Why Ask Why

Why ask why?
Because you gotta try
No limit but the sky
Those jokers got no reply
Mama said tell no lie
Don't hold me down 'cause I gotta fly
Out of my way I gotta try
Why ask why?

The Dotted Line

So there was the line at the end of the page, my name shown below it.
Marked with X to sign on the left,
As if I wouldn't know it.

I'd been through the pages, the meetings, the doubts.
And heard all those voices,
More recently shouts.
Don't do this, they said.
There's no way you'll win
You'll lose all you have,
They'll never give in.

But they're not beholding
The truth that I know.
And this is my fight,
And I've come to show,
That doubt is for cowards,
So what do they know.
This time is mine
I'm not looking back.
I've brought myself here
So what do I lack?
I rest assured,
That you have my back.

But...

I fear that you'll see
just more than you've seen.
And learn as I fight.
My hands aren't that clean.
I fear that you'll hear
Just more than you've heard,
While knowing you'll hang
On their every word.

I know how you've loved me
And trusted so well.
So I've signed my name.
They can all go to hell.

The Backyard Mouse

I'm not sure you know I'm here
But I'm glad about that
Most others like me live in fear
Especially of that big yellow cat
But I don't eat those little blue things
And I stay down when the cardinal sings
The bird seed is all I need
And I go out when the dove feed
And dwell about in this green happy place
And you can see the smile on my face
Each time I come out to see
You walk right by me.

Know It All

I know what you mean
I heard what you said
I've seen what you've seen
And read what you've read
I'll tell you right now
I already know how
I know the way
I've been there today
And here you are again, why?

....You need to zip up your fly.

Hunch

I would say I knew for sure,
But I just have a hunch.
She normally won't say too much
and won't talk a bunch.
When put on the spot,
or asked to work through lunch,
she gets all worked up
and could turn loose a punch.
So, it's a quarter 'til five.
And this job has us in a crunch.
Where in the world has that girl gone?
I think I have a hunch.

How far we've come

It's a lot to think about how far we've come
And all of the things we've said and done
If I kept a journal to try to keep track
I'd have to write a lot and there would still be a lot I'd lack
I would not have the time in each day
To log my thoughts in just the right way
And more so I'd just get lost in reflection
Instead of phrasing my lines to perfection
I'm as happy as a man could be
Restored, at peace, and free
All because of you
You are honest and true
Devoted and strong to be,
The best that ever happened to me.

A Rhinoceros at My Table

I wouldn't let him in if I was able, but I'm not going to stand in front of him.  It's impossible.
The first time I tried that he crashed through the door as if it wasn't there.
Though I know why he's here.  He's here for me.
So, he barges in when he chooses and takes a seat at the head of my table in front of everyone,
and dominates the discussion, and speaks before asked.
But, pauses at the right moment, all confident and knowing,
that all of us know....just what I don't want to admit.
Needling me, needling me tonight while he brings up the subject with glee anyway, pointing his horn and glaring to me.
At first I'm stubborn and my lips don't move.
But the rest are watching him, and me.
so to break the awkwardness I give in.........

"I can't control my love and it has gone its own way.  It has had its own say and now I have to make a choice."  That's all I say.

He looks at me with an impatient wince, but gives a friend's nod.  "Aha! There it is!  I know who you are, and I remember who you were.  What gives?" He said.

"I know what you're trying to say, but you're a rhinoceros.  What could possibly hurt you?  Look at me..I'm not" I said.

"Ha! I completely agree" he swung his chin up high and looked back down to me.  "I am a rhinoceros, and I could hurt you!  And, I just barge in without a care.  Can you stop me? No.  I just show up and take a seat at your table.  I take from your plate and you actually like it.  Think about it.  More wine please."

Water

I am the one that carries you across the deep blue sea.
With hope and faith I hold you up and life depends on me.


There is no rock or wall I cannot overcome.
And meet a thirst for thirsty men, or be the death of some.


I darken sky to make a cloud, or freeze as rock on mountains proud.
And leave a valley in my path, while springtime thaw has freed my wrath.


I fall to earth to make my way to rivers and to sod.
And all around me drink me in, I am the hand of God.