https://mjb-lessonsfromlife.blogspot.com/ "Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." Nietzsche
Saturday, March 16, 2024
faceless canvas
The strokes vivid and strong
Hues of violet and amber
A masterpiece set aside
Each color painted with longing
A portrait of all that is true
A faceless canvas of yearning
Uncompleted from hapless youth
Before the callousness sets in
A fragmentary work of art
Placed in an abandoned corner
Forgotten in life’s hurts
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
real life
in the thunder I sense your fears
in the lightning I see your shadow
in the darkness I hold you near
in the stars I see your eyes
in the moon I feel your heart
in my dreams I know forever
in daylight it's just a start
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Oh Shit!
my heart pounded and did back flips
I knew I would be in the middle of this
no way around this sudden twist
that first date was pure perfection
I knew I was vying for your affection
looking back with much reflection
I know I made the right selection!
that yellow shirt with jeans and boots
we laughed and flirted, you were a hoot
you said I was smart assy too
thick as thieves we were real soon
now six years have come and gone
we're together, holding strong
you sing me all of my favorite songs
out of my dreams and into my heart
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the stand
as I focus on it all
the last part of my resistance
stumbles now and falls
you won't meet opposition
from all the disparate strands
I'm taking my position
getting ready to make my stand
from a shrouded heart and shadowed soul
I watch as this unfolds
an unstable situation
that leaks from the usual mold
all I've seen and what I've read
ain't even the tip of the iceberg
and as I strolled down memory lane
the nightingale's all I heard
through fog of contradiction
on an ocean of salty tears
I admired the reflection
a dim light that disappears
careful always of what you say
in case reality should offend
as you sit and watch your soul decay
from the start to the bitter end
wearily I watched you
break chains to be set free
no chance at a storybook ending
not ever between you and me
strained are the limits of compassion
it's a wound that never mends
honesty was never in fashion
it wasn't in the cards my friend
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Richter
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Monday, February 26, 2024
wreckage
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lines
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grace falls short
now it's tossed like a salad with swiss chard
a bitter taste that is left behind
I think I must've been out of my mind
you, whom I gave the best of care
wreckage created with utmost flair
no over the shoulder, one last look
a very short chapter in a dusty old book
what did you think, how did it feel?
to severe it all with so much zeal
no calls, no letters, not even a text
grace falls short, then disappears
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thanks
I never know, when I'll hear from you next
thanks for the heartache and all of the pain
how you make me blue, whenever it rains
thanks for the nightmares, that come in my dreams
apparitions are closer than appearing to be
thanks for the memories, leaving this scar
a crescent moon that glows when it's dark
thanks for the wreckage and all the debris
always time for everyone, never for me
thanks for all that you leave behind
for making me see that I have been blind
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
RAJ my Valentine
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Valentine (for JPB)
flowers and hearts (JPB)
and watched you depart
a special day for most
filled with flowers and hearts
Valentine's day now
doesn't mean a thing
I remember the fourteenth
with the sorrow it brings
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Old Valentines
all of my past hearts do rest
all except for you
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Saturday, February 10, 2024
just a girl
dusty days so long ago
I was not the sweet, sweet dream
I'm just a girl who long ago
I'm not the key that fits the lock
I did not have the power to
there was just no miracle
I'm the one in the rearview mirror,
when you look back and wonder
will you see the promise
I wasn't close to being the dream
I'm just a girl who long ago
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Guardian Angel
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Friday, February 9, 2024
trajectory
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illusions
blazing trails in black and white
hollow is the point that shatters
from the muzzle smoking still
empty...is the heart that wanders
from love to love lost in the night
another day dawns cold and lonely
clouds will block the sun's bright rays
hallowed...was the room we slept in
hot and sweet the love we made
gone are all the songs we sang to
wax formed thickly at the base
once...a memory long ago
now it seems a photo cropped
black and white the minds illusion
of how it was supposed to be
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dive
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Friday, February 2, 2024
tug-of-war
merger
a mixing together making our love sound
so much better than being alone
a passionate blending makes this home
you asked if I am sad today
leaving what was yesterday
all that’s being left behind
a structure from another time
we build together a future chance
sealing tightly this romance
your green thumb that makes me bloom
the circle starts and ends with you
tick, tock
Thursday, February 1, 2024
the darker side
secrets
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blogger
I headed for the border
told my secrets to the sea
and put my thoughts in order
wrote my poems and spilled my life
across the blogger pages
typed the words that told the tale
of what hadn't worked for ages
it always seemed to calm me down
and gave a new perspective
when I drove back home again
the work was ineffective
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
all along
in the light of this new day
where dreams of yesterday
fade softly away
past is the doubt
the hapless thoughts
sealed with tape
the oblong box
hidden deep are the old scars
packed inside a chambered heart
no room for all of those old things
never were they what they seemed
learning from the same mistakes
waiting longer
growing stronger
bandaged by your love
why would I ever want to look back?
when I was not on the right track
with one headlight I drove away
Jakob’s words in my mind played
over and over I played your song
and still I knew it all along