September 30, 2009

Introduction to The Proverbs

Throughout my life, not just college, I always admired signs along the road, next to churches, in synagogues that would sum up a lifetime in just a sentence or two. It always made me think as to how I could put together in such few words a description of a span of time in my life. In reviewing my own 3 proverbs it seems to indicate to me that I developed my few words based upon relationships with girls, with family and with the working environment. I look forward to your comments and thoughts should they have an impact on any part of your life you may have wanted to sum up in a few words.

September 23, 2009

Home Sweet Home

 

This family with which I state

Bares a resemblance of love and hate

     For I am sure

     As we endure

That many of you can truly relate

 

They lived on top of Blue ridge Hill

They lived on dreams and hopes to fulfill

     Their was the sister

     Could no one resist her

For everyone knew she was up on the pill

 

Father never left this grand place

But always kept up with his own pace

     For being a holy man

     He kept up with Gods plan

And would never miss saying his grace

 

The boy was of the troublesome sort

He always did what he shouldn’t ought

     One day he really said it

     Black eyes did he inherit

And from then on his lesson was taught

 

The mother was of the gentle kind

But was always caught up in a bind

      Looking the other way

      When skies were gray

The relaxing sun she never would find

 

With this family of four

Life had become quite a bore

     So with a bat of her eyes

     Sister left with the guys

And the hill was rid of a whore

 

Along with one great big feast

With flour, bread and yeast

     The father said

     I must unwed

I have decided to become a church priest

 

With two gone and two left pale

The boy knew he just could not fail

     But off went his mouth

     And off to the south

Did the boy wind up in jail

 

So with one left in the dome

Mother feeling all so alone

     She knit away

     With one thing to say

There is just no such thing as “Home Sweet Home”

September 16, 2009

Introduction to Home Sweet Home

We all want to believe that our own family is the perfect family. Unfortunately, that is a very rare occurrence. We find out that we have faults and we have to learn how to deal with them. Love generally carries you through, but if times are that difficult, a parting of ways is never easy on anyone. Fortunately, even though we did have some rough patches, my parents were able to keep it together for us. To this day I am grateful for their efforts. The next poem was written during a difficult time in the family relationship with the hopes that my parents would see that they did have a choice. At the end of the day we have to do what we feel is best for one another and for oneself. Since there is no right answer I hope your family knows how to figure out what they need to do to raise the children under the best circumstances possible.

September 11, 2009

Life and Death

 

Death does not make life over

Yet brings forth more meaning toward life

Death surrounds the mind

Where life surrounds the meaning of death

Therefore, the value of death

Make the meaning of life understandable

If life were to go on forever

Death would no longer have meaning

And without death to bring out the good qualities in life

Why would we want to live forever?

September 2, 2009

Introduction to Life and Death

Let us face it, sometimes we are out of our minds when we sit down to write something poetic.  Entering my final years in college I was getting a little too relaxed in my studies, and quite honestly, a little too high on a fairly regular basis.  I still cannot imagine how I graduated.  Regardless, next week’s poem is simply one I just won’t be able to explain.  There are times when I read it and I say, “Well that makes sense,” and then there are times where I say, “huh???”  In any case, if you can figure out what it means, I encourage you to suggest what I may have been thinking at the time.