Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The Kohls

Let's put our heart and soul 
In carefree cruise control
Now let's go for a stroll
Down this manicured knoll
Oh their tottering foal...
Look how beautiful!
We must have reached the Kohls
I hear their rock and roll
See salad in the bowl
Patties on the charcoal
Let's kiss and pay the toll
So here's our casserole
To make your table whole 
Oh let the good times roll! 

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

All I Heard

There once was a little word
who loved to fly about
a town which oft was dark
though rarely lights did flash.
One day it saw the light and flew
from the town, but then was lost
inside another maze of flesh.
It fell through a hole and broke
But all I heard was someone spoke.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Happiness

True happiness is shy.
You need to be gentle and soft,
sincere and kind,
because happiness can always tell
when people demand its presence
only for selfish pleasures,
and when they genuinely wish
to welcome happiness home,
and honor their dignified guest,
with care at home inside their heart.

Happiness is pure and simple,
requires only that you meet
its soft presence with yours.
Happiness will silently sit,
caress your arms that long
have held heaps of hurt within.
Happiness will sing,
perfume the glory of your being,
cool the treacherous loathing within
with every flap of each wing.

But only if you care enough
to invite happiness home.
So open your windows at night,
let this shy presence now glide in,
unseen by the glaring daylight.
Listen for the soothing sound
of it preening its feathers,
consistent as breathing,
or the calm regular beats
of peaceful open hearts.