Month: September 2013

Come closely so I can see you,
Feel you, touch you.
Are you like me, so candidly?
You are special!

We come from the same tree.
You look like me.
We are friendly family.
Don’t you see what I mean?

Would you like to run with me?
Would you like to go on a spree?
Come with me, silently,
And we shall see, so carefully.

What adventure will come next?
What trouble is there here
That we can get into?
We’ll stir something up!

Let’s go together up the hill,
Wrestle on the grass,
In the meadow.
You are such a funny fellow!

You are a close friend.
When I think of the end,
I hope that you will be there
With me to keep me sane.

How I dread that day,
But if you are there, I can bear it.
If you are with me,
I can do anything!

Thank you so much
For just being you!

Yippee cay yea, it’s time to play!
Bouncing around the living room,
My chihuahua and four pound kitten
Tackle and chew on each other

‘Til someone gets enough and
Makes a break for higher ground.
Charlie, the fuzzy orange kitten,
Jumps on the back of Tandy,

Digging his claws into the chihuahua’s
Shoulders, then bites her on the cheek.
Tandy reaches up a long, skinny leg
And pushes Charlie to the floor,

Wrapping her jaws around Charlie’s
Sweet little face. Up come Charlie’s claws,
Grabbing Tandy’s face, and tugging her
Down again! Back and forth,

The adopted siblings play, ’til someone
Has enough, and runs away.
Ah, to have the simple, luxurious life
Of a well-cared for pet! If only!

Hi there.
What are you to me?
What is your significance
In this friendly world?

Are you free?
Not likely,
But I like to ask
Before spilling my cookies.

How have you been lately?
Do you have many friends?
Me neither.
Too much work.

That’s what I think, too.
So have you lived here long?
I’ve lived here all my life.
So why are you looking at me

Like that?
We can be friends, can’t we?
Follow me slowly,
Look into my eyes…

What do you see?

How are you today?
I’m fine so much you say.
Are you gay?
No way, I’m straight!

Did you catch the finger
Flying in the air?
Did you see the star
Fall from the sky?

I am one in three,
Not three in one.
I am someone
Very lively.

How is me?
Me is good.
So well you be?
Yes, quite well,

Thank ye.
Are you my friend?
Yes, friends we be.
Slowly, I hear

The clock ticking
In my ear,
Loudly now.
It takes me out of here.

Are you queer?
Well, sometimes
I might seem so,
But how I smile

Ear to ear!
Are you here?
I am near,
You say softly.

I like it here.
It is soothing.
Warm and soft,
Comfortably

Present.

“Traveling to a torture chamber
In my head, I stop for a drink
And a smoke. Why must I
Always come to this?”

“Can’t do something fun
Without feeling guilty.
Can’t say something honest
Without feeling paranoid.”

To lead a good life,
You must accept that
There will be demons
On your shoulder

Every step of the way,
Trying to ruin it for you.
There is always a pro and a con
To everything worth doing.

The trick is not to ignore the cons,
Or obsess over the pros, or vice versa.
It is to accept both, and then to be
True to oneself as much as possible.

If I am true to my value of love
For myself and for another,
I will do what is right for me to do.
Guilt is a signal, but not a reason.

Guilt tells you there is a conflict,
But that should not be a surprise
Because there is almost always
A conflict. Once you get used to

Doing what is true to oneself,
One will not be surprised by guilt,
Nor by the stronger sense of joy.
And also the guilt will grow less,

And the joy will grow more.
So don’t be afraid to do
What is right for you.
Do it every time,

And you will be happier with
Yourself and others.
You will accept your own faults
As well as the faults of others;

And you will acknowledge
Your own goodness,
As well as the goodness
Of everyone else.

This will bring you joy,
And you will bring joy
To the hearts of others,
As they participate in your goodness.

Would you like to go
With me to the circus show?
Would you like to walk
Through the woods and talk?

Why don’t we
Choose to agree
On a plan to meet
And share a treat?

Let’s go swimming in the pool!
We can play and act the fool!
Or let’s go to the beach!
We can lay on a towel and eat a peach!

If that doesn’t
Sound very fun,
We can go to the country
And run and run!

I am now so bored of life,
With all its trouble and bitter strife.
Maybe we can think of something
To take our minds off darker things.

I would like to go on a trip,
To hold a piña colada and sip
All my worries away.
Yes I would then be so gay.

