What Crosses My Mind

  • He’s Naming Names

    There are so many unprotected while a faux executive order, destroys, no desecrates history. He is focused on calendar dates, changing them to his own, taking control of institutions, insisting they refer to his ego. My nights are sleepless when I realize we haven’t any safeguards. Our institutions are now a mockery. Stand in line…

  • I Know All The Songs

    Every one speaks to me, their words with life relevance. I could name the girls who, I might tie the lyrics to. Seems the natural course of life, gives meaning, romantic tones. They are all the same, each day I ask them, help define my mood. If only once they might show me a connection.…

  • I Woke Up Scared Today

    (I posted this back in February ’25. I felt it was relevant tonight.) It’s not going away, This quiet anxiety. I don’t show it in public, Only private conversations. The confusion remains As the gauntlet is laid. ~ I woke up scared today. ~ Every night I sleep, Is another sabbatical. The words I hear…

  • My Blues Are My Own

    I woke up feeling a little blue this morning. Another reaction to the holidays. My family celebrates in multiple events now, and mine has always been Christmas night. I need to be thankful that I can gather with them at all. What goes through my mind are events throughout my life. We have a large…

  • Silent Exterior

    In a way, my status quo, Might be deceptive. There’s just so much happening inside. My measure of freedom, is naturally, my peace of mind. She said to me once, if you just knew what was inside, you’d run. I lost her because I was too Wrapped up in wanting. That quiet sense of preferred…

  • In Five Years

    In five years I’m the same, that guy on the street corner, a minstrel with a sweet smile, living life, in all of its dream. I let my words take me places, always intrigued, a little similar to the many times my childhood, took me along these naive paths. I’m out here, that guy waiting,…

  • The Holidays Are Upon Me

    I’m going to try to tell you a little story. The holidays can have a unique impact on our lives, for so many different reasons. They could be gains and losses that accumulate around the Christmas holiday. We sometimes will lose people at the most poignant times of the season, and with all of the…

  • The Three Principles

    I spend my Saturday nights exploring my thoughts with a group of similar minded people. Our meeting is based upon the three principles, a healing program created by a man named Syd Banks. The principles focus upon consciousness, mindfulness and thought and how these three keywords play a role in our lives. In the meeting…

  • Standing Still

    This is a place I find myself daily. Nothing blatant or defineable, just a state of mind, leaves me helpless and running in place. I always wake up thinking about my worth. My thoughts go immediately to my kids, and then my career. I want my kids to want me in their lives, and not…

  • Finding Paths

    I’ve found favorite short cuts, they managed my life, my needs. Until one day I was disrupted and needed to discover, trust, new paths. Starting over is always a challenge, sometimes realized far later then we wish our catharsis be. In every new adventure, I wanted it to be created by me. Forging new pieces…