Late Nights

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Clock strikes midnight

A time most begin to fright

But I alas is the time for me to hit the hay

Staying up late

Is becoming harder to take

When I was a young man I would start my nights late

As I grow older if find it hard to stay awake

Now midafternoon is my time

Not too early and not too late

Of course I try to prevent this fate

I try an afternoon nap

I sleep in late

All to no avail

As summer comes and the sun’s setting becomes delayed

My need to go to sleep will be downplayed

So I guess it’s time to lay me down to sleep

Until my bladder makes we wake

But that’s another story all together

 

The Big Dance

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Well it is that time of year again, the only time I even pay attention to College Basketball. I actually enjoy watching these games. My favorite team I know doesn’t really stand a chance of making it past the first round, so I’m not really invested into following one team. I enjoy the first weekend the most because that is when the little guys often take down the big guys. Every year I put together a bracket for the tournament and usually by the end of the first day it is a total disaster. So I’m at it again this year. Who am I picking it to win it all this year? I must first say sorry to the people who follow this team. I would love to pick my Wisconsin Badgers, but I’m guessing that they will be one and done. So who am I picking, the Kentucky Wildcats. Which probably means they will get upset sometime over this first weekend.

Well if you follow sports or not, this weekend always has a good story about some school that comes out of nowhere. Some of the stories I find interesting; Northwestern – first NCAA Tournament in school history, they have been around for a long time and this will be their first time in the big dance. Northern Kentucky – First year as a Division 1 school and they make it into the big dance. So many different schools, Winthrop University, South Dakota State, North Dakota, University North Carolina Wilmington,  St Mary’s, Florida Gulf Coast and so many other schools that no one really hears about except at this time of the year. So who is going to wear Cinderella’s shoe this year? So for you who have made out your brackets good luck? Let me know who you are picking this year.

Go Badgers, Go Wildcats.

Gravity

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Pulled into your orbit

Your beauty gathers me in

A sparkle in your eyes

The glow of your smile

Our lips pull near

A passion passes between us

Gravity pulls our bodies pulled together

As heat rises from the friction as we embrace

Intensity of desire reaches to our souls

When we pull apart

It rips at the fiber of my heart

Where I want to stay

Is with you always


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Monday

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The beginning of a new week

My head aches my body is weak

A weekend of rest and relaxation

Lying in bed until noon

Time with my wife we swoon

Staying up past midnight

Now Monday comes and I have to rise at first light

Crawling out of bed

Sleep still clouds my head

Into the shower I go

Shaving off my beard that has just begun to grow

Putting on my uniform and pulling on my boots

Heading out for another week of work

Somedays the weather is nice, somedays not so much

Monday comes and the only thing I can think of is

When will Friday arrive……


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Shadows of My Past

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Shadows of my past

Following me into the twilight

Forever leaving an imprint on my days

Sometimes pulling me back

Leaving a note of melancholy on my soul

Only the melody of your love pulls me through

A light in the darkness of this world

You are the Way, the Truth and the Light

Showing this sinner a worth that was lost

Leading my steps forward on this path of my life

You are my Shepard

Into your arms I will go

Leaving these shadows of my past


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Tick Tock

 

Tick tock tick tock

My thoughts are at a block

Ideas refuse to flow

Why, I just don’t know

Looking for words to present

My brain is completely spent

Tick tock tick tock

Times passes by

Into the ethereal my attention flies

Wasted away

My focus sways

Tick tock tick tock

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