tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45508594275225608842024-03-18T01:41:28.017-06:00This Writers OpinionI started this as a creative outlet for my frustration with this thing we call society.
I feel most confused by the way society is blamed yet never named. Bo 25-01-07Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-73951901203992476842022-12-06T08:32:00.003-07:002022-12-06T08:32:16.448-07:00The Price of PunishmentI want to write to you <div> tell you how I feel</div><div> but I'm afraid
the</div><div> words will make it real </div><div> I think you will get angry </div><div> and then things will get worse </div><div>but the silence is deafening</div><div> in my private curse</div><div> If we are really quiet</div><div> and we all pretend</div><div> the anger won't go away</div><div> the broken hearts won't mend </div><div> I am sorry to have hurt you</div><div> I am sorry you are down </div><div>I'm sorry I can't be more</div><div> I'm sorry I make you frown</div><div> My heart aches for you
more</div><div> than my fractures ever did</div><div> I ache for what I can't have</div><div> I ache for what I did</div><div> I'll pay the price of punishment</div><div> til I can't pay any more</div><div> I ask for your forgiveness</div><div> If it is something you can afford</div><div> 12-01-08 BjM</div>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-40441726758254655942022-09-15T21:07:00.001-06:002022-09-15T21:07:47.574-06:00September 15 1975<p> September 15, 1975 </p><p><br /></p><p>I did not hear the ring</p><p>Upon the fence I climbed</p><p>I saw my father leave</p><p>I heard the ambulance chimes</p><p><br /></p><p>Without a spoken word</p><p>I could feel the fear</p><p>The world about to change</p><p>This was very clear</p><p><br /></p><p>I heard my mothers voice</p><p>The facts she did unwind</p><p>Death had taken grandpa</p><p>Upon the fence I climbed</p><p>BjM 9-15-14</p>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-91245900488037613062021-01-18T23:17:00.004-07:002021-01-18T23:17:45.543-07:00The First Game <p><br /></p><p>A broken soul, a lost child </p><p>Found a place to belong.</p><p>With 8 other broken pieces, </p><p>Together they were one.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 6 yrs old we gathered</p><p>We didn’t know the names </p><p>But one of my clearest memories </p><p>Was playing that first game. </p><p><br /></p><p>I knocked the ball deep right centre </p><p>And headed for first base. </p><p>They told me to keep going</p><p>So I picked up the pace.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could hear the cheering </p><p>as I rounded second base.</p><p>I then passed My teammate </p><p>Dragging her as I raced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crossing third it happened </p><p>The Ump declared me out</p><p>I remember the anger </p><p>And the words that I did shout </p><p><br /></p><p>The ball is no where near us</p><p>How can I be out ?</p><p>I hit the ball the farthest </p><p>There wasn’t any doubt!</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is, No passing! </p><p>You should have slowed your pace.</p><p>And let your teammate go first,</p><p>before, you crossed the base. </p><p><br /></p><p>He was the first ump I yelled at,</p><p>The first to boot me from a game.</p><p>There were many after, </p><p>But it wasn’t quite the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>His face turned red in anger, </p><p>But my coach gave me a wink.</p><p>It seems he took exception,</p><p>To me calling him a dink.</p><p><br /></p><p>From that moment forward,</p><p>Our team began to form.</p><p>The beginnings of the framework,</p><p>The calm to all my storms.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lessons that life taught us,</p><p>In those 4 days a week.</p><p>Whether the others knew it, </p><p>They were the solace I did seek.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nicknames we garnered,</p><p>Are like a secret code.</p><p>Of all the times we gathered,</p><p>Just Off Foritana Road.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diamond fours my favourite, </p><p>Although we played them all.</p><p>Something about that corner, </p><p>And how far we could hit the ball.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ten plus years as teammates,</p><p>We gained and lost a few.</p><p>But those that stuck together, </p><p>Were bonded strong like glue.</p><p><br /></p><p>We were a band of outcasts,</p><p>That found a way to fit.</p><p>We won many games,</p><p>And didn’t take any shit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Riding to our games,</p><p>In the back of the pick up truck.</p><p>Cruising through the city,</p><p>Tossing pennies, pressing our luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were no parents watching, </p><p>Or caring what we did.</p><p>For we lived in a time,</p><p>You trusted others with your kids.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lessons that life taught us,</p><p>Or we learned the hard way.</p><p>Are what laid the ground work, </p><p>To the person I am today.</p><p><br /></p><p>We trusted in our teammates,</p><p>And listened to our coach.</p><p>He laid down all the wisdom, </p><p>He had the right approach.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am for ever grateful, </p><p>For they saved my life. </p><p>Giving me stability,</p><p>In a world full of strife.</p><p><br /></p><p>The walk down memory lane,</p><p>Seems like happen stance.</p><p>Of intermingled childhood,</p><p>Of those who took the chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s really long past credit,</p><p>For the foundation that was laid.</p><p>The teaching seemed so simple,</p><p>We just thought we played.