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Monday, June 30, 2025

No Short Cuts


 It might take some guts

but it is always wise to check for conduct.

Depending on the concern, never obstruct.

People on the wait might eventually erupt.

Sometimes the short way can be corrupt

leaving the person or business in disrupt.

Especially a family commitment,

begs for orderly conduct.

The best advice given may very well be…

go the straight course always be driven.

 hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

No Sense in Bemoaning

 

No Sense in Bemoaning

Time is always of the essence.

Get right to atoning.

Mistakes come and go, best case

let it go.

 

Whether in mean spirit or innocent undertaking

Adroitly begin to repair.

Despair need not dictate mindset,

Sense of humility and sincerity.

 

Orchestrate rectification

Purging the mind and conscience of strife,

Is a situation true to life.


 hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Not So Fast


Doesn't need to flash.

Having just met too soon

To clash.

Opposite personalities can mix unconditionally,

Do not fix.

Likes and dislikes can coexist

Not creating a shady mist.

Real is real, no need to repeal.

My beliefs on life and death, easily

Equal to yours upon request.

Integrity is not a hollow trait.

But can easily break, if found out it's fake.

Time will tell they say,

A word or words can make the day…

Deciding if one party is willing to stay.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Idle Time

Making the best use fill the mind.

Fantasies can make the way

Need more substance- family plans, career path development

Vacations of a lifetime.

Stating the obvious, don't waste a minute.

Being positive in and of itself can fill canyons.

Just an open mind, simple piece of paper,

Can set the course.

leading to the entrance way of life changing choices.

What is the best idle time request? Finally, being

True to oneself, locking in that instant dynamism.

There's no time for downtime,

The idle moments transcend hollow to wholeness.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, June 1, 2025

At a Loss

Even with discourse

The dilemma is not clear.

Given a sound ear

Still can’t get into gear.

Confusion remains in charge

Even with honesty, understanding and openness-

Clarity is not at large

Remains elusive.

Sometimes disagreements

Have no ending.

Spent time, so disturbing. 

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, May 25, 2025

No Short Cuts

It might take some guts

But always wise to check for conduct.

Depending on the concern, never obstruct.

People on the wait might eventually erupt.

Sometimes the short way can be corrupt.

Leaving the person or business in disrupt.

Especially, a family commitment begs for

orderly conduct.

Best advice given may very well be,

Go the straight course always be driven.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Waking Up Timely


No need to start in a fury or a scurry, no need to

hurry. This all makes sense if time is taken to

plan the steps taken.

No matter where you are a smooth entry into any day

leads to composure. Father time means everything, like

a timekeeper to a futbol match, the boss that’s watching his timepiece

or the timing officials at a marathon race-

we can be our own timing gear.

Plot the days ahead, as precisely as possible- priorities drive the agenda

We wind our body watch ticking like a musically tuned metronome.

Family, work or social events all beat to our movements.

Within the framework of those obligations each item devours its needed allotment of minutes to which it ends.

The only way to live the day, is by chaperoning the clock and nimbly watching it tick away.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Said and Done

 

It’s not always some fun; hence you say:

“Offering help my friend!”

During a stirring chat with any good friend

I can tell when a favor is needed.

Friendly neighbor:

 Collect my mail for the next few days off,

To diffuse… Days gone by,

it is done.

Friendly co-worker:

Can you cover my shift, I’m behind in school?

The day draws down, it is done.

Family tie:

Provide patronage for our little one, a night out

 Is imperative.

Coverage is completed; it has been done.

When something is “said,” in a case of a need,

It very well has a purpose, to solicit a helping hand

From someone of trust.

Listen with an open heart, understanding their position.

Comply if you will, always remember your word and principles

Are on display.

It surely embodies the spirit to be the one,

That follows the “said,” and gets it “done.”

 hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Hugs and Kisses

Not only for the misses

Sometimes goes along with good wishes

Plenty to go around can’t miss the

Little Heirs and assigns

The moments of giving and comfort towards siblings

Leads to skipping any misgivings

Husband and wife, get past some strife

Peers at work benefit from your walk of life

Either is appreciated endless would be great

Up to us in making sure, it never comes…

Too late!

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Saturday, April 26, 2025

That's Your Opinion

Can’t pass it off as fact

Looking for most to react

No matter how confident the interact

People in the know, find it’s not really exact

What one believes has its impact

Only if the essential facts are not, counteracts

The voices of reason by any season should not,

Underestimate the recognition of verbal treason.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

Saturday, April 19, 2025

The Little Things


The Little Things

That can bring the most cheers

A friendly face of an unknown can mark a day.

A gesture of support, of a life decision

To have a stress-free day at work

There's a lot at play.

Hugs and kisses from a grandchild

Lifts consciousness and spirit.

A slow drive alone, reminiscing

About the first car, first kiss

Produces gratitude and zeal

Obliging the journey’s heartfelt past and present.

           hope you enjoyed the reading,

                    M. Steven

Sunday, April 13, 2025

So, I'm Told

 Trying to get a hold onto me.

Anyone can see a ploy, to have a look-see.

Surely, you don’t mind how it should be?

Privacy and self-determining are key.

Everyone else is on your must-see.

Many of us are very dissimilar, wouldn’t you agree?

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Gotta Know When

Gotta Know When

To play your cards.

Instinctively you can gain rewards

Keep them close at the ready

A steady hand is worth plenty.

Words or deeds are in your stable

Makes the moment very able.

If you’re asleep at the wheel,

At that point in time being

caught in the twine,

Undoubtedly, that lapse…will break the deal.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, March 30, 2025

I’m Working on It


This can be said in many instances, since we were born it’s a constant persistence.

Figuring out character traits is a huge subsistence. Eventually being diligent and real becomes a personal existence.

