Bedfellows

Impatiens are haughty
And try to push out
Petunia who’s pouty
And filled with dark doubt

But with proper pruning
They’ll not just survive
They may start communing
And learn how to thrive.

Yuk

Exuberance can be excused
Impertinence implies
That you assumed I’d be amused
You never were that wise.

Morass

Equality is tricky
You can’t be too picky
We all get a shot
Because if not
The rules get sticky.

No Contest

The game ensues
Won’t play? You lose
Prefer to win?
You must be in

So pay those dues!
The game ensues
An endless test
Of Who’s the Best?

For only those
With fancy clothes
The game ensues
It’s all a ruse

To make you try
To be their guy
It’s time to choose
The game ensues.

Prick

Regardless how many flowers you plant
With every hateful rant
You show what blooms within your heart
The thorny truth will smart.

Unwanted

I contemplate my glaring lack
of reasons to behave
and fight this inner urge I have
to simply shrug and cave
And though I never will concede
To lust I can control
I have to counteract the greed
Which taints my weary soul.

Exclusive

Obviously oblivious
She drank herself carefree
Her lover was lascivious
And had a tart or three
Thank goodness I am penniless
And can’t afford the fee.

Foundational

Are you sated by structure and all it entails
Like rigid adherence to rules or it fails?
There isn’t a blueprint to build happiness,
Just love a lot more and demand a bit less.

Uplifting

Always keep moving up
It’s really the best way to go
Though sometimes life gets tough
Don’t let it get you low

I hope all your dreams come true
And God overflows your cup
Remember how much I love you
Always keep moving up.


***Look at these two amazing young men. One moving up to middle school/junior high, the other to high school already. So happy they are doing well and wishing them nothing but the best. If you want to see how much Westin has grown check my post from February 5th 2010.***

Phase Doubt

Venus flirts with someone new
Who's not too bright, but such is woo
At times the ones that we attract
Grow darker than they first act.

Backslash

I was never trying to be somebody
Just seeing what I could do
All you’ve done is make me feel cruddy
What did I do to you?

Let’s see: pretty much everything
You request is faithfully done
While you go on eviscerating
Me, it hasn’t been fun.

With luck you’ll come to realize
How vicious you have been
As I seek ways to minimize
The knife you wield again.

Yanks

With programmed pomp and circumstance
A humored thrall will proudly dance
Until instructed to refrain
By those that like to yank the chain.

Rocked

If it’s good, I did it
If not, it wasn’t me,
Cain, who thought he hid it
Forgot how God can see

Never forfeit virtue
To feign your innocence
The truth can only hurt you
If you have no good defense

True Blue

The intervals you choose
Will decorate your blues
Just follow how you feel
And never mute your zeal
Reject the rock star ruse
To resonate the real.

Exchange

At times I get so busy
I have no time to think
When you’re so tired you’re dizzy
It’s hard to be succinct

For everything is blurry
And focus is a must
I cannot stop mid-scurry
To scratch runes in the dust

But once my mind has rested
It starts to generate
Such thoughts my brain’s congested
Until I ventilate.