</p><p>BjM 011821</p>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-38746850243573034042021-01-09T06:18:00.000-07:002021-01-09T06:18:50.421-07:00Feigned <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Feigned is our outrage </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">At the latest trends</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">But change is only afforded </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">To those willing to bend</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Wanting alone, won’t help you</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">More needs to be done.</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Gather your Keyboard warriors </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">And their only Sons </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Fight your own demons </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Stand for a belief </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Don’t hide behind idealism </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">And expect to find relief.</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Change can not afford you</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Wearing that tinfoil hat</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Pull your head, out of your ass </p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">and go, and check the facts.</p><p lang="en-CA" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">BjM 1-9-21 cvd </p><p></p>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-13959051544475169932020-10-11T20:54:00.005-06:002021-01-09T18:04:17.569-07:00Good Friday <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3JotN8y24YfRvWCXvgUEiAalQz8ycOLPNTa2B-6XU5IPuuZOla_kr84J-vyP2J_tLnXStA6TKuzTRZoMPA6poJKjWLnDcAH9uLoGb8VNeELq61Bnlomp2GCaxw_E8jTwG58c1S-dZhK7/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="536" height="1819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3JotN8y24YfRvWCXvgUEiAalQz8ycOLPNTa2B-6XU5IPuuZOla_kr84J-vyP2J_tLnXStA6TKuzTRZoMPA6poJKjWLnDcAH9uLoGb8VNeELq61Bnlomp2GCaxw_E8jTwG58c1S-dZhK7/w341-h1819/image.png" width="341" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-24461079563075192782020-06-15T14:02:00.002-06:002020-06-15T14:03:20.330-06:00The Music isn't in Me <div style="line-height: 1.5;">The music isn't in me </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">the words I can't contain. </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">I have so many questions </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">the answers yet remain.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Do you need to know things?</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Or do you float on by? </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Need to know the reasons? </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">The if's, the and's, the why's? </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Can you unlock the secrets? </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Can you find the clues? </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Where does the story lead you, </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">If you go beyond the Hows and Whos?</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">The quest is not for everyone</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">In fact for very few</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">but it piqued my curiosity </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">If one of them was you.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">BjM 03-06-18</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">BjM 06-15-20</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-6177447083906768812020-06-15T13:50:00.001-06:002020-06-15T13:51:20.807-06:00Let IT GO<div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">A Way to end a Decade</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">A place to leave a mark </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">the thought of looking backward</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">To reflect, to fill your heart.</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana"></font><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">Remember but a moment </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">Then revert your focus inline</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">the past though fondly remembered </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">can only be lived one time.</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana"></font><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">For a glimpse of what made us</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">the road traveled to where we are </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">A path in which we walked on </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">The path that made our scars</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana"></font><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">Remember your journey,</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">Your road trail or path</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">The lessons that it brought you</font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">the imprint on your </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">soul they cast</span></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><font face="verdana"></font><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">A journey is what you make it </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">you decide the baggage you stow</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">Gather what you can handle </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><font face="verdana" style="line-height: 1.5;">Take the rest and LET IT GO.</font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">BjM 12-21-19</div><div> </div>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-62087314429593054332020-06-15T12:17:00.001-06:002020-06-15T12:17:25.095-06:00How Does it Work<div style="line-height: 1.5;">How does it all work?</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">What exactly makes it tick?</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">The momentum behind the motion,</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">is the Fire to my Wick.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;">BjM 12-22-19</div>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-26696307351857595952020-04-26T02:25:00.002-06:002020-04-26T02:25:49.822-06:00Clock Ticks<br />
