How cold are you?
Do you feel remorse?
Is empathy just not in your vocabulary?
You act cruelly.
You are mean and spiteful.
Bitterness rules your heart.
I wonder if anyone had been kind to you
would you still be this way?
Paid
In blood, sweat and tears.
In full.
Traded for it.
What a bargain!
Haggled them down.
What did you pay?
Nil, nada nothing!
What did you get?
Nil, nada nothing!
Skull cap
When the hurt
surrounds your head
like a cap
and all you can think of
is how to get it off.
My Best Yes
If I say yes right now
I will find myself
feeling drained and exhausted tomorrow.
If I say yes right now
It means that I will not have time
to spend with my family.
If I say yes right now
You will not have me available
later when you truly need it.
So, I will say No right now
because I want to be able
to give you my best Yes
the next time you ask me.
Packed
Like a can of sardines.
Jam full to the brim of the jar.
For the long flight ahead.
Like a washboard on your abs.
Full of lies and deceit.
Packed.
And there ain’t no going back.
Does Coffee Count?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
The bloodwork requires you to have fasted.
You need to stay hydrated throughout the day.
No caffeine before bedtime.
Addictions counselors are here to talk to you.
Grumpiness in the morning caused by a lack of an important ritual.
Where’s the creamer?
Rhyming
Going up the hill
In Autumn’s chill
I try to find the time
where I can make a rhyme
to end this darn poem.
Somehow
I simply cannot unearth the words,
So I listen to the birds.
Distractions
Watching video
after video.
Reading comics.
Checking news sites.
Checking new sites.
Busying oneself
with doing anything
but the job at hand.
Shells all around
Living through war
Is trauma and pain.
Fleeing or fighting
is horrible and inhumane.
Yet still war happens
and fear drives us on.
Why do we hurt the innocent
who don’t know what’s wrong?
Hearts are full of sadness
and pain as we watch from afar
at the vicious game they play.
And yet tomorrow
more shells will fall
and we will watch and judge
the soldiers thrown into the giant’s maw.
Moisture
It is an interesting sensation
when lotion is applied
to the dry skin
and you can just feel the moisture
returning to it.
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