What about me

Do something nice for others
The kindness will be returned
That is a far cry from truth
As I have finally learned

The more you give the more they take
until less of you remains
a never ending cycle
and I cant stop the train

It’s not a call for pity
Just a cold hard fact
For sometimes in life
We get exactly what we ask

Be a lil demanding
Ask for all you wish
Before you grow old an lonely
As it hurts to feel like this
BjM 7-21-8

Yankee Stadium

There was a girl whose name was Bo
Off to the Stadium she did go
Plane, trains and automobiles
Skipping work, missing meals
Travel cross country 2400 miles
Creating memories, making smiles
On the subway to Times Square
The smell of urine filled the air
Trash stacked up in the street
Vendors selling mystery meat
Souvenirs too many to buy
Cops have stations in the sky
A New York cabbie got her lost
You would not believe the cost
Now she’s home safe and sound
Forever changed, forever bound!
BjM 9-21-08

Most of us have foollish ideas about who we are and many many rigid rules about how life ought to be lived

Most of us have foollish ideas about who we are and many many rigid rules about how life ought to be lived

Me I just hate FORKING Rules

Candle wish

Let’s dish
Birthday wish
Moon lit
Throbbing bits
Vampire kissed
Morning bliss
Weakened knees
Begging please
After dark
al e’ carte
Afterglow
Late night show
Breaking dawn
Race is on
Rising sun
Almost done
Just right
Out of sight
Never part
Melted hearts
Broken thumb
More to come
BjM 11-30-08

The Demons

The demons will consume you
if they're left un-fed

Starving them won't kill them
they'll suck the brain outa your head

They make you act all crazy
and treat the others unkind

Some say demons don't exist
that they're only in your mind

My mind's the biggest problem
it takes over when I sleep

I try to shut it off
but the pain just runs too deep

Make friends with your demons
it's the only way

Then if you get lonely
you'll have a friend to play
BjM 11-7-08

Alone

Alone,
Empty inside.
Scared,
Along for the ride.
Sad,
Like something had died.
Hurt,
In pain she cried.
Alone,
Empty inside.
BjM 11-6-8

Lessons

The Little Block

All the blocks were gathered
And put into a row
All the things that mattered
Were stuffed inside to grow

The lil block couldn’t carry
As much as all the rest
The stuff was way too heavy
To drag on through the quest

The lil block grew weary
And dropped things on the way
What was kept and what was dropped
Was not for them to say

The lil block hung on to
The things that mattered most
All the others watched
Unaware of the haunting ghosts

They saw what they wanted
And ignored the rest
The lil block struggled
But put forth its very best

As the years rolled on
The blocks stayed in their row
The lil block just stood there
But it was all for show

Then one day it happened
The lil block stepped out
All the others panicked
So they created doubt

The block was not what mattered
It was the secrets that it held
The fear of the exposure
Is what the others felt

The lil block stood there
With the secrets bare
They pretended not to notice
But said go fix your hair

A new generation
Of blocks put into a row
Can we truly love them?
Or is it done for show?
BjM 5-28-8

April 10, 2008

April 10th @ 8 am
April 10th @ 8:30am


April 10th @ 10:30am


April 11th @ 2pm

Snowday

Marble Canyon

Up in Marble Canyon,
near the Great divide.
The fire ate the forest,
consumed all her insides.

Stripped her of her nutrients,
for the wildlife she sustains.
Nothing to eat, no where to hide,
Somehow her beauty remains.

A rebirth will happen,
in many years to come.
Can she fully recover,
from what man has done.
BjM 3-21-8

Game of life

Life is not a game of Risk -
where you try to achieve
World dominance ...

It is not a game of Sorry -
where you jump all over each other
on purpose and pretend to be sorry ...

Or a game of Chess -
where you out strategize one
and other to defeat their queen ...

Or is it ...

BjM 01-02-08

One Mistake

Lying in the gutter
of my once proud life
In a matter of a moments
it passed before my eyes

One mistake they told me
would not end your world
where was all their wisdom
as my life unfurled

Was there someone watching
with laughter in their eyes
did an audience gather
witnessing my demise

Mistakes create opportunities
for our souls to grow
learning as we wander
down the path unknown
BjM 1-5-08

Passing by

The days and years roll by so fast
until you wait and then they last
Unless you live, not just carry on
all the days will roll into one

As I sit and ponder life
interupted by the duties of a wife
It's a good thing that these are there
or i'd spend my life sat in my chair

With out a purpose, or a reason to live
A soul runs out of things to give
Day turns night and night turns day
I slowly and silently pass away
12-5-07 BjM

Disease

Is life about the answers
or the things we ponder most?
Why is so much unknown
we are not new on this post?

Will we always have mysteries
things we may never know?
can they find the answers
before its my time to go?

Do the answers pose more questions
broken links along the way
whats left to discover
can they find a cure today?

will disease stop spreading
the smarter that we get?
Or do the bugs get stronger
proving to us we are human yet!
BjM 9-21-7

open close

closed off emotions
with an open mind
mocking others decisions
the armor of our kind

think fast speak slowly
remember what you hear
words make good weaponry
when people get too near

Clever

Where does clever come from
this is what I ask
is it a learned behavior
or something in your past?

Intelligence comes from study
experience comes from life
wisdom is from somebody
knowledge from the wife

wit is self protection
not humor, as some think
a way to deflect the questions
a way to stay in sync

clever is just different
adapting means to ends
not everyone has it
including some of my friends

where does clever come from
this is what I asked
is it a learned behavior
or something from your past?
BjM 9-16-7

Wishing

I dropped a penny into the well
In with it, my prayers fell
deep in the water, to the end
my hopes and dreams, I did send.

Pray to the fairy, of the wishing well
will they be granted. I sit and Dwell
Close your eyes, Drop the coin
to a place where, Whys & because's adjoin

Is there a place, one that exists
or did I drop a coin, into an abyss
what happens to the thoughts, out in the air
is there a gatherer, whom pulls them into a lair

A lair with answers. waiting for questions to match
with every morning, comes a new batch
there must be several employees, working this task
it would take 700 just for the questions I ask

Perhaps they are angels proving their worth
performing good deeds, atoning things done on earth
paying a penance, for all their crimes
matching the answers, and doing their time

BjM 8-15-07

Waterfall

Sitting in the forest looking at the trees
the water rushes past us must move mission incomplete
winding down the mountain stream swelling to the right
the power of the water destroying all in her sight
she races fast down the hill taking twists and turns
leaping over ten foot cliffs her inners boil and churn
in the spring she rages, delivering winters spoils
refreshing and replenishing the work at which she toils
swelling to her banks, spilling on the road
using all she can as her mission unfolds
soon the others join her, finding their way down
the power is so mighty, she makes a deafening sound
when she reaches the bottom, in a clearing she rests
spilling to the ditches, a breeding ground for pests
the birds flock to her, to drink, bath and float
a great place to raise their young, a great place to boat
Sitting in the forest looking at the trees
the lake is down below, serene, mission complete

A Motto of Life

A motto of life,
doesn't have to be cold.
To overcome strife,
and let your dreams unfold.

Dreams are worth sharing,
they fill your heart with love.
The risk in not caring,
is that of a single dove.

So hold on to your purpose,
hang onto your dreams.
Reach to conquer indifference,
and look past what it seems.

A motto is yours,
be it true or profound.
For as long as you believe,
your dreams will be found.
BjM 12-6-94