Day turns to night . . . <br />
Light fades to dark . . .<br />
Noise dissipates ..<br />
Silence does not repair .. <br />
We wait ... ... ...<br />
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Clocks tick .. <br />
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Seconds turn to minutes ..<br />
Minutes into hours ..<br />
Tick tick tick ..<br />
Count the Mississippi’s..<br />
And wait .. .. ..<br />
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Encompassing the good things<br />
Encouraging the urge for flight<br />
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The demons were all masked<br />
A cushion for the pins<br />
Of questions never asked<br />
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Happy is the facade it doesn’t last<br />
Shine a light upon your soul<br />
What shadow does it cast<br />
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A hint of happy remains<br />
The sadness of reality<br />
Courses through our veins<br />
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Struggle through the days<br />
When stuck inside ones head<br />
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<br />Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-9927401524723398742019-08-13T02:40:00.002-06:002019-08-13T02:45:23.683-06:00Joy Joy has left the building<br />
She packed up and moved away<br />
I can’t help wanting to follow suit<br />
It’s too unbearable to stay<br />
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It’s not a single thing<br />
A compilation of acts<br />
The fight has gone on too long<br />
Let’s just present the facts<br />
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The details will just bore you<br />
Don’t feign that you care<br />
Demise is what’s inevitable<br />
The fight was never fair<br />
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A burden placed upon her<br />
The weight gave the strength<br />
But beyond the smoke and mirrors<br />
The fight can’t match the length<br />
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Know you’re not a saviour<br />
A keeper of the smile<br />
It’s just that iron curtain<br />
Gets heavy after a while<br />
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A life spent pretending<br />
Distracting with intent<br />
Look at the shiny objects<br />
Until you feel content<br />
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A life seems like it’s wasted<br />
From the outside looking in<br />
The engines now on empty<br />
The lifeblood running thin<br />
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Take all the thoughts that matter<br />
And put them on a shelf<br />
A collection of the happy times<br />
It’s the sum of the wealth<br />
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Joy left the building<br />
The bitch just moved away<br />
Not sure you can keep her<br />
Not sure she can stay.<br />
BjM 8-13-19Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-24100586074037942532019-08-06T09:49:00.001-06:002019-08-25T20:30:12.571-06:00Untold its still a StoryNot all words can be spoken,<br />
no matter the content.<br />
Untold it's still a story,<br />
a series of events.<br />
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Actions can speak volumes,<br />
there is no trust required.<br />
Words can seem like lip service,<br />
coating the rhetoric in which we're mired.<br />
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The beginning is too painful,<br />
the middle is just wrong.<br />
The end’s the thing in question,<br />
is the story short or long.<br />
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A life is saved with kindness,<br />
knowing someone is there.<br />
An idea you can cling too,<br />
when you forget somebody cares.<br />
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Sometimes it doesn't matter,<br />
the pain is far too strong.<br />
To overcome the darkness,<br />
they've been fighting far too long.<br />
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Don't take it so personally,<br />
It isn't about you.<br />
The pain just overcame them,<br />
they didn't know what else to do.<br />
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A story can end swiftly,<br />
lacking reason or rhyme.<br />
For unless you are in the fight,<br />
you can not gauge the time.<br />
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BjM 8619<br />
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<br />Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-54184184548713648622019-07-27T12:32:00.004-06:002019-07-27T12:33:22.836-06:006 Years <div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-testid="post_message" id="js_4f7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 6px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Five yrs came and went <br />
The Ink marks the date <br />
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The focus blurred the message <br />
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The examples that were set <br />
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The skills are learned behaviors<br />
Of actions more than words <br />
For proof as in the doing <br />
Not following the herd.<br />
