Never Feed Me Sour Spoils

I like to hear from you today
What you did and where you stayed
It's nice to know who sat with you
How icy blue your morning was
How warm the breeze
How cool the moon

I like to kiss your cheek each night
When you lay down
It's great to see you smile

What doesn't feel as good is this
The news we heard today
Some more got sick
A few more died
A car crashed through the crowd

Don't tell me anything tonight
Just hold me close and let me cry

Sadness

Each time they leave
A pout appears
Screaming, no wait for me
I've got a gift to give to you
Don't leave
Not now
Not yet
Don't go
Why don't you stay tonight
I'll miss you when you're gone
When they go she goes and plays
Then licks her wounds
Goes to sleep
The door bell rings
She runs and jumps
They're here
Hooray, hooray

Pussy Licking

Like a dog with its tail between its legs
He arrived after another long day
Put down his bag
Washed his hands
Made dinner

It was payback
Payback for the night before
After another long day
When all he wanted to do was to get away

You can't do that when you have a crisis to deal with
Some things can't wait
So today he didn't complain about making dinner
Or how much money was spent on frivolities

He listened to everything she told him
He was involved
And at night they spoke
Too bad tomorrow the debt will have been paid

Stop Action

So, this is the thing
Today was supposed to be productive
Openly stated and under prepared
Perhaps the target might be met

Alas, perhaps tomorrow
Concise thoughts led to nothing useful
Technically speaking there is no excuse
It should have been done by now
Only the papers lay scattered
Nothing to be proud of

Rebirth

All your life you live as you
Then one day somebody new
Comes to live and share your home
Gives a feeling of being reborn
An exit wound turns your soul
On its ear as though alone
With each passing day you find
A new identity behind
The words and actions of your youth
Have led you to this place on Earth

Waiting

We came and looked
We went away
At home we spoke
Decided
I went alone
We spoke some more
A little less divided
Somehow a day was spent that way
It should have gone by faster
At home we looked and spoke some more
Move this one here and flip the door
The children let us do this
A simple change
Should be a minute
Instead a day went by
Oh, well
It's done
Now we wait
We'll know by noon tomorrow
Will it be ours
Probably so
A house will be a home now

All I want is ....

A long time ago I wanted to come up with the perfect wish.
I was outside and looking at absolutely nothing because the only sources of light were millions of years away.
Wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.
What should it be?
What do I want?
Be careful what you wish for.
Word it just right.
There will always be a loop hole in the wish you wish tonight.
So I wished for something that is neutral, with a secret garden hidden inside.
I wished for everything to be alright.
So, it has been.
Now that it is, I worry.
Dare I wish for something more?
Greed kills.
Greed robs us of the equilibrium that peace brings.
Still I wish I may, I wish I might ....
No!
Stop!
No wishing!
Be
Glad
For
What
You
Have

Wish to keep it.

Fear

All I want it to stop being afraid to lose what I have.
I have spent my life leading myself to the riverbed through which my hopes and dreams may flow into reality.
Now, I am scared of the damn.
I am helpless and tongue tied.
To wish for anything at all would be to tempt fate.

A long time ago, my grandmother taught me to read cards.
With the lessons came a warning.
You can only read the cards, not tell them what to say.
If you try, they will lie to you.
Like the goldfish, sick of the fisherman's wife
To wish for anything more could do that, too.

So, I will not wish for anything else.
Except, all I want is for everything to be alright.