Living

Work For Home A brighter smile they could not be When your team you daily have to see A deeper frown is forever drawn The moment you reach your home's lawn You couldn't catch more bees with that sweetness You have left it for family, oh this bitterness No problem you will do it, in every meeting you say As the dishes lay dirty waiting for you everyday With every congratulation and new responsibility You ignore more family time or bonding opportunity Oh c'mon, your badge of busyness is so heavy If not you, who will understand me, my dearie But soon your hip will be wider and pockets deeper Little ones joining the race and home growing quieter Suddenly your back will be weaker and your boss younger Old friends busier, your opinion less sought after So I say, decline that meeting the world will move on Surprise your family with some tickets, this very dawn This is my last warning for I am time, let be your tomb “He didn’t wo

The One A whole lifetime spent searching for the one Led to paths both young and fun Alas! the mind told, let’s stop this now The hour has come, take on the plough For what you desire lives in books Meant for those with money or looks There is a journey you must take For all the others and your sake So, we walked the road all had taken Too coward, forbid the boat be shaken Feeling a mirth that often left quickly Leaving behind emptiness, oh so gently Oh! but fate is a cruel joker mon ami Never leaving you to truly heal or just be For it works the mind and ignores the soul Moving you on towards the next goal So we chose company as the measure Ignoring passion thinking it was a leisure The mind can be fooled but not the other For he went away, and faded into the cold winter Do come back my dear, I will try harder To love deeper and to laugh louder For hope is my friend and resolve my power I will love you myself, for you ar