Son, See You On Life's Sandy Shore Well, son, let me tell you: Life is no waterfall. It’s got stings & serpents, And all manner of scorpions. You will often feel locked up And trapped in a jail cell Totally bare! But every time know My eyes are on you ever so. I'm watching you … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #213
Planned Breaks Taking a breakAs the year draws to a closeTo breathe, decompressTo feel. Again. This has been a busyCrazy yearAnd next year maybeEven worse! So now's the timeTo slow things downBefore I'm forced To speed myself up. At 55 in 2025I'll be moving houseTackling schoolSo much oh so much to do! I must plan … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #212
Brave Writing A chick attacks an eagleA nail refuses to be knocked inMy heart defying Such is my world of Writing Juggernauts threatenDavid versus GoliathUnafraid to ventureSuch is my world ofWriting I mustn't let naysayersOr people who don't matterMuscle in on my joire de vivreSuch is my world ofWriting Hold fast I mustTo what I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #211
Hopes Dashed...Yet... All my daddy hopes for youMusicMoviesLiteratureStudiesConfidantesHobbiesMaturationEmpathyCuriosityConnectedness Dashed to the rocksShattered into a million shards of......nothing. I don't know when it happenedI don't know how it happenedI don't know why it happenedBut it happenedAnd I am completely and utterly Undone Do all parents everywhereGo through the same?I wish it was soSelfish I knowBut if … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #210
Male Loneliness Men struggledMen sidelinedMen friendshipDisappearing Men disparagedMen unemployedMen domesticReappearing Men institutionsMen isolationsMen tribulationsMultiplying Men suicidalMen solitudeMen aloneReluctantly Men everywhereMen nowhereMen silencedDisturbing
Bad Dad To stop sibling rivalryJust play the bad dadThat's what I have discoveredThough it brings me much dread Cos when I turn ballisticMy sons band togetherI'm instantly their common enemyAnd they the Band of Brothers (united) It's good I guess butWhere does that leave their old man?Out in cold enemy territoryTaking his sad solo … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #205
Hold On Hold on To......something...someone...somewhere Hold onFor......mean-ing...keep sake...dear life Hold onTil......dusk sets...night calls...dawn breaks Hold onFor......good times...bad times...all times
Molten Fires I need to start overI need to end my hoverTo hunker down and writeMorning noon and moonlit night Told some folks I'm in a rutMore time now to be writing butNo words from me seem to issue forthCreativity a miserable medal-less fourth Behind other more pressing demandsBehind all of life's ups and downsFamily. … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #203
The Birds & The Bees #1 It's time again but yet it's notTo talk to another son about natureThe birds the bees and all of creation in betweenAnd still I'm sooooo unprepared unsure It's different this time you seeMy youngest is a "blurry" beeLiving in his own honeycombAfraid to venture to the unknown Yet he's … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #202
Have I The Right To Scream? Oops I think I did it again!Substituting great for goodEven what's only blah....Just middle-of-the-road And all for what? Doomscrolling. TikToking.Forgetting all the books.Fast dopamine. Rapid responding.Quick relief and pleasure sensing Don't I already knowThe perils of this digital life?Didn't I read Newport. Twenge. Jonathan Haidt? Yet I still fall. … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #201
