Has it been over a year

since I've been here?

My, how the time has flown.

My pace has been hectic

compared to some's metric

I fear that my mind may be blown.

 

Yet to my pleasures

I still find my measures

which I so carefully penned.

Of things in my past

of memories that last

of when I was good and when I sinned.

 

 

How interesting

when you spend your time

to teach your child

to live without you.

 

And try to impress

upon them the need

for responsibility

when you are no longer there.

 

They resent the fact

that you are trying

to make them independent

of your resources.

 

Yet they keep asking

for this and that

until that time comes

and the needs keep coming.

 

You pay for school

insurance and gas

books, club fees

doctor's exams.

 

You try to encourage

you show them pride

you point out the achievements

you forgive their sins.

 

They sit on their dead ass

and play video games all day

when they're not watching TV

or other forms of play.

 

They eat your food

and contribute nothing

except the occasional house work

and then only after griping.

 

They believe 8 hours of work

a week is enough

to pay for necessities

and they shouldn't do more.

 

You try to make them responsible

You try to make them adult

You try to prepare them

The world is not fair.

 

And then you read on their blog

that they write to the world

that the words they wish to speak most to you

is "Fuck you!"

My shell has become soft

worn by years of anguish and worry

by the tears and fears of people I love

and world passing by in a hurry.

 

My pride has been broken

by a government corrupt and vile

run by the powerful and rich

who cheat and lie while they smile.

 

My future is questionable

when my money that was saved

by the same government for my benefit

they pocketed what they shaved.

 

I cannot feel secure

when our leaders spread fear

to keep them in office

for another 2 or 4 years.

 

I've had enough

and am following a new tenet

it's time to clean the house

and the senate!

Been away for awhile

other things on my mind

seeing new things

discovering new finds.

 

Heard some new music

saw some new sites

walked some new roads

observed some new rites.

 

 Ate some new foods

drank some new drinks

met some new friends

got a few winks.

 

Now back at the grind

work to be done

sitting in my box

wanting to be in the sun.

Pull the rope

hear the roar

push this way

and push some more

 

Down one side

then turn right

down the other

another right

 

Rectangle shrinking

the box gets smaller

by the path made

by a hungry crawler

 

Until at last

it's back and forth

until you've done

all you're worth

 

Put it away

sit in the shade

and slowly sip

your lemonaid