Enjoy

americans have more to enjoy life with
than others around the world
but enjoy it less
we are workholics
that think we need
very expensive lifestyles
always wanting more bigger better
it becomes larger than we are
because there is always something
that needs to be fixed or done
that we don't like to do
so we hire someone to do it
and because we can't cope with them
leave it all behind
and go on exotic vacations
to get away from what we work ourselves
to death for every week
because we want it all
it takes a lifetime of distress
to figure out work worry and stress
are not really what we want
we need to do everything slower
drink more wine be happy and laugh
be content with what nature gave us
and don't take ourselves so seriously
we need to forgive and forget
we need to love ourselves
before the society we are creating
becomes more and more impossible
and finally there is no place
to go to enjoy

" Study a Mirror "

my theory is this
if you don't go
see it for yourself
you have someone elses
opinion of it
we tend to read
accept and enjoy
the printed word
when it is agreeable
with our beliefs
we tend to think
if it is in print
it must be true
we are easy
if it doesn't effect
our lifestyle
we are for it
when we hunted
so many thought it terrible
and said so as they cut
another bite of steak
what would you eat
is you were starving
your intellectual
critical judgements
self serving superiority
in with the new
most popular trends
society dictating your path
young skinny cool
recreating yourself
like movie stars
who never play themselves
only reel life
see it for yourself
seal yourself
study a mirror

"Kite Strings"

rule breaker
cruel taker
oh look out
you may
think beyond
the end
of your
own nose
as it grows
selfish sniveler
simple snipe
terrified twit
wondering why
you don't fit
skimpy braker
lonely faker
heartbreaker
kite strings

"Tile"

down the aisle
single file
mile wide smile
in style
not in denial
not a trial
not vile
smiles pile
single file
down the aisle
tile

"Steering Wheel"

how can it be
I just can't see how
a little steering wheel
in my car
can take me so far

on the dashboard it waits
holding its horn to honk
at trouble near or far
for the twisting and turning
big heavy car

big job for a small wheel
no one will dispute
there is none other like it
it deserves a salute

we all remember well
are very first car
and the little steering wheel
that took us
so far

"Camera"

camera camera
shutter to think
where you have gone
can't be positive
only negative about
where you are going
you have developed
into the fast food
of photography
instant pictures
settling for french fries
instead of a baked potato
with everything on it
rolls no longer
moving slowly
through a dark body
click after click
grabbing instant light
creating wonder
what will I get
what did we see
my camera
and me

Stoplight

the small texas town was quiet
no cars had come by
it was a dark rainy night
the only sign of life was a stoplight
flashing its red yellow and green
the only evidence of what
once might have been
we wondered why it was there
where had the need for it gone
the light from the stoplight formed
red yellow and green raindrops
that disappeared like the town
on the dark wet streets
deserted by time
no place to stop
no place to wander
no place to go