Monday, December 21, 2009

4 U

Oh look kids

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Before After

Sit, think, expand, idea, create
Numb, sit, mellow, wait
Relax, refocus, rewind
Zone in, zone out, never mind
Think once, think twice, think again
Capture, record, back up, forget
Relative, important, prioritized
Lazy, shut in, unconcerned
BjM Nov 1 ,2009

Friday, October 23, 2009

Friday, September 11, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

Hole in the yard


This is the hole I dug in the yard

Saturday, March 28, 2009

If fate offered you a wonderful alternative ... would you notice

If fate offered you a wonderful alternative ... would you notice

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Chasing

How do you spend your life?
Chasing the next high
You know it won’t be found
That well has run dry

Need and desperation
Are the voids you fill?
Self medicating
Crushing your will

Be it on substance or lights
Or things that go whirr
Part of the need that you crave
Is the upset you stir?

Crisis abound
Abundant and clear
All this commotion
To mask off your fear

The lesson you find
May not be what you seek
You can’t be too choosy
When your future looks bleak

The life that you waste
May it be only your own?
But we all know
You’ll wreck many a home

So chase all your highs
Throw your dreams in a ditch
For life’s what you make it
And that is a bitch.
BjM 3-5-09

Friday, February 20, 2009

Throwin Stones

When I was young
not yet on my own
I used to spend time
on shore throwing stones

Searching the edge
For stones that were flat
Smooth to the touch
Fit precise in your hand

I’d gather a bunch
Then find a good place
And I’d throw and I’d throw
Til sweat drip off my face

Counting each skip
Trying for more
Working the angle
Raising the score

Weekends were the best
Spent down by the river
Swimming all day
Til I had blue lips and a shiver

Found me a place
Twas safe from harm
A place for just me
A place that was warm

Sitting on the bridge
Short climb to the top
Although it’s illegal
It’s hidden from the cops

Now I’m not young
But I’m long on my own
I sure miss my time
On shore throwing stones
BjM 2-20-09

Friday, February 13, 2009

The Price of Punishment

I want to write to you
tell you how I feel
but I'm afraid
the words will make it real

I think you will get angry
and then things will get worse
but the silence is deafening
in my private curse

If we are really quiet
and we all pretend
the anger won't go away
the broken hearts won't mend

I am sorry to have hurt you
I am sorry you are down
I'm sorry I can't be more
I'm sorry I make you frown

My heart aches for you
more than my fractures ever did
I ache for what I can't have
I ache for what I did

I'll pay the price of punishment
til I can't pay any more
I ask for your forgiveness
If it is something you can afford
12-01-08 BjM