WHY
Silently walking the streets, darkness enfolding
Uncaring, unfeeling, tired of watching plants die and dust settle,
Sniffing the night air I detect that strange sweet aroma
Others, like me, welcome the night unknown,
Unseen, but there, hiding from the harsh reality of light,
I AM ANGRY!!!!
Was she worth it?
This mistress you chose,
Was she worth the pain of a child's tears?
Could you no longer face innocent eyes wondering?
Is that why you took your life?
You finally found courage breaking those chains that held you to her
You, I hope, found peace and yet
What of those you left behind?
What of us?????
WHERE is HE?
Where is this God they talk about?
Who teaches love, embracing all,
I look around and see, not that
But an insurmountable wall.
We are taught....but have we learned?
To do better, can we be so bold?
We make more destructive weapons
Yet we cannot cure a cold.
Starving peoples, children at risk,
Men who care nothing at all
Who each take what they wish at will
Not heeding a lover's call.
Six million Jews believed in Him
Brave soldiers, civilians alike
They thought their God would see them thru
As they went out to fight
Guns, knives, weapons of death
Drug abuse and fear
Where is this God of love you know?
Why does He never hear?
The devil does not discriminate
Believers, athiests too
He takes at will with no regret
It could be me...or you.
What do we do then? those who care
Succumb and join the rest?
and take what e're we wish?
Or...Try to do our best?
I feel for those who have no heart
Who maim and kill and hurt
Who then will say that God is good
As they hide in the Devil's skirt!
WE LIVE
Don't weep for me that I left this place
I am here...the warm breezes that touch your face
I live in the flowers that smell so sweet
I am the soft green grass beneath your feet
look for me in the first Winter' s frost
A sparkle like diamonds, I'm here, not lost.
I'm summer scents and Autumn rains
Stormclouds, mountains and dusty plains
I am sunrise, soft showers, stars so bright
I am sunset, rainbows, the deep, dark night.
I am the earth, the sea and the sky
Remember this...for we do not die.
INEVITABLE
I've finished all my housework
I know I did my best
But if it was a contest
I'm sure I'd flunk the test
The washer's full of tissue bits
Forgot to check the pockets
And something else I know not what?
Ooops it's my shopping docket.
NO LUCK BUT BAD
I dressed with care
I have a date
A new thing in my life
He called for me but I could see
There will be naught but strife!
He leered at me
And hands he spread
My cleavage to explore
I looked at him, this sleazy man
And kicked him out the door!
BLIND LOVE
How do I love thee, let me count the ways,
I love your hair ..... what there is of it
I love your back ..... get rid of the belly
Lying down it's not so bad
But upright it's like jelly.
How do I love thee, let me count again
I love your mind .....what's left of it
and teeth that gleam so white
Too bad they sit in water when you take them out at night.
INTERNET LOVE
We talked across the miles
The internet no less
I thought he was so wonderful
So sure he was the best
We made arrangements that we meet
And each would wear a ribbon
But the only one I saw in there
Looked suspiciously like a gibbon!
His face was lined and furrowed
Not fresh like the photos he sent
I broke my rose coloured glasses
And homeward bound I went.
REGRETS
Thinking of the cake I made
Last week...was so delicious
I ate a slice..and then two more
Those calories sure are vicious!
I didn't even feel them,
They sneaked in oh, so quiet
Tried my pants, can't zip 'em up
So now I'm on a diet!
NOWT AS QUEER AS FOWK!
Once I knew a handsome man
Old, with dollars galore
He found himself a sweet young thing
How he's got lots no more.
New teeth, eyelift and tanning too
He really looks a sight!
He spent a blooming fortune
Just to give young kids a fright!
She's changed him so completely
He walks the town unknown
Yet SHE is no oil painting
Someone! Give the lass a bone!
So, think, you senior citizens
A young girl isn't better
It's not just YOU she's after
It's your bank card, if you let 'er.
THE FITNESS EXPERT?
I tried that circuit training
It surely goes a pace
Yoga was much safer
Til I fell down on my face.
They didn't tell how hard it was
To keep your blooming balance
I went for it and now I look
Like that actor Jackie Palance.
LOVE/HATE
I sorted out my wardrobes
Hung my clothes with care
Thirty-one pairs of jeans I have
Found nothing yet to wear.
Sweaters and jackets with tickets still on
I worked until I drop
Four wardrobes overflowing
There's nothing
I'm off to the shop!
ANOTHER
I see his face in the fleeing clouds
and as I gaze into flickering flames
he's there and I close my eyes in desire
Morn when I awake, hope leaps in my breast
that millisecond before the reality of day
eyes twinkling
words of love now cold as the ashes from a fire
Oh, but one place love still lives inviolate
this secret place belongs to him
and I have nothing to give to another..
a body, an empty shell
love stays.....he knows
for he feels the same...for another.
THE SOOK
I passed the pet emporium
Won't look, I've once been bitten
Hold this please, the lass exclaimed
So now I've bought a kitten!
Please buy this she said anon,
These biscuits for its health!
At 30 dollars one small bag
did nothing for my wealth!
THE WANDERER
You've heard the song I'm fairly sure
The words I cannot stand
"You only hurt the one you love"
If you believe that then you're damned
Of course it's needed rhythmically
There's no truth...though that's not new
It fools me not, nor you I'm sure
Cos the one he loves not YOU!
Songs spread this propoganda
Like leaves before a gale
And many DO believe it
"It's ME" I hear them wail
If I'd been better looking
Or young or slim or near
He would never love another
Isn't that often what you hear?
He's always looking all around
For something....pastures new
No matter how you love him
He doesn't care much for you
He'll find someone and off he goes
And then he'll find another
I'm sure "THE ONE" he's looking for
Is another blooming mother!!
The one who said, "Boys will be boys"
As Sue is on the phone
And waves to "boy" and Mariene
And tells Sue...He's not at home!!!!
All around I see the self-indulgence
of my generation
Children come home to empty abodes
and are thrust
into fixing their own meals
coping with adolescent fears
Whilst we dissolve families
on the whim of lust
Shedding spouses,
taking new loves with ease
Loyalty, respect, words forgotten,
as too honesty and trust
Chasing endlessly, more of everything,
the new Holy Grail
We killed
the innocence of childhood;
We must learn. We Must!!!
