The Other Side of Can't

Thinking that you can't 

Is a terrible place to be. 

And then you really can't

And you never will be free. 

The other side of can't

Is an endless possibility. 

So step right out and see. 

Or keep your seat if you don't agree. 

Birthday statement

Once there was a dude named Darren

He was happy as a Dude could be

His friends would say he's old as dirt

But not those that are older than he. 

Pictures

I've taken many pictures 

Of things that caught my eye

To freeze in time a moment 

Or help remember why. 

But it's interesting I've missed so much by living day to day

In work and in myself I've always lost my way,

And missed the Truth thats there to see in even little things. 

A picture of my daughter's smile

And the honesty and the joy it brings. 

A picture taken of myself 

Just tells me of my age 

As time keeps ticking on

My days turn one more page

And things I try to keep in mind

And keep from my forgetting 

Just seem to take more time 

and I truly fear regretting 

Not being there for you at times

To give you things you need;

To help you up and talk with you and all the other things I do.  

So I take pictures to freeze in time and capture what I see

So when I hold them in my hand 

I see you loving me. 

Old Age and Treachery

"Old age and treachery 

Will always overcome

Youth and inexperience"

That's what my Dad would say 

To me over and over again

With a triumphant tone

As if to give a warning 

And make me aware that

Defeat was my rite of passage 

To manhood. 

To lose was to learn I learned 

At least from his view. 

So I didn't want to lose 

And I began to embrace treachery, and yes old age 

As much as I could at my young age though I wasn't treacherous 

And I wasn't old. 

But I'm not so young anymore. 

My Appointed Time

I came at my appointed time

And was your loving friend

The sickness though I claimed as mine

And held it till the end.

The time I spent right here with you

through all these loving years

Was very comforting and good

You loved me and I loved you too

And yet you understood

That I knew I had done my work

And it was time to go

And you don't need to worry now

Because I really know

That I can smile and leave the pain

Finally this time

And I know I have served you well

at my appointed time.

Say It

When we met I watched your mouth to make out every word

You said many things to me, and everything I heard

Your eyes contained a few more things that speaking didn't say

And I heard you loud and clear

And understood you anyway

We talked about the starry night

I held for you the door

I offered you my coat and then you turned to me once more

You told me that you loved me

And then looked me in the eye

I told you that I loved you too

You said, "Do you ever wonder why?"

I hadn't really thought that much about her many reasons

Her mood is unpredictable and changes with the seasons

She said, "I know you have to work real hard and would rather just be kissing.  

Or doing something more than that and often end up wishing.  

But you can hear my many words and I'll say that what I may,

You know what I really mean regardless what I say."

Orion and Scorpio

I look up to the Winter sky and there I see a friend

Who's been there looking down on me and will be to my end

He holds his sword and keeps at bay the biting winter cold

Though I have seen him many years he never will grow old

I look up to the Summer sky and there I see a friend

Who's been there looking down on me and will be to my end

Who shows his claws and curls his tail as if to give me warning

That life is short and to give thanks

For each and every morning.

Broken

I have stood on mountain tops

Been through most valleys low

Have crossed all oceans blue

And yet I still don't know

Where love goes on to

Still makes me wonder so

A heart may tend to wander much

Though no man is an island

Spent days to try to figure as much

But could not compute a sum

Of how much I have learned to date

Then tried to forget it all with rum

There's one thing that I know for sure

It may be worth but a token

No heart can ever love as much

As a heart that has been broken.