What would you like to do?
Maybe rent a boat to Timbuktu?
Or maybe catch some great big fish
Or bake a cake and make a wish?

When life tends to bring me down,
I take action and go to town!
I dream big things, and yearn to escape!
I go to the jungle, and play with the apes!

Let’s create a big adventure!
Let’s light a fire and burn the censors!
Let’s paint a picture, and drink to Picasso,
Or go to a ranch and learn to lasso!

There are just so many ways
To entertain ourselves these days!
We can go to Paris and play
In the museums, then stay up late!

Or maybe I’ll just stay here,
Take a nap, or drink a beer.
I’ll lay back and take it slow.
I’ll just relax, and go with the flow.

That would be much simpler
Than trying to go out with her.
I don’t need to have a plan.
I don’t need to prove I’m a man.

Let’s just chill for the night.
We don’t need to fuss and fight.
We don’t need to go out.
We don’t need to sing and shout.

Does that sound better to you?
Would you like a Mountain Dew?
I will leave you to yourself.
I’ll put this mood on a shelf.

I’ll save it for a sunny day,
When you want to go out and play.
We can make it work just so.
We will not go to and fro.

Maybe this is for the best.
I will catch up on my rest.
See you later, girl of mine.
We’ll get together some other time.

Have you ever heard
The story about the bird
That screamed every night,
All night, for a week?

Well, needless to say,
That bird is dead now.
But we did raise a
Memorial in his name.

On the top of his cage
Sits a gold-plated chicken head.
It doesn’t make a sound,
Which is the way we like it.

But seriously,
What do you think
Of the weather today?
What did you eat for breakfast?

In some places,
There are floods,
Tornados, typhoons,
And earthquakes.

In some places,
People are killed in the street,
Simply for being
In the wrong place at the wrong time.

Lots of people go
Without breakfast
Every morning.
How does that make you feel?

I think that if we all thought
About how much worse
So many other people have it,
On a regular basis,

We might realize
How good we have it,
Even when we have what we call
“A bad day”.

So does that possibly mean
That no matter how bad we have it,
That at the end of the day,
We should look back and say,
“I had a good day today”?

Because even when it seems like
Everything went wrong,
If we’re really honest with ourselves,
We would acknowledge that

There were so many things,
Things that people like us
Take so much for granted,
That went completely right!

Ask yourself,
“Did I have food to eat this morning?”
“Do I have running water?”
“Do I have air conditioning?”

“Do I have a job?”
“Do I have a car?”
“Do I have a house?”
“Do I have children?”

“Am I free to do
Whatever I choose to do?”
“Can I go
Wherever I want to go?”

“Can I talk to whomever I want?”
“Can I stay home when I’m sick,
And still get paid?”
“Do I have insurance?”

The list goes on and on,
But I think you probably
Get the idea.
You might not have all these things,

But you do
Have it pretty good.

Don’t you think?

Jumping through,
I think I’ll sue.
Maybe not, but
I’ll think about it.

What do you think?
Maybe I shouldn’t,
But wouldn’t
It be fun?

So maybe I won’t, but
You should try it
Sometime. Do you
Think before you jump?

Let’s talk about it.
No, let’s not.
Why don’t we
Jump to conclusions?

That might be fun!
Okay, so I think
You are a jerk.
Is that a fair

Assumption?
Don’t assume,
Is what they say,
But let’s continue.

Okay, so now what?
How about we
Count our blessings?
One, two, three…

Wait! I forgot!
We have luck, right?
No, blessings,
You say.

Okay, so maybe
That’s true, but
Can we prove it?
No, but all the same,

It’s true.
Okay, maybe so.
God bless you, then.
Thanks.

Running newly to find a spot–
A spot of safety, for which they fought–
Fought against a deadly foe–
A foe that could not take their life.

Their life in jeopardy, here and now.
Now war follows them to their home.
Home in America, the home of the brave.
Brave men run for their lives.

Lives in the balance, in a stronghold–
A stronghold vulnerable amongst men–
Men who fight for their country–
Their countrymen now turning against them.

Running newly to find a spot–
A spot of safety, for which they fought–
Fought against a deadly foe–
A foe that could not take their life.

Their life in jeopardy, here and now.
Now war follows them to their home.
Home in America, the home of the brave.
Brave men run for their lives.

Lives in the balance, in a stronghold–
A stronghold vulnerable amongst men–
Men who fight for their country–
Their countrymen now turning against them.