Work

So...

my much awaited break from work..
has consisted of -

Sickness starting the day of the break...
Coughing fits all night long...
Vaporizer not helping at all -
Drugs with bad side affects -

The car in the shop as of yesterday
for at least two weeks,
tornado watches and warnings
all of today and happening now....

maybe work...
isnt' that bad.

Break

Relax...

Breath it in
the privacy -
the relaxation,
the time to be by myself...

let go of the anger
the grudges of times gone by...
relax
and let in the new high...

can't there be one?
a new chance?
lifes roads are twisted
but somehow...

they have to lead to freedom
of the mind ...
and the memories
that stain our souls...

there has to be hope
in this vast place
because we feel it
if we embrace

what we are
in God' grace
because he will be
the ultimate judge we face -

and will smile
of the job worth while...
or frown
because we let him down.

Without you?

How would it be
if I awoke and you weren't there...
noone by my side
with all the love we share...

The days would be long -
the nights filled with tears
how do you part
after all of these years...

Something special
rained down on me
when I looked in your eyes
and you set me free...

to understand love -
and what a man should be...
How could I cope
if you ever leave me?

Money

I never knew
it would be so hard
just to exist
and swim upstream...

seems it's one thing
after another
every day
and every week...

never eases
for those of us
not fortunate
just living stuck...

in routines
that bend the mind
to troubled hearts
and hard times...

that never seem
to go away
another dollar
another day.