You say you went childless,
so where are your riches?
All wrapped up in numbers
or locked in a vault
You say you went childless,
but where is your fortune?
You’ve already been forgotten
—your grave has been robbed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
Tuesday Musing 10/23/2018
Not Before
Say what you will or wont
but do as you pray
Bleed as you will in the night
but carry the day
Take as your conscience directs
but give all you can
Return when the fighting is done
—but not before then
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
A Final Amen
Through critical discussion
he walked in the night
And passed all the doubters
embracing their fright
After giving it once,
he gave forever again
For that bigger than him
—and that final amen
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
Orphaned Silent
You hear the words calling,
but what if they stop
What if the voice changes
to cold what was hot
And it’s not yours at all
but a squatter that hides
D.N.A. of its own
new agenda of lies
Those messages before,
were they gifts or on loan
Is the feast yours to eat,
will meat stay on the bone
Will the Muse be unfaithful,
is divorce in the wind
Leaving words then unnamed
—orphaned silent within
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
Desire
Passion builds a home
—that talent only visits
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
Pain
Often,
Life’s greatest pleasure
—is getting the pain to stop
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
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Very true Kurt. Children are everything in our life.
Yes indeed, thanks. And then there's
grandchildren...
🙂
Grandchildren are wonderful, you can spoil them to your hearts content and then give them back to their parents.
There is a saying in the UK that I often see on the backs of cars which goes:
" If I had known that grandchildren were so much fun I would have had them first!"
I particularly liked, 'Not Before.'
Thanks WC
Kurt
Kurt,
Super poems!
Childless I am not! I am blessed with two beautiful, loving and caring human beings!
Some nights I do “bleed”, but I always manage to “carry the day” and give it my all!
Yes, “Life’s greatest pleasure is getting the pain to stop”!
Your muses have done well...
in my humble opinion!
~Laura~
I'll let them all know. Thanks so much.
Kurt
😊
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