Year's End
Squeaking
creaking the year is ending
At lease it isn't going out on a wave
Cracking bending hope ascending
In the land of the free and brave
Vague ethereal notions
Road side explosions
Is there some magic potions
We could conjure to end the war
The age old adage comes to play
What are we fighting for
Is the war here to stay
What will be the outcome in the coming sun
When the madman is gone another one will run
Squeaking creaking the year is ending
Let the light be light and darkness stop pretending
December 26, 2005
'Twas The Night Before
'Twas
the night before
The night before Christmas
And out in the yard
The wind was blowing
The rain real hard
Mom and I were sleeping sound in our bed
Someone somewhere was engaging their head
Head to head or head to tail who knows
Merry Christmas again and so it goes
There is a word for such rapport
And it seems to come down to this
There is much I am not knowing
The rest I am not saying
It hasn't done much good praying
I would ask why me although
Karmically speaking, I already know
'Twas the night before
The night before Christmas
December 24, 2005
This is it
Happy feet and happy teeth
All of this I bequeath
To those who come behind
All that I could hope to teach
All that was just out of reach
More is what I hope you find
A sunny trip to the Isle of Greece
A simple heart and inner peace
And love that's good to you
I just can't seem to hob knob
I need to find another job
And spill this witch's brew
If you can't change your circumstance
May we still find a way to laugh and dance
December 20, 2005
Up To Us
What is today? A move forward or
backward
What approach shall we take?
To make the most of the new break
Of dawn on the earth we call home
Take stock and see if we are on track toward
The goals we put in place
With a smile upon our face
From the top of dream's dome
When hope was a way of life
When we'd hardly been nicked by the knife
Love can be
We are free
To chose the road we travel
If our lives bind or unravel
It is really up to us
So why all the fuss?
December 18, 2005
Look Forward
We can never go back so they say
Although what is behind us comes to view
We can only go forward from this day
Be all that you can be do all that you can
In the end the whole thing comes down to you
As it comes down to me for what I choose
Look behind you will see twenty twenty
Times you thought you were poor but had plenty
Days are all we are given one by one by one
Let's live our lives full before we're done
Live like it's your last, every single day
We can never go back so they say
We can only go forward from this day
December 13, 2005
Tab Please
Old house creaks and softly groans
Like a tired old man who has kidney stones
Who sometimes wishes he was down to bones
Spirit free singing in mystic tones
Would that not be a blast
The agony of ongoing burning
The lonely heart lost in yearning
So aware of the world slowly turning
Too delirious for discerning
The present from the past
Old words ring loud and true
Pay the piper your tab is due
So many things we misconstrue
Forgotten knowledge that we knew
All in the dice we cast
There are forbidden dreams on which we bet
The reaper says you pay for what you get
We grasped those things which were not ours to seize
We'll face the music and we'll say "Tab please."
December 12, 2005
Life Soup
Emotional stew is what life is
Sometimes it's a pop without the fizz
Sometimes it's a banana split
With nuts and whipped cream all over it
Sometimes it's a walk in the park
Sometimes it's a dance in the dark
It is all that life is that can mesh us
More than anything else it is precious
We can plan or let go and see where it takes us
In the end it's the love in our hearts that makes us
All that we were meant to be
In loving each other we set our souls free
That's what I'm thinking, that is my scoop
We are all just a part of one big life soup
December 10, 2005
Holiday Trees
Imagine what we forget to remember
Collect your thoughts and head off to December
Where the trees on the lot are called holidays
Where we can't say Jesus or the part that he plays
But we can be still and strong in hearts
We can forgive and forget and make brand new starts
We can picture the world as a better place
And face what we face with a smile on our face
Be thankful we have food on which to dine
And work at our jobs until we recline
At the end of the day and look inside
And ask if it's real or just a sham
Keep love alive in heart I say that I am
Let the light shine on all that we hide
This season with so much to please us
Is a season that's all about Jesus
No matter how much denied
I shutter as I feel the winter breeze
You know where they can put their holiday trees
December 9, 2005
Day of Infamy
December 7th the day that lives
in infamy
Every single year those words come back to me
It was not unlike another sunny day
When aerial attacks came our way
Surprised souls crossed over to the other side
I wonder was their passing marred by life denied
I wonder will I be ready when it comes my time
Or will I wonder between worlds in search of a rhyme
Restless resting beneath some Asian Arbor
Like lost souls snatched from life sleeping in Pearl Harbor
Sometimes I wonder what was God thinking
When he made the minds of men
All these wars, plots, power struggle drinking
Go round and round and round and round again
Perhaps there is a blaze to settle up the bill
I guess our responsibility lies in our free will
I have come to believe that this much is true
Blameless are not the ones who stand still
Idly watching all the evil other people do
December 7, 2005
Growing up
Up and at 'em off we soar
Another week to work some more
Watch the baby as he grows
See his mama growing too
If there is knowing and it shows
I am not sure what I should do
To help the process
I must confess
That this is not my favorite part
Letting go is a kind of timeless art
Step aside for heaven's sake
We must each make our mistakes
One by one by one
We hope for balance
When all is said and done
Good and bad, happy and sad
All pour into one cup
Mixed and mingled in advance
To what we call growing up
December 5, 2005
Fitness
Fitness feels like living more
Working out is maintenance
Toning building sculpting for
The reason that it just makes sense
Thoughts of exercise can bore us
Christy Brinkly and Chuck Norris
Sell us on a TV show
A gym that comes ready to go
If we buy it on a fitness whim
And use it will we look like them
We watch each enthusiastic witness
Totally work out for their fitness
Afterwards I feel inspired
I'd order one but I'm too tired
December 4, 2005
Snowy Morning Sofa Sitting
The snow falls and falls and recalls
Younger days haze and Christmas plays
Sleeping baby on the sofa seems
Content to frolic in his dreams
He is fascinated as the snow falls
I am captivated by his somber gaze
His joyous smile absolutely gleams
In this season of holly jollies
Take a taste, pass the tamales
December 3, 2005
Snow Bound
Snow flakes flicked at the morning
air
Frosty glaze coats the front deck
Grateful for this comforter and chair
Icy streets that can cause a wreck
Are less than beckoning
Sitting on my own cold feet
I find that I am reckoning
There's no place like home so sweet
I stop in time lest I refuse
To listen to my music muse
I'll remain indoors and count the cost
Of avoiding wondrous wintery frost
And call it paying dues
While playing Snow Bound Blues
December 2, 2005
Holiday Spirit
Christmas tree lights brighten
the evening
As we drive through the countryside
It is a time for staying and a time for leaving
A time when the holiday spirit arrives
And brings with it the caring and lifting of hearts
For merry making evenings and brand new starts
A time to remember and a time to forget
And a time of hope for what we've not seen yet
It is the holiday spirit that never quite ends
It lives day to day in our families and friends
Caring and sharing and having some fun
God bless us now each and everyone
December 1, 2005