August 31, 2009
A simple plan
Breathe, stop.
Granddad did it
With a shotgun
So young
I never knew him
I wonder if he felt
As I do now
Am I beginning to know him
in a way I had never hoped?
April 20, 2009
unhappiness lives in the gap
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the gap between who I want to be
and the reality of who I actually am
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the secret to happiness
is really so simple
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never measure myself
against the gap in front
only the one behind
January 14, 2009
I missed you today
in the quiet moments
it's quiet now
come home soon
January 12, 2009
Monday night walk
past the school
a meeting inside
addicts of alcohol
collectively struggle
against individual weakness
I do not judge them
in their anonymity
promising to be less
than they were before
I just pass by
silently thankful
that my addiction
does not have a group
trying to take it away from me
January 8, 2009
back in your corner son
you cannot do that
there are rules you know
rules against that kind of behavior
we make the rules
we are society
and we say that you cannot do that
how would it be fair
for you to do something
that makes you happy
while the rest of us do not
we must all be miserable together
January 7, 2009
I am a writer
I can give you meaning
I can give you enlightenment
I am important
you should read
what I write
so that you might see
as clearly as me
so that you might think
as clearly as me
or is it “as clearly as I?”
…are you still there?
I’m such a loser
January 6, 2009
every day
small decisions
to do or not to do
a cumulative effect
defining the trajectory of life
January 4, 2009
Road Rage
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did you just cut me off
did you just try to hit me
are you f***ing serious
bring it on mother f***er
I’ll destroy your stupid ass
if I had a gun…
if I knew where you lived…
I’d rid the earth of your entire family
Darwin would thank me
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it’s my right of way afterall
and your life
isn’t worth more than that
God Bless America
January 1, 2009
New Year’s Day
**
wasn’t today supposed to be different
better somehow
wasn’t I supposed to do…
wasn’t I supposed to be…
**
fooled again
by the me of yesterday
promising the me of tomorrow
a better life
**
that guy is such an ass
December 28, 2008
secrets
**
I have a few
ok, many
but yours are worse
I know they are
otherwise
how could I live with myself
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you are not a bad person
just slightly worse than me
I still accept you
**
now I feel better…
about myself
another secret
