Oh Boy

What a ride this has been

From a wooden bumper ride

To a blue van

From a small place

Maybe the smallest of places but it was ours

Then to another, larger, for a year that’s all

And after 12 or so we left with 2 kids in our arms

Oh boy

What a ride this had been

Ups and down, where to begin

To our first house for ever

Oh boy then apart for 12

Back again for more

And now add about 12 more

Oh boy

What a ride

It may last for years

Or months

Or days

But oh say

Oh Boy

What a ride………….Its been

I wish upon

A star so bright

My life would run through

5 red lights

And narrowly escape

Time and space 

Left alone in utter disgrace

And there I rest

Amidst chards of minutes misspent

Left alone to repent

Yet that option I dismiss

Life is too dear to be left

That undressed

So let the band play on, please

Harmonize notes and voices free

Until in quiet verse does declare

I lived here once so don’t despair 

Have you ever chased a dragon? 

One not big but large

A male I think

But maybe in pink

She’ll burn your britches quick

I think

Have you ever ran a race

One where you came in first place 

And no one saw

Your feet crossed the winners borders floor 

And hail you said

I’m almost dead

So please let me run my life

Go handle another’s strife

Have you ever said hello

When goodbye was what you meant

But still your dream

About another life’s turn 

Best you rest

Til you’re told it’s only a test

And paths of birds

Who echo unspoken words 

Make time and you space

Way out of place

Did it?

The tides of struggle

Success,

Failure,

Burned deeply into the soul,

All toll they said

He never did live

Nor did he see

The beginning

Of relief  

Or was it that he did

And did in fact live to the utmost of life’s generosity

But worry not because his life means nothing

To yours or other, you see

There yours to see, believe and run to the edge off an oceans

Furious sea

So run and then run some more

It’s yours to see till never more

Till never more

Been said I’m dead and that’s the end

But if it known

I’m still here but old

And if it said

One day’s end will bend

And I’ll be done

So don’t cry to long

Because no longer will I belong

To this space

But, another place

Out there in space

Like I said

I’ve got better places to go

I’ve got better places to go

Better places to go….

What pass was it?

Where the road rose up

And dipped 

Within

The hollow of life everlasting my friend

With no end

So within your world or mine

Is that where we should reside

Or should

… oh crap

Twilight…

Headlights bright

Blurs one’s view

But not of memories clearest sight

Memories trances

Rest in pulsing dances

To rocks distant drums

That give orders to hearts and feet

With hostile beats

Such was a time

When life was money poor

But rich with lavish soul

Imagine that, even if you’re one who’s quite evolved…

But never old

Every shadow knows another

Every enemy knows their fate

Every fate tastes the sweet joy of love

Remorse, kindness and lastly

A fall 3 D season to drive through to fill ones soul,

With colors rich and yet to unfold

So there it is,

Times clock ticks for all

And for all, times are met, in a colorful last fall

I state my case, winded but  ….

For those left adrift to mend their souls

Who’s going to love you?

You need to know!

Mom and Dad for sure, are in the mix

Aunts or Uncles can add to the marching list

Or a boy or girl you met last fall

A dog or cat or something like that

You need to know

Who’s going to love you?

But first one must know

Your-self comes first!

Then all others will line up behind you, just so!

When the sharp day ends

And the dull night begins

I grab a drink

And gaze into clouds

Into where

Life begins

It’s there where my thoughts are bare

Exposed for all the cosmos’s shepherds

To reel me in to be fair

Oh how I wonder what waits for me there

When I slip from earth’s harsh glare

It’s there where I want to reside

Where time and place for me are, set aside

There I will roam so free

Amongst the spirits who have come before me

I hope I see old friends, I knew

Like the ones my dreams have to me, so

I wonder what they would say about me

Living longer than most would care to see

But alas I’m afraid the die is cast

Tomorrows sharp day will cut another path

Until it too rests amongst life’s deceased fools

Who dance within the cosmos’s other souls

So rest my friends and know that all is, and will come to an end

You see

Or a moment only

Until the stars grab your life’s book, wholly

And welcome you, until end of time

Of present and past lives

Of yours’ and……of course mine