I am going to continue my dark spell as both of these last 2 poems were written together. Kinda been a rough patch, but I will come out on top I am sure. Cheers!
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Dreams Inside
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Overstay Your Welcome
Some dark shit – but hey we all have those days right? I am feeling the weight of overstaying my welcome and feel that I have to move on – so here it is.
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I waited to long you see
The walls are closing in on me
Not much left I can do
Not quite sure I can see it through
The rent is late
The man has to be paid
But I am short on pennies
Nothing easy about being a musician
Not gunna lie
Some days I wish I was a fat cat
Just laying around chasing rats
But what the sense in that
I have these fingers and these thoughts
It not something that I bought
Or try to sell
But when the whispers turn to yells
That is when the pain can swell
And swell
Turning you into something you are not
Making you turn your back
On something when it is quite alright
Why do it
Why go now
Just a couple bucks short got you down
There has to be a better way somehow
Life ain’t easy is the saying
But life has a way of displaying
This little cliché in a real way
It never makes sense until that one day
Then you look and say
Shit
These bills
How will I ever pay?
The Coals of Ambition
Can anyone tell me where this is going
I am not quite sure I follow
yet I am content to find out
there is no real place called home
not when living a life on the roam
for what might be better
yet sometimes much worse
my thoughts fumble as my mind wonders
internal rain
perpetual thunder
raking me across the coals of ambition
little did I know it would hold me ransom
these things that I was wishing
holding onto dearly as if the bible
these contemptuous desires should be convicted of liable
they have not given what was prescribed
empty bags straight out lied
and made me feel at home
in a bed of feathers
little did i know my mind it would teather
and hold down with uncertainty
but certainly
I will come out stronger on the other end
I once was a three
Now I am a ten
time to grow up
rather than start again
I will leave it here for tonight
what I said seems alright
I will fall fast asleep
until the the night is bright with
morning light
Beach Town
Beach town
Summers up winters down
The sun warms the shandy’s in this small town
Rusted chairs and concrete sidewalks
Just happy to be hanging out
Walking around
Up and down the main drag
These warm days make up what winter lag
The small shops open their doors
Returning to business once more
A Lakebreeze keeps you cool
While the wispy clouds coming go
Flags hung high and bright
Prepares the soul for a summer night
Sidewalk chalk and burnt out grass
Loving this sitting on my ass
A little getaway is what we need
Watching the grass grow
From this summer seed
Urban Desert
Ughhhh.
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There is a Walmart round the corner
TGI Friday feeding everyone
Can’t get away from this Urban Sun
It’s not easy for the small guys
when the big names move in
This part of town
The big guy always win
Saw two new stores were moving in
Had a little bit of hope within
What is that I asked on day
Gunna be an AutoZone
A clone of the service store we already have
With my hope wounded and deprived
I asked with hope one more time
What is that going to be
A mattress store for you and me
A matress store?
Oh No
Please say it can’t be
How many mattresses do we all need?
Surely this part of town does not need more beds
I know we lay around a lot
But we are not dead
Or maybe that is why the mattress store moved in
So that we would lay down more often
On beds fresh and softened
I get sad when I think of it
Surely does not make me smile
When the world deals you lemons
I get it my car and drive
Mile after mile
To escape this Urban desert
Infested with corporate chains and detached things
Surely this is no way to live
But who am I to disagree
I just put my pen to paper and hope people agree
That this corporate shit ain’t the way to live
There must be an oasis amid all of this
But when they hang the AutoZone sign
Where I come from it’s just a sign of the times
The small guys ran out of pennies and dimes
So here we are under the Urban Desert Sun
I hold my breathe as I look up
Close my eyes
And run
Summer Rain
Summer rain falls mid day
filling the pavements
washing dead bugs and twigs away
cascading on grass so needy
pulling it beneath the earth
taking its fill and nothing greedy
grass blades bend soft with water pose
hoping that the sun will keep it live on loan
but the cloud has filled with pulled cotten clean
billowing the small stacks of steam
I sit and wander
how the world rejoices in summer thunder
for me under the roof i sit and watch
that water falls to the ground
filling the parched holes in the earth
with a simple pitter patter
the wonderful summer sound
Deposit Note
Banks and deposit notes
Pulled up to the curb
Tire scratching the cement shoulder
Reaching and barely hitting the keys
This is just the way it has to be
On a Wednesday
Have to make sure the bills are on time
Lord knows if I am short one dime
It might be the end
Or possibly
The beginning of something new
For now
Just make my deposit
Pray nothing reads Past Due
Ambles
Late night rambles
turning my mind into scrambles
leaving me in shambles
It is terrible
I am tired
It is late
Why do I put off sleep
procrastinate
prolongate
something that should be shortened
to a simple task
the computer breathes for me
keeps me going
all this and no real knowing
if it really does anything at all
my mind is scrambled
and my eyelids are about to fall
Boiled Noodles
Boiled noodles midnight in Michigan
My hunger has me going again
Boiling water and some salt will do
Just something to get me through
Water bubbles quick and constant
Soften up the noodles please
From the small pan emits the steam
The refrigerator buzz keeps me awake
Constant hum for god sake
Shut that thing off or turn it down
It is the only thing that I can hear now
Filling up my ears with constant buzz
Keeping the food safe and cool
Mind wandering through pantries and closets
To fill my stomach
Sitting quirky in the kitchen den
Back to waiting for those noodles again
My Soul Thaw
I am literally thawing out from such a frigid winter this year. 80 degrees and 100 humidity never felt so good. I am glad that summer has decided to show up for a couple of months. We will see how long it lasts. I hope that you are enjoying the beginning days of your summer also. I hope it is a great time of year! Cheers!
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