Richer

A great storyteller

A better friend

Broken hearts needing to mend

A mischievous smile

An even slier wink

What I would give

To share one more drink

Gone too soon

Fate pulled us apart

But fate can’t take

What’s in our hearts

Rich

The sun's not as bright
The laughter's not as loud

The clouds are a shade grayer
Someone's missing from the crowd

Another void has opened
Endlessly wide and deep

Cherished memories flowing
To be shared and to keep

No one wants to believe
No one wants to forget

But life goes on
Don’t dwell on regret

His soul lives on
As we keep him in our hearts

A new soul emerges
As one departs

The sun's not as bright
The laughter's not as loud

The clouds are a shade grayer
Someone's missing from the crowd

Another void has opened
Endlessly wide and deep

Cherished memories flowing
To be shared and to keep

No one wants to believe
No one wants to forget

But life goes on
Don’t dwell on regret

His soul lives on
As we keep him in our hearts

A new soul emerges
As one departs

Concept Over Content

If I came to you with a problem
would you listen or blow me off

Can I count on you
or count you out

That's really what I am asking

I know if I offered you a beer
you wouldn’t refuse

We’re at least that close

Right now you’re wondering
why is this guy going on so

He hasn’t made a single point or rhyme

Well let me tell you valentine
this ain’t no fucking fairytale

I just don’t have the time
to make every thought I have
coherent in a rhyme

Sometimes words
just flow from my head

If I don’t let them out
my brain may hemorrhage

Then I’d be dead

Would that work for you
my shadow friend

Would that be real for you
or would you just pretend

Not to notice I’m gone
or was ever really here

Sorry to bother you
with my stupid words
and concerns

You can stop now
this is the end

No Love Lost

She's such a
hypocritical bitch
Goes off on a rant
over any little glitch

But let someone else
dare do the same
She'll curse them
before speaking their name

Apologies not excepted
by little Miss Bitch
She's too high and mighty
and you make her itch

No love lost
making her list
I consider it a privilege
to earn the Queen's dis

She doesn't get over
someone making her bite
Carries that shit forever
in her virtual Samsonite

Yeah, she carries plenty
of baggage around
Maybe she's earned it
some lost, more found

I get over being angry
after the initial cause
If it leaves anyone aggrieved
no love lost

Emotion in motion
keeps this world roatating
To cling to one instance
you gotta love hating

Get over it
you self-centerd bitch
It was a moment in time
a temporary hitch

Hanging onto all that hate
is gonna make you ill
But, it's your life to lose
hate at will

If the only interaction
is reproach and accost
Then for my part
there's no love lost

The Road

Sometimes life gets to be a load
Want to pack up my shit
And hit the road

No where in particular I want to go
Away from here is the only goal
Heading down the road

No destination on my mind
Drive and see what I can find
Movin’ on down the road

Don’t need much, can travel light
Stop and find whatever I might
Cruisin’ down the road

Stop when I want to have a bite
Or keep on going into the night
Following endless road

Visit friends long since lost
Friendships worth any cost
From life’s winding road

Ramble on a boundless trip
Outside restricting societal grip
Freedom reigns on the road

End will come upon sometime
Whether it be humble or sublime
Somewhere down the road

When it does I won’t fret
No disappointment or regret
At the end of the road

Sacrilege

Never have been
One to pray

Take care of things
My own way

From a young age
I was taught

But all efforts
Were for naught

They wanted me
To believe

But in conscience
I could not conceive

I profess to be
More logic founded

My beliefs
Realistically grounded

I only know
What I observe

I have never
Bowed or served

There are only a few
I owe a debt

That is me and mine
Without regret

For true Christians
This behooves no distress

Love all equally
Is what they profess

But preaching and practice
Don’t always coincide

No surprise when
The two collide

Hypocrisy abounds
In religious philosophy

Do unto others
Except for me

Not impressed by
Words from the pulpit

Mere self righteous
Self-serving bullshit

More practice
And less declaration

May win you
More admiration

Until you practice
As you preach

You’re no more
Than a parasitic leach

Close your bible
And open your mind

You may be more prophetic
With what you find