in the end, you weren't any stronger
in fact, the last time we met
the opposite happened
I grew stronger, more in control
you, a distant beacon
once glowing brightly
now--dim
what little you learned of me
wouldn't fill a thimble
and every time I told you
you said hmmm, "I don't think that's true"
but it was..
not the way we connected
you said
I set a new course, one just for me
and every footstep away from you
made me more sure
after all I had thought
that my future would hold...
wasn't even close to what I got
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https://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/ "Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." Nietzsche
Monday, July 19, 2021
aging
I walked room to room
forgetting what I needed
aging sucks big time!
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forgetting what I needed
aging sucks big time!
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truly blessed
don't know how I got so lucky
I am truly blessed
you said I was a keeper
discarding all the rest
heaven smiles upon us
the full moon shines above
stars twinkle in the nighttime sky
because I am your love
the rains are just a sprinkle
the sun is bright and warm
the rainbows are more brilliant
because of all your charms
in your embrace I'm happy
the kisses never end
the flowers smell so fragrant
on you I can depend
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I am truly blessed
you said I was a keeper
discarding all the rest
heaven smiles upon us
the full moon shines above
stars twinkle in the nighttime sky
because I am your love
the rains are just a sprinkle
the sun is bright and warm
the rainbows are more brilliant
because of all your charms
in your embrace I'm happy
the kisses never end
the flowers smell so fragrant
on you I can depend
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
Let's
let’s cozy up on the love seat
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sit and talk a while
asking unanswered questions
exploring who we are
let’s find out all the secrets
share deepest thoughts and fears
telling childhood traumas
the juncture that landed us here
let’s share the funny stories
one’s that others don’t know
it’s been so long since we talked this way
it’s the you I want to know
let’s talk into the evening
till there’s nothing left to tell
the hours spent together
drawing us closer still
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What I Need
I had forgotten
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What it was like
To be put first
Till you
You worry about me
Am I doing ok
How is my day going
Am I taking care of myself
You are cautious
Careful of my feelings
Careful of my space
Careful of rushing me
You are sincere
You want to know all about me
You ask the right questions
You remember the answers
This can work
This is what I need
This you understand
This could finally be it
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magician
my heart bleeds before you
you do not see
or choose to overlook;
oblivious to my wounds
how can you be so blind?
how can you be so detached?
how could I have been such a fool?
smoke and mirrors
sleight of hand,
a magician
twisting my fate
I stumble out of the darkness
of this relationship
into the blinding light of day
the fog clearing from my mind,
perspicacious once again
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Saturday, July 17, 2021
Things You Taught Me (JPB)
High peaks and low valleys of a relationship
About money
About investing
How to fillet fish
Passion
Anger
Retail
Shrewdness when buying a car
Trust
Distrust
Love
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Cat and Mouse
Play a game of cat and mouse
Following your lead
Is there potential danger?
Following at full speed
Sometimes going slowly
Sometimes way too fast
You are always leading
I follow unsurpassed
You think you are a master
A master to this sport
Teasing and provoking
A flirting prince consort
Are you really thinking
That I am your prey?
It is I that am the cat
It’s really double play
Thursday, July 15, 2021
disturbing
the cold wind whips
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down the mountainside
stirring leaves
blowing dust
disturbing
things
once settled
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wild night
you walk up
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ask me to dance
see if I might want
to
take a chance
I can tell by the look
there in your eye
this just may be
one wild night
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
love lottery
where the darkness once surrounded
light sifts through each tiny crack
where the monsoon rained for days
Eden's greenery now remains
what I thought was gone forever
returns much sweeter than before
on display for all to see
like winning the love lottery
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twilight
explore mind and soul
hands travel a path they know
love lingers after
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
without beginning or end
in the whisper of the wind
as leaves of color fall
the afternoon shadows stretch
reaching skinny and tall
skipping cracks in the sidewalk
hopscotching to avoid bad luck
laughter fills the empty void
of conversation when we're stuck
desperately we hold on to
what little that we have left
thinking if we don't look hard
we can continue to drift
how do we get back to there?
