Having Envy

Can throw one for a loop.

Endless decisions based on jealousy,

Leads to eventual identity crisis.

Living, to measure up, ushers in a

Merry-go-round of distorted reality.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Being Passive

 

Being invisible most times… works

When drama enters the room

What is the meek to do…

If it’s not affecting you, safe to be aphonic.

Whispers in your head, speak openly.

Not a path to take, quietly disappointing

Pick and choose as you wish, you…

Might never be able to give someone what they need the most, 

at a time of stress… civility.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Outside My Window

It could be snow

Although it may be intermittent rains,

Mostly Sun shining as I look

Through my windowpanes.

Young children playing effortlessly

On bicycles with no shoes on

Not a care in the world.

Remembrances of my time,

Gazing through that window pane.

Teenagers gathering as one,

Strutting towards their parent’s car

On their way to play,

As I gaze through the teen years

Windowpane.

Young girls jogging along the path

Hair bouncing as the ponytail is

Challenged, only happiness in mind

As I gaze through the innocent years

Windowpane.

Middle aged couple strolling with

Children as they playfully

Taunt each other,

As I gaze through the parental

Windowpanes.

Elderly friends gathered by a friendly

Fire, exchanging life’s stories with

Clarity, attentiveness and affection,

Regarding each other’s legacy.

As I heartwarmingly draw down

The shade over all my windowpanes.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Sometimes You're Blue

Almost nothing you can do about this heavy weight, like lifting a burden from a family member. Making a life changing decision on the spur of the moment. A fog that is trapped inside the borders of your mindset. Such an adverse villain, that temporarily clogs the connections between will and apathy, wrestling to clear the path to mobilize the daily activities sometimes too overbearing.

Voices in combat to do what's necessary and needed, a voice that hangs over like military mantra, that has no mercy. Surrender captures the mood tomorrow is another day. Which leads to guilt that undermines the decision to let the sun set. A fight is a fight, an occasional day of strife, it's all part of our form, looking past the blue, time to subdue.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Give and Take

No better way to show your stake

Exchanging helping hands in times of need.

Not a standard between us all

That’s why sometimes some will fall.

It’s not so much a barter system

It is to sustain reasonable order,

Not to put anyone at risk.

To know this cohesion is full of heart

Never left alone, in the dark.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Too Buttoned Down

 What is next, a Crown?

Being properly dressed is

Considered being above ground.

Nattily attired to be admired,

Finds one careening all about.

Stiff with shirt and tie

Hard to look anyone in the eye.

Pants so boring and tight…

Comments may invite a fight.

Shoes shining of a reflective,

Earthlight.

Unraveling the mindset of

Being polite,

Exploding a scurry of words

Describing natty unpleasantness…

With all ones might.

 hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

It’s On Me

As far as I can see

Nobody else to consider.

The outcome of being imposing

Leaves a trail of hard feelings.

 

Big of you to offer help to resolve

That wouldn’t be right to absolve.

Having put guiltless persons in a tenuous dilemma

Karma, controlling the own up boomerang,

Right back at me…

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven