predecessor

Predecessor
8-25-12

Serving today as my own predecessor
As a herald to a man I used to be
Yet still am a way on my second cup of coffee
Praying that today will be prolific and marvelous
As a perfect day to be by myself but not alone
Serving as my own forerunner
To run the race with poetic confidence
Listening to my music that is mindless
And upon a middle ground that I can indeed fathom, grasp and bear...




Prodigy
8-25-12

She said I was a prodigy
And I saw a need to accept this as a compliment
With good grace
Giving myself a pat on the back
For being what I am
Unaware of my own visage
Being away from the bathroom mirror
Where I play it safe while getting a clean shave
Which is where I always come up with something new
She said I was a prodigy
As such esteem today will serve as my sky of blue...




Plow
8-25-12

Yeah, I will plow my way through today
With my mindless melodies of a middle way
Hearing the sound of the sackbut and dulcimer
Yet bowing down only to the One God
Of the unity that ought to be among us
In the face of division
Where my main lass sits on the front step
To test my faithfulness in a matter of love that has lasted
Yeah, I will plow my way through...





On Daniel 3:18
8-25-12

Daniel's brothers refuse the king's command
And were left unharmed in the fiery furnace
By the grace of God and not just somehow
As I repeat this simple story
Of my swig of the milk straight from the carton
To help the medicine go down
When it begins to take effect
In that today I allow well being
To wash over my face like waves at high tides
In a dream of coming to an understanding of it all....





New Drug, The Alliby
8-25-12

The new drug serves as an alliby for me to stay at home
And write poetry all day long
About new ways of getting high
This is my pillow and pillar to support the roof of my abode
As this new drug will be to me a reason to practice acceptance
Of the change of season
As leaves fall from trees and blow away
As soon I can feel the tranquility
So that I might write about it all the day....