https://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/ "Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." Nietzsche
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
now and again
every now and again
when the wind is blowing just right
I hear the music playing
like it did our very first night
maybe it's just the mesquite
or the call of the nightingale
but I know I can hear it
and I think I always will
when billowy clouds are forming
in the eastern morning sky
I think I see you looking
with those crystal clear blue eyes
and if I squint mine tightly
I think I catch your wink
maybe it just the sun's glare
or you're closer than I think
I can smell the raindrops
and all the flowers that bloom
I can hear the music
that I first heard with you
I can hear you singing
in that perfect pitch
I still get the feeling
that I want much more of this
no longer are there messages
that you used to text
my phone no longer ringing
and this I truly miss
while you're slaying your dragons
mine won't leave me alone
you don't miss what you don't have
'cause you're not coming home
many things left here waiting
the papers are stacking up
no longer sharing coffee
you took your favorite cup
the dust settled on the floorboards
with all you left behind
I could see our future
but I think that you were blind
I can smell the raindrops
and all the flowers that bloom
I can hear the music
that I first heard with you
I can hear you singing
in that perfect pitch
I still get the feeling
that I want much more of this
yes, I still get the feeling
that I want much more of this
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
lazy?
procrastination
putting off till tomorrow
the stuff that you can
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promise to keep
she wanders the house
from room to room
moonlight shines
in the dark gloom
a mist of a girl
from long ago
gone is everyting
she use'd to know
she checks on the family
all sound asleep
ponders, remembers
memories that seep
all faded now
like flowers that die
but when they sweep over
she mournfully cries
dawn breaks the clouds
she goes through the wall
doesn't know she's a spirit
she doesn't recall
eternity of guarding
the family that sleeps
this is her bidding
her promise to keep
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tender
you didn't need to answer
I already knew
that they were fools
for letting you go
taking away
more than what you offered
which was everything
crushing your soul
in the process
giving not much
of themselves
selfish, they were
I will tender
more than what is asked
subtracting any heartache
investing my love
with immense returns
in our future
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I already knew
that they were fools
for letting you go
taking away
more than what you offered
which was everything
crushing your soul
in the process
giving not much
of themselves
selfish, they were
I will tender
more than what is asked
subtracting any heartache
investing my love
with immense returns
in our future
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shake it off
there's more to being a cowboy
than living way out west
wearing those wrangler jeans
and that funny, fringed suede vest
your Ariat cowboy boots
that white, straw cowboy hat
there's more to being a cowboy
we'll just see about that
you're never riding the range
don't even own a horse
that's not all it takes
I know this of course
you know nothing of roping
or how to dog a steer
those funny midwest ways
have made this very clear
you can call us ma'am
from morning until dusk
you can talk to cactus
while you're shaking off the dust
you can sing those country songs
with lyrics you don't know
but you are not a cowboy sir
you need to let that go
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than living way out west
wearing those wrangler jeans
and that funny, fringed suede vest
your Ariat cowboy boots
that white, straw cowboy hat
there's more to being a cowboy
we'll just see about that
you're never riding the range
don't even own a horse
that's not all it takes
I know this of course
you know nothing of roping
or how to dog a steer
those funny midwest ways
have made this very clear
you can call us ma'am
from morning until dusk
you can talk to cactus
while you're shaking off the dust
you can sing those country songs
with lyrics you don't know
but you are not a cowboy sir
you need to let that go
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always
you stand in my corner
watching my back
and I know
no one can hurt me
nothing can touch me
they would have to
contend with you
always
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watching my back
and I know
no one can hurt me
nothing can touch me
they would have to
contend with you
always
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Monday, June 7, 2021
coin toss
what happens now?
your future love secure
the shadow laying dormant
and the door left ajar
successful in separating
the fact from the fiction
without delving too deep
and causing more friction
one heart secure
the other wild and free
one strokes your mind
the other stokes your needs
you finally read the book
from cover to cover
solve all the mystery
see what's uncovered
the choice always yours
as you flip the quarter
is it heads or tails?