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Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-54423137876048476192019-07-27T07:29:00.001-06:002019-07-27T07:29:54.875-06:00A decade ago<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c1e21; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
A decade ago, or maybe three and a half<br />A couple of kids, hung out, just for some laughs<br />A wineskin, a party, a walk to a car<br />Who could have guessed, it’d ever go this far.</div>
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Bread runs, frozen breaks, singing on truck rides.<br />Time spent on the road, where there is no place to hide<br />Broken bones, road races, camping by the lake.<br />Bike rides, quad trips, Our lives been pretty great. </div>
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The outrigger to my canoe, the sand between my toes.<br />The path that is less wandered, does lead us where we go.<br />Thankful for the memories, although they are far from done<br />Never forget, what's important like the Race, which I Won! <br />62919 BjM</div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-87792837910745888802019-07-27T07:25:00.000-06:002019-07-27T07:25:04.472-06:00Six Two Nine<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Six two nine </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Makes it Dub Trey</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Who'd a Thunk</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> we'd see the day</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> From races ran</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />to places lost <br />been worth the price<br />At twice the cost<br />Had some fun <br />seen some things <br />Even though <br />we had no rings<br />Pick a path <br />stay the course<br />Living a life<br />with out remorse<br />I never knew<br />you were the one<br />I promised to stay <br />til it was no longer Fun.<br />BjM 6-29-17</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-15512231180678514562018-08-17T08:09:00.002-06:002018-08-17T08:09:58.214-06:00Globe CafeThink back to the beginning,<br />
In the Globe cafe'.<br />
With DMac Touc and Wildy<br />
and all the hours wasted away.<br />
From that moment forward,<br />
our lives have been entwined.<br />
Through all that madness,<br />
we found some ties that bind.<br />
The hours we've spent laughing<br />
or crying on the phone.<br />
No matter what was happening,<br />
I knew I was never alone.<br />
On your day I salute you ,<br />
as this year comes to an end.<br />
Of all the things I call you,<br />
The favorite is Friend!<br />
BjM 16-08-18Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-63635287009910382017-01-12T09:28:00.004-07:002017-01-12T09:28:28.405-07:00Friendship<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friendship
is like a plate of cookies, </i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Left out,
free to take!</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It can cost
you nothing,</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s your
choice to make.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You can
stand and gorge yourself,</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Until they
are all gone</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You can sit
there wondering,</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Where it
all went wrong</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br />
Look back to all the cookies</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That were
placed out on that Plate</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s when
the dish is empty, </i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That you
decide your fate.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br />
Do you choose to nurture,</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And share
the love you bake.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Or do you
go search elsewhere</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Perhaps looking
for cake.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stand in
that buffet line</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Get all
that they make</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For some
it’s about the filling</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For others
it’s all about the take</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Some come
to conclusion</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Based on
the decisions others make.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Just don’t
long for cookies</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">After you
choose the cake</i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
BjM 1-12-17</div>
Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-62190173989519917562016-11-10T21:21:00.004-07:002021-01-09T06:23:57.575-07:00They Say ~<br />
Be kind to one another, <br />
It’s empathy they preach.<br />
Kindness in small gestures, <br />
That’s surely in our reach.<br />
<div class="text_exposed_show">
It’s not about a candidate <br />
Or who was voted more <br />
Today the world went backwards <br />
Lost some values from its core?<br />
Intolerance, is a distraction! <br />
For the fear that lies inside.<br />
When really, we should be minding <br />
The spaces in which, we reside.<br />
Don’t buy the propaganda,<br />
Your soul is not for sale.<br />
Division begets conquering, <br />
We know the end of that tale.<br />
If you can’t stand for your beliefs, <br />
Without knocking others down.<br />
Perhaps the issue is closer to home, <br />
Never mind who the country crowned.<br />
To defend an action, <br />
That is not your own. <br />
May just leave you standing,<br />
Casting others stones. <br />
Be kind to one another, <br />
It’s empathy they preach.<br />
Kindness in small gestures, <br />
That’s surely in our reach.<br />
BjM 11/8/16</div>
Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-73463544904246607722016-11-10T21:21:00.003-07:002019-07-27T07:02:59.257-06:00They Say ~<br />
