pop's poetry

Year: 2009

  • contentment is the key

    To unlock the chains
That have me fettered
To this complicated life

If only I had searched
Many years ago
I would have found this key
Where I have been

Under a rock near the shore
Or in a tree on the hillside
In the middle of a grassy plain
Or on the path leading to the park
Inside one of my children’s books
Or held in my mother’s hand
Inserted in the lock on my front door
Ready to be turned

I could have seen so much
Of life that has passed me by
As I rushed headlong
In my race to become

All the time, I was
And I didn’t know it
Underneath it all was
The life simple

  • betty june

    A cruel thief slipped in so suddenly
And took a precious part of me away.
It left behind a shell of what used to be,
Now it’s hard to know just what to say.
But the memories of the times I listened at your feet
And the wonder of your faith so strong and free,
Give me pearls of wisdom from God’s own heart,
No thief can ever take those pearls from me.
I see you when my children smile.
When they laugh sometimes I hear your voice.
It’s hard to see the purpose in the pain I feel right now
Breathing in and breathing out is now a choice.
But I’ll just sit here and talk to you a while.
You taught me what it meant to live by faith alone
And to search for the purpose in my pain.
I listened while you dealt with others patiently,
Looking for the wisdom I could gain.
It’s hard for me to be the one I want to be,
Sometimes I feel I just get in the way.
I don’t claim to understand God’s purpose,
I just pray for the strength to face each day
I see you when my children smile.
When they laugh sometimes I hear your voice.
It’s hard to see the purpose in the pain I feel right now,
Breathing in and breathing out is now a choice.
But I’ll just sit here and dream of you for a while.
The day has finally come to let go of you
May the peace you seek be the place you find.
The person that you were left many years ago,
When the dawning of demise rose in your mind.
After all the years of knowing that this day would come,
I’m unprepared to let these feelings free.
But the tears will flow every time I think of you,
And the tender way you gave your love to me.
I see you when my children smile.
When they laugh sometimes I hear your voice.
It’s hard to see the purpose in the pain I feel right now
Breathing in and breathing out is now a choice.
But I’ll just sit here and think of you a while.

  • how do i love you…

    ...let me count the ways:
I love you by listening more and talking less.
I love you by giving more and taking less.
I love you by whispering more and yelling less.
I love you by serving more and lounging less.
I love you by smiling more and frowning less.
I love you by praising more and mocking less.
I love you by playing more and working less.
I love you by agreeing more and arguing less.
I love you by trusting more and fearing less.
How do I love you, let me count the ways...all my days.

  • green design

    Nature doesn’t need taming.
Though it isn’t safe
It was never wild, but
Mature and wise,
Seeking peace and balance.
This is Green Design.
Though from human thought
It is not about points and politics, but
Mature and wise,
Seeking peace and balance.

  • socks

    I wake up with the sun
And put fresh socks on
As the world slides into a new day
To be worn until night falls
Then thrown into the washer
For the next cycle.

Someday, I’ll walk in bare feet.