Category: Poetry

To the tune of Bryan Adam’s “Summer of ’69” Got first word of some sicknessAt the dawn of the sweet springtimeTold things were gonna get really hairy‘Cause of something called COVID one-nine

Driving Highway 50 from my homeSix months in, feeling all aloneI’ve got an important duty to fillBut sometimes wish I could just take a pillOne that would take away the painAm I going insane?

Grows lovely does sheThe lily of the valleyArching her blooming petals with lusterAnd stagnant I sagRotten to my rootWilted and troddened down with shame Pick me pick meDon’t mow me overTake me take meDon’t throw me outPlant me plant meSo I can grow againThe shovel’s in your hands Blowing across the fieldI catch wind of…

Looking at my crushThrough a glass onionCaptivated from afarUp close, I glance awaySeeming uninterestedAfraid you’ll finally catch meIn your petite tractor beamReeled into the pitch darknessOf your lovely eyesI hope you’ll dismissMy more-than-occasional focusCentered on your tender lipsAs I drift to paradiseAlong the melody of your lullabyeYour song soothes meAs you strum your lyreLike Saul,…

Munching on dark biscottiSame color as your hairYour eyes as beadedAnd black they pull me inYou pull me inBut as I look upon youI can see myselfIn your eyesI can see my reflectionIn your eyes  I watch you from a distanceLike a juvenile little crushYou come near and I feelMy heartbeat starts to run My…

Oh that I would one-Day love You with all my heartAnd my strength andEvery crevice of my mindThat someday I wouldFall madly in love with YouThat Your light wouldSomeday shine through my life You love me thoughAll I am is a pile of dustAnd You made me soOne day I would love You moreYou love…