Hello GodThank you for the dayIt looks to be so perfectBlessed in every wayI feel you all around meMountains soaring highI see your green cathedralReaching for the sky I hear your songBoth soft and trueAs whispers on the breezeA gentle breath of life so sweetIt brings me to my knees Hello GodThank you once againIContinue reading “Hello God”
Author Archives: Bud Pierce justplainbud
Gravity
I hate gravityIt messes with my faceIt pulls my chins and other skinsSeverely out of place;It takes my facial featuresAnd makes them even moreHangy saggy baggyThan they ever were before.Gravity sucks
Again, It's Christmas
Once again the time of yearFor snow and mistletoeEmbers in the fireplaceCast a golden glowStockings on the mantleRibbons on the floorHappy facesWreathed in smilesIt’s Christmas time once more
Christmas
Christmas stories, and songs, and poems are tough. Either they’ve already been done, or they’re overly sentimental, or too long, or just sappy. I hope this one doesn’t check any of those boxes. Best of seasons dearest onesMay joy and happinessHold you in their warm embraceTo feel their soft caressMay fortune follow in your stepsLetContinue reading “Christmas”
Homecoming
The leaving of the land of my birth was an abrupt, overnight event. One day I was there, the next I was not. I spread my wings, in search of what every young man seeks. The return, many years later, was a slow, sporadic process, in fits and starts, as though a testing of theContinue reading “Homecoming”
The Breakfast
Went to breakfast yesterdayNot too far, just down the wayAs I was seated in my boothThe server came, her name was RuthWith swaying hips and awesome legsShe asked me how I like my eggsI like them very much I saidBut I’ll have fruit instead of breadAnd even though I love it mostToo much carbs areContinue reading “The Breakfast”
Choices
Choices made so long agoOften tell the taleOf what a life has come to beWhich destinies prevailOf all the ones both good and badSuccess or grand mistakeThe choices I regret the most Are ones I did not make
Ode to a Self Driving Truck
A song with no tune, first came to me when a friend posted the accompanying meme on facebook. The lengths I’ll go to get a laugh know no limit. 🎵I kepper fulla diesel I washed ‘er ever’ day When I went in the Minimart She up an’ drove away🎵 She left me for a KenworthContinue reading “Ode to a Self Driving Truck”
Dreaming
I was dreaming And the parts that I recall Don’t tell me what the message was If there was one at all Buried in the shadows Deep inside my mind Images of days long gone Of things I left behind I was thinking But more in recent days About the possibility Of taking up oldContinue reading “Dreaming”
Things and Friends
Tools, toys, money, memories, experiences, loves, lives. Why do some people spend years, decades, accumulating things until there is room for no more, then dump it all, just to start over? Some people I know are purely interested in the acquisition, as though it’s a competition. One person in particular, from early childhood, would setContinue reading “Things and Friends”
