O for my heart to soar! Every now and thenI get this feelingTo be like an eagleOn powerful wings, soaring To rise sing cry To understand whyWhen I hear a soulful voiceThat takes my breath awayLeaving me with no choiceBut to fly fly TODAY! I just wanna have and hold that momentOnly to find it’s … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #23
Category: Poems
My Monday Metrical Musings #22
Don't quit your job Lee! Don’t quit your job LeeIt’s simply too risky. The job market’s too soft. And you’re well over fifty! Don’t quit your job LeeLife’s not giving out freebies. You must keep working your butt offIt’s just the way it is. They once tried to tell usWe were young with little "power"When … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #22
My Monday Metrical Musings #21
My Twilight Friend Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It's coming, the endThat eventual descentSo the question at hand's"Will you be my twilight friend?" I know you're busy nowTo think so far ahead.I know it's not manlyTo sound so afraid. Yet death's a-comingNo one can escape.The only question is:"Will you be alone in the wait?" Or … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #21
My Monday Metrical Musings #20
(Never) A Part of Your World It seems I was neverA part of your worldThe beautiful, hip, sophisticated crowd.It seems I've beenClinging, wishing, hopingMy stupid head in some stupid cloud. Took me half a lifetime To finally seeSo I guess this one'sThis one's on me.I was never everGoing to beA part of your world. But … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #20
My Monday Metrical Musings #19
In Each of Us A Book I really do believeThere's a story to unfoldIn each of us a bookA tale to be told I really do believeWe rush through everydayNot giving our 'book' a chance to openThough it's got a lot to say I really do believeWe each must go 'small'To learn about ourselves Though … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #19
My Monday Metrical Musings #18
What's I.W.D. to my mom?^ Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com She sits all day In that caged chair uprightLocked in by the armrestsHemmed in by table slide She sits all day Color pencils in handTo bring life to black and whitePictures from my son, her little man She sits all day my momIt's all that … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #18
My Monday Metrical Musings #17
Another Name for Madness There's another name for MadnessWell, more than one actuallyThey all start with the letter MDon't believe me? Wait and see! The first one's called MoneyWhat you use to rent and buySome people worship it dailyNever stopping once to tryAnd see that it's an illusionTo think you can have it allThat Money … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #17
My Monday Metrical Musings #16
Autism happens daily Autism happens dailyIt never goes away.Ten years have passed soDon't tell me It'll leave.That you got no right to say. For I see itI live itI breathe itEvery single day. With my sonHis toy road humpsSprawled on this floor Or that tableEvery which way. Autism happens dailyIt never goes away.We're still learning … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #16
My Monday Metrical Musings #15
Shifting sand Photo by Walid Ahmad on Pexels.com They say it's hard to standOn shifting sandBut I demurCos I've tried my hand. Yes I did. I've made decisionsWithout a careAnd afterwards regret Wondering how I got myself there? Yes I wondered. As tomorrow comes againAnother "quicksand day"The wind blows and blowsThe sand ebbs, then flows … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #15
My Monday Metrical Musings #14
Help Photo by lalesh aldarwish on Pexels.com I stood at his doorUnwilling to step inYet hopelessly drawn To uncover what's within Never did I thinkThis day would come for meThese open-wound momentsOf what in the past had beenDeep hurts long buriedNow about to be dugged upDoes it have to be like thisFor me to find … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #14