To Ms. Poe
(2015)
I need patience for things That money can’t buy Like how to handle when Someone tells me a lie © From A Poet’s
Gotta take a pill So I can eat Another meal But when I take Another pill
I did it again I sinned again Handed my heart in
It has occurred to me That all we ever do Is chew and chew And chew and chew And chew and chew
With all this virus talk On internet and TV I had to take a walk To get back to me Without my job right now
She b*tches and whines While I pine For quieter days Without the haze It was so simple
Y’all could c me on Facebook writin’ songs & poems Watchin’ my kids’ lives In i-so-la-tion And chances were
I caught Tinker Bell! The devilish little sprite! She has been causing hell! When she is out of sight! © From A Poet’s
The devil came up to earth He was lookin’ for some hell to ca… He was n a drought From good news brought about And he was getting des-per-ate
Our love dried up There’s nothing left All that was left Was me....bereft I stitched up my heart
Streaming subscriptions R going up Paper subscriptions R going down People r stuck
Of all the men That I have known You’ve done more Than most have shown. © From A Poet’s
I’m living in a wet Christmas Just like the ones I’ve never kno… Where the treetops drip-drop And houses plip-plop From all the rain that has fallen
Day 30x3 I ain’t seen #3 Day 30x3 And it ain’t fine w/ me © From A Mother’s
Everyday life Has so much strife If you are a wife And have no life