My Soul is dead,
I will not lie,
For I was there
And saw it die.

Is it worth the risk,
the rest of your life,
when you begin to covet
another man's wife?
Or is it not a covet,
but merely a try
to have a conversation,
just one more time.
How can you be lonely,
when there's someone near,
who's physical presence is now,
with mental capacity, not here.
There is no conversation, coming to me
for I've lost the concentration
about what I need to be.
I'm saddened now; I want her to stay.
Only time will tell
which one goes away.

Goodbye to my sister
and my brother too,
for I will now leave you
in your own political stew.
Defend to the end,
what you seem to believe.
You are no longer family,
saying this now, when I leave.
Don't call tomorrow. Don't send a note,
unless it's to tell me now,
you have changed your vote.

Fear not the life
that lies ahead,
for once you're dead,
you are dead.

Down the long path,
in fading light,
I recall a past journey,
before the twilight .
A trip to remember
to a beautiful site.
If I could only
remember the night,
lost from my memory,
now out of sight.

Look in the past for the beautiful
image, I see next to me.
No one can tell us we can't love
each other, until the time we're free.
Please help me now,
for I feel like a stranger;
A strange thought for me.
Walk this way with me forever
and I will make you see,
my heart is breaking now,
as I no longer can be,
the mirror in the window,
of you looking back at me.

Poor decisions
have consequences,
for all,
including you,
Donald Trump.

Sometimes I want to
lead a simpler life,
without hate or strife.
A place to live
around our friends,
where your life's mistakes
require no amends.

The coming darkness
of a long cold night,
comes gradually, once more
as day enters twilight.
When the light of day
dwindles down
and fades away
to a moonlit sky,
with stars a flicker.
We pass the time
but it goes not quicker.
When the dawn breaks
like a clap of thunder,
our night of fun will
still be a wonder.

An exercise, done on command:
Draw a picture of your hand.
This was done 40 years ago.
Why I didn't continue? I don't know.
So now, I must, with old brain
Start again, working to re-train,
My eyes to capture, what I see,
On to paper again, so readily.