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