I didn’t expect /
“Already I’m so lonely*”/
To have much meaning.
OR
*lonesome
I didn’t expect /
“Already I’m so lonely*”/
To have much meaning.
OR
*lonesome
Mamma may be proud, /
but that won’t guarantee her/
child’s love or respect.
She birthed, changed, fed, clothed,
taught and loved him. In his new/
life, he stood her up.
OR
A child with a good/
relation with his mom should/
never stand her up.
Behold, I’ve become
Daddi-o, destroyer of/
my relationships.
It might be time I/
stop guessing what gifts I should/
give. I’m not that good.
OR:
It might be time to/
stop guessing what gifts to give./
Seems I’m not that good.
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When you’ve blown someone/
away with a gift, it’s hard/
to ever repeat.
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Folks should know: When they’re/
not enthused getting gifts, the /
source dries up quickly.
Torn tendons. Torqued back./
Bruised wrist. Blisters. Bad eyes. Scouts,/
yard work, or marriage?
My early life seemed always
to play the same old song.
I lived a decades-long phase
where I was told “You’re wrong.”
Everything I did or said
was corrected or changed.
It at last went to my head.
I felt foolish and deranged.
In my effort to change my life
I took another way.
I dumped corrective strife.
It seemed foolish to stay.
Now I see the truth of my strange and weird way:
I’m at last honest. Now I must be certain of what I say.
There are truths which need/
to be said, for your sake, but/
kept private for hers.