Middle of the night, I reach out

To find her sleeping next to me.

I softly sigh as she starts to purr,

My world is right, sweet Sammy.

04/09/2019

Weather’s warm, the sky is blue,

Perfect chance to finally unwind.

Alas, I cannot taste the kiss of peace,

For the storm that rages in my mind.

04/08/2019

Been through lots of awful stuff,

Everyone has, in their own way.

But now that I have burned quite out,

May I please just fade away?

03/01/2019

Watching the snow fall down from above,

While Sammy and I are lying in bed.

Silence is pierced by screaming winds,

And all of the voices inside my head.

01/19/2019

Watching the rain fall from the sky,

Yet I’m inside safe, warm and dry.

And while our conditions are far apart,

A dark storm rages within my heart.

12/31/2018

As an older man, I sit cold and alone,

My eyes lost in the rage of the storm.

Behind me at the table, my son and his girl,

Whisper, giggle and are warm.

09/05/2018

I possess no magic,

No special powers.

I am just a man,

Who walks the earth.

An earth which owes me

Nothing.

Food, water and air

Are all given on account.

And when my debt is due,

I will die.

My body returning sustenance

To that earth which,

Granted to me the quickest glimpse,

Of the beauty and wonder

That is the world.

07/30/2018

Nose to the grindstone, still lost my job.

Working was life, pushing away all my friends.

Is it time for me to start another chapter,

Or is this where my story finally ends?

06/11/2018

Cleaning up the diet, working out every day,

Seems overwhelming, like a Herculean feat.

But I have to get with it so that when I die,

Sammy has something nutritious to eat.

05/29/2018

Having a penis is a dangerous thing.

Like having a camera with auto-zoom.

It makes me buy ridiculous stuff,

Like Kim Kardashian’s latest perfume…

05/10/2018