7 ( New Self)

 and Change take time
and we still have our PAST that may, yet, catch up with us

but more than our past,...

we have our habits

our "go to"

our "normal"

our "tendency"

our "second nature"

so entrenched in our being, 

change is hard because we, in the moment, forget we are changing 

and resort back to 'old ways'

no matter how destructive our brain tell us,  our old ways are

it is our core

that was created long ago, that does NOT listen to reason.

So today we still have

our tendencies

 our way 

our addiction to the way it used to be

and although we are changing

and want to change

and see accomplishment in the change

we struggle to make the change

our new "go to"

our new "normal"

our new "second nature"

our

our 

our,....    New Self

6 ( Death is bored)

 Death is getting bored,

a disease here

Car accident there

war overseas

And pandemic across the world

Ohhhh the monotony of grief

societal rituals

death wants a break

a change

Sad for Death, there is no death for the grim reaper

All the experience 

knowledge

methods

emotions

death has

and yet no one to pass it on to 

no apprentice to teach

no vacation

no sick days

ohhh the horror of such an existence

Imagine,.... at the same time, same instant in different parts of the world

needing to end the suffering of someone dying of cancer

and

take a teenage that was doing no wrong, coming home from a date, and let the kid be slaughtered by a drunk driver.

Living in the extremes for so long

must get,...

Pretty boring.

5 ( out of reach)

and the vision so crystal clear, 
the path obvious
I have the skill
People in my life agree, I should be able to 
Achieve
Accomplish
Reach
and touch

touch the good life
reach financial success
grab the golden ring.
get to the summit of my success.

Yet life seems to conspire against me and

the

the one step forward followed by two steps back, 

makes it hard.

go forward, 

push back

get ahead, 

and then a car breaks down.

get a new bed,

and your dog throws up in it,

new opportunity

does not pan out

pay off a debt

lose some income.

enough money

but not more than enough

not enough to really make a difference in someone's life

not enough to really not worry about paying bills and balancing the checkbook.

looks like more than enough will be just out of reach and will always be untouchable.

4 ( someone I know)

 Someone I know is not well or has a problem,   

the details of which, to you, is not important

And the many people

this person touches

all feel and think the same things

"be well"

"get well"

"you are not alone"

"how can I help"

and the many people, play the same thoughts in their head, over and over and over and over 

and the many people talk to others

and feel

and seek guidance

and seek insight

and pray

for the someone I know, that has also touched their lives

so much time and energy combined

so much goodwill towards fellow man

so much positive thoughts and feelings

One wonders how can the recipient of such 

energy

time

thoughts

feelings

prayers

how can the person I know have ANY problems?

"If two of you agree on earth about anything,...... It will be done"

Maybe that is THE problem

maybe it takes only two, not a whole village

maybe to many people care

maybe to many people have to many thoughts

maybe to many people have to much compassion 

maybe the to many, have to much loyalty

and yet, i still do not understand the "why" of life

feeling helpless, I am, 

so, 

so,.. 

I play the thoughts in my head over and over and over and over and over

offer my energy

say to the person "be well"

offer my emotion 

say "get well"

offer my time

say "you are not alone"

offer my prayers

say "how can I help"

All of this and more is for someone I know that is not well or has a problem.

stress of commitment

And the stress of commitment.

And the frustration of time.

And the many excuses that flood my mind!

And the many poems that have already been sent.

But the Temptation, to use old work, feels like it is heaven sent.

I think to my self, " they wont know if i re-use some past work"

But I would know

Know its old work,

And my responsibility i cannot shirk.

I am not some Mcdonalds clerk,

That can re-use the same old work.

That would be a wast of my time rhyming lines already defined.

Rhymes that have already past their prime,

Have no place in our time.

I am better than that

And accept the fact

That this second act

Will be new and different

And embrace the stress of my commitment.

to help me

And the futility of trying becomes clear

Crystal clear

So obvious to me 

I do not understand how those people that say "i love you" to me,

Cant see what they are doing to me

And the words so tried-and-true, others say to me

Are no help,  because they too are helpless.

Helpless

To help me.

Forgot how or just tired

 And so, she says

"You need to come home, the hot water wont turn off"

And i ask "Does the knob just keep on spinning or does it stop"

Her reply "No it just keeps on spinning"

Then a few minutes later..... "Nvm danny turned it off.. it was the cold water"

Funny how this funny exchange, is not funny, when the woman has dimentia.

For her it is fear, and loneliness, deep sorrow, mixed with bits of anger for the unfairness of life.

For me, it is stuffed emotions, breath held, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Disturbance

 Tye,

What the hell is happening?  There is a huge disturbance in the force.

Ki

Chi

Prana

Holy spirit

Energy.

Something is wrong and i dont know what it is.

And i dont know what to do about it.

The music cant drown out this down, depression that today is a heavy cloud that is tons heavier than it has been in weeks.

It like im about to drown

In this town

I call the village of the perpetual frown.

I dont like being here

But from here

Is from where i am stuck.

Sick and tired of the universe, struck

By the reality that radio verse, sucks

I have nowhere to run to

And nothing to run from

And i wonder if all this self reflection

Is just the universe sending me a reflection of you.

Like a fun house mirror can make you look bigger, maybe what i feel is just the sadness of missing you amplified strong enough to destroy the world

Or at least enough to send me down the hole of depression, enough to destroy myself.

Hey kg 3 of 3

 "Hey  KG,

 it's taken me a minute 

to provide the right spirit 

to answer your prayers 

for the boy with the devil's bad luck and despair 

I put the one and only Steve in his life before the sick fuck could stick in 

his 6 inch...  knife 

The boy is still apart from his mom 

but he is in his own  apartment 

because he has commitment 

to keep his sister 100 percent.

 Steve gave him strength, advice and consent 

 To reinvent himself

 and 

present himself to repent and ascent

 to do right 

And now

and now ..

he lives in the light."

Hey KG 2 of 3

 Hey KG,

Why you look so down

you know the one and only Steve is around

I'm here 24/7 to help people not drown

I've been through som shit

but climbed out of my pit

I though I had no luck

because my parents could give a fuck

about me

loner ,.. Freak

That Was me!

I was so dark and hurt

I proudly wore The Devil's T-Shirt

But honestly, 

I felt like..... dirt

A man helped me 

get cleaned up

he planted some seeds in me

to help me

be the me

I was meant to be

I am now a man who lives in the light

sees wrong from right

wrong from right

living in the right

available 24/7 to help people see the light.