Should I Retreat
• 04/14/24 at 06:19AM •Should I retreat
and simply run away,
for there is nothing special,
to cause me to stay.
Sometimes, we are invited,
but we fail to see the note.
Sometimes, we applaud,
or actually have a vote.
Should I retreat
and simply run away,
for there is nothing special,
to cause me to stay.
Sometimes, we are invited,
but we fail to see the note.
Sometimes, we applaud,
or actually have a vote.
Green was the grass,
near somewhere I'd be,
down by the river,
where you could find me.
Forewarned the wind,
of events, yet to come.
Bad news for many,
Good news for some.
Once, our lives were,
joyous and peaceful,
next the attacks,
so blatantly willful.
Attacking the innocent,
elsewhere, abroad,
In the name of
a different God.
Are you a skeptic,
of things you, see?
I am, at the moment,
for I cannot see, thee.
When did life,
lose its simplicity,
of loving thy neighbor,
and do unto thee?
To respect others
and all the family,
building it with love
and civility.
From out of the dust,
of ill-gotten gains,
who is the culprit,
sharing the blame?
Comes forth, the dark horse,
with all the trash it will bring,
pouring forth the truth,
with each song to sing.
A bright,
heavenly floss,
a thread, suspended in air,
flits across my head.
What a strange phenomenon,
on this early Spring morning,
when bits of colored thread,
from the recently born spirits,
encompasses you.
Golden rays of sunshine,
filtered through,
flowering trees,
bringing an essence.
A scent which will overcome,
all your earthly desires.
Church bells,
clattered, clanging in the night,
a continual noise,
putting earthly spirits in flight.
Is it time to give up,
playing this game,
searching for someone to love,
not my intent to name.
I wrote this before moving my beloved into
a Memory Care facility. I have modified some
of the quirks or rules I did not follow for the
benefit of the reader and the writer. Unfortunately,
I cannot modify the text. So you see what I wrote
03/19/2018.
If I,
With wisdom,
Chose to say,
From now on,
No better day,
Would ever
Let it be,
To run
Or walk
Eternally,
To a better life,
Than you have known
Or have more wisdom
Than you have shown.
One day soon,
When I am gray,
I will not choose
To run away.
Loneliness, a state,
of euphoric indifference.
Relationship not there,
Love's last, lonely remembrance.
When a love is lost,
no matter the cause.
How do you take heartache?
Placing it, on hold or pause?
No matter the time,
no matter the season,
a love lost may,
have many a reason.