Be kind to one another, <br />
It’s empathy they preach.<br />
Kindness in small gestures, <br />
That’s surely in our reach.<br />
<div class="text_exposed_show">
It’s not about a candidate <br />
Or who was voted more <br />
Today the world went backwards <br />
Lost some values from its core?<br />
Intolerance, is a distraction! <br />
For the fear that lies inside.<br />
When really, we should be minding <br />
The spaces in which, we reside.<br />
Don’t buy the propaganda,<br />
Your soul is not for sale.<br />
Division begets conquering, <br />
We know the end of that tale.<br />
If you can’t stand for your beliefs, <br />
Without knocking others down.<br />
Perhaps the issue is closer to home, <br />
Never mind who the country crowned.<br />
To defend an action, <br />
That is not your own. <br />
May just leave you standing,<br />
Casting others stones. <br />
Be kind to one another, <br />
It’s empathy they preach.<br />
Kindness in small gestures, <br />
That’s surely in our reach.<br />
BjM 11/8/16</div>
Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-15438165722720516042016-07-28T10:25:00.002-06:002016-07-28T10:25:32.896-06:00Please Stay<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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If you have contemplated of suicide, on this your life
depends </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
There’s many ways to end it all, how will your means meet
ends?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Have you considered those who’d find you. or how you made
them feel?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Have you really felt the feelings,<b> before</b> you make this
real?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Do you wonder if they'll think, it was payback time?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
What if they miss the point, think you are making the light your lime?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Under all the bravado, I know the pain is true</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Under each mask, there is a newer you</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Under the bridge, a final resting place</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Under your skin, with in the needles trace</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
At first they miss you, they put out an APB</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
If only we could avoid, all this in-sanity</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The pain and suffering, have gone full circle now</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s too late to fix it, too late for whys and how’s </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
If only you spoke up, or found help on your own</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
If only we read the signs, or looked past the self you’ve
shown.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Reaching outs not easy, for we're all so self involved.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sorry can’t fix everything, not all guilt can be absolved.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The pain we bear, becomes a shield, an armor to the world.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A way to hide the ugly truth, a way to keep secrets furled.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The answers never cutting out, or quitting on the game.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The answers lie in fixing you, and protecting others from
the same.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Stand up for you, the way you know how. Let the others be.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
For you control the only you, who can be the better me.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
What others think matters not, outside the manner rules.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We take our selves too seriously, sometimes we should just be
fools.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Your final act upon this earth should not play out this way</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The world will be a better place, Fight back, Please stay.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BjM 2-21-16</div>
Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-68107027311530372912016-07-28T10:13:00.000-06:002019-07-27T07:00:54.842-06:00Compass Fear is a compass<br />
Scars of a past<br />
Learn to control it<br />
Learn to outlast<br />
<br />
Patterns of behavior<br />
Take long to forget<br />
Engraved are the memories<br />
Creating the regret<br />
<br />
If Only the happy<br />
Lasted half as long<br />
A warm and fuzzy feeling<br />
Like your favourite song<br />
<br />
We let the fear creek in<br />
Until a river forms<br />
Too hard to stop it<br />
So hard to perform<br />
<br />
Rise above the madness<br />
and the pain that it creates<br />
Surround your heart with kindness<br />
and those who can relate.<br />
<br />
Let happiness guide you<br />
Follow where it leads<br />
Don't wallow in pity<br />
Get out and do good deeds.<br />
<br />
The contentment that you long for<br />
Is already contained within <br />
Learning to bring it to the surface<br />
Is a good place to Begin.<br />
<br />
Making this your practice<br />
Will enhance pleasure in your life<br />
Fight past the negativity<br />
Rise above others strife.<br />
<br />
Let good feelings guide you<br />
to find your true North<br />
When you feel the fear a rising<br />
Pack up and go Forth<br />
BjM 7-28-16<br />
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<br />Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-58748817195458885442016-07-28T06:32:00.002-06:002016-07-28T06:51:25.948-06:00Goodnight Mavis<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Say goodnight to Mavis,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Its time she got some rest. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
