Every time you’re mean to meOr when you let me downIn my head I hear a "dink"A hollow metal sound Not the clear ring of a bellOr soothing music chimeNor the striking of a clockMarking out the time "Dink" is disappointmentLead slug in the machineLanding in the coin returnWorthless to redeem The sound of muffled guitar stringsTheir music clipped and flatHopes and dreams that tumbled downA "dink" is all of that Perhaps my ex...
I saw you weakAnd hated youThe way you clung to meYour need so claustrophobicI could barely breathe And yet I felt responsibleNot able to break freeEach time that I would take a stepYour grasp dug into me As though I held the key to youAs though you lived through me You feared that I’d abandon youYou said you’d take your life I’ve become indenturedTo care for you just likeYou were my child and helplessNot partners in a li...
Unless you hide yourself awayYou’ll likely meet one on most daysYou know the kind - they seem quite niceIf not, then they are harmless types You share a laugh, a latte, lunchOr if online, you talk enoughThat you think this person’s coolAnd you’re no rubeYou’re no one’s fool They share with you their historyYou start to wonder “can it be?”That your new beau, a decent sortCan hate so many known before? All the priors were s...
"Okay, time for you to learn to wrestle sheep," Drew said as he jumped off the quad bike and shut the gate of the pen behind the shearing shed. They had been down to one of the far paddocks and separated maybe thirty five sheep from them main flock. After walking them back to the pens at the rear of the shearing shed they now had to cut twenty of last year's lambs from the breeding ewes. "Right you herd them down the race...
You said you’d always love me When you gently kissed my hand I giggled to myself quietly At things you don't understand This too will soon be over Like foot prints in the sand Yet still you’ve made promises That you could never keep Telling me lies of emotions Pretending to take that leap How do I know you are dishonest? You whisper and mumble in your sleep Her name Your shame This game You tell me little fairy tales As o...
Drew could feel the hot afternoon sun burning the back of his neck as he climbed the steps up to the veranda of the old sandstone farm house. He reached the top step and turned and watched the truck and trailer driven by the builder negotiate the pot hole ridden drive way down to the main road. The construction of the gazebo containing the new hot tub was complete. The builder had done a great job and today had been his l...
Somewhere, I lost itBut I’m glad it’s goneNo need to fretOver what I’ve done wrong There is a freedomWhen you don’t need to tryA certain freedomTo just say good-bye No effort neededNothing missedLight of heartContented to drift Fine if you’re hereBut not for too longFine if you’re goneI’ll just move on How did I get here?Not really sureWill this go on?Will my freedom endure? Are there othersWho feel this way?Nothing compe...
I wasn't preparedTo love youI wasn't preparedTo stay I've tucked and I've rolledMyself throughThe lion's shareOf my days One foot out the doorPurse in my handKeeping all parts of me safe Watching for signsThat things have gone southReady to make my escape So let me stand At the thresholdStill inBut not far from out Accept I'm my bestClose to freedomRather than harnessedIn doubt.
Tension mounts Tempers flare Words once said Can’t be recalled Too old to leave Too young to stay What does one do When love goes away? Cry in the shower That way you can’t hear Every day seems like The end’s drawing near. Trying to hold on Hope for a change Never at ease No one’s to blame Dancing around you Careful what I say I may think it’s safe It comes out the wrong way Some moments are great Love y...
Shatter my illusionsTrample on my dreamsShow me that the you I seeIs not a real being Be a thoughtless dullardAn egotistic cadBe the one about whom IWas warned of by my dad Break my heart in piecesUtter only liesCheat and flirt behind my backWhile I sit home and cry Instead you are a wonderAn ongoing delightSupportive, entertainingAdoring, sexy, bright You’re there each time I need youYou bear my lashing outYour smile is...
Tess swiveled in the seat and looked out of the rear window of the F250. Dave was standing in the doorway of the machinery shed waving good bye to her and Drew.The sheep in the trailer were rocking as they bounced down the gravel driveway that had developed some deep ruts courtesy of the heavy truck carting wheat to the silo.It was early Thursday morning and Tess and Drew were leaving for the city. Drew to deliver his she...
You felt it So did IWe both know what it wasA sound that isn’t heard Signals the end of love A mating call reversedCoupling undoneA sound that isn’t heardThat says we’re not in love A note that speaks of emptinessLike an abandoned homeNot of an open spaciousnessBut something there, then gone With each two, it is differentNever twice the sameBut clearly recognizableWhen it strikes again A knell of such finalityA whole th...
Change me, damn you!Change me!Why am I still me?I thought that love transformed youInto some mythic being And then my fears and troublesWould lift off and be goneMy life would be a marvelThe way they sing in songs As much as I do love youI’m hating I’m just meI yearn to be anotherBut you haven’t made that be Here I am this personThe me I always wasThe only thing that’s differentIs now I am in love.
Cancel meI've had my runI offer nothing newBetween my glossy coversLittle interests you You've been skimming over meFor months and months, it seemsOr leaving me abandonedWhile you do other things When you first discovered meYou grabbed me off the standAnd anxiously awaitedMy pages in your hands Each time that you saw meAnother true delightAnd so overcome were youYou felt it oh so right To go and put your order inDelivered...
