Pen Drop
This exercise in
poetic futility
I must walk it off
© LTM 4/25/16
Pen Drop
Shoe Fly
Shoe Fly
A lonely sandal
lost in the dunes
far from the water’s edge
makes me wonder
how one foot can tread on
naked
while the other’s still dressed
until I recall
things I have lost
without a clue
as to
where they went
Why is my mind so bent
on this familiar event
Maybe this shoe
just slipped away
It was time for it to go
to grow
It has evolved
adapted to its environment
is happy doing its thing
And some day
its former partner
will fly away
too
only for them
to meet again
in the end
© LTM 4/23/16
2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 23
Starship Landing Strip
Starship Landing Strip
With deep respect to those
who have come and gone
it just goes to show
the circle grows
Nothing remains the same
for long
It matters not
how you make your name
the sound
the soul
the years of gold
remain
From the Summer of Love
that I was a part of
I chased the White Rabbit
into oncoming traffic
found Somebody to Love
and with a conjoined shrug
We Built this City
on rock and roll
ditties
To me
you’ll always just be
Airplane
© LTM 4/22/16
2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 22
Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice
Where…
am I?
Click
You are neither here nor there
I can’t find you anywhere
I think
therefore
you aren’t
yet you are here
searching
Proof denies faith
so…
Poof!
You cancelled yourself out
and vanished
in a puff of logic
42 as they say
you are with God now
© LTM 4/21/16
2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 21
Silver Silence
Silver Silence
What’s in my head
those words left unsaid
Angry
Rebellious
Jealous
Easily misunderstood
Wounded
Silence speaks louder than words
at times
Mine is predicting all future outcomes
of conversations
maybe I don’t need to start
Speak from the heart
It’s difficult to stop
a knee-jerk reaction
midway through the brain
but easier than backtracking
a retraction
The infraction remains
I am not perfect
I get the better of me
occasionally
but I try
perhaps more than most
because words are my host
as I write
The spoken variety
especially
can harm or help
and sometimes to heal
or circumstances prevent
we must
shut the fuck up
on both sides of the fence
© LTM 4/20/16