She’s been feeling rather poorly,</div>
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It weighs heavy on our Chest.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Taken from us quickly,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Although it breaks our hearts. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
One of my favorite memories ,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Is how you loved kicking my ass at cards.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
At the cribbage table, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You beat us every time.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Even if we tried to cheat,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We couldn’t get Twenty nine. </div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A heart so big, a smile so bright</div>
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You were the real deal. </div>
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You faced the world for what it was,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And told people how you feel.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Our broken hearts, will soon mend, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pain will soon
subside.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We all take solace knowing, </div>
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How much you enjoyed the ride.</div>
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<br /></div>
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You loved us each for who we are,</div>
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Even those with flaws.</div>
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Looked past our imperfections,</div>
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Took on the world, as it was.</div>
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<br /></div>
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We’ll always have our Fridays’</div>
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You made me feel like kin.</div>
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My wish for your final resting place,</div>
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Is that it is chock-full of Firemen!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Goodnight Mave I love you</div>
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<br /></div>
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Miss B</div>
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Bjm 7-22-16 </div>
Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-40974318257009559622016-07-28T06:32:00.001-06:002016-07-28T06:38:46.180-06:00Senseless I stayed up till tomorrow <br />
To wash away today <br />
Sometimes we do with laughter<br />
Sometimes to hide our pain<br />
<br />
Senseless tragic acts <br />
Just scatter through our lives <br />
Tossed about like shards of glass<br />
You shouldn't step on twice<br />
<br />
We ask all of the W's<br />
The answered aren't shared <br />
They just leave us believing <br />
People turn bad and nobody cared<br />
<br />
All too busy chasing things <br />
And playing with our phones<br />
How can we concern ourselves <br />
With other people's homes.<br />
<br />
The anger washes over us<br />
At senseless acts like these<br />
Sadly though it settles down <br />
It quiets all our plea's<br />
<br />
A life that's gone full circle<br />
Or gone before their time<br />
A momma and her baby<br />
There can't be reason or rhyme<br />
<br />
I leave to you to ponder<br />
These thoughts out of my head<br />
As now I'm finally ready<br />
To snuggle in to bed.<br />
<br />
Good Night Mavis <br />
I Love you XxX <br />
BjM 7-14-16Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-77762997549879563752016-04-09T15:29:00.002-06:002016-04-09T15:32:46.049-06:00TFF Today I lost my grandpa<br />
the best one that I had<br />
He left the world at 96<br />
I still feel kinda sad<br />
<br />
A man of great honor<br />
Served his country too<br />
A provider for his family<br />
Now what will those twits do<br />
<br />
The ones who took advantage<br />
The ones who used you<br />
Perhaps its time they learn to walk<br />
a mile in their own shoes.<br />
<br />
May you find peace on your journey<br />
And finally get some rest<br />
And know as far as grand~dads go<br />
You were the very best!! <br />
BjM 4-9-16<br />
<br />Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550859427522560884.post-21719271796531172982016-02-20T21:35:00.001-07:002020-04-26T02:38:30.095-06:00ChangesWhen you have a friend<br />
A friend whose far from near<br />
A friend you keep in your heart<br />
A friend that you hold dear<br />
<br />
A place where one can safely<br />
Say all the words out loud<br />
Tis the path of our journey<br />
A badge I wear quite proud<br />
<br />
A rambled on sentence<br />
To you makes so much sense<br />
And you don't even charge me<br />
A penny nor a pence.<br />
<br />
For you are mine buddy<br />
My P, my long lost pal<br />
I met you in the green room<br />
Where we raised some hell<br />
<br />
Twenty years come and gone<br />
Kids have now both grown<br />
No more bath and bed times<br />
No more teenage hormones<br />
<br />
As the clock ticks forward<br />
New challenges emerge<br />
Kids are both out working<br />
It makes emotions surge<br />
<br />
When the dust settles<br />
Life will level out<br />
With out a question<br />
There was never a doubt<br />
<br />
With all of the worry<br />
And planning their fun<br />
Your care and attention<br />
Is what makes ya a Great Mum<br />
<br />
XxX BjM 2-20-16<br />
<br />
<br />Bohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09749325494791372084noreply@blogger.com4