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Tag: Living

  • Always Poor

    Thank you!We finally broke!!Half serious…Almost a joke?But it happened –To stop it all…It was needed!While ignoring this crawl!Because as longThere was a dollar or cent…There was no way to stopThe nickels spent.So at last . . .Closing the cracked door-Because nothing changed …We were always poor!

  • LIFE

    Getting tiredIs part of the cycleIt comes with seasonsAnd I’m in the title … Life they call itIt comes and goesAnd if you are livingYou surely know- All is shortAnd often repeatedHistory you knowReveals the cheated… Until you eraseWorst to best-Confusion takes overAll of the west… But directionIs what many seekDespite the lossGone are the…

  • Zombie Walk

    So careful each stepThey walkNo reasonOr talks Just reason- they sayNothing rationalJust an agendaBy the mandible Just an ounceOr lessBy ageWe digress In the worldUnforgivenOr meJust living

  • Or Life

    No pathOr stoneReally knowsThe unknown No riverOr streamKnows the skyOr dream No lifeOr deathLives in secretOr breath No oneCould believeReplacing YouOr Me But so it isAnd He seesBeyond todayAnd me.

  • Forever forgotten

    Forever forgotten

    Light of day never faltersOr hangs in the balanceOf hatred or romanceBut what was…And the slip of the decayIs of consequenceNot of usBut what may.So to marchAnd live onLike the poetUntil it’s gone.

  • Summer Gladness

    Summer Gladness

    As the bees buzz And snakes crawl Dragging summer Grass stands tall… Crickets sing When birds lay sleep Within the season The soul does keep- For life lives In all living things So many verses Beyond the strings… Inches from slumber- Or living again Live the now Before the Then.

  • Living

    Living

    It’s not knowing Or thinking Just hoping Or dreaming It’s not nothing Or everything Just stopping Or going… It just is And breathtaking

  • Waste

    Time honored distance Just as night appears Howling may be absent No less present the fears. Skin holds wincing Eyes show the shutter Lonely’s cold hands Find heart’s panicked flutter. For pace is but a sprint Running Life’s pace Mist by the shadows Lighted by the waste.

  • Take On

    Take On

    Take on me Troubles and gains Take on tomorrow Victories and pains Take on now Moments and truth Take on innocence Naivety of youth Take on yesterday Lessons from past Take on the future Something to last Take on now Like you have never done Take on the moment Like you’ve already won

  • Lily

    Playing outside is good for you!