is it friend, is it lover?
one heart secure
the other wild and free
one strokes your mind
the other stokes your needs
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wait and see
bright and shiny, like a new penny
strong and bitter like day old coffee
some say that, we're not better off
I say let's just wait and see
one can win, always a loser
there is nothing that you can do
root for one, despise the other
I say let's just wait and see
don't draw a line too deep in sand
don't turn your back on what we need
wait for the reason, before you scoff
I say let's just wait and see
healing may take a long time to come
what we need isn't that far off
I'm on board with ticket in hand
I say let's just wait and see
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strong and bitter like day old coffee
some say that, we're not better off
I say let's just wait and see
one can win, always a loser
there is nothing that you can do
root for one, despise the other
I say let's just wait and see
don't draw a line too deep in sand
don't turn your back on what we need
wait for the reason, before you scoff
I say let's just wait and see
healing may take a long time to come
what we need isn't that far off
I'm on board with ticket in hand
I say let's just wait and see
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Sunday, June 6, 2021
F word
that's right, I say it
sometimes when I'm so angry
the F word just works!
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Friday, June 4, 2021
coffee
as soon as it hits my bloodstream
my thoughts organize
the fog lifts from my brain
I am awake
my hands twitch
after the third
I don't care!
where would I be
if I didn't have
this magnificent
morning drug
a pick me up in the afternoon
a rev my engine miracle
ah, coffee!
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my thoughts organize
the fog lifts from my brain
I am awake
my hands twitch
after the third
I don't care!
where would I be
if I didn't have
this magnificent
morning drug
a pick me up in the afternoon
a rev my engine miracle
ah, coffee!
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the best thing
You were wearing a yellow shirt
sit next to me and we start to flirt
my favorite bar in my favorite town
life was dull before you came around
you're the best thing I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
my leg accidently touches your knee
a current of violent electricity
ravages my body and you feel it too
my mind spinning in this crowded room
you're the best thing that I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
I'm at a loss, should have known how'd be
truth be told, it's a two way street
I must admit I don't understand
why I lose my head even holding your hand
you're the best thing that I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
There's no explanation, or simple excuse
For intoxication I feel around you
during the day and from dusk till dawn
every month and all year long
you're the best thing that I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
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sit next to me and we start to flirt
my favorite bar in my favorite town
life was dull before you came around
you're the best thing I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
my leg accidently touches your knee
a current of violent electricity
ravages my body and you feel it too
my mind spinning in this crowded room
you're the best thing that I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
I'm at a loss, should have known how'd be
truth be told, it's a two way street
I must admit I don't understand
why I lose my head even holding your hand
you're the best thing that I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
There's no explanation, or simple excuse
For intoxication I feel around you
during the day and from dusk till dawn
every month and all year long
you're the best thing that I've ever done
two is better than only just one
I guess I knew right from the start
you'd be the one to steal my heart
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Thursday, June 3, 2021
mon amour
voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
me tenir fermer et m’aimer
je vous donnerai toute ma passion
Je vous offre une durée de vie de l’amour
voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
tout ce que j’ai est le vôtre
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me tenir fermer et m’aimer
je vous donnerai toute ma passion
Je vous offre une durée de vie de l’amour
voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
tout ce que j’ai est le vôtre
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all about you
it wasn't food I was hungry for
it was something with no calories
you would have expended them though
it was food for thought I needed
and as usual, I got what I wanted
thoughts as deep as Voltaire,
mind games
I can play them with the best
but you...you took my thoughts
tossing them aside as fruitless
nothing to do with you
when in fact, it WAS about you
always; every time;
all about you
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it was something with no calories
