Rhymes or Reason

I thought we entertained each other here?

 

Awakening

The light peaks through
a day anew
She lays asleep
I untangle the sheets
Her perfect love
As soft as a dove
Has proved me again
A man I am.

Coffee now

 

The Lone Cowboy

Walked into a bar south of Houston

quiet place ; old tunes on the box

as I came to the bar, saw her starboard afar

head sunk to her chest ; hat all ajar



Must have been summat that drew me

usually stirred clear of this type

long golden curls and a stetson half twirled

so I sat seat apart ; heard muffled laugh



So I beckoned the barman to fill me

bourbon on ice long tall glass

I nodded to fill up the ladies

he nodded ok then he laughed

to be contd!!

 

Author: Anonymous

In this world full of hurt and pain,
I need someone who would help me through the rain.
To comfort me when I'm sad,
Doing everything just to make me glad.
In this world, I need a Brave Knight,
Who would never give up any fight?
A knight who would dry away my tears,
Telling me to overcome my fears.
A knight who loves me for who I am inside,
With him, there’s nothing more I need to hide.
A person who will still be standing strong,
Even though everything has gone wrong.
I need someone who is willing to give me more,
Someone I can call my Knight In Shining Armor.

 

v.good anonymouse!!

 

the lone cowboy contd?

He knew how to stay outa trouble

and moved away cleanin the bar

then I asked “ drink me with Ma’am

she murmured ‘yea back again Sam?

I whispered ‘no I’m just desperate dan”!



She laughed as she turned to review me

looked me up then across then right down

then asked “ to whom do I owe the pleasure

I said “well Ma’am I’m just an easy come listener

taught by my grandpappie from down in Cheyenne”



I said let’s sit in the corner in the sunlight

then ya can see me for sure

I don’t come with no side but carry some pride

and can listen for hours that’s how I am



She slid off the stool and I caught her

I expected a stiffened response

but she sunk into me low, and I walked her real slow

‘till we sat in sunlight aglow



She told me a tale long and elaborate

of first romances of course many times

of tough cowhand abuse that started obtuse

and finished up bruised and unkind



she’d lost touch with her kids over eons

Xmas cards that had faded not sent

And now she just struggled alone in the gloom

from the homestead; the bar then back home



I thought to myself can’t do much

but now started felt compelled to ascend

from the floor of her hell to at least standin

So brewed coffee and hit the deep well!



I won’t bore you with all the years details

they are well trodden pathways for some?

But by the end of the first week we’d vowed abstinence

and were cooking and laughing and meek!

to really be contd again?

fitz

 

You are on a flow xxx

 

Old man take your time to look in the mirror
the longer you look your life becomes clearer
you've done all you can to enjoy as time ran
the moments you snatched from the ether

for as much as it's said that time is a healer
when left to its own it also can kill
it depends on the circumstance
planned out or left to chance
if you'll become a believer

does time reflect back from the glass on the wall
does it force it to crack or leave no trace at all
when our glance can be fleeting and time has no meaning
the mirror becomes a deceiver

yes it lies through its teeth when we smile at the glass
for we see in reverse and what lies beneath
the veneer of our lives as we struggle and strive
till it cuts us through like a sharp cleaver

so don't put your faith in what you see there
the lopsided smile, the recalcitrant hair
for we will all see you the other way round
as you live through your life and your memories abound

until at the last you become an old man
who has time on his hands, and who at last can
with a nod and a wink, raise a glass now to drink
to the face in the mirror, the dreamer

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Moonday tomorrow. Enjoy!

 

I will be away for a few days. X

 

Nice one BJ very reflective and challenging!

 

I said Ma’am I gotta keep movin

can’t stay in one place for too long

how ya feelin right now? Are ya cruisin?

She asked “Dan are ya askin me out”?



I paused for a moment to consider

what the lady was pannin about?

I sure had become one mean travellin loner

just used to own company and horse ‘grout’



but there was something in her voice that unhinged me

was more than a simple question for sure

so I turned said I can stay little longer

held her close as I kicked shut the door

© fitz 2022

 

I'm the Queen of Underground,
beefing with me, Stay in your lane when I'm around.
Erica is the name,
I came to rip the rap game//
I heat it up like fire,
The day I die I want Jesus to take me Higher//

 

A never never day

I sat in frangipani glade
the dogs stretched out in midday haze
the seaward breeze moved gentle leaves
this never never land can freeze!

the early morns now cool and sharp
Gone is that humid apple tart
but still the sun creeps up the sky
and by midday has drooped the eye

just sit it out till twilight comes
and off shore breezes hum their tunes
the never never freeze at night
need canvas swag till bleak sunlight

the welcome tinge of daylight dawns
as dew hangs heavy, still not warm
the 'billy' lets off steam not dew
and soon cold hands have thawed anew

fitz © 2022

 

I have been away.
Now back xxx

 

what;s wrong with your back?

 

Oiy get festive.
It is the first of December

 

How it shakes me to the core,
ignitng in an instant
my pseudo woman-fire,
To discover by the way
his knowing eyes hold mine
that I've become the object
Of another man's sex-desire!

 

Exotic is good

 

His approach is polished perfection --
oh god, he's coming for me!
yes come and get me --
I'll give you all that's mine;
The confidence in his stride
takes my breath completely away,
and sends quaking shivers
racing up and down my spine!