Work

Oh, my boss is such a jerk

But I have to go to work

Gotta - gotta pay these bills

Which are piling into hills

So I’ll make a little rhyme

‘Cause it helps to pass the time

There are days I hate my job

Working for a stupid slob

I am dreaming of escape

My employer is an ape

Just about to lose my mind

Toiling at this thankless grind

A Hole In My Heart

There’s a hole in my heart

Where the love trickled out

Running down, to collect in my shoes

There’s a gash in my soul

From which innocence escaped

Betrayal's lethal blade pierced me through

Dancing the Jig in a Summer Rain

Did you ever long to run away by yourself to stop all of the noise in your life, feeling nothing but pure freedom, as one who is utterly untamed, unconstrained?

Have you ever abandoned your worries by dancing the jig in a summer rain storm, not worrying about getting soaked, struck by lightning, matted hair or ruining your good shoes?

Did you ever want to holler-scream-shout by letting loose with a grand yippee, loud enough to hurt your own ears, experiencing the air being expelled through your lungs and throat, to audibly revel in the gift of aliveness?

… me too

Impressions Upon Meeting Ms. Arrogance

Your condescension

Quite too much to stomach

For I have a mind

(Though it be all I own)

Razor wit shaves ignorance

Shouting over you

A futile exercise

Ego deafened dolt

Poster child of narcissists

Astonishing self-pride

How is your colossal head

Lifted from the pillow

By such a slender neck? …

Do you employ

A crane

A sling

Or a whachamacallit thing?

Farewell, farewell oh

Boorish bore

I trust we shall converge

No more

If we meet, I will not stoop

To converse

With such a nincompoop

Jessie - Jesse

"Mother's Heart" by Laurie Justus Pace

Jessie - Jesse

so desperately  

I did want you to live

to be brought forth

into this world

my own existence became unimportant

with a joyful smile

I would have gladly have given my life

for yours

if doing so would have – could have, saved you

Jessie – Jesse

you flew away

in spite of my pleading, fervent prayers

unknowingly, I spoke into God's deaf ear
he, so stony and remote

who would not/did not hear me

I

was

lost

abandoned

sentenced to remain

empty

my womb

my soul

my mind

only the grief

multiplying daily

filled the space

as the sole

flourishing

green shoot

Jessie – Jesse

I so adored you

Inexplicably … as soon as I knew

that you grew within me

I had waited

many

long years

for you

Exultant thrill

sheer delight

in watching my belly grow

knowing you were strong

to feel your quickening

kicking

to hear your heartbeat

 

Jessie - Jesse

you came too early

could not survive

my beloved

wanted

beautiful baby

gone

I have missed you

every single day since

I still hold you close

here, in my heart

my very own

sweet, wonderful

Jessie - Jesse

A Broken Stick

Misplaced hope

Oh, how mistaken I was

Unreliable man

My attempt to lean on you

So smugly wrong my part

If blame be dispensed

I bear the burden alone

You were far too weak

Immature - incapable

For that responsibility

A man-child
Useless
In a world of grown ups

My soul knew better

Still … I tried

A broken stick is
Feeble

Powerless to hold its own weight

Let alone …

Buttress that of another

Ticker-Tape Parade

Warm skin

Chilled wine

Fevered kisses

Cool autumn breezes

Make for a long night

Kindling eternal, loving light

Feathery touch

Powerful embrace

Soft lips brush
I flush, though not from the chilly air

Arm-in-arm we tread

Falling leaves our confetti

Nature's ticker-tape parade

Ten Years On

A decade ago

Insane hatred convulsed-writhed

Terror’s legacy

Disbelieving horror

Vast crater of stuporous grief

Gloom sickened distress

Frantic prayers to heaven

Tears gushed from soul's spring

For innocents in harm’s way

Dead now … my naivete’