Morning Routine

Alarm disturbs dreams

Against my will I'm awake

Mornings aren't my friend.

Wakened by the bell

Time to face another day

Weekend please come soon.

Sounds shatter dreamscapes

Sleepy eyes sense the daylight

Yawn, stretch, hit the snooze.

Mornings aren't my friend

Way too early in the day

Back to bed again.

Time After Time

Time flies

but it's on my side

it stand stills

but also runs

it moves quickly

and then again slow

it slips away before we know.

There's no time for regrets

no time to worry

no time to wait

no time to hurry

no time to miss

no time to see

no time it seems for anything.

From time to time

we live on borrowed time

and we keep time

when we're out of time

Time is money

when the time is right

and hopefully

we'll have a good time tonight

We're pressed for time

when we're out of time

It's hard to keep time

When having the

time of your life.

At all time's

we have to bide our time

in order not to feel

behind the times

We have to set some time aside.

Time flies

but it's on my side

it stand stills

but also runs

it moves quickly

and then again slow

it slips away before we know.

Discipline

Put it back
Put it down
You don't need that
We've got some at home

Words and phrases
despised by the child
for whom temptation just runs wild.

A thought occurs to this young one
When mom and dad has stifled the fun:
"Just wait til I am on my own.
I cannot wait til I am grown."

Growing up those words repeat
The child struggles with defeat
The same thought pops up again and again
With that thought the child just grins:

"Just wait til I am on my own.
I cannot wait til I am grown."

Now I'm grown and on my own
Wants and needs fill up my home
I've had my moments of excess
And gave back plastic upon request

I've had my fill
taken more than my share
shopped and lived
without care

Learned my lessons over time
Everything cannot be mine
I don't make much but
more than most
Now discipline's my constant host


Put it back
Put it down
You don't need that
You've got some at home
Words I use upon myself
I understand them now that I'm grown.

Daily Grind

Made it through another day

barely here but that's okay

Tired of the day to day

All I want is to go play

Made it through another day

barely here but that's okay

Longing for some time alone

Get me out of the danger zone

Made it through another day

barely here but that's okay

Creative forces on my side

Better choices I won't hide

Made it through another day

barely here but that's okay

The daily grind grates on my mind

A better path I need to find

Made it through another day

barely here but that's okay

Looking at the future me

Soon that's where I'm going to be

Made it through another day

barely here but that's okay

Change

Change

The world is full of change

I'm not always happy about it

But it is inevitable.

Change

Never easy

Often needed

Sometimes desired

And/or required

Change

The world is full of change.

I'm not always happy about it

But it's sometimes beautiful.

Consistently Cleaning

Consistently cleaning house
My Mind, my life, my world
Never easy for this girl
but I still give it a whirl.

GOING HOME (9-6-89)

The hut and a few shrubs

Stand in the falling night

I sit on your lap

Kiss your sweet lips

And your neck

You smile and chuckle

Watching salmon on the 

Warm open flame

Bring in the nets, the traps

The hooks

We’ll lie on the rug

Beside each other

Waves tumbling on the shore

Holding time