I bury them daily
as deep as they will go
till they bubble to the surface
and the anger or sadness flows
DRM 2022
True Believer
She’s a true believer
a dedicated follower of the cause
Don’t try to reason with her
for she is blind to their flaws
She will go down fighting
using her teeth and claws
And I wonder
Will the truth finally dawn on her
as her last breath she draws
DRM 2022
Theme Song
It’s that song
that I turn up to ten
when I’m driving along
When the world is grinding me down
and I want to throw in the towel
it gives me a boost and keeps me strong
It’s one of those songs
where you wonder how he knew
what I was going through
Wise words from a man so young
DRM 2021
WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE
People you love will leave It’ll hurt and you’ll cry Your brain will have A million things to say You’ll blame yourself Wish you could have done better Wish you could have changed Wonder what you could have done But babe If you loved them and you tried If you were there for them If […]
WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE
From hastywords.com
Best of Both Worlds
If there were two worlds
and two of you
one here and one over there
would other you still make the same choices
and let the world pull us apart
or would she fight tooth and nail
to keep what she had got
DRM 2020
Inspired by the show “Counterpart”
Lifetime
It’s hard for me to believe, sometimes, that six years ago can be a lifetime.
DRM 2020
Nonetheless
They took everything from me
every penny and word I would confess
And even though I kept plodding on day after day
I was dead nonetheless
DRM 2020
The Man In The High Tower
They sit in their high tower
playing their games of state
not giving a care to those they “serve”
or how they affect their fate
DRM 2020
Seen
I see you
When you think no one else does
Crying in your room
Or writing in your little book
By yourself
But not
Alone
DRM 2020
Monsters
More and more
I find monsters wherever I go
They hide in the shadows
or behind the faces of people I know
DRM 2020
*Inspired by a line from “The Witcher” which I just started watching.
The Day I Tried To Live
My truth was too hard
to pick up
so I left it behind
and lived a lie
DRM 2020
Show Me How To Live
“Tell me why I should live”
she whispered
as she took the first step into nothingness
“So that you can show me how”
was whispered back
as gentle winds lifted her above the abyss
DRM 2020
Inspired by “Tell Me Why” by Josephine Ranes at https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/117996443/posts/5628
*When I read the last line, it made me think of the song “Show Me How To Live” by Audioslave which made me think of a child wanting her mother to teach her how to survive the trials of life.
Kindness
The kindest thing anyone ever did was to ask me to be their friend.
DRM 2020
Trolls
Why engage the troll when you can find another way across the river.
DRM 2020
Got’cher Back
I’ve seen what they’ve done
under the guise of love
maybe to make themselves feel all big and bad
or maybe just for fun
Beaten and battered you
taken everything you own
pushed you down again and again
made you feel alone
I’ve seen some of the choices you’ve made
struggling to make yourself some semblance of whole
taped and glued yourself together
and built that wall
How it hurt me to see you take another fall
But here I stand beside you
helping you to your feet and patching up your knees
helping you walk into the coming sunrise that is your due
DRM 2020
Fools
I watch her
from across the room
headphones on
singing to the music
and dancing in her chair
in that silly way she does
And in that moment I think
how foolish they were
to let her get away
DRM 2020
Writings From Dr. Oolie's Pond 