This day is yours, it belongs to you,Do anything that you desire to do.Watch your favorite shows, eat your favorite food,Do anything that puts you in a good mood. Your friends are here to celebrate too,This day is yours, it belongs to you.You’ve been working too hard, you need a break,Sit down and have another piece of cake. Open the presents your friends have bought,You can see they’ve given this plenty of thought.This d...

Nikolai reached his hand into his pocket and felt the knife. He had worked for weeks on it, slowly grinding down the stone blade day by day. He only had one chance to take out the guard when he reached the perimeter. From there he would have to rush to the lake and assemble the raft he had made out of drop cloths he found lying around the prison camp behind the officer’s quarters. He thought about his wife when she woke u...

She’s hot and wet when she greets me in the morning, I know of no better way to wake up. And when I need her she is always there, She fills my loving cup. It is an affair that has been going on for years, And she will continue to comfort when I’m old. When I am down she perks me up, She warms me when I am cold. Dark and bold she comes to me, More beautiful than any sunrise. Like a gypsy with her magic charms, She has the...

Two young brothers are left at home, All by their lonesome selves, The older one notices a new toy, Sitting high up on a shelf. He climbs up and brings on down, What he believes is a toy gun, He thinks about the games they’ll play, Boy this sure will be fun. He aims the ‘toy’ at his little brother, And shoots him in the head, But that gun was not a toy at all, And soon the three-year-old is dead. When a child dies, All th...

Dedicated to combat veterans and PTSD sufferers, wherever they may be...thank you for your service... An Enemy That Haunts My Mind... In the middle of the night I lie in bed, Fighting an enemy that’s in my head. An enemy that’s always there, An enemy that won’t play fair. An enemy that haunts my mind, An enemy that is not kind. The price paid for doing good, Of doing like I’m told I should. Serving my country in time of w...

It’s All Hallow’s Eve and there’s little sound, Except for a few goblins dancing around,An old witch creates another evil spell,Summoning demons from down in Hell. The old hag stirs her boiling stew,Adds eye of a newt, and another shrew,The cauldron bubbles over the roaring fire,The smoke rising up, higher and higher. A black cat watches and suddenly screams,It’s enough to haunt anyone’s dreams,The old woman smiles an evi...

I wish it could be different, I wish there was another way, If only for the sake of your children, I would have liked to stay. I came into your life a few years back, When you were looking for a man, I’ve tried to help anyway I could, But I’ve done all that I can. Your kids took to me from the start, And they always called me ‘Dad.’ You even told me more than once, That I was the best they ever had. But you just used me f...

You won’t read this,but if you do, you’ll walk away.You’re gone, now, aren’t you? You won’t even score. No comment.You don’t care.I don’t care about you either.I write for me. You think I’m writing for your enjoyment?Think I’m posting because I want attention?I want nothing like that.Fame, fortune, glory, awards,all are just side effects.Not for me. Okay, awards, maybe.I like those.It’s nice to be recognised by peers,but...

Tiredness dripping from my eyes, I open my word processorand type.I type nothing,or perhaps something.A narration of what I’m doing.Presently lying on my side,typing this story.I say story because itain’t no poem.A poem uses rhymesand metaphor,scans and stuff.I write this way just because,really I don’t know why.I think this is the longestway of typing a lot without making a point.Yep, you’ve just wasted a little bit of t...

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Moved to Colorado the other day, Told the wife I needed to get away.I guess she didn't think that I'd be gone long,Since all I packed was underwear and a bong.The decision to move was easy to make,In fact, it was a piece of cake.Ten long years with that naggin' bitch,I definitely knew it was time for a switch.One day I just realized that I had enough,So I grabbed a bag, and packed my stuff,Didn't even bother to say 'Goodb...

Note: This was written for the print anthology..."Mandela, The Man, His Life, Its Meaning, Our Words"...to be released by Inner Child Press in early 2014... Madiba He was the voice of those who had no voice, The spokesman for the oppressed.He became a true hero to the downtrodden,Who had been denied their basic human rights.There were those who tried to stop him,But he proved himself a true force of nature.Because you can...

People always offer opinions and advice, As to what you should or shouldn’t do, Though they can barely manage themselves, They seem to know what’s best for you. An old friend offers relationship advice, As he talks about his latest divorce, He always blames his latest ex-wife, And I just nod and say “But, of course.” Another friend offers financial advice, Talking stocks and bonds on the phone, I’d probably take him a bit...

"There's probably not a lot you can do." "Stop worrying, you're doing all you can." "She's not going to listen to you."  "She's going to hate you for this." "She's never going to trust you again." "You aren't going to get that friendship back." "Why'd you do that? Just leave her alone." "Walk away, just walk away." "It's too much, walk away." "Just walk away." "Walk away." Leave. Anybody else would, why don't you? Why don...

I often wonder: If I became A celebrity, Would you admire me? If I became Filthy rich, Would you be my friend? If I became A best-selling author, Would you read my books? If I became A schoolteacher, Would you learn from me? If I called you Crying in the middle Of the night, Would you pick up and answer? If I were An ü ber-nerd, Would you hang out with me? If I moved away, Would you come visit me? If I was in need, Would...