Dishonesty

Please girl

Leave me alone

Because I appreciate your flirtation

But you’re being dishonest

You have motives

And a motivation

Not just do you want to be friends

And have a casual nights end

You want to be like your girlfriends

Someone’s choice

You want to get picked

Then get lazy

And nice and thick

That’s cool girl

And you’re a hot choice

But I can no longer fall for your tricks

It’s obvious you don’t want to know me

Don’t have much in common

And we are hardly compatible

But that does not matter

In the quest to be taken

Just fast forward to the point you are mistaken

And some men cannot be forgiven

Take those papers to court

Get that divorce

Hard to know if the lesson has happened

Did you actually get burned?

Or did your dishonesty just run out

Got tired of that ring you would tout

In crept the doubt

“I didn’t really love him

Or want to be married”

Until those papers go through

And you need a new man to screw, to date, to fall in love with you

Until you’re dishonest with him too

And you don’t even know you

Just brushing your hair

Dressing with flare

To get any man’s stare

Then you tell them the same things

And the dishonesty begins

I just want to be friends

And have a casual nights end

But then

You do it all over again

First your boyfriend

Then your new husband

Before you know it

Not knowing you has caught up with you again

You don’t want to be his boyfriend

Or his husband

Don’t even want a casual night’s end

So you split

From this one too

Now maybe the truth comes through

That the one you were

Being dishonest to

Is you

And you missed so many chances

Chasing made up romances

Just for status and title

I won’t give you that honey

But let me buy you a drink have some of my money

I hope you realize

This is how I treat people

Not just women with nice thighs

And beautiful eyes

Cause I’ve seen this one before

I know your dishonesty

And I know your lies.

That Flight

At the airport

Tearful goodbyes

And the friendly skies

Upset people

Frustrated travelers

Lots of TSA Agents

But it’s just for show

Cause bad things always get through

Even with all they make you do

Strip off your clothes

And empty your pockets too

No shoes

Now they want a naked picture of you

At least they got sweet uniforms in blue

And all wear gloves

Looks serious

It sure does

I have no care for that

Cause I just gotta get back

To the Mile High

Been six years since I sort of said goodbye

Didn’t have a ton of time

To write and recite all these rhymes

Maybe next time

Maybe my next life

It can seem right

Won’t slip off into the night

Would I of stayed?

I dunno

I might

But that choice has come and gone

We all had to move along

Get more strong

Decide on our own what is our song

But it is almost time for my flight

And I’ll lay my head down in Denver tonight

Mercury: Venus' Sweet Friend

Until next time

I guess this is goodbye

I guess we never got around to asking why

Didn’t really try

Just invented reason after reason to deny

The truth we both know

And really have known

In all this time

Our love has grown

But now we part

Again

Promise we’ll always be the best of friends

And I’ll be there when you divorce again

Blame it all on yourself

As you will

Yet

I’ll love you still

And know what I’ve always known

So few men actually want to see you

On your throne

Just rather have you on their arm

As decoration

To add to their charm

But I see all of you

Your most beautiful version

Your divinity shrouded in your humility

And we say goodbye

Because I feel guilty

For letting yourself have your own feelings

Cause when we walk together it is confusing

How we can love each other so deeply

And just stay silent

Say goodbye

Exchange gifts

And kind words

But never good morning in the end

Just good bye

My sweet friend

Full Hearts

With our hearts full

All things we can fulfill

But without

We can do nil

In spite

We do not thrive

Only the “strong” survive

Claim dominion

And the power to preside

Without love

The world we have

Is the one we deserve

Because on all occasions we fail to learn

The same lesson the Lord always provides

We mourn someone’s suicide

And ask why?

But do little to change the world in which we do reside

A world that can make those feel case aside

Worthless

And not Divine

Even though the Lord says otherwise

But self-loathing equals dollar signs

To those that love money

And are capitalists

Their greed has set their souls adrift

Separate from God

Because they are empowered from giving “jobs”

Forgetting how much suffering they cause

And how their fellow man they wrong

But

With our hearts full

With Love as our guide

In Heaven with God we can forever abide

For we do Their job

When we spread love

As in Heaven on Earth shall be done

Back at the Lakeshore

It’s summer

That’s when we go to the lakeshore

With the view I adore

Shimmering water

Sunshine

And no care for time

Punched that clock

But instead of spending dimes

Came to the lake

To let my mind unwind

Let my body be cooled

And feel rejuvenated

Should I go?

It should not be debated

Why would I have even hesitated?

I know my friend is here

Waiting

Whether people are sitting on their bench or not

I’m hot

And the water is tempting

I know it is refreshing

I jump in

And join all the others

My local friends

Sisters and brothers

And a few tourists

Who have found our secret spot of rest

Please come

Be our guest

No need to wait for a special request

The park is open

And the lake

It’s the best

For summer’s season is ending

A new school year is beginning

But the lake keeps calling

Until I hear from my friend

Who’s always here

The lakes too cold now

No more swimming this year

I’ll see you again

Fall is set to begin

And

Next summer is just around the bend

It is Now

It is now

This time

This season

No need for a reason

Whether it be pragmatic

Or spiritual

Insignificant

Or crucial

There is not a need but this moment right now

Just breathe

Just that one heartbeat

Inside your chest

No matter worst

Or best

No right answer

No test

Just this moment right now

Even on this vast planet

Spinning in an even bigger galactic dance

No need to take a stance

Just be here

In this moment

Right now

God is not asking for your atonement

Just show up please

Be there for you and me

And everybody

If we can just arrive

And be here right now

We won’t just want to survive

Or keep posting #thrive

We’ll be more

So much more

Than what we do now

And how we keep score

Never getting enough

Always wanting more, more, more

Here in this moment

Right now

We achieve our greatest accomplishment

To live and breathe

The way Lord Everything

Has meant it to be

I Return

I return

Again after a long weekend with friends, family, and kin

I realized so many things

In just a little bit of time

Most importantly

What I choose for my life is mine

I am the only one who needs to care when my dreams arrive

And it will be my measure of what it means to thrive

Not living this life just to survive

Because I’m the king of the jungle

The ultimate predator

Devourer

And destroyer

Not super concerned with who is my employer

But rather where I can get a good lawyer

Because like all kings

There came challengers

Niggaz that be trifflin'

And cops that be assault riffling

But since they can’t see the light in me

I must strike

Or start a fight

Then spend a night in the slammer

In the morning

Got charges to answer

But I beat the case

Like those whack challengers

Then pray to God for forgiveness

Lord show me your grace

Give me humility

Put me in my place

Which is here on Earth

As a member of the human race

Equal to all

And above none

As in Heaven on Earth

It shall be done