"Mistakes"

The way to get good at things

Is to mess things up forever

When you finally come to your senses

Learn from your mistakes.

October 14, 2026

"Intoxicating"

Evil is afflictive

Bound up in hating

It must be addictive

Intoxicating.

October 10, 2026

"Hard"

I was living in a dream world 

   Yes, a

      dream

         world

And a dream world is a hard place to leave.

October 4, 2026

"Fated"

Everything was going well

The storyteller somberly stated

When everything went to Hell

   (some things just seem fated).

October 1, 2026

"Storm"

When dodging a storm

By minutes and inches

Those who say you nay

Are but joykilling Grinches.

September 26, 2026

"Woe"

You're looking for a crippled crow

Writhing on the ground

One consumed with so much woe

His ego you can pound.

September 26, 2026

"Kill"

You can't kill my spirit

   (as you feel you MUST)

Instead you inspirit

   (in God I place my TRUST).

September 26, 2026

"Mayhem"

When you're headed into a storm

Into the teeth of mayhem

It's a chance to transform

And merit the anadem.

September 25, 2026

"Meaning"

Each of us finds meaning

   (in his own way)

It's all in what we're gleaning

   (from Life, day-to-day).

September 23, 2026

"Sins"

He was getting his life together

But he still had sins to pay

We may hope to avoid the nether

But endings? (we have no say).

September 22, 2026

"Fooled"

Because you listened to the crazies

You were so sadly tooled

You had a case of the lazies

And let yourself be fooled.

September 14, 2026

"Lie"

Grappling with a lie

You are

   (or it's grappling you).

September 13, 2026

"Darkness"

When you light up the room

   Darkness fights back.

September 12, 2026

"Skull"

When I bought my crystal skull 

At a pawn shop in L.A.

I found her oh so dull

That I gave her away.

September 10, 2026

"Redemption"

The quest for Redemption

   (no matter the price)

Pursued without exemption

   (leads not to Paradise).

September 8, 2026

"Quit"

It's not "either or"

It's "both and" 

So quit keeping score 

   (and give us a hand).

September 1, 2026

"Mayhem"

I appreciate the niceties

The curtsies, the bows, the pleasantries

What would Life be without them?

In their absence, only mayhem.

July 27, 2026

"Wolves"

In a world of wolves and sheep

We learn to watch our step

It's not about the friends we keep

But how far we're willing to shlep.

July 24, 2026

"Seething"

The problem with coping and seething 

Is that coping gives me hope 

Then the seething part is easy 

   (with just that little rope).

July 6, 2026

"Surviving"

A meerkat, a boar, and a lion cub

Somehow become friends

Surviving hunger in their little club

The means justifying the ends.

June 25, 2026