that safe place we used to be
when distance isn't the only thing
that's keeping you from me
as the time slips quickly away
we kiss and part once more
each time a little more difficult
and different from the time before
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look closely
baby, I couldn't let you down
you can put your trust in me
I will never make you blue
if you look closely you will see
my love is pure...my heart is full
it's all because of you
what you give rests easy
and you know this is true
there aren't any stormy nights
here where our love dwells
no thunder nor bright lightning
just moonlit nights and sunny days
I believe in miracles
each one a shining star
like the ones glowing in my night
and burning white-hot in my heart
baby, I won't let you down
you can rest here easy with me
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Monday, July 12, 2021
within reach
the moon lays buried
where solitude expands
I'm gazing at billboards
and broken lines on asphalt
all lead away from the past
I'm longing for the morning
to rise upon the hills
I can't get the speed I need
but I'm still shifting gears
while watching for the sunrise
and blue sky days ahead
I sink within the darkness
I rise with each new sun
knowing the pivotal point I'll reach
before this day is done
it will shrink here in the rear view
and that's all I will leave
better for having been there
but much too proud to stay
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it's just like this
it's just like this
it all stays in here
with just one kiss
it all becomes clear
like the flower that blossoms
like the tide that ebbs
like a small insect captured
in love's intricate web
for all that was
and what's yet to be
all that's ahead
that cannot be seen
my heart's revolution
as you pump through my soul
fragmented sections
now once again whole
it's just like this
it all stays in here
with just one kiss
it all becomes clear
like the flower that blossoms
like the tide that ebbs
like a small insect captured
in love's intricate web
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Friday, July 9, 2021
my sea
come with me
to my sea
let's make love
on my beach
living on love
day and night
ebb and flow
sand and tide
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bio
you're studying my bio
hearing every word
committing it to memory
like there could be a quiz
asking the right questions
delving into my depths
this is just the beginning
of a very long playing song
you text me pictures of flowers
saying they look like me
a photo of the sunset
the moon rising
on our horizon
you're giving me the rush
the best I've ever seen
and this time I'm not running
his time I believe
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a scarlet heart
highs and lows
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of a loved that glowed
the ins and outs
of what I know
darkness and light,
day to night
candles extinguished
that once burned bright
open my lips
and speak the words
I love you floats
and is unheard
always here
for you to see
a scarlet heart
worn on my sleeve
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
monsoon
the sky is angry
the pending eye of the storm
flashes brilliant lightning
its voice booming thunder
letting loose...
torrential rains falls
cooling the earth,
watering all living things
plant and animal alike
granting us
a beautiful rainbow
when its rath is spent
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the pending eye of the storm
flashes brilliant lightning
its voice booming thunder
letting loose...
torrential rains falls
cooling the earth,
watering all living things
plant and animal alike
granting us
a beautiful rainbow
when its rath is spent
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my heart
I kept a close watch
on my heart
knowing, it couldn't be trusted
to make wise decisions
I purged all the bad,
the self-serving
thinking of themselves
and not me...
when you came along
thinking with the brain
God has given
I could see us....
not just you or I
my heart saw us too
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on my heart
knowing, it couldn't be trusted
to make wise decisions
I purged all the bad,
the self-serving
thinking of themselves
and not me...
when you came along
thinking with the brain
God has given
I could see us....
not just you or I
my heart saw us too
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
spell
no one told me when to run
was it with full moon
or the warm sun?
I knew when
the time was right
and ran full bore
under the moon's light
tired of waiting
staying home
while you ran wild
the one to roam
the time did drain
like sand in glass
I knew that soon
I couldn't come back
far away, across the field
once more love
refused to yield
the tolling of
the iron bell
cancels out
your once cast spell
it's funny how
the rain did stop
and how I finally
got on top
of all the tunes
that droned and played
where once we loved
what went away
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kissed
your love is perfection
a confection I can not live without
sweeter than anything
I have ever or will ever taste
this union flies a flag
our castle surrounded
by a treacherous moat
to keep infringement away
I will dwell in this love forever;
in the arms of bliss
kissed by angels
and blessed by God
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a confection I can not live without
sweeter than anything
I have ever or will ever taste
this union flies a flag
our castle surrounded
by a treacherous moat
to keep infringement away
I will dwell in this love forever;
in the arms of bliss
kissed by angels
and blessed by God
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sympathy for the devil
no sympathy for the devil
though once an angel too
oh the heartache that he caused me
the misery I went through
the pain of separation
thought each time the last
but like the celestial boomerang
he just kept coming back
I turned and strolled away from him
I tried to turn him off
I'd start feeling loneliness
and head back to the trough
filling my head with nonsense
sometimes it even rhymed
reading myself into it
each and every time
no, sympathy I won't give you
morality was my fate
it's not that I don't like you
or border as far as hate
it's just that in the morning
that mirror where I look
is tired of knowing sadness
from that rhyming re-read book
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though once an angel too
oh the heartache that he caused me
the misery I went through
the pain of separation
thought each time the last
but like the celestial boomerang
he just kept coming back
I turned and strolled away from him
I tried to turn him off
I'd start feeling loneliness
and head back to the trough
filling my head with nonsense
sometimes it even rhymed
reading myself into it
each and every time
no, sympathy I won't give you
morality was my fate
it's not that I don't like you
or border as far as hate
it's just that in the morning
that mirror where I look
is tired of knowing sadness
from that rhyming re-read book
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