why Not?
Why is loss What makes so many write? But good days and memories Seem more out of sight? Why is anger So easy on the tongue? Why laminate a tragedy? And not the victories won? Why not change the story? And give victory a proper speech? Allow life to make a difference… And practice what…
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Pain and Life
Not being needed Might be what hurts the most Value lost Or never coming close. Two steps behind Or never being right Failing the battle No matter how hard you fight. Losing yourself Or not knowing who you are Experience missing Never being a star. Letting people down While you continue your fall Not seeing…
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A Little Peace
Many of Man When taking dying breath Understand the mistakes of past Time knows no mercy As the minutes dry Chances have reached their last. Clearing a life early Needless anger and pain Leaves open wounds still War of the heart Cloud of stubbornness Opportunity loses its will. No perfect players In any game No…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Strong and focused Knowing all things As a child an enemy Now part of my everything. Laughing when you are okay Nurturing when you’re not Perfect in most everything Compared to what most others have got. Taking care of most From your husband down to me While we may not always show it In our…
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Hope In Chaos
A whirlwind The mind from the start Spinning rooms Racing heart. Lost in a maze Of an open room No understanding of rules Or if it will end soon. Off balance Even at the end But then Your skies Allows sanity to grin.
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Live and Learn
You Can Prevent Alzheimers Learning extra things Can help you remember one Learning fewer things Can lead to losing a ton. Exploring with your senses Builds stronger ties to defend Taking the time to live Gives the brain a crutch to depend. There is no surety of tomorrow Or remembering yesterday But what you came to…
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Old Man
Old man Running another run One life over Another has begun. Those who morn Must only keep open eyes As he comes and goes with the wind Carefully roaming in stormy skies.
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Faith
Peace is in the silence As night finishes it’s fall Hope is in the distance And so is losing it all. Steps in between Changing how everything fits An answer is the temptress The devil urging to quit. But then looking to the sky Reminded just like before You are the power I have to…
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Abandoned Self
Abandoned Self. Sanity’s laughter tempts reality….
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Powerless
So often sensing danger Each time Foolishly thinking If you do the right thing Right will happen. It never did The right Changing direction Taking advice Only to be more lost. Glimpses happened Of this day These changes These wrongs. Open hands Letting go While my heart breaks Of all it didn’t know. I know…
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Muse
The muse unaware Why I write The subject suggestive With what words I type. Holding back often In the tales told No point in revealing Or assuming a hold. Letting go as needed More turning away Neglecting facts Watching what to say. But the words are read When I choose to share No reply ever…
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Take Me
Make love to me Like you’ve waited years… Release me Like happy tears. Break me Then put me back right Tell me This is more than just one night. Touch me As though lust is love Kiss me Like I am all you think of. Map this So there is no end Then stay And…
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Darkness Awaits
Darkened room Absorbing light Lethargic limbs Losing fight. Slowly walls Closing in Without anything Pushing them. Heavy eyes Wasted breath No control Daily death. Goals hidden Right and wrong Forgetting points Depressing songs. Happiness fades Hope cries Trials mount Chance’s demise. Nature’s corpse And simple breath All things break Life forgets.
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Spring Who?
Not leaving Without a fight Inches coming Through the night. Winter’s lurking Under Spring’s veil What will break? Tomorrow’s tale.
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Lust
In love with you Or maybe the thought But I’ll see it to the end With all I’ve got.
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Leading The Way
Oh to be young again Those were the days Destroying the furniture And running all day. Having more energy Than people could keep up And for many years Acting like a pup. I’m older now And I rarely run But when my family needs me I get the job done. Now here you are With…
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Journey
You can do everything right And still be wrong Taking a shorter road Can make a journey long. Loving with all your heart Can make you feel pain… Knowing the rules While still losing the game. Doing the same thing twice Only doubles the burn While there are no promises There is always something to…
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Inspiration
I’m inspired to live Inspired to cry Give a hand And question why. I’m inspired to love Even to grieve When to stay And when to leave. I’m inspired to hope And to give care Resist the edge Offer to share. I’m inspired to stop And block you too No inspiration to hate Or compromising…
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Mindful Awakening
I guess I should have told you That your life was short Even when days were running long. I should have opened the mouth And pulled your ears To keep you from more wrong. I should have voiced regret And also concern For the excuses being made. I should have stopped the cycle And the…
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Reality Revenge
It was never spoken Or written in word No secret spilled Or story heard. Just the known And needed distance No anger helping Just required resistance. It’s not in the need Or even the want Just in what it is Nothing to flaunt. A loneliness so deep An appreciation shared Connection natural For those who…
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She Was You
Living in the present moment Healthy for the soul Until the present kills purpose The future takes its toll. Lost in the silence Then crippled by the noise Blinded from possibilities And where there was choice. Changes happening rapidly Even while standing still Legs are locked place Hope losing its will. The ghost of me…
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Living Moment
Knowing something Anything A thing of the past Capturing a moment Now For a moment to last. Could of been Often Lasting only in thought Now forgetting Everything Is the only shot. Pain in regret Yesterday Useless to feel Learning the discipline Living Now in what’s real
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No Good Deed
Callused by logic Confined by youth Ignorance for fun Pain to soothe. No lack of hope Just wrong and right Deaf to No Up for a fight. Alone with silence A past staying awake… Good deeds punished While watching you break.
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Mindfulness
An ancient melody When moments are spared Crickets and starlight A peace willingly shared. The invite appealing A dance to dream Surrounded by wonder And what it will mean. Thoughts abate Breath taken in Present in the moment Until we do this again.
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Phantom Decision
Flirting too often Consciousness and subconscious Happiness and sadness Real and fantasy. A toxic dance With sanity’s mistress Darkness forgives with debt Without choosing. Troubles common But balance shaken Control the delusion While patience teases a masterpiece. Sacred once were thoughts Possibilities believed endless Suddenly the chaos of choices Left none to be made.
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