Everywhere you turn that phrase can be attained, hopefully with the least resistance.

At work on a task or home on a project, with the urging of your partners insistence.

Hopefully, at a ripe old age we’re still pensive and knowing…

“I’m working on it.”

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven  


Saturday, March 22, 2025

Sequestered Within Walls

It seems more times than not social settings get the best of me, never the entertainingly gabby type in any backdrop, tough to navigate.

As the internal time clock ticks away,

Be it family, friends or neighbor’s interactions words and stories have their way of repeating the cycle that always drones on.

Talk and chatter are fine for the garrulous!

What about the lone introvert that stays inwardly, less revealing and private in disposition? Being in the minority for sure lends to disquietude.

All being said and done, voices will continue their path, as the walls provide no escape.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Saturday, March 15, 2025

What did you Expect?

Situations full of neglect

Working past overtime

Hardly increasing a dime.

Kids in dreamland, need to be home

Sometime.

Wife’s thinking, “need me time,”

Schooling, cooking, tending to

All matters wearing thin, blending

Both sides of the union.

Patience has its timetable

Can seem never ending

Father believes in direction.

Flawed evaluation,

Time away leads to decay.

At some point cannot stay

Lost opportunities of insights,

As life’s progressions evaporate.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

            M. Steven

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Chasing The Dream

A dream hunt can wear you down. Beware of the naivety that can possibly take hold. This calls for one to be extremely bold. Dreams are made up of hopes and hard work, diligence and the sense of no turning back. Best scenario is the dream comes true.

One needs to maintain the sensibility of knowing and accepting when the chase needs to pull down the curtain. The realization that either it is achieved or will not be accomplished is a true test of wisdom, courage and strength

Priorities that live on the path must prevail. Fooling oneself is a disastrous waste of time and effort, especially when others are depending on your success. To chase is realistic, to be real is the authentication of the true self.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

                 M. Steven

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Mending Fences

Sometimes a need to fix is ordered.

Differences of opinions and misunderstandings take on of a life of its own.

Who's to say is the bigger or the chosen person to initiate?

Priority rules, necessity dictates person, time and place.

One needs to pick up the hammer drive in the first nail to begin the reviving of a link.

As fences and time bear their brunt of attrition, so can relationships.

All it needs is to tend with an unbarred heart, accepting the tools of benevolence.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Words of Encouragement


Cheer Up!

Life is wonderful.

It's on you to figure it out.

No big mysteries when it comes to self.

find the peace within,

Then the road ahead is defined.

hope you enjoyed the reading, 

M. Steven

Monday, February 10, 2025

Parody Post: Crooked Eye

Don’t look now but is that

A stye in the eye?

It looks uneven could it

Be a shift in attitude?

Or maybe a frown and

A squint of discontent!

Hopefully it’s not a deviation

Of 20/20 balance.

Upon examining closely into this

Quandary, it seems that

The vision is as skeptical as…

It’s identity!

  hope you enjoyed the reading, Steve

M.Steven

Too Much Talk

 

Too Much Talk

Considerable amount of squawk

Ends up leading one to walk.

Considering what’s at hand

Deciding what’s best for the frock.

Directions, entertainment, nourishment

Should be voiced with authority not

Sleepwalk.

All good intentions, ultimately resulting

In fine assessment.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Thursday, February 6, 2025

An Original


In this copycat world it's a curious happening as you look around and see reproductions everywhere.

From personal look-alike styles, colors, clothing and attitudes, speech and actions...it's endless.

Makes you wonder where is the thought of being genuine?

Oh, but there are originals somewhere, it's that they're being camouflaged by aspiring replicas.

It may be time to visit the nearest auction house to certify, if possible some sense of…

  Authenticity!

hope you enjoyed the reading,

M. Steven

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Take Notice


Always wise to be present.

Being absent minded is no

Way to represent.

Living idly means missing the show.

Wonderful gifts of nature

Trees, Sun, Rain or Snow.

Seeing and feeling is the way to go.

Emotions set free enabling,

One’s heart to overflow.

Giving and sharing makes the journey

Bountiful.

Giving time and attention to being a

Good listener in times of strife.

Unless one is open minded and aware,

The gifts surrounding us go to the

Blind.

Lift the head up, gathering all encompassing

The only way to absorb life’s…

Portrait.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

                 M. Steven

 


Sunday, January 19, 2025

Distance Between Us


Even though there is distance between us, it's not a defining concern.

This does not bring an end to all.

Unless this is what you wish.

We can accomplish wonderful deeds from a distance.

It could be the motivating and decisive element of sincerity.

Shrink that compass to a mere afterthought.

It's the realization that the commitment to any concern,

Closes the distance between us.

hope you enjoyed the reading,

                M. Steven 

Monday, January 13, 2025

What is the Plan


First review, it's not a scam.

Are we going forward or…

Leaning backwards towards a jam.

Even though it's not on paper

May have to ask you to immediately scram.

The intent needs to always be

A partaker, never a faker.

Needless to say, life is what you make it.

Being keen on someone may render,

Vitally needed litmus paper.


hope you enjoyed the reading,

                 M. Steven


Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Mirror Image

Mirror Image

There is not a chance it’s blurred.

Can two people be of such an accord?

May it lend to being bored…

Appearances almost identical.

Dark eyes, features of length and bone.

Mannerisms of undisguised reproduction.

Although quite unique, the mirror is not an end all.

Looking glass is only cosmetic tracing

that is offered.

Can the true self contain a mirror image,

Internally as well?


hope you enjoyed the reading,

M.Steven

No Short Cuts

  It might take some guts but it is always wise to check for conduct. Depending on the concern, never obstruct. People on the wait m...