you would have expended them though
it was food for thought I needed
and as usual, I got what I wanted
thoughts as deep as Voltaire,
mind games
I can play them with the best
but you...you took my thoughts
tossing them aside as fruitless
nothing to do with you
when in fact, it WAS about you
always; every time;
all about you
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very, very
if I had one cent
each time you said "I love you"
I would be wealthy
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each time you said "I love you"
I would be wealthy
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
and more
you are my morning song
my evening prayer
the day to day wish
what I needed,
longed for;
hoped
wishes can come true
dreams become reality
all of this
I have with you
and more
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my evening prayer
the day to day wish
what I needed,
longed for;
hoped
wishes can come true
dreams become reality
all of this
I have with you
and more
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clarity
clarity came not too long after
hanging like vines from wooden rafters
blowing gently to and fro
whispering it's time to go
go I did when the time was right
slipping gracefully into the night
blinded by faith, deaf to reason
the sun was hot and I was freezin'
catering to your every whim
the prognosis very grim
trying to wait out months of rain
left me pallid and in much pain
you didn't think I'd every leave
that you had all the time you'd need
I surprised you after all
exiting just before last call
using my brain and not my heart
I should've used it from the start
the puppeteer that held the strings
wonders what tomorrow brings
thinking 'bout grace and God and such
pondering if he gave too much
writing songs about what was
with only one left to applaud
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hanging like vines from wooden rafters
blowing gently to and fro
whispering it's time to go
go I did when the time was right
slipping gracefully into the night
blinded by faith, deaf to reason
the sun was hot and I was freezin'
catering to your every whim
the prognosis very grim
trying to wait out months of rain
left me pallid and in much pain
you didn't think I'd every leave
that you had all the time you'd need
I surprised you after all
exiting just before last call
using my brain and not my heart
I should've used it from the start
the puppeteer that held the strings
wonders what tomorrow brings
thinking 'bout grace and God and such
pondering if he gave too much
writing songs about what was
with only one left to applaud
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Gone
I will not look behind me
I know you are still there
Where you belong
And where you shall stay
Even if I should lose
I know you are still there
Where you belong
And where you shall stay
Even if I should lose
whereI got to today...
Don't ask me to stop
Or back up
I refuse--won't do it
As the days grow older
Months fading to years
Hearts weaken and wonder
Memories thick as flies on honey
Don't wait for me or look for me
I am gone
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Don't ask me to stop
Or back up
I refuse--won't do it
As the days grow older
Months fading to years
Hearts weaken and wonder
Memories thick as flies on honey
Don't wait for me or look for me
I am gone
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hues
time is ticking slowly on the clock upon the wall
people wander aimlessly, don't understand at all
I only take a minute, press speed dial when I call
my baby doesn't answer, my spirit starts to fall
I know you told me 'bout your plans, but I was in a hurry
just to get to work on time you know I had to scurry
all the reasons that you gave at this time are so blurry
a million thoughts race through my mind so now I start to worry
rainy streets are empty, as I hasten across town
somehow I have this feeling, that I have let you down
my brows are knit together, my lips are one big frown
I pray I'm overthinking and that everything is sound
your truck is in the driveway, the house is dark as pitch
I turn my key inside the lock, fumble with the switch
I'm ready to apologize for being such a bitch
sort it out like laundry, eliminate this glitch
there you are so peacefully, sleeping under covers
I wonder what you're dreaming, laying there in slumber
of all the many winters, and our wonderful summers
even as you rest there, it's my name that you still mumble
quietly, I get undressed and climb in next to you
wondering about the reason that I'm feeling oh so blue
your arms reach out to hold me, what you say is nothing new
all is right within your arms as evening shows its hues
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people wander aimlessly, don't understand at all
I only take a minute, press speed dial when I call
my baby doesn't answer, my spirit starts to fall
I know you told me 'bout your plans, but I was in a hurry
just to get to work on time you know I had to scurry
all the reasons that you gave at this time are so blurry
a million thoughts race through my mind so now I start to worry
rainy streets are empty, as I hasten across town
somehow I have this feeling, that I have let you down
my brows are knit together, my lips are one big frown
I pray I'm overthinking and that everything is sound
your truck is in the driveway, the house is dark as pitch
I turn my key inside the lock, fumble with the switch
I'm ready to apologize for being such a bitch
sort it out like laundry, eliminate this glitch
there you are so peacefully, sleeping under covers
I wonder what you're dreaming, laying there in slumber
of all the many winters, and our wonderful summers
even as you rest there, it's my name that you still mumble
quietly, I get undressed and climb in next to you
wondering about the reason that I'm feeling oh so blue
your arms reach out to hold me, what you say is nothing new
all is right within your arms as evening shows its hues
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Saturday, May 29, 2021
I know
I know right now it's hurting, and I would get the blues
I know you should have found yourself before we started anew
I know there were some obstacles I thought I could out run
I know I would rather hurt than not to have even tried
I know that there's a lesson--a lesson to be learned
I know it's in here somewhere, where all of these feelings churn
I know that I can't see the sun and all it does is rain
I know that you don't hurt, because you weren't in love
I know I thought you hid it, didn't want me to see
I know that this was wrong, in-spite of my belief
I know I felt the heat and stood too close to the flame
I know that for this hurt, I am partially to blame
I know that when sleep comes, there you are again
I know that when I wake, you will disappear
I know that you are gone and someday this will fade
I know it won't hurt always, but that's all I feel today
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desire
I longed for the pleasures
desired more treasures
all that I yearned for I get
but I forfeit my soul
when fire took control
and it burns internally yet
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Friday, May 28, 2021
that reason to love
When you find someone, that someone special
When everything is right
When true love is shared
When all old heartaches ebb
Then, and only then...
Do you find that purpose,
That reason to smile,
That reason to love
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When everything is right
When true love is shared
When all old heartaches ebb
Then, and only then...
Do you find that purpose,
That reason to smile,
That reason to love
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depths
Go ahead and watch
See all that is here,
what could have been yours
Live vicariously through my media
It is all posted for you to see,
Well most of it anyway
What you discarded, another cherishes
Another nurtures
Another is loved
In depths that you will never find
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See all that is here,
what could have been yours
Live vicariously through my media
It is all posted for you to see,
Well most of it anyway
What you discarded, another cherishes
Another nurtures
Another is loved
In depths that you will never find
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
not touching you
I'm not touching you
my sister said...
her finger a tiny fraction
away from nose...
I'll tell mom!
I'm not touching you
the cowboy said...
sitting on his metal horse
a fraction from my heart...
who do I tell?
my sister said...
her finger a tiny fraction
away from nose...
I'll tell mom!
I'm not touching you
the cowboy said...
sitting on his metal horse
a fraction from my heart...
who do I tell?
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
forward
I burned the bridges, turned the page
learned some lessons on the way
escaped from sadness and from harm
your vanity disguised as charm
when I was out, your pulled me in
never afraid to try again
not worth the pain that I went through
I did my best to get to you
there comes a point where there is none
needing to be the only one
I turned and ran a different path
eyes looked forward, never back
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learned some lessons on the way
escaped from sadness and from harm
your vanity disguised as charm
when I was out, your pulled me in
never afraid to try again
not worth the pain that I went through
I did my best to get to you
there comes a point where there is none
needing to be the only one
I turned and ran a different path
eyes looked forward, never back
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dreams
when the dreams came,
they were bent, twisted
distortion of faces
deformed representation
of what I knew; felt...
when I slept at all
which was little
grace appeared
returning sweet slumber
happy thoughts
of what is to be
welcomed...
dreams sent by angels
of you and me
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they were bent, twisted
distortion of faces
deformed representation
of what I knew; felt...
when I slept at all
which was little
grace appeared
returning sweet slumber
happy thoughts
of what is to be
welcomed...
dreams sent by angels
of you and me
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